Posted by Gamemaster Nosferatu (Gamemaster) in Security Department Drills - Alt Sim

Posted by Crewman Guy Fleegman (Security Officer) in Security Department Drills - Alt Sim
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’’ Say do you know something about our new D’H that I don’t know?’’ Sharp asked looking intensely at Guy , as if by doing so he would be able to read his mind.

“Me?” asked Guy, “Do I look like the kind of person who would hack into Comms between the ship and Starfleet Command to get information like that? It’s just no worth the risks! …but I did look through the manifest of the what we brought aboard from DS-K5… and apart from a lot of high grade alloy steel plate and some odd foods, well there was nothing that stood out really. I do know that the Captain’s Yeoman is leaving and also taking that Cat with her. There are quite a few crew coming and leaving this cycle… …So, all of that Andorian Cabbage Soup, well that could be for anyone really…”

’’ Andorian cabbage soup!’’ Sharp exclaimed ‘’Nobody likes that except an Andorian’’ he then looked at the entrance, half expecting an Andorian to materialize with those two antennas stuck on his head.

“I think Cabbage Soup has become a delicatessen food item now, but I wondered about that too,” replied Guy, following Sharp’s gaze in case someone had come in. “Still, even if we do have an Andorian on the crew roster again, that doesn’t mean that they will be the new COS.”

’’ I suppose ‘’ Sharp replied , at that moment his communicator bleeped before he flicked it open he turned to Guy ‘’Guess its him or her ‘’ but what he heard was Hunter ‘s voice. =/\= Hunter from sickbay if you are sitting idle may I ask you to come and distribute hyposprays in each dept , especially in the transporter room ..acknowledge =/\=

The doctor knew that there were medical kits there for those who would be transported ,he wanted to make sure they had the jab against radiation even if it meant simple as a precaution .

The security turned to Guy ‘’What should I tell him? ‘’.

“Tell him we are already far too busy down here,” replied Guy, “what with all of this team coordination and boarding exercise planning that we’ve been assigned to do! Anyway, what happened to medical orderlies? I heard they sent Watkins and Howard door to door on Deck 3 to collect up garbage. That’s not in our job description either - ‘As a security officer, your role will include patrolling corridors and labs, securing doors, monitoring cameras, responding to alarms, standing around on the Bridge, checking IDs, and dying on away missions.Oh! And also we’ve just added the distribution of medical supplies and the collection of waste and recycling!’”

‘’You sure know how to lie mate ‘’ Sharp responded back =/\= Sorry doctor at the moment we are busy em, engaged in a drill=/\= . He closed his communicator ‘’ He said it’s okay ,sorry to have bothered you ‘’ then wen on ‘’You know once I got him in real trouble , not that I did it intentionally ‘’ and for awhile Sharp stood quiet thinking about that faithful day.

“You have to tell that story now,” Guy told Richard. “You can’t leave something like that hanging. Don’t worry, Hunter will never know you told me!”

‘’Weeeeeeeeell....’’ Sharp began ‘’I was stationed on the bridge and heard the crew saying a ship was approaching ,when my shift ended I headed to sickbay and told the security there ‘’ at that point he started to laugh ‘’Hunter who back then was ACMO heard me ,apparently he was livid that no one had informed sickbay and he headed to the bridge foaming at the mouth. What I failed to mention was that this ship was about three days away from reaching us and I unintentionally made the good doctor look like a moron !’’ he finished off still laughing.

“It’s not only Hunter who would do that though!” replied Guy. “There are a lot of officers here who act before they have all the information. My mate at Starfleet Academy security school used to call it something… Oh! Yes! …speaking before you put your brain into gear. …he was from a low-tech world that still used mechanically geared land cars. I guess it loses something in translation.”

“We should probably tell someone that we’ve finished now? It’s only going to get harder to explain why we took so long to write a rota and to jot down three ideas,” said Guy.

‘’I suppose ‘’ Sharp replied,as he was about to get up Kate entered with a bunch of hyposprays ‘’ Against radiation just in case ‘’ she informed them while wondering why these two security were sitting on the floor , she was about to tell them that the ship was going through the Expanse but decided to inform them only that their new D’H was on the bridge.

“Oh! Really!” Guy said to Kate, “What’s she… or maybe he like? Richard thinks he must be the Andorian that has joined us, on account of the supplies we took aboard, and we did have an Andorian COS here once before.”

Kate nodded ‘’Indeed he is an Andorian and from what I observed during his medical rather strict ‘’.

‘’I’m thinking that as long Dr. Hunter didn’t apply for the position, we should be fine whoever it is!’‘.

In the N.O’s eyes Hunter was everything she wanted in a partner , unfortunately the feeling wasn’t mutual ‘’Actually I agree if he had found you sitting idle on the floor the good doctor would have ordered you to clean the ship with a toothbrush!’‘.

“How very dare you!” said Guy, “We aren’t being idle at all! We’re following the orders we were given by Commander M’Mera to the letter, organising some complex rotas here that coordinate all the teams that will be conducting security drills, while writing an extensive document of detailed ideas and novel suggestions for the better training of boarding exercises. Just because we managed a little sitting down for a minute or two just now, after many endless days of standing up, guarding doorways and vital equipment from who knows what dangers, you accuse us of idleness. Dr. Hunter even wanted us to interrupt this extremely important security work to deliver a few precautionary medical supplies when you have plenty of medical orderlies and nursing assistants in Sickbay available to administer that kind of routine work. Why the absolute unmitigated gall!”

Kate did not flinch ,she let Guy have his say whether it was true or maybe half the truth it didn’t really matter to her . She saw Sharp with his head down shifting from one foot to the other then turned around and left.

“That put her right!” Guy told Richard after she had gone, “Now, stop looking so guilty, and you’d best look sharpish if you don’t want to be given a toothbrush like she said. I don’t think there is anything else we can write down on here about this.” Guy handed the PADD back to Richard. “If the new COS isn’t going to come down here, I expect that we need to report to him instead? Or else we report to the Armory for this clothes collection lark?”

“Say, are we supposed to take one of these hypospray shots ourselves or just give them out to others? Do you think it’s safe? It says here in the small print that common side effects include headache, nausea, sickness, dizziness, severe allergic reactions, severe skin rashes, breathing difficulties, and yellowing of the skin. Not be used by pregnant or breastfeeding individuals.”

Sharp rolled his eyes ‘’Are you worried about the side effects? You’re crazy bro they are the least of our problems , do you know what the effects of radiation are !’’ he exclaimed ‘’We inject one if the radiation start to go higher, don’t worry all crew would be informed and if we are unlucky enough to be called to join the landing party the doc would take care of us ‘’.

‘’You’re not pregnant are you ?’’ he joked giving Guy a fist to his arm.

Sharp sec

“Ha! Ha!” replied Guy. “I guess we better distribute these to the rest of the Security department then… Say, do you think that N.O. might be sweet on our good Dr. Hunter? She came to his defence too quickly.”

‘’Nope don’t think so, cause if she did we would have heard from him by now ‘’.

Guy was just about to leave.

Thalos opened a secure internal channel.

=/\= Security teams, this is the Chief, =/\= he said calmly. =/\= We’re moving to a measured deterrence posture. All Junior Officers are to brief their sections immediately. =/\=

He paused only long enough to ensure the channel remained clear.

“That’s him!” Guy said the Richard. “The new COS!”

=/\= Damage control teams to silent standby. Boarding response units on alert, but remain out of sight unless activated. I want rapid-response drills reviewed and internal sensor sweeps doubled—quietly.=/\=

Acknowledgements chimed back in quick succession.

Thalos monitored the confirmations as they came in, antennae subtly shifting as he listened to the ship itself—the hum of systems adjusting, the faint vibration of shields reinforcing. Everything responded exactly as it should.

Guy was confused and asked Richard, “Err…that’s what we’ve been doing. Briefing each other. Staying on silent alert but remaining out of sight. Reviewing the rapid-response drills. Does he want us to stay here and continue to do nothing? We haven’t run any sensor sweeps for a while. How should we respond to him?”

Richard though for a moment then whispered ‘’Tell him we are ready and that we’ re going on the sensor sweeps as we speak …what ever that means ‘’ he replied as a after thought .

Before Guy could reply to the COS, Richard had already begun walking towards the sensory console. “Hey! Do you know what you’re doing on that?”

Sharp was next to the sensory console ,his fingers glided over the buttons .He knew that the ship’s sensors would locate objects or phenomena in space, or otherwise obtain information about something going on outside the ship. Momentum spent on this Task is normally spent on the Obtain Information Momentum Spend .

‘’Guy there’s a torpedo in front of us and the ship seem to be following it’’ he said rather baffled ‘’And lo and behold it seem to be one of ours! ‘’.

“Reaally!” said Guy, imagining all the different kinds of trouble they would be in if it was their fault.

Sharp’s eyes widened ‘’ I think that nursing officer can see the future for I am going to end up cleaning with a toothbrush!’‘

“This is a Reason + Science Task, assisted by the ship’s Sensors + Science, with a Difficulty of 0. Interference, ambient conditions, or particularly unusual or unfamiliar phenomena should increase this Difficulty,” said Majel, the ship’s computer..

‘’I hope the science dept is doing its part and we need to contact bridge.”

Guy was shaking his head, but he couldn’t get any words to come out of his mouth quickly enough to tell him no.

=/\= Sharp from security dept to bridge.....we have located a torpedo which seems very familiar to ours and the ship is stirring its way behind it ........someone please acknowledge ?=/\=.

=/\= Requesting verification,=/\= the COS said calmly, already opening a secure channel. =/\= I want confirmation on origin, chain of custody, and transport authorization. If there’s a casing onboard that wasn’t declared, I need to know how it got here—and who signed off on it. =/\=

“Are you sure that’s what you saw?” Guy asked Richard. “Maybe the sensors have been affected by the Gravity waves? I don’t know what to tell him?”.

‘’What if I just done a blunder ? ‘’ the security asked ‘’And to the new COS of all people !’‘.

“I can’t tell him that!” Guy replied. “His first day here, and I say, Sharp ‘just done a blunder’! I’ll tell him you are running a repeat of the sensor sweep in case of… a lens flare? Or a glitch caused by a spectrograph artifact? You run the scans again. If it is really there, then someone else is in trouble, not us!”

=/\= Good Morning, Sir. Fleegman here! Sharp is repeating the sensor sweep scan cycle in case of spectrographic artifacts caused by the fluctuating power supply. If it’s real, he will triangulate the exact torpedo tube point of origin. =/\= “It certainly couldn’t have come from this cargo hold,” Guy added to Sharp.

-Guy, Sec

=^=Good morning Crewman , that would be helpful, thankyou , while I have you on the comms, please have teams situated in the shuttle bays and the torpedo bay, make sure they are armed and have the helmsman and comms officer sent back to the bridge=^=

=/\= Yes Sir, Understood =/\= replied Guy.

The torpedo tube was indeed one of the empty shell casings that was originally going to be used. Somehow it had gotten outside with the debris.

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