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The miscellaneous items were all scanned in, categorized and stuffed into the empty torpedo casings. Ready to be jettisoned.

“My granny told me never to air my dirty laundry in public,” Kahuna said, “but if this is what the senior officers want us to do, who are we to disagree?”

Stella just laughed before she turned to leave and said with a smile. ” I know right? I think that first officer we have is a nut myself. It was his idea you know. I guess as long as the captain says it’s okay it’s okay.”

“We should let him know that we are ready to begin the launch of the first torpedo,” Lt. Kahuna said.

Stella paused a moment and then shrugged. ” Sure thing! ” She responded with a smile. =/- ” Captain, this is Lieutenant Gagnon. Mister Kahuna says that we’re ready to fire when ready!”=/\=

=/\= Bridge here. Captain Glen speaking. Excellent work Lt. Tell Kahuna to begin the slow release of the materials.... Sorry, there’s been a change of plan and we are going to send the stuff out without a torpedo casing first, to save them for later. So, slowly does it too. I suggest a few items every thirty minutes. Is that all clear/ =/\=

=/\= Clear as fresh polished crystal captain sir! =/\= Stella peeped. =/\= The Big Kahuna is pulling out the casings now, and I’m loading in the rest back into the tubes. We have one tube ready. Let us know when you want us to go sir! =/\=

=/\= You may eject the first load right away! =/\= Glen replied.

After hearing the captains go ahead Stella turned to Kahuna and gave him the thumbs up He checked the seals on the tube and then hit the fire button above it. The sound of escaping air filled the room as the refuse went on its way to its destiny.

A little while later after Kahuna and Stella had almost finished congratulated each other on a job well done, they heard several more Comms from and to the Bridge.

=/\= 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. =/\=

=/\= 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. =/\=

=^=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=^= Thalos told Guy.

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

“Well, it certainly can’t be one of ours, can it?” Hercules asked Stella. “I unpacked it, and you only ejected the rubbish, right?”

Stella was busy dusting off no one probably knew what from her uniform as she looked up at Kahuna and said with a laugh. ” That’s the only thing I put in any tubes and I have the filth on my hands and knees to prove it! I’m going to have to get a clean uniform before I go back to the bridge. I can’t ger abducted by big mean monsters looking like this! Thanks for the help, Kahuna! ” She said as she turned to leave.

Behind Kahuna and Gagnon, a little known Ensign gulped to himself and tried to disappear. Hoping the incident would be brushed under the rug.

GM Nosferatu
Your Darkest Nightmare

Kahuna couldn’t believe that Gagnon had just left, to leave him to answer the new COS alone. He turned and began to check the logs. It appeared that Stella had unpacked all of the dirty materials from the torpedo casing just as she said, and she had launched the dirty matter but hadn’t launched the casing. However, just a little later after they left and would have been busy talking together, the empty torpedo casing had indeed been launched. Some further checking gave the authorisation code as belonging to an Ensign Recondite, a fresh Academy recruit who had only just come aboard at DS-K5. Obviously, a mistake had been made and as Weapons Officer, Kahuna had to take responsibility for that.

=/\= Kahuna to the Bridge. I can confirm that an empty torpedo casing has been launched from the Merrimack by accident. I’m still investigating how that was possible, but I take full responsibility and I offer my resignation as Weapons Officer, Sir! =/\=

• Kahuna, Weapons

=^= Bridge here. It will be for the Captain or the XO to determine any disciplinary action. =^=” His voice remained level, neither harsh nor indulgent. “=^= That said, I do acknowledge—and respect—that you are willing to take responsibility. =^

Kahuna went off to find Ensign Recondite.

• Kahuna, Weapons