Posted by Civilian Joseph Karlson (Police Commissioner) in Meeting with the Police - Tag Karlson

Posted by General Calvin Harris (Command General- Colonial Customs and Defence Authority) in Meeting with the Police - Tag Karlson
As Commandant General of the Colonial Customs & Defence Authority, General Calvin Alexander Harris had… for the past three weeks… been insanely busy. Averaging 16 hour days nearly every day of those three weeks had been exhausting, only broken up the past weekend by Molly insisting they take a three day holiday to the newly arrived Holloway Grand Resort & Casino Station. Harris went on to spend close to the entire first day asleep in Molly’s arms, followed by two days of enjoying each others company and avoiding all government related functions. Then he dove right back in. There was the approval of the final designs from the Uniform Board and the issuance of said uniforms to the rather rapidly forming trifecta of the CCDA, assembling the Commandant General Council and selection of the Service Chiefs… a duty Calvin had taken distinct pleasure in doing.

The Council consisted of accomplished veteran leaders hand picked from the ranks of Starfleet, the SFMC, and the Planetary Defense forces of a half dozen member worlds of the Federation. The Colonial Defence Force and the Astro Control Service were, as of yesterday morning, under the leadership of none other than the Dynamic Duo themselves… General Devri Rae Hudson and Admiral Samantha Jean Halloway, respectfully. Those were the two most important of the three services and while the Customs & Immigration Service was being staffed up, they were being manned a bit more from the ground up with admin support from CCDA HQ.

For Calvin, it was now time to meet with more of his counterparts, now that the day-to-day was being addressed. First up, the Head of the OED Police, Commissioner Karlson.

The memo to the OED Police Chief read simply:

Commissioner Karlson,
I know you’re very busy but now that things have calmed down on my end, I was wondering if you wouldn’t mind dropping by my office for some coffee and a chat?

Respectfully,
General C.A. Harris, CCDA
Commandant General
CCDA Headquarters
86th Floor, Government Tower

It was a brief memo and Cal sent it with hopes the Commissioner wasn’t too steamed it took him nearly a month to get the man up here.

Harris, CCDA

Moments later a reply came:

Of course, never said no to ten drops before.

I shall be with you shortly.

Commissioner Joseph Karlson
Head of Oed V Police.

Less than ten minutes later Joseph arrived through the Government tower elevator with his small escort. A short man in a nice suit and a perpetual frown on his face and a middle-aged woman in a Police uniform ranked as a Constable holding a PaDD and conversing with her boss quietly as they walked across the new agency’s headquarters. Joseph himself was wearing a simple dark blue three-piece suit, his cane for today was a nice carved mahogany with bronze trimmings. His two escorts waited outside as Joseph waited to be let in to the Generals room.

Commissioner Karlson

As the Commissioner approached the large door, flanked by two large flag pools holding the flag of OED V and the grey, white, and gold flag of the CCDA, he would see how busy the heart of the young agency really was. There was a group of high school-aged young people on a recruiting tour, a team of Console Techs installing workstations, and more than 30 already-working HQ personnel busily addressing the CCDA’s needs.

Opening the heavy, Black Walnut door, the Commissioner stepped through onto wall-to-wall cobalt blue carpet. The room featured a pair of comfortable black leather couches either side of the door for Karlson’s staff to wait. Directly across from the opening was a large wooden desk with a sharp looking redheaded Sergeant First Class sitting behind the desk. The view out the window behind her was breathtaking, a sweeping view all the way out to the edge of the dome to the northwest. The room had equally large doors on the left and right of the room, the one to Karlson’s right flanked by CCDA’s flag and a red flag with three silver stars and to his left the same but with four silver stars. As they stepped in, the young woman smiled, speaking in a distinct New Jersey accent. “Good Mornin’ Commission’er… please…” She motioned the four star door. “… go right on in, the General is expecting you.”

The door opened to a large office on a section of curved outer wall, the left to right windows were stunning. Centered on the window was a large desk with a sitting area with a couch, two leather chairs and a coffee table on a large round rug featuring the CCDA’s trident. Commandant General Calvin Harris stood as the door opened, walking from behind the desk with a warm smile, offering a hand shake. “Good morning Commissioner, welcome to the CCDA…”

”… please, grab a seat.” The former Starfleet Marine grabbed a chair as he motioned to the other chair. A moment later, the Sergeant entered with a tray with two steaming cups. “Raven…” She smiled, handing Harris a cup before turning to the Commissioner. “… here ya go sir… straight black. There’s cream & sugar in the bowl on the side table.” With that, she smiled and nodded before going back out to the outer office.

“She’s a hell of a kid…” Harris smiled proudly. “… like a second Daugther, Jersey & my little girl been friends since high school. When she joined the Corps, she asked if she could be my aide and has been with me ever since. Thankfully, her tour was up for renewal last month… so I offered her a promotion and a job if she came over to the CCDA. She jumped at the opportunity.”

Smiling, Harris nodded to the Commissioner. “I wanted to thank you for coming by. I’ve been meaning to reach out but needless to say, we’ve been swamped. How are things on your side of the house?”

Harris, CCDA