Posted by Civilian Cort Belanger (Executive Assistant to Lt. Gov.) in Government Tower - The Gatekeepes Are Locking The Gates

Posted by Civilian Dorma Fen (Governor’s Assistant) in Government Tower - The Gatekeepes Are Locking The Gates
Twenty minutes after the meeting with Dasca, Dorma Fen arrived at the Conference Room for the meeting she called. On the long table were PaDDS for everyone, old-fashioned paper notepads and pens, water, snacks, and coffee. Six comm terminals had been connected, each dedicated to a specific office in the Tower and to needed off-site locals. The shades had been drawn and rhe wi dows set to opaque and secure, preventing outside surveillance.

Outside the room, it was eerily quiet. No one was present on the entire floor except for Fen… and four human males of distinctly Japanese heritage in suits outside the door, two on each side. They stood stoically against the wall, and each had a strange lump under their jackets; too large to be a phaser, too small to be a rifle. Each wore dark sunglasses and has a comm device in their ear.

As the rest of the Administration Staff arrived, the men said nothing. They simply held them at the door, looked at them directly for a few moments, and then opened the door and ushered them quickly inside.

Dorma Fen

Cort stepped in, surveyed the whole set-up, and gave Dorma an appraising look. Somehow, he expected nothing less from her. As he approached, finally some of his true worry was allowed to surface. “It’s too early to drink, right?” He was actually joking given that it wasn’t even 8 am yet, but his words came out with a sigh.

“I’d be lying if I said the thought to have a warm bottle of my family’s sake on the table hadn’t crossed my mind.” Dorma said with a weary smile.

Cort poured some more coffee and took a seat just as Elema and Sherri stepped in. The two woman also grabbed coffee and sat down.

“This is just…” Elema said, shaking her head.
“It’s hard,” Sherri agreed, “But between all of us, we have plenty of skills and experience.” She reached over and rested a hand on the empath’s arm. “And we take breaks as we need to, okay? We lean on each other.”

Cort had experienced more than his fair share of tragic events, one of which he had briefly alluded to to Dorma at their dinner, but it never made it easier. It had, however, given him practice being stoic. But Elema, though the same age as Dorma, was the least experienced of the four of them, and he knew they would need to demonstrate how to handle something as big as this. “Schedules are clear. Where do you want to go from here?” he asked Dorma. He had things that had come to mind already, but she definitely had something in mind and he was happy to let her take charge here.

~Dasca’s Staff

Dorma nodded and said “So my mind is on all of us going on defense. Let our higher ups deal with public opinion and law enforcement interactions. Our only job right now until we decide otherwise is to keep the Governor and Lieutenant Governor free to deal with everything else as they feel the need to; but to give them enough room to process as they need.” Dorma had said both, but everyone in the room knew that one would need more time than the other. “And we keep the distractions to an absolute minimum. Additionally…” and she blew out a long breath, “Listen. We are all big boy and girls here. And we all know this place a history of expressing displeasure with leadership by force. What no o e seems to remember is that everything a Governor or Lieutenant Governor has been… ‘removed’… they have taken a few of us with them. Now, I don’t know the why surrounding Jones’ death; I doubt anyone does right now. But we need to look out for each other right now, too. All of us are privy to A LOT of privileged information, and that makes us targets if this was an attempt to come after Colonial leadership. So the guys outside the door are there to watch over us. We’ll have one with us at all times, and a pair following us that you probably won’t see.” She looked at Sherri and said “They will be with you everywhere except inside Fleet facilities. I’m sure Star Fleet Security is able to keep an eye on you inside the Fleet Compound.” She siad with a smile while thinking to herself And there is no way they would pass a Fleet Security check. “Outside, though… they are with you. Everyone ok with that?”

Dorma Fen, Governor’s Aid