Posted by Captain Benjamin Gillespie (Commanding Officer) in Bar

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Aaron Foley (Executive Officer) in Bar

Posted by Lieutenant Mike Knight (Chief Engineer) in Bar
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After leaving the COS with their guests, Ben headed towards the bar with the XO. He wanted to get to know the man in a more relaxed, less formal environment.

The new CE would also be on their way and it was a good opportunity to meet him too.

Ben persuaded the bartender to let him start a tab and rent one of the privacy booths so they could talk a bit more openly than one would normally do in a public space…

-Ben

Mike entered the bar with his bag of tools and his bag of belongings. He saw the CO in one of the private booths. He walk over to the door and press the bottom to Notify the co he is outside

Lt. Mike Knight (CE)

Ben rose and pressed a button on the tables controls to release the door.

“Lieutenant Knight, I presume,” he said extending his right hand towards the new CE.”

After inviting Knight to sit down. “Apologies for stiching you up with Jacobs. He would have been a significant inconvenience had he come to the correct airlock so we set him up to keep him out of our way. As much as I want him off the station he hasn’t technically done anything illegal… Yet.”

Ben sipped his drink. “His ship was recently impounded and no-one trusts him enough to give him passage on their ships so we’re stuck with him. The airlock itself is considerred a neutral space. I’d hoped he would actually go all the way through onto the Trinidad so we could consider him a stowaway. No such luck.”

-Ben

Lieutenant knight looked at him “ well that little camera of his hurt My eye it is a cybernetic one and he should know more about people before he goes flashing them I could’ve had a seizure” he said setting down back in the whole glass

Lt. Mike Knight (CE)

“Did I miss something while we were dealing with our ‘guests’?” Aaron asked as he looked over at the chief.

“I don’t believe we’ve met, Aaron Foley,” he said extending his hand.

LtCmdr. Foley - XO

Mike took the XO’s hand in his cybernetic hand “ nice to meet you I am mike Knight the new Lt. And CE here. I just ask one thing.......keep the Journalist out of engineering” he said as he downed an nother glass.

Lt. Mike Knight (CE)

Aaron raised a questioning eyebrow. “Nice to meet you Chief. Journalists? I haven’t had much of an issue with journalists around here to date. But I’m sure we can keep them out of the engineering spaces. What did they do?”

LtCmdr Foley - XO

Mike looked at him “He had his camera drones take images of me without permission and without warning. Then he drilled me with pointless questions and that he has some business and scan them to me up with excuses for why you’re doing what you do“

Lt. Mike Knight (CE)

“He arrived whilst you were on your mission, He has an unhealthy interest in gossip,” Ben said, “Engineering and Ops are the main non-public areas of the station. I doubt he’d take the bait, but if for some reason we found him in either place, then we’d be able to at least offer accommodation in the brig.”

-Ben

Mike smiled “ok I need to find my quarters unpack and get some sleep and I’ll see you all in the morning when I start my new job. What time will morning briefing be at“

Lt. Mike Knight (CE)

Aaron tried not to let the sigh come out audibly. Just what they needed now, journalists poking around out here. He had hoped that they were far enough outside the normal trade routes that they would just forget about their Starbase. But it looked like something had finally drawn them towards Magellan.

“Please let us know if they do enter into a restricted space. We wouldn’t them, um, getting accidentally hurt. There are times those engineering spaces can be quite dangerous. Or so I’m told.”

LtCmdr. Foley - XO

“As annoying as the press are, they are handy to have around for the ‘good news’ stories,” Ben offered trying to be positive. It generally wasn’t journalists that Ben had a problem with, but he knew from experience how pushy Jacobs was, “But come election time he’ll loose interest in us. Or more specifically me.”

Ben sipped his drink, “He’s got it in his head that I’m not fit to command the Outpost. There was an incident when I was stationed here as an Ensign that Jacobs believes comprises me emotionally. I have no doubt that as my XO and my Chief Engineer he will be keen for your views on that. I’m not going to tell you not to answer his questions or what you say. You can answer his questions in whatever manner you deem appropriate if you wish to.”

“When he asked me, I told him I didn’t believe there was an issue and invited him to contact the Starfleet Press Office if he wanted further comment from Command regarding my appointment,” Ben said, “And if you believe he is correct, then I invite you to tell me.”

-Ben

Mike smiled “just keep him away from me or I Might accidentally fuse him to the bulkhead” he said Laughing a little bit as he picked up his bags

Lt. Mike Knight (CE)