USS Aldrin Live Sim 03/22/2021 - Briefing for Phase Three
Posted on Wed Mar 31st, 2021 @ 12:17am by Lieutenant Sineade Darnel & Lieutenant Sean Darnell & Commodore Mardel Shayron-Connor & Captain Dean House & Lieutenant Commander NightWing K'Trevala & Lieutenant Commander Daniel Connor Mr. & Lieutenant Kara Danvers & Lieutenant Flowerpetal Sheme & Lieutenant Commander Teayana Starr & Lieutenant Oelh Tsuruchi & Lieutenant Tholan ch'Fairia
3,518 words; about a 18 minute read
Mission:
Shake Down Mission
Location: In Orbit of Andor
Buzz — Today at 9:00 PM
=/\= Attention on Deck! =/\=
●● Lt Teayana Starr ::AA::
●● Lt. Flower Sheme ::AA::
Daniel Connor ::AA::
●● Lieutenant Kara Danvers ::attn::
● Ensign Oelh Joy Tsuruchi ::AA::
○●LtJg Tholan ch'Fairia ::AA::
Lt Sineade Darnell ::AA::
LtJG Sean Darnell ::AA::
●●● Cmdr House/●● Lt Danvers Crew is at attention, and! Admiral on deck! ::attn::
[●] Commodore Mardel Connor Thank you, Commander. ::Smiles and looks around:: Welcome out tonight. As stated in the game plan, we are meeting in the main observation lounge where Admiral Killian Sylver will brief us on the final leg of the wargames. All department heads and assistant department heads should be in attendance at this briefing. Which means, pretty much everyone here. I'm not sure what Admiral Sylver has in mind for us, but we should be ready for anything.
Any questions?
●● Lt. Flower Sheme no sir
Daniel Connor No questions
Lt Sineade Darnell No Ma'am
LtJG Sean Darnell no questions, Captain
●● Lt Teayana Starr No Ma'am
○●● Lt Cmdr NightWing ::AA:: no questions
[●] Commodore Mardel Connor Okay then.....places everyone.
ROCK~N~ROLL
Vice Admiral Killian Sylver ::Waiting in the observation lounge, sitting at the head of the table, looking far too comfortable, a glass of chilled pineapple juice on the table in front of her::
○●● Lt Cmdr NightWing ;;heads into the Observation Lounge and salutes the Admiral as she came in;;
[●] Commodore Mardel Connor ::Enters the observation lounge and pauses, seeing the Admiral already there.:: Sir, I didn't realize you were on board. I would have welcomed you.
●● Lt Teayana Starr ::enters the lounge with her PADD and a large coffee.
●● Lt. Flower Sheme :enters the briefing room from the bridge, takes a seat next to Lt. Darnell (Tinker)::
●●● Cmdr House ::Switches out also moving to the lounge:: I did that for you, Mardel. Standard procedure.
Vice Admiral Killian Sylver ::Waving Mardel off, she gestures for her to sit next to her at the head of the table:: Think nothing of it, Mardel. How are the little ones? Are you adjusting to being a mother and a captain?
●● Lieutenant Kara Danvers ::Rubs her nose a little bit and takes a seat once she's in there::
Lt Sineade Darnell Enter the observation lounge and stands at the back of the room, hoping not to get noticed
LtJG Sean Darnell swaggers into the Observation Lounge and stops seeing the Admiral, then slides towards the closest seat not in the front
●● Lt Teayana Starr ::almost bumping into Mardel:: Captain I'm so sorry. Admiral, good morning.
Daniel Connor ::walks into the lounge with sea salt caramel hot cocoa::
[●] Commodore Mardel Connor ::Takes her seat:: Yes, I am getting used to it, thank you for asking. ::Looks around as her crew files in and takes their seats::
Daniel Connor ::pets Flower and smiled; sits with his wife::
●● Lt. Flower Sheme Tinker come sit by me
○●● Lt Cmdr NightWing ;;goes over to sit by CJ;;
●● Lt. Flower Sheme ::purrs after being petted:: you are doing it again Danny
Vice Admiral Killian Sylver ::Watching out the window, or so it seems, but she notices everything from Sean's swagger to Daniel's drink to Sineade standing in the back rather than taking a seat::
::Her face impassive, as if she were deep in thought::
Lt Sineade Darnell ::wonders if she is supposed to sit near her department head or not.::
NEW
● Ensign Oelh Joy Tsuruchi ::enters and takes her seat::
○●LtJg Tholan ch'Fairia ::sits at science station on the bridge::
[●] Commodore Mardel Connor ::Looking around:: Everyone, please find a seat. If you want something to drink, get it now. We will begin in two minutes.
○●● Lt Cmdr NightWing ;;gets some mulled apple cider;;
●● Lt Teayana Starr :: sitting but glances quickly to see where he husband is.::
Daniel Connor ::looks at Flower and blows her a quick kiss::
ACTION: Tholan looks at the screen of his science station and all he sees is images of fish, some in tanks, some in lakes, some in reefs, some in the ocean, some in tide pools.
●●● Cmdr House/●● Lt Danvers ::Right next to her::
Lt Sineade Darnell ::also wonders if she should even be at this meeting in the first place::
●● Lt. Flower Sheme ::looks over to Tinker, frowns as she hasn’t come to sit beside her::
Daniel Connor ::blows on the cocoa and sips it::
[●] Commodore Mardel Connor ::Frowns a moment:: Tsuruchi, isn't ch'Fairia your assistance department head? Why isn't he here?
○●LtJg Tholan ch'Fairia ::looks at the screen:: Bah I prefer snow and ice
● Ensign Oelh Joy Tsuruchi ::stands:: Yes ma'am he is, he is on watch on the bridge ma;am.
[●] Commodore Mardel Connor Sit down, Tsuruchi. =/\= ch"Fairia, your presence is requested in the observation lounge, STAT.
Lt Sineade Darnell ::spots Flower and moves to sit near her:: Hey Petal Girl. Sorry, was distracted. Not sure I should really be here. I'm not the chief , or the assistant chief
● Ensign Oelh Joy Tsuruchi ::sits rather embarassed::
○●LtJg Tholan ch'Fairia +Taps+ On my way!
●● Lt. Flower Sheme ::purrs:: How are you doing Tinker
[●] Commodore Mardel Connor ::Lifts an eyebrow:: I believe you will notice that you are the assistant chief, Darnell. ::To Sineade::
○●LtJg Tholan ch'Fairia ::enters the observation room out of breath::
Daniel Connor ::looks over::
[●] Commodore Mardel Connor Take a seat, Mister ch'Fairia.
○●LtJg Tholan ch'Fairia ::nods and falls in to a chair::
[●] Commodore Mardel Connor ::Looks at the Admiral:: Everyone who should be is now here, Admiral Sylver.
Lt Sineade Darnell ::looks at the Captain:: Yes, Ma'am. If you say so, Captain.
●● Lt Teayana Starr ::pops a piece of fruit in her mouth letting the juice slowly spread across her mouth before swallowing::
Vice Admiral Killian Sylver ::Pulls her gaze away from the window and looks around the room slowly. Then, without looking, picks up her glass and takes a sip of the juice and then sets it back down in the same condensation ring, all without looking at her hand, the table, or the glass.:: Thank you, Captain. Everyone, take out your padds and make notes, you will want to remember this.
○●● Lt Cmdr NightWing ;;gets her padd out for notes;;
[●] Commodore Mardel Connor ::Pulls out her padd to make notes::
Daniel Connor ::grabs his padd and makes his notes::
● Ensign Oelh Joy Tsuruchi ::pulls out a PADD::
●●● Cmdr House/●● Lt Danvers ::Gets to cheat and not need to take notes::
●● Lt Teayana Starr :: was already ready::
●● Lt. Flower Sheme >::pulls out a PADD::
●● Lieutenant Kara Danvers ::Doesn't need to either::
○●LtJg Tholan ch'Fairia ::has padd in hand::
Vice Admiral Killian Sylver ::Pins both House and Danvers with a cold glance, her eyes looking almost black, and it look like she will wait for them to pull out padds....in fact....she is and it will get very uncomfortable if they don't::
Lt Sineade Darnell ::pulls out a PADD as ordered::
LtJG Sean Darnell ::takes a PADD from his pocket and gets ready to record the show::
Vice Admiral Killian Sylver ::In a voice with no warmth:: I said everyone. That was not a request.
●● Lieutenant Kara Danvers ::Kara was quick to do so::
LtJG Sean Darnell ::glances at House and Danvers with a smirk, happy that he wasn't the one in trouble this time::
Daniel Connor ::looks at his wife and shrugs::
●●● Cmdr House/●● Lt Danvers ::Dean on the other hand was curious as to why since he didn't need it. Reluctantly doing so::
Vice Admiral Killian Sylver ::In the same cold voice:: I don't care how good your memory is, Commander House, you will need to make notes.
NEW
●● Lt Teayana Starr ::gives her husband a look of don't piss her off.::
○●● Lt Cmdr NightWing ;;sets the record feature on the PADD as a secondary and backup method of notes;;
● Ensign Oelh Joy Tsuruchi ::looks at Nightwing and whispers:: Might need a body bag.
○●● Lt Cmdr NightWing ;;shrugs;;
●●● Cmdr House/●● Lt Danvers [I eat Admirals for brunch -dux-]
LtJG Sean Darnell ::decides not to press his luck during this meeting::
Vice Admiral Killian Sylver ::Stands up then and moves to the screen and touches it and it springs to life for her, displaying a picture of the Mutara Nebula. Then she looks at everyone again, this time, her face shows a little more warmth and her eyes now look deep blue. Her blue-black hair pulled back in a ponytail that hangs to the middle of her back easily:: This is your destination. Inside that nebula is a buoy placed there by Starfleet Intelligence for this very purpose. You reach that buoy without incident and you win. ::She said simply, almost too simply::
● Ensign Oelh Joy Tsuruchi ::raises hand::
Daniel Connor ::puts in the info on his padd. He was familiar on the nebula itself::
Vice Admiral Killian Sylver Yes, Lieutenant Tsuruchi?
Lt Sineade Darnell ::frowns and whispers to herself as she enters this on the PADD:: There's got to be a catch
○●● Lt Cmdr NightWing ;;RH;;
● Ensign Oelh Joy Tsuruchi By no incident you mean no contact with the enemy or not getting destroyed?
LtJG Sean Darnell ::records the meeting, and sits back looking at the vid-screen::
●● Lt. Flower Sheme ::raises her white paw a little timid, and as her nose brightens at the mention of Starfleet Intellegince::
NEW
●● Lieutenant Kara Danvers ::Jotting things down and looking the nebula up and its history. What it does::
Vice Admiral Killian Sylver ::Slowly smiles:: Not exactly. You have tested the limits of this ship in the first two legs of these wargames. This final leg will test you in ways you never thought possible. I mean, without incident, a whole ship and crew arriving at the buoy.
Commander Nightwing?
○●● Lt Cmdr NightWing so who will we be facing, or are we going to have to deal with Saboteurs aboard the Aldrin?
Vice Admiral Killian Sylver ::It isn't a mistake, but the gleam in her eyes sparkles and her smile warms just a little more:: What saboteurs, Commander Nightwing?
○●● Lt Cmdr NightWing I don't know, some of your gremlins, perhaps?
●●● Cmdr House/●● Lt Danvers ::Tilts his head slightly, giving a motions and waiting his turn.::
Vice Admiral Killian Sylver The gremlins haven't been seen in this quadrant for over fifteen years, Commander. So I doubt that it will be gremlins that plague you, unless you create them in your mind.
Vice Admiral Killian Sylver Commander House, you appear to have something you wish to say?
Lt Sineade Darnell So far, each leg of the trip so far had some 'incident' ::mutters to herself::
[●] Commodore Mardel Connor ::Making notes on her padd of the questions and answers as well as the destination and the parameters given::
●●● Cmdr House/●● Lt Danvers Actually what Sineade just said. There's going to be an incident one way or another that we will have to figure out and over come. So setting the parameters as no incident is unrealistic, Admiral.
●● Lt. Flower Sheme ::has her paw up::
Vice Admiral Killian Sylver ::Smiles again:: Perhaps I phrased that wrong. No incidents you are unable to overcome successfully within the time limit given.
●● Lt Teayana Starr ::she groans inwardly. Was her husband really testing her patience?vv
Vice Admiral Killian Sylver Lieutenant Sheme?
●● Lt. Flower Sheme How long do we have to make this leg?
●●● Cmdr House/●● Lt Danvers [2 minutes from 10 minutes ago, we failed. :X]
●● Lt Teayana Starr With the Admiral rephrasing gave her a bit of relief.
Vice Admiral Killian Sylver You have one month to arrive. You have been given more time on this leg because it is considerably farther than your last two targets and you will be up against something you have never had to face before.
LtJG Sean Darnell ::begins to wonder exactly what the Admiral has up her sleeve::
●● Lt. Flower Sheme okay :: still has her nose a bright pink and puts her paw down::
●● Lieutenant Kara Danvers ::Raises her hand::
Daniel Connor ::listens to everyone::
Vice Admiral Killian Sylver Lieutenant Danvers?
●● Lieutenant Kara Danvers Are we allowed to use everything at our disposal, and, are we not going to get any hint as to what? Or one of those..you go into the unknown things, so you must deal with it.
Vice Admiral Killian Sylver ::Killian spread her arms wide:: You are allowed to use anything and everything at your disposal from the ship to personal talent, skill, and strengths. As for what you will be facing...... ::She paused a moment::
Lt Sineade Darnell ::begins to run numbers through her head as to what they might need for this trip and holds her breath a moment::
Vice Admiral Killian Sylver ::Again, without looking, she picked up her glass, took a sip, and set it back down in the exact same condensation ring, the beads of water rolling down the side of the glass undisturbed as well::
Lt Sineade Darnell ::glances at the glass and thinks it is very strange that Killian can do that::
●● Lieutenant Kara Danvers So, Commander Houses 'superior intellect' is out of the question. ::Giggles a little, and because the rooms tension could be cut with a butter knife.::
●● Lt. Flower Sheme you okay Tinker?
●● Lt Teayana Starr ::making addition notes and checking to make sure the ship was restocked. She had a feeling no one on board was going to get much sleep and most were going to be pushed to their psychological limits.::
Vice Admiral Killian Sylver You will be going against Starfleet Intelligence. We have all of your records, have read your logs, know this ship inside and out, know all the modifications, and we have our own surprises that no one else knows about. We know your strengths and weaknesses, your talents and fears, everything. And we will be using it against you. As I said, you will be tested beyond anything you have yet faced and been tested by.
[●] Commodore Mardel Connor ::Checks and looks up at Killian, going a very pale green:: We are going up against you, Admiral?
●● Lt. Flower Sheme ::heart skips a few beats: up against...S.I....
Vice Admiral Killian Sylver ::Nodding:: Not just be alone, but essentially....yes.
Lt Sineade Darnell ::shakes her head:: I am not sure I like this. It's like we are fighting ourselves and then some
Vice Admiral Killian Sylver ::Points to Sineade:: Exactly, Lieutenant.
●●● Cmdr House/●● Lt Danvers ::Gives a glance at kara a moment, then back.:: This should be interesting.
Daniel Connor Oh boy.
●● Lt Teayana Starr ::pales and heart palpitations begin.:::
●● Lieutenant Kara Danvers ::Literally head desks, then glancing up:: We won't fail.
●● Lt Teayana Starr Ma'am I need to be excu... ::Runs to the nearest restroom::
Vice Admiral Killian Sylver I appreciate that spirit and attitude, Lieutenant Danvers.
LtJG Sean Darnell :: fake glares at Sinny:: You told them my secrets didn't you?
Lt Sineade Darnell What secrets, Sean. With you it's WYSIWYG
Vice Admiral Killian Sylver ::Watches Teayana run from the room and nods a moment:: Pregnancy can be very uncomfortable. Perhaps, you should help your wife, Commander House, unless you don't think your crew mates can take enough notes to satisfy you.
●● Lieutenant Kara Danvers I'm curious to see how you figured out how to compensate for my abilities.
●●● Cmdr House ::Was already standing up to go with her, without asking:: I trust them with that, and my life.
Vice Admiral Killian Sylver ::Smiles:: I am not giving anything away, Lieutenant Danvers.
::Nods with a smile at Commander House:: With that kind of attitude, you might just get through this in one piece and make it to the buoy.
●● Lieutenant Kara Danvers Are we sure that he's not having mood swings also? One minute he's kinda standoffish. Now he's all, yay! go team!
Vice Admiral Killian Sylver ::Holds up her hand for quiet:: There are a few things you should know now though, so you don't worry about them. We will not play into the Orion fear of slavery. Nor will we play into the fear of physical abuse to women to break them. Nor will we emasculate the men to gain power. We will not cross the morality boundaries.
I believe it was a show of machismo, so show he wasn't afraid of me. ::Her smile again has that cold touch to it, her eyes again looking black::
Daniel Connor ::looks at Mardel a bit worried::
[●] Commodore Mardel Connor ::Shivers a moment:: Is there anything else you want us to know before we begin?
●● Lieutenant Kara Danvers ::Nods:: That would be a little to harsh for games, ma'am. I'm glad to hear that. ::Raising an eyebrow:: Isn't that good to not show he's afraid of you though? If its not going to blind judgement.
NEW
●● Lt Teayana Starr ::rinses her face and her mouth:: re-enters... My apologies everyone. ::Sits quietly::
Vice Admiral Killian Sylver There is a difference between not showing fear and being foolish to underestimate an opponent.
●●● Cmdr House/●● Lt Danvers ::Was holding Teayana's hair again, like most of the times when he could back while she got it out. Joining them again when she was done.::
Vice Admiral Killian Sylver ::Looks around the room:: I want to wish you all luck and let you know I honestly hope you do win. But it will not be easy and will not come without a cost. The games begin.........now. ::Then she shimmers from the ship and is gone::
ACTION: The screen goes dark and then a red "Good Luck" appears on it and slowly fades.
Daniel Connor Here we go. ::looks at everyone::
LtJG Sean Darnell ::stands up:: I take it we head to the Mutara nebula now?
[●] Commodore Mardel Connor ::Rubs her face a moment and takes a few deep breaths:: Okay, people. We have our work cut out for us. Let your departments know what you feel they need to. Teaya, I need you to keep your eye on morale. Everyone, we are in this together.
○●LtJg Tholan ch'Fairia ::Mumbles:: And we are screwed.
[●] Commodore Mardel Connor We will break orbit in an hour. Give everyone a chance to brief their departments and get everyone ready. I believe in all of you. We can do this, no matter how much Admiral Sylver tries to frighten us. We can do this.
Lt Sineade Darnell ::stands and gets ready to race to engineering and get everyone briefed, hear Tholan:: And I Agree, roomie!
Daniel Connor ::holds Mardel's hand and smiled at her::
●● Lt Teayana Starr No defeatist attitude Tholan.
●● Lt. Flower Sheme ::looks at Tinker, still with her nose bright pink::
FREEZE
○●LtJg Tholan ch'Fairia Just looking at the faces ma'am
●●● Cmdr House/●● Lt Danvers There's two things I have a pretty good idea she's going to expect. We go straight for it, using slip stream, cloak. Which they are going to have found a way over. Or, do like we've done this whole time. Which is jumping different locations and making the route longer and them try to find us again. So we need other ideas.
Lt Sineade Darnell/Ens Darnell ::freezies:: X2
●●● Cmdr House/●● Lt Danvers ::Freezies::
Daniel Connor ::frozen::
●● Lt. Flower Sheme ::frozen:
●● Lt Teayana Starr ::shivers::
[●] Commodore Mardel Connor AT EASE
●● Lt. Flower Sheme ::paws::
Lt Sineade Darnell/Ens Darnell ::ae::x2
Daniel Connor ::thaws::
[●] Commodore Mardel Connor Great job tonight, everyone. I know we are up to this challenge. I would like to see some logs from this. Time between sims is the One Hour to get ready to break orbit. Use this to plan, plot, come up with ideas, brief your departments, etc. I know that we don't have a full ship of people, so pretend and make up members of your departments to brief and such. And know this....we, Commander House and I, will be challenging everyone equally. We are not picking on anyone, everyone will be tested. This is ALL IC and not personal. It makes for a good story and logs. OOC, I know we got this. IC...we will have to see.
Any questions/comments?
Lt Sineade Darnell/Ens Darnell ::rh::
●● Lieutenant Kara Danvers I can fly separate from the ship in warp or slipstream?
[●] Commodore Mardel Connor Yes, Sineade? Unless they have a way to counter that, Kara.
Lt Sineade Darnell/Ens Darnell Are we to expect guests to interject events into the sim?
[●] Commodore Mardel Connor Admiral Sylver will be the only guest so far. But there are chances of other guests to come in and see if they can also trip us up.
Lt Sineade Darnell/Ens Darnell ok. Thanks.
[●] Commodore Mardel Connor Anything else?
Okay then....I look forward to the logs and to see what we can do with this challenge we have been given.
Commander House, say your peace and let em go.
●● Lt Teayana Starr (Peace or piece? hehe)
●●● Cmdr House/●● Lt Danvers Excellent sim everyone. Seems we got some issues to deal with, and certain thinking out side of the box, things we've not done before. The Admiral is not going to hold back. So lets kick her proverbial dick in the dirt. Everyone be safe. Sake some prayers for everyone, particularly those not completely well.
=/\= Dismissed = /\=
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