New Orders

Posted on Fri Aug 12th, 2022 @ 7:17am by Lieutenant Jonathan (Jon) Riley

Mission: Shore Leave
Location: Star Fleet Intelligence Building C, San Francisco Earth, Subbasement 2
Timeline: Concurrent too mission

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Jonathan was at his desk, the odd hour wasn't unusual for his team. They would often be working for hours on end studying the latest dispatches from patrols, the newest movement reports. The dim lighting combined with the strange glow of computer terminals and the smell of stale coffee permeated the air along with several other interesting smells.

The mood was disrupted by the arrival of Admiral Wallace, Jonathan looked up and was about the stand "At ease Jon, I've got some news for you, a new assignment." he said as he put the pad on the cluttered desk.

Jonathan picked up the pad and looked. It had the usual preamble along and headers then the good part, he studied the orders and looked up "A diplomatic ship?"

"They needed an intelligence officer, you were due for promotion too full lieutenant so it worked out." the Admiral said as he pulled out a cigar.

"Why me?" Jon reached into his desk for one himself

"Kid, you out think most of us when it comes too stuff, you wanted to get back to a field posting and to be honest your wasting your time here now, you've raised the bar on fleet movement patterns." He paused to light the cigar. "The Leto's Captain is another rising star in the fleet, more than capable or being what she needs, plus you need the field hours if you want too keep that bridge officers certification."

Jon sat back expelling smoke "Okay, now what's the real reason?"

"The Leto is in good hands, I needed someone with your skill set too be out there if the stuff starts to his the fan, you being on the front lines has more value too us out there than being behind this desk, plus kid unless you want to wind up at a starbase and dead ending our career you need to get out of here sooner than later."

"Good point, Blue Label?" Jonathan said as he pulled a bottle of whiskey out of his lower desk drawer.

"It's only oh-nine-hundred, half please." the admiral said

Pulling out two glasses and setting them on the table, "So I assume my duties will parallel the normal ship operations?"

"Mostly, make sure you file your normal field reporting, and so on." The older admiral paused to take a drink "I'll check in with you from time to time, but for the most part you're on your own."

"Understood, Thank you sir." Jonathan said as he stood up.

"The Leto is putting in for shore leave I'll have a courier ship run you out to catch up with her, I think USS Siksika is in stardock right now I'll transmit the orders right away. good luck."

The two men shook hands and the Admiral left."

Jonathan packed his office into a couple of storage containers, looking at his wrist watch he made his way too the courtyard and tapped his com badge, "Siksika one to beam up."

"Welcome aboard Lieutenant, we'll be departing shortly, our arrival time is approximately eighteen hours behind the Leto, we have you set up in the diplomatic quarters, there isn't much else for creature comforts, but we have a fairly extensive replicator menu and I think the quarter master dropped off a bottle of Canadian rye whiskey for you."

"Thank you crewman."

Jon dropped the lone bag he had on the bed and sat at the spartan desk. "What did I get myself into?" he said too the empty room

End
Lieutenant Jonathan Riley
Intelligence officer
USS Leto