Posted March 3, 2021, 11:18 a.m. by Lieutenant Commander Daggum Hammor (Chief Operations Officer) (James Sinclair)
Posted by Fleet Captain Ghubari Koraia (Captain) in Ready Room- Explanations
Posted by Lieutenant Commander Daggum Hammor (Chief Operations Officer) in Ready Room- Explanations
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Hammor looked directly at her and maintained an air of professional demeanor, a subordinate addressing a superior. “Ma’am, if I may… I see this going one of three ways, as these conversations have done so in the past. One is you will side with the station’s staff and deride me for making their life difficult and taking liberties with regulations and protocols without looking at the full picture. Two is you will side with me and simply ask that I do not make life difficult for the station crew or take liberties with regulations or protocols again… knowing that I absolutely will if that gets the job done. Three, and this has happened only once but even as an outlier is still my personal favorite, is you will have read their report-slash-complaint-slash-temper tantrum; and you will now ask me for my side of what happened before rendering your opinion and deciding whether or not to thank me in private and scold me in public to appease station egos… which, by the way, I absolutely understand has to be done at times… or throw me off of your ship. Although…” and he gave her a long look of appraisal, “… I have no doubt that you could surprise me with a fourth option, Captain.”
Hammor, Ops
A tiny smile tugged at the corners of her mouth. “Well, at least I know you are able to evaluate a situation.” Lifting her arms to brace her elbows on the desk, she brought the palms of her hands together and tapped her fingers together. “I do want to hear your side of it. So please, by all means, fill me in,” she said, gesturing briefly with one hand before lacing her fingers together.
Fl. Captain Koraia, CO
Hammor nodded and said “Of course. When I arrived, I found a ship that was at less than ten percent of standard material stock… completely normal and understandable for what the ship and crew has done. That being said, regulations stipulate that all restocking and resupply points prioritize replenishment based on a na number of factors: those being deployment status, current stores, and availability of needed materials and equipment. While the Athena was the first priority for the last two categories, we were last for the first. And I knew that the Harbinger Dawn was en route and that they would easily take on all supplies currently stored on the station Supply Docks and we would be far overdue for the ship’s down time, thus cutting into the crew’s R&R. I requested that the Dock Master resupply us as a priority before he knew the Dawn was coming.” Here Daggum left off the part about bribing the Harbinger Dawn‘s Captain, his former CO, to give him the arrival time and date of the massive dreadnaught; but it wasn’t really germaine to the point, now was it? “And, as is typical for so many in that role, he said no because he views the supplies as his… not the ships that rely on them.” and he took a breath.
“So, I and I alone transported to the station docks and… well… ‘creatively re-organized’ the supplies stored there, making sure that the Dawn‘s goods were readily available… but were stacked up behind ours. The station could still load in and make sure the Dawn was stocked and ready to go on time… they just sort of had to load us up first. Simple logistics, Captain… a concept that seemed a bit foreign to the good Dock Master, actually.” and he shrugged his shoulders slightly.
“When the Dawn arrived, we were ready and able to accept our supplies… which, by the way, erased all outstanding requisitions for the past six standard months; save for the two Mark VII Dilithium matrix interfaces and a some ‘special requests’ form the lounge manager.” At the mention of her, the man’s jaw visibly clenched but he remained calm. “The interfaces are problematic across the fleet right now, Ma’am. Production was halted after an accident at the manufacturing site. From what I can find, they are still cleaning up from a rather nasty chemical spill, so those may be a while.” Hammor leaned back slightly in his chair and placed his hands on his thighs.
“At no time did I break regulations or protocols. In fact, I can verify that my ‘reorganization’ of the materials actually saved us more than a week of downtime and the Dawn more than two days, Captain. However, I will accept any disciplinary action you deem necessary. I will, however, do the same thing again should the need arise. And I say that not as a threat, Ma’am. I just want you to have all possible information.”
Hammor, Ops
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