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Captain's Ready Room - The Proposal

Posted Dec. 1, 2019, 12:09 a.m. by Lieutenant Ian Bordeaux (Chief Diplomatic Officer) (Steven Sigle)

Ian wasn’t one to be nervous very often, but the call he just had with Admiral Perkins was not something he had expected. It took all his schmoozing and boozing to get that old fossil to even talk to Ian, and to be fair Ian understood why he had to work so hard. The proposal that was sent over was something only Kelly as the ships Captain could ever approve. If it wasn’t for the fact that Ian was her husband and knew all the right ways to convince her of the benefits of always listening to Ian this might have been a hard sell.

“Look sir, I think she will love when I go over the specs. This maybe home in some ways for us, and I know we have made it that way… but just the memorial of this ship and the chance to get our hands on what you are offering… I think she will agree. Give me 48 hours sir and I will get her signing on the red line so to speak.” Ian said as he took a deep gulp as he looked into the eyes of Perkins. It was ironic in some ways, for many years Ian had been the yeoman to Perkins and now found himself the Chief Diplomat and crew liaison officer. This was never a path he had planned, yet somehow he found his role as husband to Kelly Bordeaux made him still her yeoman.

“See that you do Lieutenant, I don’t like sticking my neck out for people. I put her on the Atlantis, I would much rather it be her than the Saratoga, Admiral Harper is in command of that ship and she would love to gloat about the honor till I was blue in face. Starfleet has giving me a chance to offer it to Kelly, and I am putting a lot of faith in you. Let me make it clear though son, if she doesn’t say yes… you are going to need to start getting used to video chats when you want to see your wife… I will send you to farthest regions of the quadrant if you fail me on this.” Perkins didn’t seem to flinch or show any signs of humor as he spoke, the man never had any humor.

“So no pressure right? Listen sir, I know my wife… more than anyone. You gave us the leeway to stay together after our marriage, you don’t know what that means to me. I am not about to let her make a decision to force us apart and becoming a 2-3 times a year marriage when we just get to see in person on holidays and joint shore leave. If I can get the Breen Confederacy to give us the vein of Dilithium on Reicen VII I can get Kelly to agree to this.” Ian said as he tried to hide the nerves as he waited for the Admiral to say the words he wanted most, dismissed.

“Okay, I trust you on this son… get this taking care of. You have 24 hours, no longer.” Ian’s face seemed to drop as he hard that, he had asked for 48 but he wasn’t about to argue with this change. “You are dismissed Lieutenant, I expect to hear good news soon though.” Perkins said as he pressed the screen to cut the call leaving Ian at his desk with a feeling of dread washing over him.

“She’ll accept this… why wouldn’t she accept this…” Ian seemed to say to no one as he trailed off in mid thought at the task just thrust upon his lap.

Bordeaux, Chief of Diplomacy


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