Posted by Lieutenant Commander Jessica Teller (XO) in Farius Prime - An Old Acquaintance
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Thirty minutes later Jessica looked up at Aedan from his arms in the command seat. “Do we really need to let them back onto the bridge? Isn’t there some autopilot button we can use and just stay here?”

Lt. Commander Jessica Teller XO

Aedan kissed the top of her head as he took a deep breath. “Well, we are in the orbit of a planet with just attacked, even cloaked they might try and use some tachyon waves to decloak us… wouldn’t be great if they find us with our pants…” Aedan paused as he looked to the left where his real pants were with a devilish grin, “…down. Though that part seems too late.”

Aedan Teller, Owner, CEO OMAP

“Maybe just a bit,” Jessica bit Aedan’s side hard enough for him to feel it with a laugh before getting up. Moving to the pile of clothes she thew Aedan his pants as she gathered up her scattered apparel pulling several items off a console. Stopping she looked at Aedan with a frown. “Okay did you join that Rec Diamond Dynasty League Baseball League Harland was talking to you about because I have no idea how that got up there.” Jumping twice she crossed her arms over her chest. “Stupid architectural lines made to look cool but serve no purpose,” she fought to pretend to be still angry. If someone had told her years ago she would be standing on the bridge of a luxury space yacht with her personables somehow stuck on a beam, Jessica would never have believed it. Reaching her hand up she jumped several times trying to snag the edge with no avail. “Do you know how bad it sucks being short,” she asked Aedan.

The console began to beep indicating a message was incoming to the Sabre. Jessica looked over her shoulder at Aedan as she shook out the shirt before pulling it over her head. “42.4003 by10.363,” she read off the coordinates in the transmission. “That is around HD 12661 b. Who is contacting you from a gas giant in the middle of nowhere?” She tried to sound disinterested yet it was hard to feign ignorance. The location was well known to Jessica and the intelligence community. HD 12661 b did not have a name because it was a desolate gas giant. The only redeeming factor of the planet was the small habitable moon colony which due to the gravitational forces of the planet amplified senors scans from the surface. This allowed those on the colony moon to know who was approaching them before the approaching people could get a scan on the moon colony.

“You going to answer that,” Jessica moved next to the console chirping with the incoming message.

Jessica Teller

Aedan paused as he heard the information read out. Looking over at Jessica he smiled curtly as he stood up, kissed her on the cheek.

“You are taking that in your office arent you,” she looked at him with a raised eyebrow. Aedan ducking out for meetings was a common occurrence. While Jessica might not be a huge fan of Adam’s the woman did more than her fair share after hours to free up time for Aedan and their family.

“Excuse me…” he said as he slowly walked away from her toward his office. Giving Aedan a soft smirk, she leaned into the kiss. She would know what this sign meant as he gathered himself to his ready room as he opened the door and slid in as he turned his monitor around as he stood in front of his office desk.

Jessica did not put up a fuss or complaint at all. In perspective, this was a boon. Part of her had hoped their recent aerobic activity and the stress of the day would make Aedan want to return to their stateroom for a rest; however, she knew that was just a still fantasy. Aedan was never one to fully relax unless he was in the penthouse or at another location they owned. Since her husband was going to be occupied with business instead of napping she would use the time to her advantage. Exiting the bridge some moved down to the brig.

“Computer, relay the message to my private terminal in my office,” he said as he waited to see what this was exactly regarding. He didn’t think anyone calling from that location would be something he wanted to spread, even to Jessica.

~Aedan Teller, CEO/OMAP

Entering his office, Aedan would see the transmission waiting at his desk. It still needed the proper scrambling codes to be placed to activate the connection but it was flashing like a pulse waiting for him to answer.

Activating the communication stream, a face appeared that was familiar to Teller. The man was late middle-aged with years of struggle and booze etched into the deep creases around his eyes and forehead. Felix Bail was well known in the underground community with his fingers in everything from information, illegal drugs, and weapons dealing. “Aedan,” the voice said one the end of the line did not dispense with the frivolities of social niceties and immediately began to devulge the reason for the call. “The Demagogue recently caused a situation on Celebrus V. She cost our entire shipment of weapons to be confiscated by the Fed Sec along with three of the men we had running the operation. I have dispatched directions to tie up those loose ends before they begin to talk but the cost to each of us was several million credits a piece. Worse than that there is starting to be talk among some that the Syndicate is not able to hold their word in a bargain.” Felix’s tone was deadly. His eyes locked on Teller. Years ago, he saw so much potential in the blonde-haired man sitting on the other end of the screen. Aedan was one of the few in the business that was able to cultivate a public persona and still retain the blood-thirsty edge needed for their line of work. Felix liked the guy because he always knew Aedan could look at any situation clearly without bias.

“Well that is unfortunate, but not really my issue. All sales are final, something my friends at IFEA and the Ferengi Alliance often say, some wisdom there. Teller Industries can’t supply every armed in the galaxy… as for losses in credits, you really should have bought the extended warranty. I warned you, it’ll come in handy in situations like this. As for bargaining, you know I don’t care for negotiations. Deals should always be on the table ready to sign before I show up.” Aedan said as his eyes narrowed on the man with a level of scrutiny as he eyed the man.

“The money was nothing to wave off but you and I both know without our reputation we are nothing. I am not,” Felix leaned in stabbing the table with a long bony index finger, “going to sit back and let some witch in Starfleet think she can stroll in where she wants and do as she darn well pleases.”

The Demagogue as Lauren Shan was classified in the organization had been a thorn in the paw of the Syndicate for years. Her influence started with the low thugs in the organization but her reputation was starting to cause people to think for themselves which was not something that could be tolerated. That could not be tolerated. The only reason she had been largely ignored by the Syndicate was because she never asked for anything nor directly caused a situation that resulted in loss or revenue…until now. Humanitarianism was fine and dandy until it gave people hope or ideas of a different life.

Jessica Teller

“Your reputation is of no concern of mine, you shouldn’t get into bed with people you can’t handle. Should always have a gag just in case you can’t shut them up. So, what does your wounded ego need… Ms. Shan can’t be so hard to handle that you can’t track her down and deal with her yourself.” Aedan said the use of her name was something that spoke of Aedan at that moment. He didn’t feel a need to use the nickname they labeled on her cause they didn’t like her actions. A great many people would find a lot of what they did with disgust, the least they could do was show Lauren some courtesy. Aedan though felt a small pit of his stomach, he hadn’t said much when Jessica had started her campaign, but he always knew far more than he lead on. Right now he suspected his private business world was going to collide once again with his public married world.

~Aedan Teller, Teller Industries/OMAP

“I am glad you are fine with Ms. Shan’s actions. I suppose it is no concern to you then that your men at facility 66942 suddenly decided to grow a moral compass and handed the shipment over to the local authorities. Seems the wives and lady friends thought Shan’s deal of a glorious new beginning with the Federation was too good of a deal to pass up. You had better fix it Mr. Fixit or you might be looking at that pretty wife of yours behind some energy bars.” Felix despised the way Aedan had found a solution and straddled the line of legitimacy. The old smuggler did not want the younger man’s life but he did envy the way the world admired him and the underworld feared him.

“I will do with any turncoats if true on my own time, but that is neither here nor there. My dealings aren’t always privy to everyone else’s eyes. What one hand does the either does not need to know, wouldn’t you agree?”

“Let’s cut to the chase. You have Jonas Wright and we want him back. Put the kid in the shuttle and let him go.” Felix’s statement was curt and to the point.

Jessica Teller

“Hell no, I had to nuke a nightclub from orbit just to get that weasel, he sold out my previous contracts and Jessica wants him. You are going to have to give me one hell of a reason to go with anything other than turning off this channel and rethinking our contracts.” Aedan said with a gruff tone. It was clear he didn’t appreciate any games the other man was trying to play.

Teller, OMAP/Teller Industires

“Look to your wife; observe her well. In Venice, they do let God see the pranks. They dare not show their husbands. Their best conscience Is not to leave ‘t undone, but keep ‘t unknown,” Felix leaned back taking a sip of amber-colored liquid from a glass. The quote was snide and meant to twist the knife into the pride and jealousy of Aedan over his wife. If Aedan wasn’t going to just follow a simple request, Felix would sow enough discontent to maybe give Jonas the chance to slip away. It might take Felix some time but if Jonas survived leaving the Sabre, Felix would hunt him down.

“Don’t make the same mistakes as Othello. He didn’t have all the facts before he killed the fair Desdemona. Ask yourself why exactly does the fair Jessica want Jonas. Is it for a virtuous purpose or more base one? I mean she personally traveled across the galaxy, lying to you, and forcing you to cover up her sloppy work. If her motives were sincere, why not come to you? Why sneak around? Has she even told you exactly why she wants the man? If not I have a good guess....straight from the horse’s mouth. Give him to me and you will not ever be bothered by Mr. Wright again.” Felix didn’t care if any of this was correct. Instead he took a long look at Aedan to see if any of it struck a cord.

“Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.” Aedan said as he stared at Felix with a good penetrating stare. “Jessica has always strengthened me, even if she needs to have her leash tugged every so often. You should try to find someone who can stand to be with you for more than an evening and a few credits.” Aedan said as smirked slyly. “We are done here Felix, don’t hold your breath on taking my bounty from me.”

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Sabre Brig
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Jessica entered the Sabre’s brig and glanced around. A voice told her which direction to look. “Hello honey. I was wondering when you were going to show up.” Jonas rolled from his bunk to stand up and look at her through the shimmering energy field.

“Clear the room,” Jessica snapped walking slowly and methodically towards Jonas.

Jessica Teller

The men on security raised an eyebrow at their supervisor. They had little concern Jonás would escape but more about Jessica getting hurt. While the former might gain a scowl the latter would earn a death sentence from their boss.

“I said clear the room,” Jessica snapped. “Right now I am not your bosses wife but a federation officer. I will call in the fleet and we all know what happens when they try to board you.” Part of Jessica was bluffing but the other part was dead serious. She was the walking definition of hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Jonás could drive the same from someone’s mind. Right now all Jessica could think about seeing his smug smile was how she wanted to wipe it off his face.

“Oh, lord…” Aedan said as he walked in. “You can’t keep trying to use your rank on board, it’s unbefitting love…” Aedan said as he looked over at the men and nodded for them to depart. “Seems we have an interesting situation here… Jonas appears to be a right popular man. Even a blind squirrel can find a nut I guess, but that is not really going to help. Your friend here has a large bounty, get everything you can, and then we are space dumping him… it isn’t a request. Every ship in the Helix cluster will be looking for him… unless you can convince me icing him into deep space isn’t the best option then I am not putting you and my men at risk for some idiot with more luck than a leprechaun.

~Aedan Teller