Posted by Captain Dante Knight (Commanding Officer) in Meetings with the Captain - A Royal Deal

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Dr. Royal Sinclair (Chief Tactical Officer) in Meetings with the Captain - A Royal Deal

Posted by Captain Dante Knight (Commanding Officer) in Meetings with the Captain - A Royal Deal
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Dropping the PaDD onto his desk with a clatter then picking up his cup and taking a too long drink, Dante spun in his chair to look out the view port beside his desk. Stars, lots of stars zooming by as they always did. Behind him on the desk was a pile of paperwork, requisition forms, personnel assignments and numerous declined requests from Ensign Kane to turn an entire deck of his Battlecruiser into an underwater reef.

=/\= Commander Sinclair, this is the Captain. What is your current location, I am on my way to see you. =/\=

Dante had been cooped up in his office for far too long, and needed to take a break. He was cheating of course, meeting with the Chief of Security was completely work based but he was at least going to stretch his legs. Coming to his feet, the head of the 8 foot long Lizard in the corner on the pet bed lifted and eyed him suspiciously. “Want to go for a walk Bruce?” Dante asked, and had hardly finished the sentence before the large lizard was out of the bed on on his way to Dante’s side.

Captain Knight, CO

A moment later a response came through. =/\= I’m in my quarters, sir. Feel free to swing by. Door is open. =/\=

Sinclair was currently finishing up one of his many models that were scattered around the room. Ships of all sizes and kinds were set here and there, and every model hand made by Royal. His current one was a Constitution-class. But around the room were models of sailing ships, aircraft carriers, submarines, and starships from all over.

Sinclair was seated on the couch with a pair of magnifying goggles perched on his nose as he tried to lay the science station’s viewport into place.

Sinclair, CoS

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OOC: Apologies for the wait, RL bites

IC: The door to Sinclairs quarters slid open and the Captain took one look inside, then put his foot squarely on the back of the big Lizard beside him who was about to rush forward and investigate. “Bruce, with me.” Walking forward, he paused inside the room enough to let the door close behind them, and then passed his eyes over the results of Sinclairs hobby. Beside him, Bruce took a few steps forward and then paused, doing what he was told and watched the other man in the room carefully with his yellow eyes

“You know,” Dante said, crossing his arms, “it occurs to me that maybe you need to get out more?” The line was said with a grin however, and Dante stepped forward and leaned forward, examining a model of an old Earth Ironclad on a side table.

Captain Knight, CO

Without looking up, Royal smiled slightly and said “Get more real booze on this bucket and I’ll make sure to been in the lounge more often.” and he finally got the piece where it needed to be and applied a micro-drop of glue to affix it in place. Leaning back and setting down the forecips and taking the goggles off, he stood up and stuck his hand out to Dante. “Come in, Skipper. Care for a splash?” and he lifted the bottle that near his elbow. “And to what do I owe the visit?”

Sinclair, CoS

“Go ahead, I am officially off duty for the next 15 minutes anyway,” grinning, he shook Sinclairs hand and took the nearest seat.

“Once I’m back on duty, I’m going to suggest a slight career switch for you. The Saracen needs a competent Tactical Officer and I like the way you think. If you accept the suggestion I’ll make in the near future, Sha is the previous Chief of Security for the ship and I can see her slipping into the role again without issue. It has it’s benefits, the Saracen’s CTO gets their own office on Deck Two right next to the XO’s slot. Enticing right?”

Captain Knight, CO

“But the Security Chief’s office is not near anyone… and I don’t like people.” Sinclair said and then grinned. “Its a good thing for you I’m versatile, sir.” and he laughed for a moment. Becoming serious, he then said “If that’s what you need, Captain, I’m happy to help. I’ll clear the office for her first thing in the morning.”

Sinclair, CTO

“I know you don’t like people. The Brig has been decidedly empty for weeks not because the crew is well behaved but because you scared them all away.” With a grin, he looked for a glass. “What are you pouring? I’ll have the CTO Office cleaned and Operations can assign a detail to help move your gear.”

Captain Knight, CO

Sinclair smiled and said “Macallan. 18 year double cask.” Sinclair said and stood and retrieved a glass. Pouring three fingers in the Captain’s and then his, he said “Mind if I ask why the switch? I would imagine its not performance related, otherwise you wouldn’t be givin’ me torpedoes.” and he smiled over his glass as he took a drink.

Sinclair, CTO

“No, it’s not performance related at all,” Dante said while he took a sniff of the drink that was poured and sipped it himself. “I have a number of Officers on this ship capable of doing jobs other people are doing, I have an opening at Tactical and prefer to have people I know in my close Command Team. As a Tactical Officer you will work more closely in a more strategic sense with our new Executive Officer, Commander Colter,” Dante paused and looked at Sinclair, up to now that appointment hadn’t been announced. “He, is retaining his role as Chief Intelligence Officer alongside the Executive Officer position which means that the two of you will have a very up to date picture of the Saracens Area of Operations. You have a good head on you and I can use you better at Tactical than Security at this point.”

Sinclair nodded in acknowledgement, but remained silent.

“As to the Security position, I know you are familiar with Sha and also, I know she hasn’t been herself since she came back from her last assignment. You know she is my previous CoS, you took her duties when she was assigned off ship. She’s a damn good Officer and I have a feeling that she needs to get back on the horse. Spending time as a Junior Officer in a department she once ran isn’t going to achieve that. I’m going to give her the opportunity to take her own destiny in her hands and shake herself out of her funk, I still trust her, otherwise she wouldn’t be on my ship.”

Captain Knight, CO

Sinclair pursed his lips and said “Hm.” and for a moment remained quiet as he thought. “The logic is sound. And as you know I and Sha spend a good deal of time together. She is certainly getting better… aye… I think this will be good for her.” He took a drink and then said “I also think a meeting between you, Commander Coulter, and myself is in order. If I’m going to be the CTO of a warship, I want to make sure all three of us are on the same page. Would you mind setting that up?”

Sinclair, CTO