Posted by Crewman Richard Sharp (Security) in Ship- cooking

Posted by Civilian Ginger (Ship’s Cat) in Ship- cooking
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Lt. Lance was off for a day so he started to cook for the crew. That morning he had home made Irish roast coffee with scrambled eggs and hash browns.

During lunch he made salami and mustard sandwiches on sourdough buns.

For dinner, he was pulling a recipe from his grandmothers books. Shepherds pie.

Ginger couldn’t stand it any longer. First, this morning, it had been the smell of eggs. Then came freshly baked bread at lunch. Then, in this evening, wafted slowly cooked lamb mince. He awoke from his sleep amongst the Warp Core coils to find out what was going on and took the nearest service hatch to the Jeffrey Tube. Following his nose he came eventually to the Mess Hall, where he looked down upon the crew gathered there through the ceiling vent cover.

Richard entered the Mess Hall and was hit by the aroma of roast coffee, he did not go to the replicator, who in their right mind would do! Instead he followed the smell and was surprised to find the COS ‘’Sir I had no idea you could cook ‘’ .

The security did not know much about Lance except that he was his D’H, they never really had the time to get to know each other that well. Beside the Ensign still had the need to acquire and obtain some confidence in himself .

Maybe now was the time for some feeling of self- assurance ‘’Sir would you mind if I have a cup of that coffee ? It sure smell awesome ‘’ he remarked .

Lance smiled “sure sharp help yourself. Do you think you can pop some eggs for me?” He said putting a bowl of fresh egg on the table. “ ya I have been cook since I was 13. I lived with my grandparents so I cooked for them.” He looked up to sharp “ how about you? Did you ever learn to cook with special skill do you have?”

’‘ Not really ‘’Richard replied ‘’Mum and my sister did all the cooking but I guess I can crack some eggs ‘’ at least he thought he could. ‘’Special skills? ‘’ the security tried to think of something ‘’I do have a black belt in Karate, level five ‘’ as an after thought he asked ‘’Does that count Lt?’‘.

Lance smiled “it sure dos sharp. So your good at hand to hand what made you wanna study Karate” he said learning this man to find a way to boost his self confidence.

Pashi made her way to the Mess Hall with one of her favorite Earth hardback books, David Copperfield written by Charles Dickens. She was planning on getting some food and reading before she retired for the day. It had been an eventful day processing onto the ship. Stepping into the Mess Hall she smelt Earth coffee and was shocked to see two humans talking and making a meal.

‘’I was bulled at school and my father enrolled me in Karate’s classes, by time I started to enjoy it and kept on going long before I left school ‘’he replied ‘’Say Lt its not so easy breaking these eggs ‘’ he remembered his mum doing it two at a time while the security tried for the third time to pick a small bit off egg shell that kept sliding back down .
He looked up and saw the science officer ‘’Sir we are not alone …I did not know we had other species among the crew did you? ‘’.

Pashi overheard the conversation as she entered the Mess Hall. She smiled politely at them and replied “I am newly assigned, scientist in Linguistics and a couple other fields. I am Lieutenant, junior grade; Pashi zh’Vhohler. You gentlemen would be?” she inquired.

Richard blushed he didn’t expect her to hear ‘’E…E, I’m Ensign Richard Sharp security ma’am,sorry you got me by surprise ‘’ then he noticed the book ‘’Charles Dickens ,I had read his biography but never finished any book of his.He wrote in so much detail that I would actually see the character in front of me !’‘ Sharp chuckled ‘’Mind you I do read books that have been written in an era we have no fanciful concept or inspiration off ‘’ he thought for a moment ‘’The Bronte sister’s books plus the biography of Charlotte Bronte ..have you come across any of their books ?.

He was about to say something else but stopped dead on hearing a noise coming from the Jeffrey tube and looked up to see the face of what looked like an obese cat looking down at them ‘’Oh look ‘’ Sharp pointed upwards ‘’ We also got a cat apart from the child. Quick ,quick Lt Lance we must set off the alarm before it contaminate the whole ship ‘’.

Lance look up at the cat “well hello little one will you like some tuna I have some of you want” he said to the cat. Then after a few min and egg omelette was completed “so who wanna try it first”

Ginger looked down through the grill but couldn’t find a way through. In any case, while many of the crew seemed to enjoy his company, he got the impression that he wasn’t wanted by others. He had often been chased from the Mess Hall and from Sickbay, especially by Dr. Wong, so he had become cautious of anyone other than Captain Glen and Yeoman Hopkins,

Sharp had forgotten about setting the alarm on red alert through the whole ship for now ‘’Why are you calling it Sir? Do you want it to jump on one of us…I hate cats and no thanks I lost my appetite ‘’ he kept drinking his coffee while his eyes never left the cat’s.

Lance got a chair and stood on it he open the vet reached in to grab the cat. “Come on little one the vent is no place for a kitty”

Ginger was having none of that. He didn’t trust anyone, even if he couldn’t see Stanley amongst them. Despite there being food available he quickly ran off, back doen the air ducts to the Jefferies Tube, and then climbed back up to the open service hatch where he had first entered.

-Ginger

Sharp was relieved that the cat had disappeared from sight ‘’S..Sir now that the cooking is done,shall I recommend that our priority is to head to our dept ‘’ he took a deep breath ‘’ As security it should be our priority ‘’.

At this point the Ensign shifted from foot to foot ,knowing full well Lt Lance was his D’H but Sharp also knew the line of commands and he was certain neither the Captain nor Cmdr would be pleased to find out they were in the Mess Hall,instead of being ready for any eventuality that might crop up.

Richard Sharp sec.

Stanley in gray top and sensible slacks for once. He walked into the mess hall in a completely innocent state of mind. Once inside he was horrified. He had only recently gotten over his fear of traveling on a starship. But now standing only a few feet inside of the mess hall he first spotted a ventilation duct hanging loosely from the wall. He saw no one from engineering nearby. Then the smells. Cooking? All his mind could think of was a heat source which led him to think of fire suppression systems and then to the thought of who had this much food lying about? His hand started to tremble, and he remembered his mission. He raised his shaky voice considerably and yelled across the group. ” Lieutenant! Lieutenant Pashi zh’Vhohler? You are needed in sickbay! Please report to the Chief Medical officer there!”

Stanley had had enough. He was not going to be around when the fire suppression system decided it was too hot in there and decided to suck all the atmosphere out for sixty seconds.