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The Chief of Staff Has Landed

Posted March 20, 2023, 8:13 p.m. by Civilian Ana Caputo (Governor's Chief of Staff) (Sage Pennington)

Posted by Civilian Kenzo B’tren-Hyrushi (Governor) in The Chief of Staff Has Landed

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It was a long, very long, shuttle ride from Earth to OED V. A long time to consider the journey life had taken a person on. Ana had only gone back to Earth for a summit on colonial trade and export policy, but it still felt like home. More so than any of the dirtball colonies she had been living on for the previous few years. She hated those places. They were all fifteen years behind the times and liked it that way. She had been Lieutenant Governor on a dirtball colony for almost a year before a position came open. Chief of Staff to the Governor of OED V. While to most it seemed like at best a lateral move, Ana understood it slightly differently. People knew OED V. No one knew Oryx VII. It didn’t matter how high she rose in the middle of nowhere. Being someone, somewhere was a start.

When the shuttle touched down, and the back hatch opened, Ana braced for the worst. A young betazoid man waited for her. “Ms Caputo? I’m Arin, I’ll be your assistant. The Governor asked to meet you when you arrived.”
“Excellent. Lead the way.” Ana said without hesitation.
“I’ll make sure your things are brought to your residence.” Arin answered the obvious, but unasked question.
“Thank you.”

A short while later, they stood outside the Governor’s office. Arin nodded to the Governor’s assistant who pressed the intercom button. =/\=Governor Hyrushi, the new Chief of Staff is here.=/\=

-Chief of Staff

Dorma Fen was a human woman of Asian descent, but with flaming red hair and jade green eyes. While they waited for the Governor to open the door, Fen regarded the new arrival with a blatant once over. “Ms. Caputo…” she said as she rose from her chair and extended a hand. “Dorma Fen. Governor Hyrushi’s Assistant. Welcome to Oed V.”

Ana shook Dorma’s hand. “Thank you.” She returned the blatant once over, if only to indicate that she had noticed the one she received.

Dorma sat back down and then point-blank asked “So tell me what you know of Governor Hyrushi. I may be able to help fill in any blanks you may have.”

Dorma Fen, Governor’s Aide

Ana quirked an eyebrow at being quizzed, but launched into it anyway. “He’s the no-nonsense type. Makes decisions that sometimes are broadly… unexpected. And while he denies any affiliation to the Maquis, he has definite and tangible leanings towards decentralization. What did I miss?”

-Chief of Staff

Dorma looked at her and smiled slightly as if she had been given a small present. “Oh, he has never denied much of anything… he was, after all, a prominent negotiator between the Federation, Dominion, and the Maquis at various points in time. As to his personal political stance, you will have to ask him.” At that moment the comms chirped. =/\= Send her in, Ms. Fen. =/\= came a low, smooth voice.

The large doors swung out and Fen said “Good luck. I hope you last longer than the last four.”

Ana smiled a little as she walked in. So he was a challenge.

The room beyond was spacious and white. Walls of glass from the left of the doorway gave an uninterrupted view of the city as they wrapped around the far corner of the room and then continued on out of sight behind a three-quarters-high wall that extended from the far right corner of the doorway about three-quarters the length of the room. Set into the wall was a fireplace, in front of which was a large seating area with a low table surrounded by couches and chairs. In the far left corner of the glass walled room was a desk a a raised section of floor. Set at an angle with two chairs before it, the lone occupant of the room seated behind the desk looked up as the door opened.

The figure appeared human, save for the eyes. Terran Asian features surrounded jet black eyes. Long, black hair flowed down the back of the figure halfway to their waist. Dressed in a dark gray suit with a deep red paisley shirt under the vest, the figure stood and smiled. “Ms. Caputo… a pleasure. Please have a seat, won’t you? I am Kenzo B’tren-Hyrushi, Governor of the colony.” and he held out a hand to the new Chief of Staff.

Hyrushi, Governor

Ana shook the Governor’s hand, looking much friendlier than she did with his assistant. “It’s very good to meet you.” She was dressed not dissimilarly to Hyrushi, a point in which she took personal pride. She wore a black suit and white shirt. On her lapel she wore a pin of the Federation flag. She took the offered seat and studied the man in front of her. “May I ask you a direct question, Governor?”

-Chief of Staff

Hyrushi sat and his obsidian eyes fixed on the woman in front of him. “I prefer them to indirect ones, so please.”

Hyrushi, Governor

Ana leaned forward a little. “Opening the dome. You didn’t do that for its own sake, did you?” She shot directly into Hyrushi’s politics and far away from common niceties, asking the question as though she had the answer hidden in her pocket.

-Chief of Staff

Hyrushi’s face was emtionless… flat. He showed no sign if he took offense or was surprised by the question. What couldn’t be seen was him opening his mind to her emotions, both surface and deeper. He was silent a moment and then said “I am not sure what you are asking, Ms. Caputo. When the comet struck Oed, there were just over one million beings living on it. When I took over as Governor a year and a half ago, there were almost four million. The city was still functioning well and the people were happy; but it was reaching capacity. We needed to do something before the… ‘issues’… started. It was a priority for the colony… not me personally.” He vocked his head slightly to the side and regarded her closely.

“Now… if you are asking if I did it to send a message? Make a statement, perhaps? Absolutely.” he said. “But it may not be the message or statement you think.”

Hyrushi, Governor

“The question that stands about it-“ Ana pushed further. “Is why terraform. It’s difficult, often expensive when the alternative of expanding the dome, or building new ones also existed. Unless you wish to demonstrate that the colony can survive by the use of its own resources and resourcefulness. And further, why found your own intelligence agency, if you find the Federation’s resources satisfactory?”

-Chief of Staff


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