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Bridge - XO Promotion

Posted April 27, 2019, 12:22 p.m. by Commander Charles Tenkiller (Executive Officer) (James Sinclair)

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Heather Argeneau (Chief Engineer) in Bridge - XO Promotion

Posted by Captain John P. Jones (Commanding Officer) in Bridge - XO Promotion

Posted by Commander Charles Tenkiller (Executive Officer) in Bridge - XO Promotion
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Captain Jones was assessing the situation on the ground and on the ship when an emergency communications came from Star Fleet Command,

=/\= USS. Chimera, Lt. Cmdr Sara Kiernan is ordered to board the USS. Liberty which is at your current location and return to Starbase Halcyon for permanent reassignment. Authorization for immediate selection of Executive officer given. Step promotion authorized at discretion of the Captain. End Message =/\=

Captain Jones reread the message. The USS. Liberty was on the surface still so he relayed the instructions, the Chief Science Officer should be headed to the ground to take over the away mission anyway. Thinking of the crew and who was on board he tapped his comm badge, =/\= Lieutenant Tenkiller report to the bridge immediately. =/\=

CO

=/\= Copy, Captain. On my way. =/\= came an immediate response. Less than two minutes passed and Tenkiller walked onto the bridge. Coming around to the Captain’s chair, the Osage Security Chief looked at Jones and said “Here, sir. What do you need?” as he shot a glance at the Security officer on the bridge who simply shrugged in the universal sign of ‘I have no idea, but it wasn’t me.’

Tenkiller, CoS

Captain Jones looked up, “Ah Lieutenant, I think you would agree that things have been horrible since I have taken over, quite frankly I can’t believe that I took command of a ship while it was in combat and disabled. This ship needs stability, The Executive Officer has been reassigned effectively immediately, im not really sure what is going on with that but I need a Number One who can take control of this vessel and make things work the way they are supposed to. Frankly I think that’s you, I am asking you to take over as the permanent Executive Officer.” Jones stared Tenkiller in the eyes to see his reaction.

CO

Tenkiller didn’t flinch, but the corner of his mouth turned up s he suppressed a grin. “You know, sir. I like a CO with a sense of humor as much as the next guy, but maybe right now isn’t the best time for jokes? Just a suggestion, Skipper.” he said with is trademark Oklahoma accent. His eyes flashed with mirth at what he truly and obviously thought was a joke.

Tenkiller, CoS (Incoming XO)

Captain Jones stood up and looked at the officer, “Listen Oklahoma, I don’t have time for jokes either, the ship is running at 30% and may not be able to even make it to a Star Base from here. I have wounded and dead Marines planet-side and a pre-warp wounded and dying alien in sickbay, we are at risk of another more overwhelming attack from Orion’s that we may not be able to stave off and the XO was just transferred out from under me. So no I don’t have time for jokes either. So I ask you again are you up for the task as my XO?”

Captain Jones
CO

Tenkiller looked at Jones again, but without the grin. A serious look took hold, and a storm brewed in the brown eyes. “Well, you didn’t call me ‘Texas’. So I guess you got yourself an XO, sir. Toss the pips on the security console, Skipper. Let’s get this done.” and he moved to the XO’s chair and began tapping orders without missing a beat. Hitting the comms. he sent word to Engineering. =/\= Bridge to Engineering. Argeneau, put the bottle away and give me a status report. Time until we have full power, or at least fifty percent. And get me a rundown on all systems. =/\= Looking back over his shoulder, he looked at NE Kray at the Security station. “Secure all critical compartments and get a full roster of all personnel. And make sure we have shields and weapons online if the Orions come back. Copy?” and the NE nodded and began inputting the orders. He then looked at the Science terminal. “Lifesigns and readings from the Marines operations area. And scan the Liberty. Make sure she is operational.” and he turned back and mumbled “No sense losing two ships if we can help it.”

Tenkiller, XO

=/\= Argeneau to Bridge, No bottle sir, I have a list of all systems compiling and as soon as I have my full engineering staff back I can get repair teams out and let you know how long until full power is restored. =/\= Heather said in response.

Heather Argeneau, CE

Captain Jones motioned for Tenkiller to stand up, “I don’t quite think so Lieutenant,” The Captain watched the officer stand up. “By authorization of Star Fleet Command you are herby step promoted from Lieutenant to the rank of Commander,” The Captain reached out and placed a full pip on the Commanders collar, “Congratulations Commander, =/\= Computer Transfer Executive Officer Command Codes to Commander Tenkiller, Authorization Jones Alpha Charles Xray Ten =/\= The computer beeped ‘Awaiting Command Codes from Commander Tenkiller’

Captain Jones
CO

Tenkiller looked at the Captain and said just quiet enough for him to hear “Just couldn’t let it go without a little pomp and circumstance, could ya, sir?” And then said clearly “Thank you, sir. I won’t let you down.” He then leaned over the XO chair and typed in his command codes. “Once Security, always Security. Can’t go broadcasting my codes across the bridge with these ne’er-do-wells about, now can I?” he said with a grin to the bridge crew. He then said aloud =/\= Computer, evacuate and lock down all non-essential compartments. Authorization Tenkiller Whiskey Tango Niner Seven. =/\= and the computer beep in response. Looking at Jones, Tenkiller said “We can shut down all climate and atmospheric controls to those areas, save us some power. All non-essential personnel are still in the emergency shelters, so we should be good.”

Tenkiller, XO

Captain Jones smiled, he liked the fire in this officer, “Of course there had to be pomp…” Pausing and emphisizing “COMMANDER.... this is one of the defining moments in an officers history.” Captain Jones motioned to the XO’s chair and sat in the Captain’s chair “so Commander, our ship is crippled, wounded are just about to come aboard and quite frankly being new on the ship I am still a little lost on what exactly we are doing at this pre warp planet. So XO what is your recommendation on how we proceed?”

CO

“To bring you up to speed. We were ordered to the Nelaycross system to investigate a series of pirates attacks. Side note, sir. The Admiral was able to access the ship communications with someone on board the Chimera opening communications. That still bugs the hell outta me. What we discovered is that the pirates weren’t attacking ships, they were keeping ships away. We intercepted an attack, scans showed the attacking vessel to be at least similar to if not actually Orion. We set course for the system, and that’s when the warp system destabilized.” He avoided using the term ‘sabotage’ in front of the bridge crew. “We then came to the planet, made contact, and it was determined that the Orions were involved in some kind of ransom scheme forcing the indigenous natives to mine materials in exchange for some kind of gem or something. We then got jumped by the Orions, you showed up, and here we are, Captain.” and he looked around at the crew and then back at the Captain.

“As far as a recommendation goes, sir? We are no help to anyone in this condition. So we have a choice. We can either pull up stakes, grab the Away Team, and get back to get repaired and then come back and see how bad things have gotten for the folks that live here. Or… we grab every single spare body we have and make them engineers and get repairs done asap. And hope to whatever you consider holy that the Orions don’t come back. We scared them off the first time, but as soon as they look at their scans their gonna see we are hurting, sir.”

Tenkiller, XO


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