#13 Nature abhors a vacuum

Posted on Fri Aug 14th, 2020 @ 11:16pm by

Mission: Character Development
Location: USS Amandora
Timeline: Backpost

OOC: I'm writing this as a backpost, if y'all miss that on the actual post title.

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Alona couldn't believe she was being recalled. The Romulan Republic was struggling to establish itself even with being allies to both the Federation and the Klingon Empire. There were threats to be dealt with within the Republic's claimed space and seeing as how she was a viable officer, ready for duty, they needed her home on Mol Rihan (New Romulus). Starfleet Command had already been informed and her position granted to another. Someone who was already aboard, a member of her Intelligence department, being thrust upwards by the vacuum left by her departure. No longer Alona's concern. The chime on her door sounded. "Enter."

Having made her way to the Romulan officer's quarters and pressing the chime once standing before the entry, the woman entered when prompted. Her gait was one of confidence, but also a bit of swagger. "Lieutenant Kelliza Kahn reporting as ordered Centurion."

"Thank you for being prompt," answered Alona. "The Republic is recalling all exchange officers for the time being. With your personnel file and the addition of the symbiont I can't think of a better officer to take the reins. Do you feel up to the challenge of department head?"

Liza smiled internally. Of course she was ready. Azala Kahn had commanded the USS Sovereign, her most recent previous host, so taking over a department was right up her alley. "Of course, Centurion. That would require all your passcodes and command codes."

Alona took a PADD up off the coffee table, handing it over. "There they are. Complete access. I officially name you supervisor for the Intelligence Department, my last act as chief. Congratulations. "Oh, and you might wanna watch that chief engineer, he'll think you belong to him since you have engineering as a Secondary."

"I'm sure we'll be fine but, thank you for the heads up." Holding the PADD up briefly in display, Kahn needed to change the topic. "I should go and get situated. Please, make sure they clean and sterilize these quarters as you depart. Not that you're dangerous, just that my symbiont has special needs with certain things." Kahn would be fine, it was just that Kelliza wanted to leave and get away from this woman. Seemed like a good excuse to vacate. When she got the nod from Alona she then departed.

Heading directly to Intelligence Liza saw that the CIO's office had already been cleaned and sterilized by the Operations personnel. There were two other Intel officers aboard but they too had secondary jobs since Intel tended to be slow and quiet a majority of the time. First thing first, Liza sent a message to the Captain that Centurion Alona had passed on the torch, giving her the Chief position.

Amandora sat just outside of spiderville system, currently. A blinking amber square appeared in the bottom left corner of her computer monitor so she tapped it, seeing that Alona had been beamed to a Romulan ship and was gone. Operations then sent a message saying that her new quarters were ready when, and if, the Commodore agreed with the command change. Until she got called upstairs to the principal's office Kahn made it her focus to get the Intel department set up her way, to aid her people in working smarter, not harder.

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