Post 3 " Cadres and Circuses

Posted on Thu Apr 16th, 2020 @ 7:01pm by Captain Henry Redex

Mission: Shake Down Cruise
Location: USS Amandora
Timeline: Concurrent

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< Ready Room >

Will quickly rushed to the ready room and contacted the department chiefs that were on board. As XO his job was to commune with the staff and be the liaison for them to the Captain.

Taking the end seat where the CO would sit Will awaited the arrivals of the senior officers.

After getting to know his new men, Henry rushed to the Ready Room and saluted the XO, "Marine Captain Henry Redex Marine Commanding Officer reporting as requested Sir!"

" Captain Redex it's an honor. Welcome to the Amandora. Please have a beverage and join me. This will be a casual mixer for now." Will replied to Redex.

Lieutenant Bjorn Magnason, freshly shaven and rested strode through the ready room door. He saw the captain and gave him a nod. "Strategic operations officer Lieutenant Bjorn Magnason sir" he said as he stood at attention.

"Good Morning Lt Magnason. I am Executive Officer Will Raymond. This is an informal meeting to get to know one another before the shakedown." Will greeted.

Henry looked at the Lt, he was his senior and a member of the command inner circle so he was surprised when he address him like that. He turned and said to him "Morning Sir, MCAPT Redex MCO at your service"

Bjorn offered his hand. "Pleasure to meet you Captain. Some of your fellow marines gave me lift here. I have a lot of respect for the Corps."

Casually walking the corridors to reach the main briefing room, after walking the ship for hours, Alona found her way to the meeting just off the Bridge, entering from the corridor exit, not the Bridge side. Seeing the other two in the room, her eyes expertly taking in the room at a glance, Alona approached the chair at the opposite end of the table, placing her hands on the headrest. "Centurion Alona Tal, reporting as Directed, Sir." At least the two males were easy on the eyes.

" Thanks for joining us. I am, First Officer Will Raymond. Now that you are here I will begin. The USS Amandora is a newly refitted Galaxy-class starship. We have been either hand-selected or joined of our own wills to serve as its inaugural crew. I for one do not take this assignment lightly. My background in, Starfleet , is flight, navigation, and engineering. I was the second officer on the Harriman until coming here. I pass the baton to each of you to summarize who you are and what you bring to this table as this ship's cadre. Beginning with Captain Redex." Will began.

Henry looked at everyone present and said "Marine Captain Henry Redex, My background is special ops, and flying, the only thing I can tell you is that my last post remains classified and that I'm thrilled to be serving aboard this vessel"

Alona arched her left eyebrow, the cynicism, and sarcasm clear in her eyes, though she kept it reigned in, for the most part, in her tone. "My, my, that was entertaining. Glad that Starfleet has more soldier-types these days. As for myself, I have a particular skill set that is sought after by those who live in the shadows. I, too, have an engineering background. Standard training specializing in energy-matter. I was brought up to speed on Starfleet and Federation warp systems and I am cleared to maintain them as a part of this..exchange program. I served the Star Empire when there was no other choice, and joined the Romulan Republic of my own free will, when that opportunity presented itself." She gave a pose of thinking a moment. "That about sums it up, Commander Raymond."

" Centurion? Great title. You will be our engineering go to person for now. We await a head chief for the shake down so be prepared to be acting chief. I am honored to serve with you and look forward to our adventures. Unless you have anything to add you all are dismissed." Will replied.

"I can handle the duties, Sir." Centurion Alona did not require the amount of sleep humans did, so seeing to engineering to take pressure off of the XO, was fine by her. "Too bad Starfleet won't let me put in a quantum singularity drive, rather than a warp core." Giving a nod of respect, hearing the dismissal. "Until we meet again, Sir." Alona spun casually on her heel and left the briefing room.

" By the book Alona during the shake down. The Captain approves upgrades but not until we know the Amandora is space worthy." Will added.

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