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<h3 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">USS FEYNMAN: But First</h3> | |||
<h4 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">by Mike Dawe 1-26-1997</h4> | |||
Azariah looked across the rock at Zane as the last of the trio | |||
replied to the offer. Zane was trying to hide a smile . . . and failing. | |||
The Admiral nodded slowly and turned to the assembled group. "Your CO was | |||
hoping you three would choose this path. If it were not for pressure from | |||
above I would be the last one to suggest breaking up a winning hand." | |||
He crossed to the slightly raised area on the top of Ayers rock and | |||
turned to face all the senior staff. "Of course if I was just head-hunting | |||
then I would have done this through the normal channels. But I wanted to | |||
get a feel for your crew and the mood here." He looked around and tossed a | |||
bone he had been holding off the side of the cliff . . . a yip echoed up. | |||
"So with this first order of business done let's get down to the second | |||
third of the meeting. I need to have . . . " He consulted a PADD he pulled | |||
from his side pouch. "Lt. Meleah and Lt. Koreth step forward as well as you | |||
Mr. Maril." | |||
The three stepped up looking at each other curiously. It seemed the | |||
Vice Admiral liked doing things in threes as he removed another small box | |||
from his pouch and waved the Captain up to hold it for him. The Captain was | |||
the only one in position to see the contents as the Admiral opened it and | |||
his eyes widened slightly. | |||
"Hrrmf, Your CO has written some glowing reports of the actions | |||
taken by your crew in her recent missions. You saw the result of such | |||
praise a moment ago. But there is another byproduct of fine service to the | |||
fleet. Lt Meleah, you are a product of science and perhaps that gives you | |||
an added edge, perhaps not. But what is not in question is the excellent | |||
work you have done in developing the counter the weapon the Reavers have | |||
used against us. In view of that I hereby award you the Richard Daystrom | |||
Medal of Merit in Sciences." | |||
"Lt Koreth. You know as well as I that all the theory in the world | |||
won't stop a weapon. You need the solid application of the theory into a | |||
working device. For your efforts against the Reavers and their weapon I | |||
award you the Zephram Cochrane Medal of Merit in Engineering." At this | |||
point the Vice Admiral removed the two medals and attached them to the | |||
uniforms of the CEO and CSciO of the Feynman. He then solemnly shook their | |||
hands and nodded for them to step back. | |||
That left the Captain, the Admiral, and Maril standing atop the | |||
rock. Admiral Nicholas put his hand in the box the Captain was holding and | |||
said, formally and with great care. "Temba, his arms open wide." As he | |||
said this he held out a small object . . . it was a half pip. "You have | |||
served this ship well. If you won't leave it to serve another then I guess | |||
we will be forced to just promote you here. But understand this, there is | |||
no further 'up' possible here. Unless zane leaves the ship . . . " | |||
"Not likely" Murmered the Captain in question. | |||
"Hrrmf, as I said, unless he leaves the ship you are at the top now. | |||
I'll allow a few moments for all of you to congratulate the honored | |||
officers whilst I set up for the briefing. Could somebody release the | |||
holodeck lockout so I may do so?" | |||
<<<nrpg>>> | |||
I'm glad this ship is staying together. You don't know how rare a good | |||
steady ship is. | |||
I'll do the briefing tomorrow or the next day, reactions now with the | |||
Admiral running a holoshell within the holodeck from a series of data chips | |||
from his pouch. Obviously he has brought these here for security reasons. | |||
mike--->glad when he can personally hand out the brownie points<br> | |||
Vice Admiral Azariah Nicholas CINCSILVER<br> | |||
Captain Christof Fife USS REGENT<br> | |||
GM USS SARATOGA<br> | |||
Lt. Cmdr Eskat Eskat USS HERMES<br> | |||
Lt James Cardiff USS SARATOGA<br> | |||
mdawe@islandnet.com<br> | |||