OOC>> Should have said backlog.
=Aeran III=
Trent and his small team beamed down to what had been determined
as one of the most concentrated sites of Federation escape pods. He
realized right away that most of these pods were from the Chimera.
He wanted to look around for his brother, but he knew his first priority
was to find the captain, or whoever was in charge.
He found the CO near his captain's yacht. He informed Rojac that he
and the Lancelot would provide any assistance they would require,
including having people beamed up to the ship. After a short
conversation, Trent placed Toonces, who was now his chief of security,
in charge of any Lancelot relief efforts planet-side.
Trent then saw his brother, who had been staring at him as he spoke
with the Chimera CO. Trent surprised his brother with a hug.
"Why are you here?" Rick asked.
"I've always wanted to check out the sites of the Aeran system. Didn't
count on the Rommies spoiling my visit."
Rick just shook his head.
"So, how are you doing?" Trent asked.
"I still haven't found Mai," Rick responded. "I don't know if she even
made it off the Chimera."
"She's probably at one of the other landing sites," Trent tried to assure
Rick. "They're scattered all over the place. We can go take a look."
"How ..."
+tap+ "Rodgers to Lancelot. How's the search going for the other pods?"
+tap+ "Unfo ... sensors are a ... " came the static response.
+tap+ "Lancelot, say again."
There was a long pause.
+tap+ "Sorry, captain, but commu ... are a bit ... We're trying to fix it."
Trent recognized the voice of his XO.
The Lancelot was so banged up, Trent was just glad that anything worked.
+tap+ "What about the sensors."
+tap+ "We ... unable to provide det ... scans. The sensor array was ...
during the battle."
+tap+ "Understood. Do what you can. How's the Amu Darya?"
+tap+ " ... ill not a hundred precent. But she'll fly."
+tap+ "Have Shuite to fly the Amu Darya to my location ASAP. Rodgers
out."
Rick just smiled.
"What?" Trent said.
"I've never seen you in starfleet mode before ... and a commanding officer
at that. Kind of strange."
After a few minutes, Trent saw a small girl running toward Rick.
"Hey, Ray. I want you to meet your Uncle Trent," Rick said as he lifted
the child, who seemed to study the other man.
"You're the guy in the pictures, aren't you?" she said.
"That's right, sweetheart. He's my brother and your uncle."
"Nice to meet you," Trent said, offering her his hand.
She has hesitant, but finally accepted it placing her small hand into his.
"We're going to go for a ride in a shuttle and look for some other escape
pods," Rick said.
"You gonna look for mommy," Rachel said.
Rick was hoping to avoid that part, just in case they couldn't find her.
"Yes, Ray. We're going to look for mommy and anyone else who needs
our help," Rick said.
"OK," she said as they saw a Type-9 shuttle approach from the sky.
Commander Rick Rodgers
Chief Engineering Officer
U.S.S. Chimera (formally)
and
Commander Trent Rodgers (npc by Rick)
Commanding Officer
U.S.S. Lancelot
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