= USS Chimera - En Route to Unity =
Everything was going according to plan and the Chimera was on schedule
for her journey to Unity and the Aeran System. All systems were
functioning normally and Bren was happy that the cloaking device was
keeping them concealed from any possible enemy spies who might want to
know just exactly where the new Chimera was and take advantage of her
vulnerable state.
Bren settled back in his seat, pleased that all was going so well when
suddenly... a horrid grinding sort of noise became audible.
"Kroitzer? What's that noise?" he demanded, slapping his hand on the
comm button.
"Not sure, sir," came the hesitant reply. "But don't worry... ignore
it and it will go away."
Bren suddenly had a vision of himself standing in Janeway's office
having to explain why yet another Chimera had been lost, but then she
reassured him that had already sent in a request for a new ship, the
Chimera-D, and she'd set aside stores of latinum (which she won in a
game of Quhn'Dok from a Klingon) to pay for the new ship... which was
needed at regular intervals.
"There's no need to worry, Bren," Janeway said as she strolled to her
the safe in her study and opened it up, revealing the bars of latinum
inside. "We're already there."
"Already there?" Bren asked, puzzled by her statement and somewhat
dazzled by the glimmering latinum bars.
"Yes, Commander Ohmsford, we're approaching our destination," she
repeated with a glimmer in her eye that wasn't unlike that of the Borg
Queen's.
Suddenly Bren started awake, sitting upright in his chair. He quickly
wiped a strand of saliva from the corner of his mouth and looked
around, realising he was in the ready room with a padd on the desk in
front of him.
"Come in," Bren said as a chime sounded at the door, and the doors
parted to reveal Lieutenant Reese standing in the doorway.
"Sir, you didn't answer your comm..." she said, taking in his
disheveled looks. "We've arrived at the Aeran System."
"Oh, right, thank you Lieutenant," Bren said and hurried got up from
behind the desk and followed her onto the bridge.
Reese took her position at ops and Bren sat down next to her at the
helm station. "Lieutenant, please hail the starbase," he said. "I'm
going to disengage the cloak."
"Yes, sir," she replied and carried out the order at the same time as
Bren took the cloak offline. "Channel open."
"Unity, this is the Chimera, Commander Ohmsford speaking. We are
requesting permission to establish orbit," Bren said as he slowed down
to one quarter impulse.
"Chimera, this is Unity; we've been expecting you. You are cleared for
docking at Platform C. Welcome to the Aeran System," came Unity's
reply after a moment.
= End Log =
Commander Bren Ohmsford
Science Advisor
1st Task Force, SSF
