"Over to you, Captain," she said as she took her seat next to Rojac.
"Right." Rojac stood with a nod toward his executive. "Thank you, Commander." He stood tall and straightened out the bottom of his tunic beneath the strange belt that taskforce had issued him. "I have to things for the rest of you. The first dealing with the mission, the second dealing with the recent incidents aboard this vessel. The mission comes first, however."
The Captain cleared his throat, and several of the senior staff shifted awkwardly in their seats. "Captain Xerxes has already received my request for a recon flight with the Shadow squadron we have aboard. Captain how is that progressing?"
"We're prepping the fighters for launch as we speak. Whilst Ghost Flight will be the only ones doing the actual recon of the Sensor Station. I've planned for the Lancer Squadron and Sun God to remain on backup just outside of the Sensor Station's detection range. The Lancers will be carrying an A2 Loadout...whilst I don't expect there to be trouble on this mission I prepare for the worst anyway. The outline should be on your desk in around 15 minutes although we can leave as soon as the fighters are loaded Captain." Anya replied. safety precaution." Rojac stood upright again and began to
"Excellent. Keep me updated on the progress, Captain." Rojac said. "Engineering has been working on a way to transport through the ouptpost's cloak and shields. Commander Scardonna, would you care to explain the details?"
Scardona nodded and cleared his throat, beginning his briefing. "Penetrating the cloak shouldn't be difficult. We have the specifications of the outposts cloaking device, and by rigging the main deflector to emit a tachyon pulse at precisely the right frequency, we can force the stations cloak offline. Now, the difficult part lies in transporting through the shields. We've been able to map out the frequency patterns of the outposts shield grid. By doing so, we've found that at fixed times during the grid's rotation, small 'holes' appear. These openings last for approximately three seconds, so transporting will be tricky. We'll have to leave it to the computer, in all honesty. And to make things even more complicated, we can only transport two at a time."
Curtis then stood and tapped a few controls on the main conference table, bringing up a large holographic projection of the outposts technical schematics. He then pointed to three specific locations, all about equidistant from each other.
"It takes about 60 seconds for the frequency pattern to reset, so if we wanted to beam more then two people into a specific area, we would have to wait at least a minute before transporting another team. However, there are three 'holes' in the grid, so we can transport every 20 seconds to these separate locations. Finally...transporting out will be much, much more difficult, so I recommend that once inside, the strike team proceed to disable the shield grid, if possible." His briefing concluded, Curtis nodded and sat down.
"Thank you, Commander." Rojac replied. "Security, you will have very little personnel to work with in the initial transport. Make the best of it. Run a few simulations in the holodecks for covert infiltration and hostage rescue. Remember, we don't want the station to be compromised further, we just want the Romulan agents aboard taken out so we can investigate the extent of the damage they've done."
"Yes sir." Jardan replied, looking a little weaker than usual due to his recent injury. "I will get Adams and Johnson on it straight away. Is there a way I can get a hold of the blueprints of the station?"
"I'll have First Lieutenant Reese forward you the necesary schematics, as she has the clearance. Can you do that for me, Lieutenant?" The Captain asked.
Jade nodded in response to the Captain's question and made a few notes on her tablet, so she could remember what she needed to get done. She already had a huge list of things that needed to get done, but this made the top knowing that it came straight from the Captain.
"Good." Rojac nodded. "Article number two. There have been many incidents abaord that I am not very happy with. Some could not have been helped; Commander Summers was poisoned onboard UNITY, and Ensign Hopeler's illness was rather unexpected. The others, however, could have been avoided." Roajc leaned forward and placed both of his hands palms down on the table. "I would think, that with a crew of seven hundred and twenty personnel, someone would have realized Commander Wellington's strange behavior before I did, and made sure she received the proper medical attention. I am dissappointed in security, for
allowing dangerous, undercover Romulan agents access to materials from which they could improvise a weapon from. This was an incident of inept observation an lack of attention to detail. It is standard procedure, when a prisoner of this caliber is present, to hold them in solitary confinement with NO access to ANY material item. Beam their food directly onto the floor, no cutlery or dinnerware is to be provided."
Rojac continued his lecture, feeling more like a parent berating his child by the minute. "We have been lacking in our safety measures as well, and the Deputy Chief Engineer has lost an arm because of it. This is unacceptable. Everyone learns in starship maitenence 101 at the academy to make sure the power is diverted or the machinery in inoperative before making modifications. It's a standard safety precaution." Roajc stood upright again and began to pace behind the backs of his staff aroudn the table. "Ladies and gentlemen, this ship is the flagship of Special Forces, and the First Taskforce. As such we are expected to be an example to the rest of the fleet. Lately, I feel, we have done a poor job of being so. We need to step up our level of professionalism, and focus on our duties as starfleet officers."
"This is a time of war, as you all know, and in times of war the SSF is called forth to hold the frontlines in battle. We can't afford to loose focus or to be distracted. From this day forward, if anyone in your department fails to uphold their duties as a member of starfleet, if they fail to follow all procedures, or if they do any less than one-hundred percent of their abilities then i want to know about it. I will not tolerate anything less aboard my ship, is that understood?"
"Yes Sir". The reply was uttered by all the senior officers though a little our of sync.
Rangi frowned and bit her lower lip thoughtfully for she had always prided herself on keeping a well run department. Though she encouraged a friendly atmosphere amongst her teams, it had never been suggested to her before that her department was lacking. Scott had been spending alot of time on her care, something he had been ordered to do by the Commodore but even so, she felt the critism hit home and did not like it. Things would have to change. She looked up as the XO spoke.
"Depending on our schedules, the Captain and myself will continue to make unscheduled inspections of departments as has been done the last few weeks, so I expect everyone to be ready at all times. A lot has changed in the last few months, least of all the new uniforms," Natalia said, glancing down at the new uniform she wore, "but I think it accurately symbolizes the fact that there has been a shift in our traditions among Chimera members and, starting with this new ship, I want all department heads to adopt a stricter and more formal attitude towards their assistants while on duty and the chain of command in general. Insubordination of any kind will not be tolerated," Natalia said, look sternly at each of the staff.
Anya had to suppress a smile. The Erassian Alliance Military had a number of jokes about insubordination in Starfleet a popular one was about a court martial over a cadet wearing his tube socks on the wrong feet.
"Lieutenant Jardan, I would like you to focus on the mission at hand, please leave the interrogation of the prisoners over to me," the XO said with a nod.
"Are their any questions? If not you are dismissed." Rojac said.
[End Log]
"Depending on our schedules, the Captain and myself will continue to make unscheduled inspections of departments as has been done the last few weeks, so I expect everyone to be ready at all times. A lot has changed in the last few months, least of all the new uniforms," Natalia said, glancing down at the new uniform she wore, "but I think it accurately symbolizes the fact that there has been a shift in our traditions among Chimera members and, starting with this new ship, I want all department heads to adopt a stricter and more formal attitude towards their assistants while on duty and the chain of command in general. Insubordination of any kind will not be tolerated," Natalia said, look sternly at each of the staff.
Anya had to suppress a smile. The Erassian Alliance Military had a number of jokes about insubordination in Starfleet a popular one was about a court martial over a cadet wearing his tube socks on the wrong feet.
"Lieutenant Jardan, I would like you to focus on the mission at hand, please leave the interrogation of the prisoners over to me," the XO said with a nod.
"Are their any questions? If not you are dismissed." Rojac said.
[End Log]
Captain Cropa Rojac
Commanding Officer
Commander Natalia Trzetrzelewska
Executive Officer
Commander Rangi Summers
Chief Medical Officer
LtCommander Curtis Scardonna
Chief Engineer
Marine Captain Anya Xerxes
Chief of Flight Operations
First Lieutenant Jade Reese
Chief of Operations
USS Chimera NCC 96899-C
