[USS Chimera] SD240901.12 -=- Duty Log -=- Lieutenant-Colonel Vlimar PontBrillant

Pierre-luc Denis <pldenis@gmail.com> wrote to chimera@ucip.org:

> == Starbase 234 : UNITY ==
> == Strategic Operations deck ==
>
> Vlimar was sitting in the conference room, for about an hour. He was
> reviewing the current update of the war, skimming through different
> logs
> reporting the same battle, and realizing some events were not reported
> to him. About an hour ago, Vlimar called a meeting with the floor
> supervisors, mostly Lieutenants and Ensigns. The purpose of that
> meeting
> was to restore some order into the reporting, and, obviously, some
> standardization of the reporting method.
>
> As people were entering the room, some holding padds, some empty
> handed, Vlimar looked up as a new voice was heard. "Hello Colonel
> !"
> and "Sir!" were heard every 2 minutes. Vlimar nodded to each and
> every of them, taking a sip from his tea as he was nodding, saluting
> the
> entering officer.
>
> After about 15 minutes following the first person entering the room,
> Vlimar stood, without even acknoledging if everyone was present. He
> cleared his throat and started.
>
> "Ladies and Gentlemen, over the few last days, I have received
> several updates and reports from our current situation with the war.
> It
> has come to my attention that the USS D'Artagnan have repositioning
> back into an planet's shadow to reorganized... 18 times. And, bear
> with me, I doubt that Captain Henry and her crew have been repeating
> the
> same mistake so many times.", he said, obviously turning the sarcasm
> as bold as possible, so everyone sees him coming.
>
> "... So, this means that I received the same report 18 times, from
> 18
> different persons. Now, who can tell me what that means?", he asked.
>
> No one.
>
> "It means that while 18 persons were trying to impress me with an
> obvious bold news that the damn Ferengi probably heard of, no one
> cared
> about telling me that we lost total communication with the Beta group,
> due to a communication relay overload.", he added.
>
> No one dared talking, as Vlimar builded his argument.
>
> "It means that I was not aware for 39 minutes that 16 different
> allied vessel were dark. But, grace of Picard, I knew that Captain
> Henry
> was hiding behind the 3rd moon of Hellas IV, reorganizing."
>
> Vlimar shook his head, as no one, still, dared cutting silence.
>
> "So, now, the solution. I've organized everyone within new teams.
> Smaller teams, with smaller expectencies. Hopefully, within an hour, I
> shall be able to receive *once* every reports, that already been
> analyzed and entered into the grid.", he said.
>
> Vlimar walked around the room, giving each officers a padd, all
> colored
> of a different color. A list of crew members and of objectives were
> included into the PADDs.
> "Now, if you have to escalade an information or a report, you come
> to
> me. Team Brown is the backup team. They will act as roving unit,
> supporting whoever gets something good. Any questions?"
>
> No one.
>
> "Dismiss.", he prompty said, sitting back into his chair. Vlimar
> smiled, downed his tea.
>
> == Strategic Operations Commander's office ==
>
> Vlimar walked back into his office. His attaché, Lieutenant Proulx,
> followed him. Vlimar eyed Proulx his office, to which the attaché
> grabbed the PADDs on his desk and left the room with them. For the
> first
> time in a month, Vlimar's desk was clear of any intrusions. Vlimar s
> at
> on the desk, and screamed: "WORK FASTER".
>
> Outside, most of the Operations team stopped and looked at Vlimar.
> Within seconds, a giant roar was heard, as Vlimar cracked up laughing,
> followed by most of the team.
>
> Vlimar shut the door, as Proulx went to destroy the 18 USS D'Artagn
> an
> reports. Vlimar sent a quick internal message to Shane's console,
> advising of the status report.
>
> == END LOG ==
>
> Lieutenant-Colonel Vlimar PontBrillant
> Executive Officer - Starbase 234 : UNITY
> Deputy Commander - 1st TaskForce, SSF Command
> Strategic Operations Advisor - 1st TaskForce, SSF Command
>