=== Vlimar PontBrillant's personal quarters ===
Vlimar approached Captain Picard, shaking his heand.
"It is great to finally meet you, Colonel!", Picard said. Picard, holding his earl grey tea cup with his other hand, showed genuine happiness and was smiling extensively. Vlimar wasn't sure how to respond to it, but returned the smile to Jean-Luc, and replied: "Well, I should say the same, Captain!".
Picard sat in the command chair of the USS Enterprise E and looked at his right. "Bien, je devrais dire que cette chaise vous irait bien, Colonel!", replied Picard, gesturing the XO chair. Vlimar looked at the chair, nodded and sat in it. Vlimar's smiled widened as he realize the honor he was subject of. "The honor is yours, Colonel", added Picard.
Vlimar smiled, stood, did the Picard Manoeuver (tuking his shirt down) and said: "Engage!". At that very same moment, Vlimar heard a loud banging at the Ready Room's room. Vlimar turned his head shiftly to the left... and saw his quarter's wall.
Vlimar smiled, stood, did the Picard Manoeuver (tuking his shirt down) and said: "Engage!". At that very same moment, Vlimar heard a loud banging at the Ready Room's room. Vlimar turned his head shiftly to the left... and saw his quarter's wall.
Vlimar was dreaming. For the first time in... oh, well, a very long time. Not that Vlimar had trouble sleeping or anything like that, simply that Vlimar wasn't a dreamer. He was usually going to sleep, then waking up, hours later, with nothing in between. Seconds after opening his eyes, Vlimar heard again the banging on his door, this time, coming from his quarter's door.
Vlimar shook his head, and got up from his bed. He looked at the chrono, which indicated 0422. He slowly walked to the door, shaking his head, wondering who the hell did not realized there was a chime just by the freaking door. {This better be good...}
Vlimar shook his head, and got up from his bed. He looked at the chrono, which indicated 0422. He slowly walked to the door, shaking his head, wondering who the hell did not realized there was a chime just by the freaking door. {This better be good...}
Vlimar opened the door, and saw the face of Lieutenant Ruel, a member of the Operations team. Ruel looked at Vlimar and said: "Oh, did I wake you, sir?"
Vlimar felt his blood hurrying up in his face. "It's freaking 0422 hours, Lieutenant.", he replied. The Lieutenant looked at Vlimar amazed, obviously thinking it was the end of his own world. But, Vlimar took a depth breathe and replied. "It's fine, Lieutenant. Apologize my mid-night bad behaviour. What can I help you with?"
The Lieutenant took a pause, reassessing Pont's apology. "Well, we just received a status report from the Chimera, on the Alpha front.", he said. "They engaged two warbirds and currently their Security Department is securing the outpost.", he claimed.
Vlimar looked up, yawned. "Do we have any supporting unit for the attack?", he asked. The Lieutenant looked down on his PADD, then back up at Vlimar. "I dunno...", replied the Lieutenant.
"Are you kidding me?", Vlimar said. "You are supposed to be Shift Supervisor. Send the D'Artagnan, they should be in the area by now.", he added.
The Lieutenant nodded and walked away. "Lieutenant, next time you wake me up, asking me to do your job, I will not calm down.", coldly replied Vlimar.
The Lieutenant nodded and walked away. "Lieutenant, next time you wake me up, asking me to do your job, I will not calm down.", coldly replied Vlimar.
As the Lieutenant walked away, Vlimar returned to his quarters. He looked at his bed, realizing there was no point to go back. He was on shift in about 2 hours. Vlimar walked to the replicator, asking for a tightly pressed espresso. Waiting for his drink, Vlimar yawned again, then his eyes opened widely. "The Chimera is under attack!", he said.
Vlimar ran out of his quarters, heading to the Operations room. His brain basically just connected the dots.
=== Strategic Operations Deck ===
Vlimar entered the deck, took the first available console and monitored the Chimera. He sent a message to Shane's personal console to advise him, not knowing if he was up or not.The Operations crew looked at Vlimar sitting at a console, in civvies, then resumed their work. They felt pretty good seeing the boss sitting with them, as concerned as they were.
=== END LOG ===
Lieutenant-Colonel Vlimar PontBrillant
Executive Officer - Starbase 234 : Unity
