=1st SSF Task Force XO's Office=
=Starbase UNITY=
Sitting at his desk and looking over one of many hundreds of reports that made it to his desk since he had been given temporary command of the taskforce, Trent would glance from time to time at the photo holographic image on the desk's right corner. After awhile, he put the report down and stared at the image of his wife and sighed. He missed her, true, but he was also worried about their future. It was something that he should have discussed with his brother a few days ago, but Trent was not the kind of person to open up with anybody, except his wife.
He tried to clear these concerns from his mind, but continued to stare at the image. As he did so, the voice of his aide/one-man security detail, First Lieutenant Bannister, broke the silence.
+tap+ "Bannister to Captain Rodgers."
Trent broke away from his trance and cleared his head.
"Yes, Lieutenant."
+tap+ "Captain Rojac is here, sir."
"Ah ... good. Send him in," Trent replied, grateful for the diversion.
Seconds later, Rojac entered just as Trent turned off the holographic image. Trent
then stood to greet the Chimera CO.
"Captain, it's good to see that you and the Chimera made it back OK," Trent smiled,
offering his hand. "Especially after that little incident you had before you returned."
Rojac chuckled. He wouldn't exactly call the razing of a Breen base an 'incident.' "I have a good crew, Captain." Rojac replied. "I just had to sit in the chair and watch."
Trent offered Rojac a seat and drink before he took a seat himself.
"I'm sorry that I haven't gotten with you sooner, but I've been busy almost non-stop
taking calls from Earth," Trent said, leaving out that most of those calls were inquiring
about the whereabouts of Commodore Guzman, which he was able to dodge the best
he could. "And when I'm not talking to Starfleet Command, I'm reading report after
report after report," Trent nodded to the stacks of PADDS on his desk.
"That's quite alright, Captain." Rojac assured the Taskforce's XO. "I have had plenty of thing to occupy my time." He thought back to the incident with Mr. Davis in the VIP quarters, the myriad of leave requests that piled onto his desk, and the warpcore breach the careless engineer had triggered in the Chimera's Main Engineering bay. "I trust my report answered most of your questions."
"Yes it did. Your task group did excellent work getting and keeping the Canna system in allied
hands," Trent said, playing the role of TF XO. "What were your overall thoughts on the mission,
captain? Anything that may have not made it on a standard report."
"Not much." Rojac said, leaning back in his chair. "I've included all applicable tactical files in the final report to SSF Command. And I have Major Xerxes forwarding all relevant files on her puppetmaster program." Rojac said, "As for the Erassians, I think we played quite nicely this last go around."
"Having all of our ships return is a good sign that maybe we can start taking this war to
the enemy instead of just holding them back and retaking lost terrority. And the weapon you
recovered should have the boys and girls at back at starfleet drooling for weeks," Trent said.
Rojac nodded. Kroitzer and Reese seemed glad to have the weapons off their hands in their reports, and the Captain agreed.
"It seems that your new security chief has already made quite an impression around here,"
Trent said, holding back a slight grin.
"Yes, he has." Rojac conceded. "THough I still believe him to be a capable Security Officer. I won't let it happen again, sir."
"I'm sure yourself, Lieutenant Mumacik and the JAG department can sort it out," Trent said.
"I'm also sure that you and the entire group have earned at least a month's leave.
Unfortunately, you will likely be called upon again as soon as the Chimera's repairs are
completed."
Trent then allowed a smile, "Though I've told the shipyard to not get in too big of a hurry."
"I appreciate it, Captain." Rojac replied.
Trent stood, "Well then captain, I will allow you to get back whatever time off you do manage
to get in. You have earned it."
"Thank you, Sir."
=End Log=
Captain Trent Rodgers
Executive Officer
SSF First Taskorce / SB 234: UNITY
&
Captain Cropa Rojac
Commanding Officer
USS Chimera NCC 96899-C
