[USS Chimera] SD 240912.06 | Joint Log | Richard Sharpe, Chloe Sharpe, Sarah Sharpe

=/\= Starbase Unity =/\=

 

Stepping off the transport, Chloe had her hand softly in Richards. Their honeymoon had been much more than she had expected. And that wasn't a bad thing either. During their time there on Risa, She realized how much money he had by all the things they had done while they were there.

 

Richard felt a certain sadness at being back at Unity. For the last week, he’d been happier than he’d been in a very long time. It had been a very very long time since he’d had proper R&R, and he realized how much he’d missed it. There was also the added joy of being with Chloe – his new wife of only one week. He felt himself fiddling with his wedding band again, and stopped it.

 

Chloe had noticed him messing with his wedding band before, but hadn't said anything. This time she didn't. "Not having second thoughts are you?" She asked as they made their way to their quarters once again. Now properly theirs.

 

“No, its not that.” He said, honestly. “Its just it feels weird to have one on my finger again. Its just an odd feeling, is all.”

 

She nodded, giving his hand a reassuring squeeze. "I couldn't be happier.

" She told him making it to their quarters. "Is Sarah still here do you think?"

 

“Its rent free, of course she’s still here.” Richard mused. “She’s like her mother, where there be shops, spas, holodecks, replicators and rent-free accommodation, she’ll be there with bells on.”

 

"That's a little harsh. I’m sure she wants’ to be around you as much as everything else." When they entered their quarters, indeed she saw Sarah sitting on the couch.

 

“Hey guys!” Sarah said, beaming. “Hi Mom!” She grinned at Chloe, and hugged her.

 

Chloe felt awkward having Sarah calling her mom. "You can still call me by my name." Chloe said after getting a hug from her step daughter.

 

“Okay Chloe.” She said, then turned to her dad. “Hi Dad.” She said, and hugged him too.

 

“You can still call me Dad.” He said, gruffly, but affectionately, hugging her back.

 

"Have you been here the whole week we were gone?" Chloe asked Sarah, relived that Richard's daughter seemed to have no issues with her being married to her father, or at least not showing it to Chloe.

 

“Pretty much.” She said. “I was on the holodeck a lot of the time, with a very tasty Orion slave girl program.”

 

Chloe have a soft chuckle, not really sure how to reply to that. Taking her and Richard's small duffles to their bedroom to start unpacking.

 

Richard smiled at Sarah as Chloe left. “Go help your step-mother.” He said. “I’ve got to go check in with the office, make sure Harper hasn’t declared war on the Vulcan’s.”

 

“Okay Dad.” Sarah said, chuckling, and entered the bedroom after Chloe. “Need any help?” She asked.

 

"Sure." Chloe said half way threw a duffle, that was hers. All the clothes are clean. I didn't want to come home with dirty laundry." Chloe explained. "So they just have to be put away."

 

“You did laundry whilst on holiday?” Sarah said, stunned. “I know Dad is a bit dull, but he can’t have been THAT dull, so that doing laundry was more fun!”

 

"No, we had the hotel service do it while we were there. I didn't touch a thing." Chloe said with a laugh. Sarah didn't know how messy Chloe was, and doing the laundry was deffently not something she did often.

 

“Considering it was Risa, I should hope so.” Sarah said, smirking. “Was Risa every bit as good as the holo-adverts make it out to be?”

 

"Even better." Chloe said putting things away. She was going to try to keep things in order in Richard and her's quarters, but doubt it would last long. "What have you been up to while we were gone. I hope your father isn't going to find a huge bill in his name."

 

“Oh, nothing major.” Sarah said. “I flirted with a few of the new transfers, got on really well with a hot little red headed medic, about to ship out on the Dauntless. I gave her a send-off she’ll not forget…” Sarah’s eyes sparkled with untold mischief.

 

"It might be a good idea not to tell your father that." Chloe said putting the last of their things away.

 

Sarah made a ‘pfft’ noise through her mouth. “Dad says as long as I’m happy, not getting hurt, or getting myself in the brig, he’s pretty cool with what I do.”

 

After a moment's thoughts, Chloe raised an eyebrow. "Do you have any plans for yourself?" She wasn't asking how long she was staying, more so seeing how that Sarah had spent the last week or so doing nothing. And Richard had never mentioned what Sarah did to keep herself occupied.

 

“Not really.” Sarah said. “I completed my education, and now I’m sort of drifting, till I find what I’d like to do.”

 

"How long have you been -- drifting--?" Chloe asked, not really showing how she felt. Chloe had always known what she wanted to do in life, and it was hard looking at Sarah and seeing that she wasn't going anywhere at the moment. Especially now that Sarah was her daughter.

 

=/\= To be continued… =/\=

 

MGen. Richard Sharpe

 

Chloe Sharpe

 

Sarah Sharpe

[USS Chimera] SD 240912.05 || JL || Arrival at Andoria's Moon

[Andoria]

The flight in provided a majestic view of the large ringed gas giant as Lieutenant Dior maneuvered the Altair for an entry trajectory into the moon's atmosphere. Soon the swirling blue gasses of the large planet were drowned out by the frigid swirling mists of the snow clouds on the home world of the Aenar and the Andorians. The helm officer of the Chimera fired up the rcs thruster systems and intertial dampeners to counteract the  turbulent weather as she guided the craft down to the landing site. It was a quick trip.

Jade was in the back finishing up her notes she then looked over at Jones, "you ready for this?" She asked smiling at the junior officer knowing that conferences could be overwhelming at times Jade hasn't actually attended one but she was on protective duty for someone at a conference.

"I think I am ma'am." Jones said returning the smile, "I'm actually looking forward to this conference it'll give me a chance to see how other cultures do things in our department." He said  as he returned to looking at the conference itinerary.

Gustav gathered up his notes on trans-warp drives and stowed them in a rucksack that sat next to his chair.

After wrapping up the post-flight check list, Rayna slapped her palms atop the console and stood. "Alright guys, I'm turning off the seatbelt sign."

"I must commend you on your piloting abilities, Ms. Dior. That was the smoothest ride under your care yet, well done," Levison smiled, inclining his head in thanks to the Lieutenant, "Let's hope that the rest of the conference goes as smoothly."

Dior smirked. "Thank you, sir. It's much easier to fly when there aren't five warbirds gunning at you."

Jade stood up and grabbed her bag glad to be almost getting off the Altair it had been a long trip but she was sure it would be worth it. Double checking that she had everything she stood and waited for the doors to the Runabout to open up and allow them into the winter wonderland that was Andoria.

Gathering his bags and throwing them over his shoulder Gustav waited patently for jade to exit the runabout first.

Jade was the first one to step out of the runabout she stepped to the side not sure of where to go, "brrr it's cold." She said used to a ship were the temperature was always the same or close to it. "Where do we go?" She said looking up at the Chief Engineer.

"Our itineraries diverge a little here, but I believe that most of the symposiums and presentations are over that way," Commander Levison gestured, pointing off to the right vaguely. He had never been to Andoria before and the biting cold was actually quite a pleasant change. 'Might even have to think about here for my next shore leave... could get some skiing done,' he thought to himself before sighing and speaking out loud, "I could be wrong of course... Mr. Kroitzer?"

"I don't care where you all are going," Dior said as she exited the runabout, her parka zipped up to her lips. "But I'm checking into my quarters first." She took off to the right, stuffing her hands deep into the synthetic down lined pockets.

[End Log]

Commander Mike Levison

Chief Tactical Officer

Marine Captain Jade Reese

Chief Operations Officer

Lieutenant Gustav Kroitzer

Chief Engineering Officer

Lieutenant Rayna Dior

Chief Helm Officer

USS Chimera NCC 96899-C

[USS Chimera] SD240912.04 ||PROJECT LOS ALAMOS|| Duty Log, Cdr Rick Rodgers and Trevor Wright

=U.S.S. Descartes (science vessel)=
=Main Bridge=
=On the edge of the Columbia system=
　
Right now, the Columbia system was the most secure piece of real estate in the entire known galaxy.
　
Trevor Wright looked over the data for perhaps the final time. He wanted to make certain that everything was in order. In a few minutes, the TechEx, the one he developed all of those years ago, would be sent to a spot near the fourth planet of the system.
 
It would be transported on an old Valiant-class starship, one of many that was handed over to Wright as a delivery ship. Unlike the Detector, which was to be manned by a skeletal crew, these Valiants would be controlled remotely from a ship stationed on the outside of the system just as this test device was controlled remotely from the Descartes.
 
Both the Valiants and control ships would be cloaked.
 
"The function of the device is simple," Wright had explained to Admiral Leland Jefferson, who was overseeing the test for starfleet. "When the TechEx is activated, it will fire a burst that will fry any and all energy-related technologies within a Sol-like star system permanently. It will go down to as deep as 100 kilometers, so caves and mines will not protect anything. After that, with the help of a tachyon field, any ships attempting to enter that system will find their ships power quickly drained, those those effects will be temporary. That is until the field dissipates."
 
"How long will the tachyon field last?" Jefferson asked.
 
"With the work of Commander Rodgers these past couple of weeks, we have managed to get the time down to four months."
 
"Why the tachyon field in the first place?" Jefferson asked.
 
"That's half of the usefulness of the weapon. Without it, the weapon itself would be a complete waste of time. We need a star system to be without any sort of power for a certain length of time. Without it, the Rommies could easily resupply these systems with working weapon platforms, replicators and such."
 
"It sends a very powerful message to the Romulans," Jefferson thought out loud.
 
Wright nodded, "I can convert one of these weapons without the tachyon emitters, but it was made very clear to me that they stay. The good thing is that we have gotten the casualty rate down to 15 to 35 percent. It determines how much food stuffs the Romulans have stored. These days, with replicators, emergency rations are all that most planets have on hand. Even farms will be affected since old-fashioned hand tools are rarely used on most so-called advanced worlds."
 
Jefferson shook his head. He had only learned about this weapon a month or so ago from Janeway. She wanted him here to make certain everything went off without a hitch.
 
The cloaked Valiant-class ship, at one time called the Joust, made its way into the Columbia system. Jefferson had assigned Commander T'Jal of the Corps of Engineers to oversee preparing the system for the tests. A little over 250 old, outdated ships were scattered throughout the system. Many of which had been acquired from ship graveyards throughout the Federation. Only a handful had been taken from each graveyard in order to avoid suspicion. Target practice was the excuse given since it was common to use these relics for that purpose, even more so since the beginning of the war.
 
The oldest was a Daedalus-class ship that Jefferson had thought should have been a museum piece instead of a target ship. The old girl had served during the first Earth-Romulan war, so it seemed fitting that she would serve again, in her own way, in this latest conflict with the Rommies.
 
Among these ships were sensors spread throughout the system sending back readings.
 
On three of the planets in the system, various everyday devices were placed and activated. Even very powerful generators were in place in deep bunkers.
Everything was a ready as they could make it.
 
As the Joust and the device approached their final destination, Rick walked up to where Wright, Jefferson and a handful of other starfleet officials and bridge crew stood.
 
"How long?" Rick asked.
 
"Five minutes," Wright said.
 
Rick just stared out of the viewscreen. They wouldn't actually see anything, but Rick didn't care. The calmness of space helped him to relax.
 
Wright turned to face Rick.
 
"Commander ... Rick ... I know you oppose this weapon, but I still want to thank you for your help. It was invaluable."
 
Rick took a deep breath, but didn't move. He was considering resigning from starfleet because of this, but he didn't want Jefferson to overhear it. Despite the lives they may have saved with their recent adjustments, Rick still felt a little sick to his stomach and it wouldn't go away.
 
Wright went back to his station looking over the readings, deciding to allow Rick this time to himself. In fact, Rick had been quiet during the entire journey from the Janus system ... eerily quiet.
 
[T-minus one-minute until activation]
 
The voice of the computer seemed as cold as Rick at the moment, Wright observed.
 
"Everything checks out," Wright said.
 
Rick finally walked over to his station.
 
"I confirm," Rick said. "All systems go."
 
[T-minus 45 seconds until activation]
 
"Still no detection of the Valiant by outside sensors," Rick said.
 
[T-minus 30 seconds until activation]
 
"All is good. Preparing final sequence," Wright said.
 
[T-minus 20 seconds until activation]
 
"Initiating final sequence," Wright said.
 
[T-minus 15 seconds until activation]
 
"Sequence engaged. Everything is out of our hands now," Wright said.
 
[... 8 ... 7 ... 6 ... 5 ... 4 ... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ...]
 
There was nothing dramatic. No earth-shattering kaboom or anything like that. Sensors simply went out microseconds after sending readings back to the Descartes. Everything within the Columbia system was going exactly how Wright had expected. Even when the tachyon field edged ever-so closely to the Descartes, Wright was not concerned. After about 20 minutes, the tachyon field had reached its limit.
 
"So," Jefferson finally said impatently.
 
"Just give me a few more minutes, admiral," Wright said.
 
Wright looked over the readings. It would take months to fully digest and study the data, but Wright saw enough to make his initial diagnosis.
 
"The test weapon has been successfully deployed."
 
Jefferson solemnly nodded, "May our children forgive us."
 
Wright simply agreed even though he and Jefferson were both old enough to have great grandchildren. Meanwhile, Rick quietly walked off the bridge to the privacy of his quarters.
　
　
 
Commander Rick Rodgers
Chief Engineering Officer
Starbase UNITY
temporary assignment
Deputy Developmental and Operations Coordinator
Project Los Alamos
 
and
 
Dr. Trevor Wright (npc by Rick)
Head of Development and Operations
Project Los Alamos
 
and
 
Rear Admiral Leland Jefferson (npc by Rick)
Deputy Commanding Officer
Joint Defense Command

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[USS Chimera] SD 240912.03 || JL || CMO + CSEC || Cmdr. Summers + Major Cortez

Herman <herman.oliver@gmail.com> wrote to chimera@ucip.org:

=/-\= Main Hospital * SB Unity =/-\=

Cortez sat up in his bed staring at the wall in front of him. It was
nearly time for his latest checkup and from what he'd been told by
Natalie, Summers was going to make an appearance herself. 'Good', he
thought. He hadn't really seen her since he woke up and had a few
questions and complaints as it were. Taking a deep breath he
swallowed and shifted in the bed, 'she'd better not be late', he
grumbled to himself irking his head to the side.

The report from Aeran III followed by the conversation with the CMO
had delayed Rangis usual routine so she was later than expected by the
time she arrived in the hospital. {At least I have some 'good' news}
she thought as she made her way towards the side room that Major
Cortez had been occupying for the last three weeks. { That will make a
pleasant change this morning}

Richards head moved to the sound of the door opening and Summers
stepping through it. "Its about damn time", he said moving his body
so that he was sitting up and his legs were draped over the bed with
his feet touching the floor. "I figured you'd bailed once you'd
realized you gave me a faulty pair of lungs".

She paused for the slightest second uncertain whether or not he was
joking. " Good morning to you too." she replied quite brightly. " How
are feeling today?...been doing the exercises?" She picked up the
medpadd from the locker beside his bed and began to read it.

"Yes I've been doing the damn exercises", he answered sharply. "But
it feels like I've got razor blades in my chest every time I try and
do anything more than walk slowly". He stared at Summers as she
looked at the medpadd. "Where the hell have you been anyways, I
haven't seen you for two weeks".

Rangi read to the end of the latest paragraph then looked at him.

"You've missed me...how sweet." she said replacing the padd to its
previous position." despite my non appearance I 'have' been keeping an
eye on you..." she continued. "... you're an interesting case."

Cortez laughed painfully, "And is that your professional opinion
Doctor"?, he said sarcastically.

"Yes actually it is." she said. " We don't have the opportunity to
carry out advanced procedures very often and as you know, you've had
some cutting edge surgery."

"So I was your little guinea pig then", Richard spat out, "Someone you
could experiment on so you could write a few more chapters in your
memoirs...is that it?". He paused for a moment and then completely
changed the subject. "So who is this Stephen guy", he asked looking
straight at Rangi's eyes. It had been a few days since his meeting
with the stranger and couldn't shake the feeling that something wasn't
right about him. He figured he'd test Summers reaction to the
question to see if his suspicions were right.

"Not quite a guinea pig." she replied and answered him
seriously."..but your case will indeed be documented and learned
from." She shifted her weight from one foot to the other. " Now that
you mention it, I wanted to ask you about one of your little
excursions.Perhaps you can tell me why your blood test results were
normal in the morning but had an alcohol content three hours later?"

Richard smiled. "Yes, I admit it, you caught me, I drank a gallon of
Romulan Ale....Does this mean your discharging me since I've failed to
follow the rules?", he said smugly.

"Much as I hate to end our meeting like this.." she said "...the answer is yes."

Cortez looked back up at Rangi immediately. "What?", he replied.

"Yes I'm discharging you." she repeated, enjoying catching him off
guard." There will be a few restrictions of course." she added,
immediately curtailing his pleasure." You'll need weekly examinations,
you need to continue to see the physio but I plan to remove all but
three of the implants and then you can return to your quarters." She
gave him a small smile.

Richard was surprised. "So I can report back for duty on my ship
then", he asked as he stood up and pushed his feet into the slippers
waiting by the bed.

"Nooooo..." Rangi replied slowly and when he met her eyes again she
added: " I said Im releasing you from the hospital...back to your
quarters.....its going to be quite a while until you're fit for duty
and even longer before you'll be back on the front line."

Cortez sighed. "Fine", he finally said after a few moments, clearly
disappointed at the prospect of not being able to return to duty.

"It's not so bad is it?" she asked when a second or two had passed. "
You must remember that you've had a massive surgery and things don't
miraculously get to a hundred percent over night. " He didn't look
convinced. " You really have done very well." she said,speaking
truthfully. " Getting this far in so short a time is tremendously
encouraging."

"So how long then", Cortez asked stepping around the bed to a dresser
and opening it.

"Well....difficult to put a time limit on it." she answered inclining
her head as she considered it "...but I'd hazard a guess as light
duties in...say....a couple of weeks?...possibly less."

He pulled out a clean shirt and pants from the dresser. "Light
duties?", he said turning towards Summers. "You mean a desk job". He
shook his head and sighed. "Do you have any other terrible news for
me?".

"Yes, a desk job." She confirmed his suspicion. "You should be fit for
that and then..we'll see how it goes." She stood looking at him as he
closed the door and slung the clothes on the bed. At the back of her
mind was the thought that he wouldn't take this lying down, that he
would find a holodeck and begin a training program of some kind and
yet... The shirt began to slide to the floor. Rangi reached out to
rescue it and held it out to him. "I know its not what you want." she
said.

Cortez smiled and chuckled as he took the clothes from her. "I can't
have what I want", he said stepping away from her and moving towards
the bathroom. "If there isn't anything else, then could you tell
Doctor Natalie that I need a sponge-bath on your way out?", he irked a
smile and glanced back at Summers.

Rangi raised the glimmer of a smile in return. She had, she thought,
effectively crushed him by denying him the chance to return to his
duties. She had known from the outset that a desk job would be worse
than time spent in the Brig for a man like Cortez but there was no
other way for him to go. "I'll do that." she replied.

Richard smiled, "Unless of course you'd like to help me with that?",
he responded stopping short of the entrance to the bath. He enjoyed
catching Summers off guard and waited for her response.

Her eyebrows raised in surprise but a moment later she replied: "We
don't want to get you over excited Major, now do we?"

Cortez laughed at her response and stepped into the bathroom. "Give
the Admiral my regards", he shouted as the door closed.

Rangi left the room and found, hovering near the door way, the nurse
whom Cortez had mentioned. She looked at Rangi enquiringly. " Is
..is..is everything alright ma'am?" she asked. Rangi gave a nod. "
Yes....just give him a few minutes, he's had a bit of a shock."
Natalie looked at the closed at the closed and Rangi stepped away.
(He'll be alright} she told herself...Cortez will always be alright}

=/-\= END LOG =/-\=

Commander Rangi Summers
CMO
SB Unity

Major Richard Cortez
CSEC
USS Chimera