Lieutenant
Post by Daniel Clark on Oct 22, 2007 9:57:41 GMT
Flying a Desk
By
Daniel Clark
Chapter 1
Admiral Mark Brown sat behind his desk in his office in the Starfleet Command complex in San Francisco. Ever since his promotion at the End of the Dominion war Mark had been kept ‘flying a desk’ instead of being out among the stars where he yearned to be. But now Mark had a more important, at least to Starfleet. He was to oversee the reconstruction of the Terran Solar Systems Defensive and infrastructure. It was a interesting job, it was to include, new defensive platforms and security posts. He looked out his window out to the bay, he watched a worker bee soar towards the Golden Gate Bridge, still under repair from the Breen attack in the Waning months of the War. It had only been a few months and Mark could still remember the hell of the War. He was jerked back to reality by his computer console beeping.
He turned to it.
“Computer access message” Mark said and after several seconds the image of Starfleet’s C in C appeared “Sir”
“Admiral Brown, I know I promised you a few days before you had to get to work” The Admiral said “But the Federation is hosting a conference of what we’re going to do about the Dominion in the Gamma Quadrant, we’ve got species from all over the Alpha quadrant coming to earth in two weeks, we want to give a good impression”
“Understood sir” Mark replied “Would you like me to start with the Defensive nature of my assignment or the infrastructure?”
“Infrastructure Admiral, we’ve pulled in enough ships to give an adequate show of force” The Admiral answered “We’ve got you a Excelsior Refit, USS Resistance for you as your flagship, she’s not fully crewed but more than enough, it won’t be deep space but at least you’ll be on a starship again, she’s yours know permanently”
“Thank you sir” Mark said “Brown out”
Mark gathered his stuff together including his Padd’s and all his ornaments before tapping COM badge
“Brown to Resistance, one to beam up” He said into it
Mark felt his molecules disassemble and several seconds later reassemble aboard the Resistance. He stepped of the Pad and onto the Deck he was meet by a highly attractive woman bearing the Pip’s of Captain
“Admiral” She said “Welcome aboard, I am…was the ships CO”
Mark detected a note of bitterness in the voice
“Captain, I want you to remain as the ships CO, I just want you to follow my orders when I’m aboard” Mark replied
The woman smiled
“That is one thing I can do sir” She said then offering her hand “Captain Lisa Robbinson”
Mark walked with Lisa out the door.
Mark and Lisa stepped onto the Resistance’s Bridge, it was good to be back on the Bridge of a Starship again. Lisa lead Mark to the command circle and offered the Captains chair to him
“No Captain you sit there, I’ll sit in the XO’s Chair” Mark said
“Thank you Admiral” Lisa replied taking her seat, mark took up the seat beside her
“Take us out Ensign, One third impulse power till we clear space dock” Lisa ordered the Blond haired Bajoran at helm nodded and imputed some Commands and manoeuvred the ship towards the space dock doors of Starbase 1
“Set course for the Utopia Planitia Fleet yards, Full impulse” Daniel ordered
The Helm Ensign nodded “ETA ten minutes” He said
Ten minutes passed all to quickly for Mark on the Bridge of a Starship again, and as the Resistance dropped into orbit of Mars and sped to catch up with the Fleet yards orbit.
“If you don’t mind me asking Admiral” Lisa said “Why are we here?”
“I want to talk to the Captains of the Saber Class ships I’ve got to act as patrol ships” Mark replied remembering the merit of the Saber class, small, fast and manoeuvrable but heavily armed for ships of their size “I even managed to get an Intrepid Class to act as interceptor, I’ve ordered it to be Sector 001’s Primary starship”
“Oh ok sir” Lisa replied
On the screen the spidery structure of the Utopia Planitia fleet yards began to come into focus
“We’ve been cleared to dock at Dry dock theta 24” The helm officer reported
“Good, dock as soon as possible Ensign” Lisa ordered
Mark stepped into a room on the fleet yards primary station and found no less than fifteen Officers, some of rank no less than Lieutenant Commander
“Thank you for coming Captains” Mark said “You are all Commanding officers of one of the fifteen Saber Class ships I’ve got the Yards to build for the Systems patrol ships, I’ here to hand over your Command papers”
The officers burst into applause and Mark smiled and handed a Padd to each of the officers
“Ok I want all of you to get to your ships and follow the Resistance out to Saturn and then break of to your assigned patrol stations” Mark said to them several nodded and Mark turned and left
Mark stepped back onto the Resistance’s Bridge
“Helm take us to Saturn one third once Fifteen Saber Class ships form up behind us” Mark ordered taking his seat next to Lisa. He watched as the Helm officer brought the ship out of the dry dock, and fifteen saber class vessels come into formation.
The Resistance led the Sabers out of Mars orbit and toward the Asteroid belt.
The Resistance and the Saber squadron soared through the asteroids, destroying any that got in the way. Suddenly the Resistance was rocked.
“What the hell was that?” Mark and Lisa said at the same time
“Phaser blast, unknown origin” The Con officer replied
The origin was soon known a Klingon D-7 appeared from behind a large asteroid
“Klingons?” Mark exclaimed
“Yes sir, but it appears to be a rouge vessel, its old and badly maintained” Con replied
“Hail them” Lisa ordered
“No response” The woman at Communications replied
By
Daniel Clark
Chapter 1
Admiral Mark Brown sat behind his desk in his office in the Starfleet Command complex in San Francisco. Ever since his promotion at the End of the Dominion war Mark had been kept ‘flying a desk’ instead of being out among the stars where he yearned to be. But now Mark had a more important, at least to Starfleet. He was to oversee the reconstruction of the Terran Solar Systems Defensive and infrastructure. It was a interesting job, it was to include, new defensive platforms and security posts. He looked out his window out to the bay, he watched a worker bee soar towards the Golden Gate Bridge, still under repair from the Breen attack in the Waning months of the War. It had only been a few months and Mark could still remember the hell of the War. He was jerked back to reality by his computer console beeping.
He turned to it.
“Computer access message” Mark said and after several seconds the image of Starfleet’s C in C appeared “Sir”
“Admiral Brown, I know I promised you a few days before you had to get to work” The Admiral said “But the Federation is hosting a conference of what we’re going to do about the Dominion in the Gamma Quadrant, we’ve got species from all over the Alpha quadrant coming to earth in two weeks, we want to give a good impression”
“Understood sir” Mark replied “Would you like me to start with the Defensive nature of my assignment or the infrastructure?”
“Infrastructure Admiral, we’ve pulled in enough ships to give an adequate show of force” The Admiral answered “We’ve got you a Excelsior Refit, USS Resistance for you as your flagship, she’s not fully crewed but more than enough, it won’t be deep space but at least you’ll be on a starship again, she’s yours know permanently”
“Thank you sir” Mark said “Brown out”
Mark gathered his stuff together including his Padd’s and all his ornaments before tapping COM badge
“Brown to Resistance, one to beam up” He said into it
Mark felt his molecules disassemble and several seconds later reassemble aboard the Resistance. He stepped of the Pad and onto the Deck he was meet by a highly attractive woman bearing the Pip’s of Captain
“Admiral” She said “Welcome aboard, I am…was the ships CO”
Mark detected a note of bitterness in the voice
“Captain, I want you to remain as the ships CO, I just want you to follow my orders when I’m aboard” Mark replied
The woman smiled
“That is one thing I can do sir” She said then offering her hand “Captain Lisa Robbinson”
Mark walked with Lisa out the door.
Mark and Lisa stepped onto the Resistance’s Bridge, it was good to be back on the Bridge of a Starship again. Lisa lead Mark to the command circle and offered the Captains chair to him
“No Captain you sit there, I’ll sit in the XO’s Chair” Mark said
“Thank you Admiral” Lisa replied taking her seat, mark took up the seat beside her
“Take us out Ensign, One third impulse power till we clear space dock” Lisa ordered the Blond haired Bajoran at helm nodded and imputed some Commands and manoeuvred the ship towards the space dock doors of Starbase 1
“Set course for the Utopia Planitia Fleet yards, Full impulse” Daniel ordered
The Helm Ensign nodded “ETA ten minutes” He said
Ten minutes passed all to quickly for Mark on the Bridge of a Starship again, and as the Resistance dropped into orbit of Mars and sped to catch up with the Fleet yards orbit.
“If you don’t mind me asking Admiral” Lisa said “Why are we here?”
“I want to talk to the Captains of the Saber Class ships I’ve got to act as patrol ships” Mark replied remembering the merit of the Saber class, small, fast and manoeuvrable but heavily armed for ships of their size “I even managed to get an Intrepid Class to act as interceptor, I’ve ordered it to be Sector 001’s Primary starship”
“Oh ok sir” Lisa replied
On the screen the spidery structure of the Utopia Planitia fleet yards began to come into focus
“We’ve been cleared to dock at Dry dock theta 24” The helm officer reported
“Good, dock as soon as possible Ensign” Lisa ordered
Mark stepped into a room on the fleet yards primary station and found no less than fifteen Officers, some of rank no less than Lieutenant Commander
“Thank you for coming Captains” Mark said “You are all Commanding officers of one of the fifteen Saber Class ships I’ve got the Yards to build for the Systems patrol ships, I’ here to hand over your Command papers”
The officers burst into applause and Mark smiled and handed a Padd to each of the officers
“Ok I want all of you to get to your ships and follow the Resistance out to Saturn and then break of to your assigned patrol stations” Mark said to them several nodded and Mark turned and left
Mark stepped back onto the Resistance’s Bridge
“Helm take us to Saturn one third once Fifteen Saber Class ships form up behind us” Mark ordered taking his seat next to Lisa. He watched as the Helm officer brought the ship out of the dry dock, and fifteen saber class vessels come into formation.
The Resistance led the Sabers out of Mars orbit and toward the Asteroid belt.
The Resistance and the Saber squadron soared through the asteroids, destroying any that got in the way. Suddenly the Resistance was rocked.
“What the hell was that?” Mark and Lisa said at the same time
“Phaser blast, unknown origin” The Con officer replied
The origin was soon known a Klingon D-7 appeared from behind a large asteroid
“Klingons?” Mark exclaimed
“Yes sir, but it appears to be a rouge vessel, its old and badly maintained” Con replied
“Hail them” Lisa ordered
“No response” The woman at Communications replied
