Seen my transport?

Posted on 24 Apr 2016 @ 6:10am by

950 words; about a 5 minute read

Mission: Outbreak
Location: Starbase Unity
Timeline: Present

OOC: I'll be posting external to the mission until it's end. Then join the ship on the next mission.

ON:

Samantha stood on the bridge of the San Andreas looking at the viewscreen. The environment was very quiet and all she could hear would be the beeping of the buttons and would watch the displays flicker from one screen to the next. The communications officer piped up,

"=/\= USS San Andreas to Starbase Unity arriving on approach vector mark fifteen, request clearence to dock =/\="

"=/\= USS San Andreas, you are cleared to dock, port eleven. =/\=" Captain Forbes walked got up and walked to the back of the bridge to give Samantha a PADD.

"Your new assignment senior chief.....if you can get there."

"Sir?"

"Well I'd know that ship anywhere but it isn't here. Currently on assignment and wont be back for weeks." Samantha got annoyed that her ship wasn't here to collect her. She wanted a something to meet the ship.

"I guess you're not swinging by to drop me off?"

"I'm sorry but I'll only play taxi if I'm going the same direction. Good luck with your new assignment senior chief." English for get off my ship so Samantha saw that. She expected that her presence on this ship wasn't going to be an easy one for her. So what would be the problems that she'd face on her next assignment. She turned on the PADD and read it, "Oh right, I'm over there. At least they're keeping to the COBs on starships. I'd hate to be a CMC on a starbase, I'd never get out." Samantha walked off the bridge and into the turbo lift.

"Deck seven" the turbo lift descended. Samantha accessed the LCARS system to check out what transports were available to rendezvous. She searched and searched and there was nothing, no freighter, no other starship and shuttlecraft transportation was limited to nearby transport. Samantha assumed there was a shortage or something going on where long distant shuttlecraft movement was forbidden by the base commander. The doors opened and Samantha exited, "Chief."

"Good morning." Said one petty officer

"Chief." Said the crewman

"Good morning."

"No uniforms in green to hand?" Said a cadet

"Shutup cadet *stops* stop right there." The cadet stops. Samantha approaches the cadet and stops short.

"Whatever misconceptions of marines you have. Stow it. Marines do the fighting and fleet give them a ride; that said, there's no need for you to cause distaste. You should rise above it and prove to be an example. That will make you a good officer.....when you get to be one. If you don't then I'll see you back in my domain by which time, I'll boot your rear from here to the starbase through the airlock."

"Yes senior chief."

"*points a finger in his face* Make sure you understand fully. I don't want to see you in my arena of responsibility , trust me."

"Yes chief" Samantha felt like a hypocrite talking to that cadet knowing her own history but as a senior enlisted rank, she hadn't another option. She left the cadet alone and headed for her quarters to pick up her luggage.

=====Transporter Room====
=====Moments Later======

Samantha placed her luggage on one of the pads and stood on the neighbouring pad, "Energise" she said to the transporter chief. The chief tapped the LCARS display and pulled down the three bars. The power to the transporter increased and the pads had brightened. Blue lines appeared with white dots surrounding Samantha and her luggage and they faded into nothing with the blue lines that were the last to disappear.

======Promenade======
======Starbase Unity=====

White lines appeared and Samantha and her luggage appeared in the centre. Her eyes widened as a sandwich of people headed for her, unable to stop in time. Quite a long on tour age of bumps and some tripped over her luggage, "Dumbass transporter chief. " She p8cked up her things, said her sorrys and started following the signs to enlisted quarters reception. As she past a few officers and continuing to follow the signs, the presence of officers and the presence of starfleet security presence had grew. "Nearly there then." Samantha thought.
After a long walk, she eventu reached the Reception desk with the command master chief at the desk. He looked up and saw Samantha approach and stopped.

"Oh I didn't believe that I'd see you arrive Senior Chief Hanson." Samantha looked at him wondering what he'll say next. Would he shut up and give her a room or bulky her with history that has nothing to do with him?

"Master Chief."

"I've taken the liberty to check your history senior chief. There's people here that know something. That something is enough to bother you about it.

"Well you'd be happy that I won't be here long." The master chief checked his display.

"USS Blackhawk?"

"Yes."

"Oooo won't be back here for a long long while so you'd better get settled.....and you're not sitting on your laurels whilst everyone else works. Here's your orders." The master chief then pulled out a PADD, "*hands to Samantha* data collection with SFI. There's been some Consortium movement and you have to plot it. Yes crewman work but it means I can free up minions lower than you for admirals luggage carrier....manifest updating. ......Transporter chief.......cleaner. You know the drill or has being a colonel clouded that?" Samantha wanted to slap him into the nearest torpedo tube for doing so much digging into the security archive.

"My room?" The master chief huffed and pulled out a key card


"Here!" The master chief threw the card at her, "Au revoir."

Samantha headed for her quarters.

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