Briefing Part I

Posted on Monday, 1 February 2021 - 6:23pm by Commander Soral & Lieutenant JG Maximus Mackenzie & Captain Barret Stillwater & Lieutenant Ryan Rose MD & Lieutenant T'Lanna Vali & Lieutenant Alex Kingsley & Lieutenant Raith Kolani & Lieutenant JG Adrianna Eberhardt

Mission: Operation: Trail of Tears
Location: USS Standing Bear | Meeting Room
Timeline: 2394 MD 07 0900 hours

ON:

Soral was the first one to arrive at the briefing. He had the opportunity to review the results of the transmission and he'd been shocked. They were in fact Romulan but on a Remun frequency, the kind that Romulans used during the great Reman war. He sighed. It made no sense. It had not been used for a while although the Tal'shiar had been known to use it as it was nearly impossible to break.

He sat down sipping his tea. He had some ideas on how to break this and approach it but he would sit back.

Soral looked up as the doors parted.

Adrianna stepped in and offered a small smile as a greeting, "Sir." The Italian then remained silent, heading for coffee. She felt like she needed it. Her standard had been off all morning thanks to lack of sleep. She was even reluctantly wearing a translator in case she slipped up.

T’Lanna had received the briefing call, though she was on maternity leave and not expected to attend she had made her way to the meeting room to join in. As the doors opened she offered a warm smile as she saw Soral and Adrianna already there waiting. She walked over to the replicator to get herself a drink before returning to the table and taking a seat.

"Good Morning." He said to both.

Adrianna sipped her coffee, relaxing into the rather uncomfortable board chair and replied, "bonjourno" to which her translator quipped a good morning.

“Good Morning to you both” T’Lanna nodded politely, part of her mind was firmly concentrated on her son even though she was nowhere near Sickbay she could still feel him, the strength of their maternal bond was strong.”

Entering the room, studying the latest sensor data, Lieutenant Kingsley stopped in mid-stride as the smell of coffee hit her. She gave a wistful sigh as she decided to punish herself and slip into the seat beside Adrianna. "I miss coffee so much," she lamented, staring at the cup. It wasn't cheating if she simply smelled the coffee, right? Peering up at Adrianna she frowned, "tell me it tastes disgusting? Please?"

Ryan hurried in, just a tad late. The joys of being the CMO. "Sorry." He nodded all around, making a quick apology.

Adrianna snorted and took a sip before saying something in Italian. The computer refused to translate properly and instead translated as, "this muddy faeces that is a liquid tastes like rectal pain." Adrianna chuckled at the translation and then offered in broken standard, "I don't like lying to you, but for you, of course. It tastes disgusting."

Alex grinned, "why thank you."

Having finished the rounds in Operations, Raith was happy to have a change of routine and soon found himself grabbing both a PADD and a Raktajino on the way to the Meeting Room. Having been getting back into the rhythm of work as the Standing Bear had gotten underway again, he was also glad that he was enjoying work as well.

Raith arrived in the Meeting Room to see that several others had already gathered there including Soral, Alex and T'Lanna. Raith winked at her as he walked past and took the seat next to her, seeing the smile grow on T'Lanna's face. He also nodded to the others as he sat down. "Good Morning," Raith said to the others in the room so far.

T’Lanna couldn’t help but smile at the wink Raith gave her, just having him in the same room lightened her mood no end. She turned to look at him as he sat beside her. “How’s your morning been so far?”

Raith nodded as he prepared the PADD he had brought with him. "It's been busy this morning, but I feel good to be back in the groove, as they say. Its also good to be around the rest of the senior officers, it's starting to feel like home again," Raith explained as he told his partner how he was feeling.

“I’m glad” T’Lanna smiled warmly. “Both Ryan and Jarin are confident Jayce will be okay, so that takes a load off my mind.” She looked towards the doors as Stillwater walked in.

Captain Stillwater arrived, getting himself a hot tea and taking his seat. "We will start this meeting once everyone has arrived," he said sternly. He was clearly still shaking off the grogginess of a restless night.

Soral filled a coffee cup and passed it to Stillwater sensing that his captain could use it. Just as he reseated himself Mac, Grol, and Eyelaya walked in greeted everyone and took their seat.

Soral looked up at Stillwater wondering if he wanted to start or if Soral should. Soral decided to start. "I hope that you all were not planning to go anywhere this will be a lengthy briefing.

Adrianna nursed her coffee like a lifeline. She was grateful it was helping. She just offered a simple nod.

"We may have just finished night shift but we are bright and breezy," Kingsley lied through her teeth. She was already picturing herself crawling into bed. "The coffee is just for show."

Adrianna turned here head slowly to Alex. She raised a brow that could have made a Vulcan weep. 'Seriously', her expression screamed.

Raith leaned over to T'Lanna after having seen the exchange between both Alex and Adrianna. "Is it me, or do those two look as though they've been at it all night?" he whispered before subtly looking over at both Alex and Adrianna as he kept his eyes on his PADD to not give the game away.

“Uh huh” T’Lanna nodded as she kept her focus on Raith.

"Good, not just me then..." Raith confirmed as he stayed looking on his PADD.

“No, not just you” T’Lanna grinned as she looked down at the PADD she’d brought with her.


To Be Continued...