Quote from: Rayek trLhoell on June 28, 2024, 03:03:44 AM[USS Discovery - Deck 1 - Main Bridge]Commander Rayek tr'Lhoell
[USS Discovery - Deck One - Bridge] (enroute to Verallias II)Rayek watched as the Sec/Tac chief rose from her station without a word. The bridge crew however was like a well-oiled machine. No sooner had Lachlyn stepped onto the turbolift then the auxiliary sec/tac crewmember - Petty Officer First Grade Bradley Strider in this instance - assumed her station. Rayek nodded in approval, until he overheard Lachlyn's call to Lorut's combadge.
Well, he had suggested Lorut's involvement... But had assumed organizing it could have been done there on the bridge.
Rayek's eyebrow rose at Lorut's statement to the Captain. The only Ops on today?! Had the Vulcan T'Prith and Petty officer Forscher called in sick to her while he was in meeting with Broadshire? Such should have been reported to him. He'd have to deal with.
His surprise matched her own from a few moments earlier, as she com-called him even though he was standing by the Science station not 3 meters away. Was she mocking him?! He looked towards the Bajoran woman with a slight frown but nodded.
"Yes, Lieutenant, I will cover your station until either you return or I secure another Ops personnel to cover it for you."
He moved away from the science station and stood by Lorut's chair indicating that she should vacate it.
The Captain watched Lorut leave and the look on Rayek's face, and he shook his head.
"Trauma, Rayek. Our first mission after that horror show of Frontier Day and it ended up with officers shooting at each other again. There have been at least 15 people in the last month who have requested a personal day, and most of them stay locked in their quarters. Better than the last 6 months, but still. Don't give Lorut too much of a hard time; she understands the trauma better than most. Trust me on this." he stated, turning back to look out the screen.
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Some time later...
Helm pulled the ship out of warp on his command, and they appeared within visual range of the planet in question. There was evidence of past and recent warp travel, which only added to the questions, since there were no signs of subspace comms or even anything resembling exploration within and out of the system. But the energy readings were hard to ignore; a very powerful reading in geosynchronous orbit of the planet. The planet itself looked beautiful; like a larger Bajor or Earth. Again though, it was devoid of communication satellites, waypoint stations, structures on its nearby moons, and the planet itself seemed to be completely uninhabited.
There was one thing, though. The source of the signal. It was something. A large orbital docking station.
"Scan the planet directly." he ordered, standing up. "This is only adding more questions."