AN: Sorry for the wait, I had college taking up my writing time. But I am back on the story.
It has been two years since I learned of the SeaQuest RDV and during that time the words that echoed in my mind has been, 'with combat in mind.' What was Captain Bridger thinking? He always greatly disagreed with the first SeaQuest being used as a weapon. So what happened to him to him that would make him actually start making a SeaQuest with combat in mind! I hope I never learn the reason why, mainly because I have taken command of the SeaQuest RDV.
Of course like all things, it wasn t that easy of a task to do as it sounds. However, I have, over the years gain the respect and friendship of a few top UEO members. Even then, it took 3 months of debate at UEO command, and I was there in the thick of it. In the end the UEO did not like being left out of the building of what they called a warship. Yet, since I would be in charge of it they could see it could be a great assist they could use. I was allowed to take leave to oversee and report back if in need of supplies for the construction. I knew if I ask for anything they would send troops with the supplies and possibly take the ship.
However, I still got what I needed and that was all I cared about. Once I got back and informed Sherwood, she handed me a pli of service records saying These are all the possible candidates for the main crew, look them over and decide. Remember when you are deciding, that they need to be able to handle combat. There was that word again, and from that point on I started to suspect that she knows more that she is letting on. I knew I had no time to focus on that, and over the next year I had gather my crew. Most of them severed with me or Captain Bridger in the past, some from the times of the old SeaQuest. I wanted the crew to see the SeaQuest while it was being built, however, Sherwood said they be staying at another base until completion of the new SeaQuest. We argued for a long time until she just came out and said why she wouldn t let them see it. Apparently I wasn t the only one left a letter by Bridger, she herself did not trust me one bit, and the only reason she lets me come here is because of the letter she had gotten. I pushed the subject to find out what all her letter said, but in the end she still hasn t said any more about it.
The SeaQuest is now ready to sail so to speak and the crew is heading here. I don t know what is waiting for us out there, but from what I have pieced together, Bridger believed it was going to be a major battle and SeaQuest RDV is our only hope. All I know is we are in one hell of a time.
