Star Trek: DS9
Frail Alliance
Col. Kira stared at the pile of work on her desk, wonder how Captain Sisko managed to deal with it every day. She picked up his baseball from its stand and stared at, hoping that somehow it would send her inspiration, or at least alert the captain to her need. But nothing happened. She was still Col. Kira Nerys, acting commander of the Federation space station Deep Space Nine, and the Prophet formerly known as Captain Benjamin Sisko, remained stubbornly silent.
A chirp from the door brought Kira back to the present. "Enter," she said, glad for the diversion. But when she saw whom it was, her mood altered radically. Standing in the doorway to the office was Baruk, the new Bajoran chief of engineering. He'd had a bad attitude from the moment he stepped on board, and when the Federation announced that they had accepted Cardassia's request to join, he had become surly and rude to all the Starfleet officers. While she understood his frustration - most Bajorans agreed that they should have been accepted into the Federation before the Cardassians - she could not justify his behavior.
"What is it, Baruk?" she snapped.
"I wanted to let you know that three of the plasma conduits along the Promenade are nearly burned out. We don't have any replacements, so we'll have to order some in."
"Fine. Get it done, though. Dismissed." As he turned to leave, Kira sighed quietly. The Federation had decided that the safest place to hold to official joining ceremony was on DS9. The other Dominion members were still making trouble, and many people believed that they were going to take a few months to regroup after their major loss, and then try to take revenge on the Cardassians for betraying them. Therefore, Gul Nokal, Gul Dukat's replacement, had been pushing to get the Cardassians into the Federation quickly, before the Dominion struck. And so, with less than two weeks left before the ceremony, Kira was stuck worrying about her chief engineer's behavior, and Promenade conduits.
Frail Alliance
Col. Kira stared at the pile of work on her desk, wonder how Captain Sisko managed to deal with it every day. She picked up his baseball from its stand and stared at, hoping that somehow it would send her inspiration, or at least alert the captain to her need. But nothing happened. She was still Col. Kira Nerys, acting commander of the Federation space station Deep Space Nine, and the Prophet formerly known as Captain Benjamin Sisko, remained stubbornly silent.
A chirp from the door brought Kira back to the present. "Enter," she said, glad for the diversion. But when she saw whom it was, her mood altered radically. Standing in the doorway to the office was Baruk, the new Bajoran chief of engineering. He'd had a bad attitude from the moment he stepped on board, and when the Federation announced that they had accepted Cardassia's request to join, he had become surly and rude to all the Starfleet officers. While she understood his frustration - most Bajorans agreed that they should have been accepted into the Federation before the Cardassians - she could not justify his behavior.
"What is it, Baruk?" she snapped.
"I wanted to let you know that three of the plasma conduits along the Promenade are nearly burned out. We don't have any replacements, so we'll have to order some in."
"Fine. Get it done, though. Dismissed." As he turned to leave, Kira sighed quietly. The Federation had decided that the safest place to hold to official joining ceremony was on DS9. The other Dominion members were still making trouble, and many people believed that they were going to take a few months to regroup after their major loss, and then try to take revenge on the Cardassians for betraying them. Therefore, Gul Nokal, Gul Dukat's replacement, had been pushing to get the Cardassians into the Federation quickly, before the Dominion struck. And so, with less than two weeks left before the ceremony, Kira was stuck worrying about her chief engineer's behavior, and Promenade conduits.