Echoes of future past, part 10
The Admiral was sat at the conference table before Dylan and Rommie. He motioned to a pair of seats at the other end, "Please, by seated." They sat as instructed, nervously looking along the length of the table. The Admiral leaded forward, placing his fingers together, "Before ether of you say anything, I will say this: yes, I am aware of your 'relationship', and of the rules laid down by the old High Guard concerning such relationships, and last night, I was ready to implement them." He stood and started to walk down the table, "Then I received a petition, sighed by every AI in the fleet, asking for the rule about Avatars and crew members getting involved to be scraped, and for the two of not to be brought up on charges."
He stopped behind Dylan and Rommie, resting his hands on the back of their chairs, "I can read between the lines: if I do as the regulations say, the other AI's will make life difficult for me, and given the current state of affairs, I can't have that." He span the chairs round startling Dylan and Rommie, "Personally, I couldn't care less what the two of you get unto in the privacy of your own quarters, as long as we don't have a repeat of what happened to the Pax Magellanic. Can the two of you guaranty that that will not happen here?" Dylan and Rommie looked at each other, and then nodded, "Yes Sir." The Admiral smiled, "Very well. I will have the regs changed this afternoon." He sat back down in his chair, "Now what's all this about people coming back in time from the future?"
Dylan nodded, "Well sir, as you are aware, Trance Gemini, my Life Support Officer, travelled back in time to two years ago to stop things happening as they had in her time-line. Well, it look's like she failed. The new comer is Ryan Anasazi, and he is the son of my first officer, Rebecca Valentine, and my Tactical officer, Tyr Anasazi. Our doctors have run DNA scans to prove he is who he says he is, and we have also confirmed that commander Valentine is pregnant at this time." The Admiral shook his head, "Is there something in the water on this ship? Ok, so we know what will happen if we go up against the Magog World-Ship with just our fleet, so what are we going to do to stop that happening?"
Rommie looked up, "We have dispatched slip-couriers to Enga's Redoubt, San- Ska-Re and Krrendar IV in the hope that we can enlist some extra help." The Admiral thought on it for a moment, the nodded, "It's worth a try, and if we can prove to the Pyrian's that the Commonwealth is truly reformed, it should easy the tension along our borders with them. I can't say I'm happy with showing weakness to the Nietzscheans, but we need all the help we can get. We will wait one mouth, no longer, then we're continuing with the plans as they stand. To delay any long would put billions of lives at risk. Dismissed."
Beka was waiting for them when they stepped outside, "Well, how'd it go?" Dylan smiled, putting his arm around Rommie, "We got a unofficial reprimand, but it appears the other AI's don't like the regs as they stand, and have petitioned the Admiral to have them changed. Rather than alienate them, he agreed, but only after we gave our word that things wouldn't get as bad as they where on the Pax Magellanic." Rommie smiled, looking up at Dylan, "I think I can handle you without going mad." Dylan kissed her, "Good."
TBC
The Admiral was sat at the conference table before Dylan and Rommie. He motioned to a pair of seats at the other end, "Please, by seated." They sat as instructed, nervously looking along the length of the table. The Admiral leaded forward, placing his fingers together, "Before ether of you say anything, I will say this: yes, I am aware of your 'relationship', and of the rules laid down by the old High Guard concerning such relationships, and last night, I was ready to implement them." He stood and started to walk down the table, "Then I received a petition, sighed by every AI in the fleet, asking for the rule about Avatars and crew members getting involved to be scraped, and for the two of not to be brought up on charges."
He stopped behind Dylan and Rommie, resting his hands on the back of their chairs, "I can read between the lines: if I do as the regulations say, the other AI's will make life difficult for me, and given the current state of affairs, I can't have that." He span the chairs round startling Dylan and Rommie, "Personally, I couldn't care less what the two of you get unto in the privacy of your own quarters, as long as we don't have a repeat of what happened to the Pax Magellanic. Can the two of you guaranty that that will not happen here?" Dylan and Rommie looked at each other, and then nodded, "Yes Sir." The Admiral smiled, "Very well. I will have the regs changed this afternoon." He sat back down in his chair, "Now what's all this about people coming back in time from the future?"
Dylan nodded, "Well sir, as you are aware, Trance Gemini, my Life Support Officer, travelled back in time to two years ago to stop things happening as they had in her time-line. Well, it look's like she failed. The new comer is Ryan Anasazi, and he is the son of my first officer, Rebecca Valentine, and my Tactical officer, Tyr Anasazi. Our doctors have run DNA scans to prove he is who he says he is, and we have also confirmed that commander Valentine is pregnant at this time." The Admiral shook his head, "Is there something in the water on this ship? Ok, so we know what will happen if we go up against the Magog World-Ship with just our fleet, so what are we going to do to stop that happening?"
Rommie looked up, "We have dispatched slip-couriers to Enga's Redoubt, San- Ska-Re and Krrendar IV in the hope that we can enlist some extra help." The Admiral thought on it for a moment, the nodded, "It's worth a try, and if we can prove to the Pyrian's that the Commonwealth is truly reformed, it should easy the tension along our borders with them. I can't say I'm happy with showing weakness to the Nietzscheans, but we need all the help we can get. We will wait one mouth, no longer, then we're continuing with the plans as they stand. To delay any long would put billions of lives at risk. Dismissed."
Beka was waiting for them when they stepped outside, "Well, how'd it go?" Dylan smiled, putting his arm around Rommie, "We got a unofficial reprimand, but it appears the other AI's don't like the regs as they stand, and have petitioned the Admiral to have them changed. Rather than alienate them, he agreed, but only after we gave our word that things wouldn't get as bad as they where on the Pax Magellanic." Rommie smiled, looking up at Dylan, "I think I can handle you without going mad." Dylan kissed her, "Good."
TBC
