Harper, was doing his shift in command with Beka, when he asked,
"Hey where's Dylan? I haven't seen him, in like days"
"He's in his quarters" Beka answered as she was pushing various buttons on the consoles.
"Are you sure? For all we know, he coulda gone AWOL, to go to Asir, that paradise planet." he said jokingly.
"Dylan is in his quarters, with the privacy mode on" Andromeda the ship replied.
So, for fun, Harper, turned on his favorite "swing song' and did some dancing.
"Whoo hoo! I can't wait until I go to Wango Tango drift!" he said as he danced.
"That's a week from now Harper." Holo-Andromeda reminded him.
"So?"
Later, he decided went to work on his pet project, the X-1. On one hand it was a pity that he had forgotten all the knowledge he had of it, but on the other, he liked the challenge of figuring the stuff out.
Suddenly, a rather unshaved, Dylan with uncombed hair came in.
"Hey"
"Hey boss. What brings you here?"
"Just wanted to see how things were going with everyone"
"I see."
"and ask you about your contact with an anti government revolutionary on Jima"
"What makes you think I did that?" Harper was getting nervous. He had been contacted by them, and had found himself liking Corrina, who told him about the group.
"I have my ways" Dylan said.
"Well.. he.. or she was mistaken."
"My source of information is reliable. What did they ask of you?"
"Nothing, cause I didn't meet them." In reality, he had started to feel sorry for what the government's persecution of them, and liked some of their goals. He had helped them get some supplies, and fixed some stuff for them.
"Damn it, Harper, I need to be able to protect all of us, if the Jima government finds out."
"Nah they won't, cause nothing happened!"
Dylan just glared at him
"Either you tell me about what happened between you and the revolutionary group, or I'll confine you to quarters"
"All right, I like helped them with some minor stuff"
"I see" Harper was noticing that Dylan was giving him that glare. "Why in the hell were you doing this?"
"Cause I felt sorry for them. The Gogites, are, a mistreated minority"
"The Gogites have full legal equality"
"Legal smegal, it doesn't mean squat. They still don't have the same opportunities. Corrina says that.."
"Oh I see, you risk a much needed alliance, just for a woman. What if a man had told you about this, uh? Would you give a damn?"
"Yeah I would"
Dylan just sighed and said.
"If you ever do this again, I'll throw in you the brig. For, now, you will do something else instead."
"What?"
"You're going to do double consecutive shifts for two weeks"
"Wha..?"
"You heard me"
"Okay"
"and you must promise me not to help them again"
"Fine I promise"
"Good" with that he left.
The next day, Harper was singing to himself and more or less tapping on the various buttons on the console to the tune of the music, until, holo- Andromeda said
"I'm a Warship, not a musical instrument" She found this habit of Harper's rather annoying.
"But doing these stupid tests on the nebula is so boring."
Out of respect for Andromeda, he stopped doing this and hummed instead.
Soon, Dylan started his shift, but then looked at Harper and said.
"Must you do that? It's so annoying"
"Come on boss, I can't sing, I can't hum, what can a guy do?"
"How about doing your work?"
"I am. Hey, why in the heck are we doing these stupid tests?"
"This information may be the key we need to finding out about different powers sources and weapons"
"But Rommie said the odds of finding anything are..."
"To hell with the odds, just do the tests, Harper!"
Days passed, and Dylan again was locked up in his room.
Harper, meanwhile, was doing some cool experiments, with this machine had had been working on, when Dylan again came in.
"I just wanted to see why there were dangerous and illegal chemicals as well as components on my ship" Dylan was angry
"I uh...." Harper was trying to think of an excuse. However, something exploded, and the next thing he knew was that he was in medbay, with Trance standing over him.
"Hey where's Dylan? I haven't seen him, in like days"
"He's in his quarters" Beka answered as she was pushing various buttons on the consoles.
"Are you sure? For all we know, he coulda gone AWOL, to go to Asir, that paradise planet." he said jokingly.
"Dylan is in his quarters, with the privacy mode on" Andromeda the ship replied.
So, for fun, Harper, turned on his favorite "swing song' and did some dancing.
"Whoo hoo! I can't wait until I go to Wango Tango drift!" he said as he danced.
"That's a week from now Harper." Holo-Andromeda reminded him.
"So?"
Later, he decided went to work on his pet project, the X-1. On one hand it was a pity that he had forgotten all the knowledge he had of it, but on the other, he liked the challenge of figuring the stuff out.
Suddenly, a rather unshaved, Dylan with uncombed hair came in.
"Hey"
"Hey boss. What brings you here?"
"Just wanted to see how things were going with everyone"
"I see."
"and ask you about your contact with an anti government revolutionary on Jima"
"What makes you think I did that?" Harper was getting nervous. He had been contacted by them, and had found himself liking Corrina, who told him about the group.
"I have my ways" Dylan said.
"Well.. he.. or she was mistaken."
"My source of information is reliable. What did they ask of you?"
"Nothing, cause I didn't meet them." In reality, he had started to feel sorry for what the government's persecution of them, and liked some of their goals. He had helped them get some supplies, and fixed some stuff for them.
"Damn it, Harper, I need to be able to protect all of us, if the Jima government finds out."
"Nah they won't, cause nothing happened!"
Dylan just glared at him
"Either you tell me about what happened between you and the revolutionary group, or I'll confine you to quarters"
"All right, I like helped them with some minor stuff"
"I see" Harper was noticing that Dylan was giving him that glare. "Why in the hell were you doing this?"
"Cause I felt sorry for them. The Gogites, are, a mistreated minority"
"The Gogites have full legal equality"
"Legal smegal, it doesn't mean squat. They still don't have the same opportunities. Corrina says that.."
"Oh I see, you risk a much needed alliance, just for a woman. What if a man had told you about this, uh? Would you give a damn?"
"Yeah I would"
Dylan just sighed and said.
"If you ever do this again, I'll throw in you the brig. For, now, you will do something else instead."
"What?"
"You're going to do double consecutive shifts for two weeks"
"Wha..?"
"You heard me"
"Okay"
"and you must promise me not to help them again"
"Fine I promise"
"Good" with that he left.
The next day, Harper was singing to himself and more or less tapping on the various buttons on the console to the tune of the music, until, holo- Andromeda said
"I'm a Warship, not a musical instrument" She found this habit of Harper's rather annoying.
"But doing these stupid tests on the nebula is so boring."
Out of respect for Andromeda, he stopped doing this and hummed instead.
Soon, Dylan started his shift, but then looked at Harper and said.
"Must you do that? It's so annoying"
"Come on boss, I can't sing, I can't hum, what can a guy do?"
"How about doing your work?"
"I am. Hey, why in the heck are we doing these stupid tests?"
"This information may be the key we need to finding out about different powers sources and weapons"
"But Rommie said the odds of finding anything are..."
"To hell with the odds, just do the tests, Harper!"
Days passed, and Dylan again was locked up in his room.
Harper, meanwhile, was doing some cool experiments, with this machine had had been working on, when Dylan again came in.
"I just wanted to see why there were dangerous and illegal chemicals as well as components on my ship" Dylan was angry
"I uh...." Harper was trying to think of an excuse. However, something exploded, and the next thing he knew was that he was in medbay, with Trance standing over him.