Chapter 2: The mission...
Vulcan – NX-06 Freedom - 1500
In another ten minutes they would be at Vulcan so Amelia had the crew check and re-check their work she was hoping to have Freedom away from Vulcan in two days, as there was a strange phenomenon at the edge of an unexplored system and Freedom was to head up an investigation of this phenomenon.
"Captain the Vulcan ship the Hathnoth is approaching, they are hailing." Said Jackson from communications, Amelia turned and looked at him. "Lets hear what they've got to say." Jackson switched a few of the buttons on his station and the image of a Vulcan female appeared. "Amelia Davison, you are to head to Geranguas Nebula with no exceptions do you deviate from your mission or course."
This was all a bit too sudden for Amelia to accept, "what about my chief engineer and my science officer?" The Vulcan stepped to one side and Amelia could see her officers standing to one side. "We wish to dock with you for transfer, we will also deliver your orders straight from Starfleet Command." If orders had come from Starfleet Command this was serious, and it was no joking matter they were being thrown in at the deep end. "Okay, be seeing you soon. Freedom out."
Well this was a turn out for the books, Amelia would have to write this in her log. "Commander welcome our new guests aboard and help them get settled in. Then bring our mission status to me in my quarters." Amelia got up from her chair took one last look at it and then headed off the bridge, "Yes captain I'm right on it." She disappeared from the bridge and ascended the two steps into her quarters. She placed herself on the neatly sized sofa that was comfortable and activated her verbal command logger.
Spacelog supplemental, well I am surprised at the turn out of this mission and no inspection. I am relieved as no doubt the Vulcans were going to pounce on us straight away and make us redesign the ship, or make us change the modifications to the ship. But in any case I'm now concerned at the immediate attention of this of our sudden change of mission, but we will soon find out when I receive our mission debriefing. Pause log...
Amelia moved away from her equipment and moved over to the small replicator, it would produce a drink that she wanted. From tea too orange juice, that's all it was capable of but it was enough as it was captains privilege and she could do with a drink as her mouth had gone dry at the thought of the unbeknown. She took the metal mug and placed it under the nozzle that would release the drink, Amelia keyed in black tea. The drink was dispensed into the mug and she clasped the drink in both hands keeping her hands warm and sat down in the chair she had just gotten up from. She took a good mouthful of the liquid and pulled up a patchwork quilt that had been placed behind her, the captain draped it over her shoulders it was cold in space as she was only just beginning to feel it.
They didn't have the knack yet to keeping the overhead heating systems working efficiently but as soon as the chief engineer came aboard she would get her to look at the problem so the crew wouldn't be cold and keep the morale of the crew higher. Amelia looked across her quarters and peered into the mirror on the opposite side of the room from her, the mirror image smiled back at her. She could see that her blonde hair hung at starfleet regulation length to just above her shoulders, she looked deep into her blue eyes she always admired her physique and she kept herself in trim by being athletic and eating right.
As being a Davison they were a strong bunch and the family line went back hundreds of years, she had actually married into the family and was welcomed with open arms by her husbands family they had accepted her from the first day they had met. She was married to Jesse Davison the son to Matthew Davison; he had been helping Henry Archer with the Warp five engines so the Davison's were quite well known.
Jesse had deep brown eyes they were gorgeous she could sit and stare at them for hours, his short brown hair and good nature had been what attracted her too him she had a picture of her husband beside her bed and she could see that smile that she had seen hundreds of times. Before Amelia accepted this command of Freedom she had moved to New England to stay with her husband and family on their farm, which had been there even through the Earths big quake and third world war.
It had survived for many generations as every Davison had been born on this farm or had lived on the farm at one point in there life, every generation of the family had, had a son to continue on there name which was really strange but it was in the genes apparently. Amelia was the first Davison to venture out into space as every other frontier had already been conquered by them so why not space, she was also the first female in the family to get her own captaincy even though she was in the family by law but still it was an achievement.
Resume log, after careful deliberation and some thinking I will inform the crew of our mission, as they need to know, as I at least want them too know and be ready at a moments notice, as not even I know what lies ahead of us. And I for one don't want to limp back to starfleet a crippled mess and be the disgrace of the NX ships I want my crew to strive and be the best that they can and to... and to. Pause log...
Amelia couldn't think of anything else, she hadn't really thought about this at all. What happened if this mission failed or collapsed around her, what if she never came home to her husband or family again. They were going into unknown territory what does this mean... will they return home intact or will they ever see their loved ones again. The thought of loosing her life and her crew made her skin crawl, she got Goosebumps each one of her hairs on the back of her neck and around her body prickled up. Maybe she was thinking all these things because maybe she wasn't ready for a command of her own, why oh why did she accept the command position she could still be on Earth with her husband and trying to raise a family but now she was out here away from all that.
Resume log, I don't really know what to say... but I do know this no matter what the outcome of this mission my crew and I will certainly be ready for any task. I may not run Enterprise but Freedom is my home now and we will encounter new civilisations and new races and better ourselves for the good of mankind. Stop log.
Her door to her quarters chimed, someone was at the door. She stepped up to the door with a few steps and pressed her thumb against the door panel and the door opened to reveal her first officer, "Jamie come in." She gestured for the commander to enter her quarters and he stepped inside, there was no one else at the door and the door closed as he was now standing in the captain's quarters. "Take a seat, and what do you have to report?" She sat down on her sofa again and crossed her legs and looked at the commander. "A bit cold captain?" He looked at the patchwork quilt draped around her shoulders. She smiled, "Its just a bit cold Jamie, has the new crewman settled in?"
"Well to be honest with ya Amelia, the Vulcan... Jun'tak didn't look too pleased about the size of his quarters but he did state that you did keep his request to have quarters to himself on the grounds of Vulcan meditation what ever that is." He took a deep breath and then continued, "Sarah Louise was ecstatic I've never seen anyone like it, she was examining every inch of the ship that we passed..." Amelia started chuckling to her self, "why you laughing Amelia?" She stopped immediately and took a drink of her tea that was going cold.
"Well because its expected of her, she'll be like this for a few days as she's only ever looked at designing schematics and simulations of the NX ships and Sarah hasn't been on or seen an NX vessel properly as she's been on Vulcan for quite sometime." The commander gave a quizzical look then laughed out loud then stopped himself as he realised what he was doing, he gave a few more muffled laughs and then carried on with his report. "The Vulcans were mislead when you didn't show up to greet them onto the vessel but I assured them you were fine. But here is our mission I haven't read it as its not addressed too me." He handed the captain a circular disc and she slipped it into a small hardrive unit and a separate monitor began to display words and star charts and a few ship designs that she had never seen before. At the bottom there was a personal mission status note from Admiral Forrest and a note from Jonathan Archer, she was surprised at the note from Jon and was wondering what it had to say. She began to read...
To be continued...
Vulcan – NX-06 Freedom - 1500
In another ten minutes they would be at Vulcan so Amelia had the crew check and re-check their work she was hoping to have Freedom away from Vulcan in two days, as there was a strange phenomenon at the edge of an unexplored system and Freedom was to head up an investigation of this phenomenon.
"Captain the Vulcan ship the Hathnoth is approaching, they are hailing." Said Jackson from communications, Amelia turned and looked at him. "Lets hear what they've got to say." Jackson switched a few of the buttons on his station and the image of a Vulcan female appeared. "Amelia Davison, you are to head to Geranguas Nebula with no exceptions do you deviate from your mission or course."
This was all a bit too sudden for Amelia to accept, "what about my chief engineer and my science officer?" The Vulcan stepped to one side and Amelia could see her officers standing to one side. "We wish to dock with you for transfer, we will also deliver your orders straight from Starfleet Command." If orders had come from Starfleet Command this was serious, and it was no joking matter they were being thrown in at the deep end. "Okay, be seeing you soon. Freedom out."
Well this was a turn out for the books, Amelia would have to write this in her log. "Commander welcome our new guests aboard and help them get settled in. Then bring our mission status to me in my quarters." Amelia got up from her chair took one last look at it and then headed off the bridge, "Yes captain I'm right on it." She disappeared from the bridge and ascended the two steps into her quarters. She placed herself on the neatly sized sofa that was comfortable and activated her verbal command logger.
Spacelog supplemental, well I am surprised at the turn out of this mission and no inspection. I am relieved as no doubt the Vulcans were going to pounce on us straight away and make us redesign the ship, or make us change the modifications to the ship. But in any case I'm now concerned at the immediate attention of this of our sudden change of mission, but we will soon find out when I receive our mission debriefing. Pause log...
Amelia moved away from her equipment and moved over to the small replicator, it would produce a drink that she wanted. From tea too orange juice, that's all it was capable of but it was enough as it was captains privilege and she could do with a drink as her mouth had gone dry at the thought of the unbeknown. She took the metal mug and placed it under the nozzle that would release the drink, Amelia keyed in black tea. The drink was dispensed into the mug and she clasped the drink in both hands keeping her hands warm and sat down in the chair she had just gotten up from. She took a good mouthful of the liquid and pulled up a patchwork quilt that had been placed behind her, the captain draped it over her shoulders it was cold in space as she was only just beginning to feel it.
They didn't have the knack yet to keeping the overhead heating systems working efficiently but as soon as the chief engineer came aboard she would get her to look at the problem so the crew wouldn't be cold and keep the morale of the crew higher. Amelia looked across her quarters and peered into the mirror on the opposite side of the room from her, the mirror image smiled back at her. She could see that her blonde hair hung at starfleet regulation length to just above her shoulders, she looked deep into her blue eyes she always admired her physique and she kept herself in trim by being athletic and eating right.
As being a Davison they were a strong bunch and the family line went back hundreds of years, she had actually married into the family and was welcomed with open arms by her husbands family they had accepted her from the first day they had met. She was married to Jesse Davison the son to Matthew Davison; he had been helping Henry Archer with the Warp five engines so the Davison's were quite well known.
Jesse had deep brown eyes they were gorgeous she could sit and stare at them for hours, his short brown hair and good nature had been what attracted her too him she had a picture of her husband beside her bed and she could see that smile that she had seen hundreds of times. Before Amelia accepted this command of Freedom she had moved to New England to stay with her husband and family on their farm, which had been there even through the Earths big quake and third world war.
It had survived for many generations as every Davison had been born on this farm or had lived on the farm at one point in there life, every generation of the family had, had a son to continue on there name which was really strange but it was in the genes apparently. Amelia was the first Davison to venture out into space as every other frontier had already been conquered by them so why not space, she was also the first female in the family to get her own captaincy even though she was in the family by law but still it was an achievement.
Resume log, after careful deliberation and some thinking I will inform the crew of our mission, as they need to know, as I at least want them too know and be ready at a moments notice, as not even I know what lies ahead of us. And I for one don't want to limp back to starfleet a crippled mess and be the disgrace of the NX ships I want my crew to strive and be the best that they can and to... and to. Pause log...
Amelia couldn't think of anything else, she hadn't really thought about this at all. What happened if this mission failed or collapsed around her, what if she never came home to her husband or family again. They were going into unknown territory what does this mean... will they return home intact or will they ever see their loved ones again. The thought of loosing her life and her crew made her skin crawl, she got Goosebumps each one of her hairs on the back of her neck and around her body prickled up. Maybe she was thinking all these things because maybe she wasn't ready for a command of her own, why oh why did she accept the command position she could still be on Earth with her husband and trying to raise a family but now she was out here away from all that.
Resume log, I don't really know what to say... but I do know this no matter what the outcome of this mission my crew and I will certainly be ready for any task. I may not run Enterprise but Freedom is my home now and we will encounter new civilisations and new races and better ourselves for the good of mankind. Stop log.
Her door to her quarters chimed, someone was at the door. She stepped up to the door with a few steps and pressed her thumb against the door panel and the door opened to reveal her first officer, "Jamie come in." She gestured for the commander to enter her quarters and he stepped inside, there was no one else at the door and the door closed as he was now standing in the captain's quarters. "Take a seat, and what do you have to report?" She sat down on her sofa again and crossed her legs and looked at the commander. "A bit cold captain?" He looked at the patchwork quilt draped around her shoulders. She smiled, "Its just a bit cold Jamie, has the new crewman settled in?"
"Well to be honest with ya Amelia, the Vulcan... Jun'tak didn't look too pleased about the size of his quarters but he did state that you did keep his request to have quarters to himself on the grounds of Vulcan meditation what ever that is." He took a deep breath and then continued, "Sarah Louise was ecstatic I've never seen anyone like it, she was examining every inch of the ship that we passed..." Amelia started chuckling to her self, "why you laughing Amelia?" She stopped immediately and took a drink of her tea that was going cold.
"Well because its expected of her, she'll be like this for a few days as she's only ever looked at designing schematics and simulations of the NX ships and Sarah hasn't been on or seen an NX vessel properly as she's been on Vulcan for quite sometime." The commander gave a quizzical look then laughed out loud then stopped himself as he realised what he was doing, he gave a few more muffled laughs and then carried on with his report. "The Vulcans were mislead when you didn't show up to greet them onto the vessel but I assured them you were fine. But here is our mission I haven't read it as its not addressed too me." He handed the captain a circular disc and she slipped it into a small hardrive unit and a separate monitor began to display words and star charts and a few ship designs that she had never seen before. At the bottom there was a personal mission status note from Admiral Forrest and a note from Jonathan Archer, she was surprised at the note from Jon and was wondering what it had to say. She began to read...
To be continued...