Episode 1, Chapter 5
Sickbay was certainly the busiest place on the ship only a few hours before departure. Doctor Lucas Dayne and his assistants had been run off their feet from the very first instant ship doors opened to the crew. The captain ordered all crew to report to sickbay for routine medical as soon as they boarded the vessel. Watching his assistants being run off their feet he took a five minute breather in his office.
Only one person had failed to report for their medical, Captain Lennon. It appears he shares almost every other Captain's views by hating medical examinations. Lucas however, had the powers to order the Captain to be examined. But he would firstly wait and see if the Captain would appear by his own free will.
His thoughts began to speculate about the forthcoming mission as he tidied his office. The Doctor held an anticipation and sense of excitement about this mission. Lucas began to think back to his time aboard the USS Hood during the Border Wars against the Cardassians. An evil empire was the general consensus of most of the crew's attitude towards the Cardassians. An empire expanding through conquest, and the enslavement of millions.
Many years ago he had experienced this first-hand. The humanitarian mission to Bajor, which he spent 4 weeks on the planet's surface, showed him the brutality and cruelty of the Cardassians. He made a few Bajoran friends in his time their and promised he would return to them once the occupation was over but had never found the time to keep that promise.
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The ship was looking good from an Engineers perspective, only a few hours until launch from Earthstation McKinley and no major problems to report. Lieutenant Isaac Glatzer had been a part of the shakedown cruise on the vessels initial launch four weeks prior. 'A fine piece of machinery' he often thought, never before had he the pleasure of testing a ship on shakedown before. The vessels neural circuitry made his job a lot easier to do. Many an engineer would kill to be running this ship.
The fact this was an undercover mission made him slightly nervous. Apart from his basic training he had no undercover experience, after all he was only here to make the ship go, and just now it performed that function adequately. Although its manoeuvrability within the Badlands had not yet been thoroughly tested he wanted to investigate the matter further before launch. Turning on his heel he moved towards the main doors of Engineering and headed for a turbolift.
The doors opened in front of him and Isaac caught a glimpse of a huge man situated inside the lift. His head automatically looked up searching for a face. It was Ktarian.
"You must be Ensign Atkar e-KiPlane," he said out loud, funny, he never thought he would be looking up at someone so huge and calling them Ensign. The face looked down at him, "That is correct," and he looked away. Manners or courtesy has never been one of any Ktarian's strong points, but Isaac tried to make conversation anyway,
"I'm the Chief Engineer, I've been looking forward to taking a look at the manoeuvrability effects of this new ship, you are the Helmsman I believe."
"I am." came the slow response.
"I'm Isaac, Isaac Glatzer," he outstretched a hand to the huge Ktarian.
"Welcome Mister Isaac Isaac Glatzer." replied Atkar as he took a very firm grip of the engineer's hand. Just at that moment the doors opened to the bridge, it was almost deserted, only the First Officer and counsellor sitting in the Command tier chatting away about something other that the forthcoming mission it seemed.
The Ktarian walked out of the turbolift first and Isaac estimated he must tower at about 6'8, but his attention then turned to the agony in his hand, "I wonder if I need a second medical?" he thought.
Commander Sara walked over to welcome Atkar, with an outstretched hand,
"Welcome to the Spartan Ensign," From the back of the room Isaac knew this was a bad idea. He walked down to meet the First Officer, but instead of a hand-shake both thought it a better idea to just nod heads and let some blood flow back into their aching hands.
Sickbay was certainly the busiest place on the ship only a few hours before departure. Doctor Lucas Dayne and his assistants had been run off their feet from the very first instant ship doors opened to the crew. The captain ordered all crew to report to sickbay for routine medical as soon as they boarded the vessel. Watching his assistants being run off their feet he took a five minute breather in his office.
Only one person had failed to report for their medical, Captain Lennon. It appears he shares almost every other Captain's views by hating medical examinations. Lucas however, had the powers to order the Captain to be examined. But he would firstly wait and see if the Captain would appear by his own free will.
His thoughts began to speculate about the forthcoming mission as he tidied his office. The Doctor held an anticipation and sense of excitement about this mission. Lucas began to think back to his time aboard the USS Hood during the Border Wars against the Cardassians. An evil empire was the general consensus of most of the crew's attitude towards the Cardassians. An empire expanding through conquest, and the enslavement of millions.
Many years ago he had experienced this first-hand. The humanitarian mission to Bajor, which he spent 4 weeks on the planet's surface, showed him the brutality and cruelty of the Cardassians. He made a few Bajoran friends in his time their and promised he would return to them once the occupation was over but had never found the time to keep that promise.
* * * * * *
The ship was looking good from an Engineers perspective, only a few hours until launch from Earthstation McKinley and no major problems to report. Lieutenant Isaac Glatzer had been a part of the shakedown cruise on the vessels initial launch four weeks prior. 'A fine piece of machinery' he often thought, never before had he the pleasure of testing a ship on shakedown before. The vessels neural circuitry made his job a lot easier to do. Many an engineer would kill to be running this ship.
The fact this was an undercover mission made him slightly nervous. Apart from his basic training he had no undercover experience, after all he was only here to make the ship go, and just now it performed that function adequately. Although its manoeuvrability within the Badlands had not yet been thoroughly tested he wanted to investigate the matter further before launch. Turning on his heel he moved towards the main doors of Engineering and headed for a turbolift.
The doors opened in front of him and Isaac caught a glimpse of a huge man situated inside the lift. His head automatically looked up searching for a face. It was Ktarian.
"You must be Ensign Atkar e-KiPlane," he said out loud, funny, he never thought he would be looking up at someone so huge and calling them Ensign. The face looked down at him, "That is correct," and he looked away. Manners or courtesy has never been one of any Ktarian's strong points, but Isaac tried to make conversation anyway,
"I'm the Chief Engineer, I've been looking forward to taking a look at the manoeuvrability effects of this new ship, you are the Helmsman I believe."
"I am." came the slow response.
"I'm Isaac, Isaac Glatzer," he outstretched a hand to the huge Ktarian.
"Welcome Mister Isaac Isaac Glatzer." replied Atkar as he took a very firm grip of the engineer's hand. Just at that moment the doors opened to the bridge, it was almost deserted, only the First Officer and counsellor sitting in the Command tier chatting away about something other that the forthcoming mission it seemed.
The Ktarian walked out of the turbolift first and Isaac estimated he must tower at about 6'8, but his attention then turned to the agony in his hand, "I wonder if I need a second medical?" he thought.
Commander Sara walked over to welcome Atkar, with an outstretched hand,
"Welcome to the Spartan Ensign," From the back of the room Isaac knew this was a bad idea. He walked down to meet the First Officer, but instead of a hand-shake both thought it a better idea to just nod heads and let some blood flow back into their aching hands.