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The Meeting

Posted on Tue Jul 18th, 2017 @ 9:39am by Captain Elijah Michaels & Lieutenant Commander Ziyal Tajor

Mission: Awakening
Location: Ready Room, Deck One

Elijah checked the time on his monitor, it wouldn't be long til they arrived at the designated coordinates and that this co pled situation would begin.

Right now however he had other business to attend to. "Michaels to Tajor report to my Ready Room please."

Ziyal tapped her commbadge, "On my way, sir." She said, standing from her desk and taking a moment to grab two PADDs from the array on her desk. A few moments later, she hit the chime for the Ready room.

"Come in." Elijah said as he looked over at his door.

Ziyal walked in, carrying her PADDs, "What did you want to see me about sir?" She asked.

"Couple of things actually." He said as he motioned to the vacant seat opposite him ."First off I wanted to see how prepared you were for the upcoming mission."

"Prepared as I can be; I've been reading up on the Ts'usugi, the Delacari, and on how we've adjudicated various artificial intelligence disputes. I think we have a solid team personnel wise. While I'm sure Commander Cuprum might disagree, I think we have the intelligence we need sans boots on the ground. Federation law is soft about artificial intelligence, which is worrisome, but there is not much we can do about it at this point. The questions we have are the questions we are going there to answer. Cordale is on top of the materiel considerations, I don't think there is anything we need that we don't have on hand." Ziyal said, mentally ticking down the checklist.

"Excellent I understand you've been working closely with Vickers and Keller to nail everything down." He said smiling. "Secondly I have some news for you."

Ziyal was worried at the idea of news, even news that might ostensibly be good. In her line of work, 'good news' often meant enemy action. "News, Sir?" She asked, slightly cautiously.

"Yes I'm pleased to inform you that as of this current moment in time you are a Lieutenant Commander." The Captain smiled. "Effective immediately."

Ziyal was floored by it, not sure what to say. She had been promoted to Lieutenant early, she was expecting to work another five or six years to make Lieutenant Commander. "Sir?" She said, not sure if what she heard was correct. She babbled slightly before getting her ground again. "I mean, Yes Sir. I will execute my duties as a Lieutenant Commander to the best of my ability."

"I have faith in you Miss Tajor." He said with a polite smile as he handed her a hollow pip.

Ziyal accepted the pip and reached up to her collar to affix it. "Thank you, sir."

"Now get yourself ready we'll be arriving in the next couple of hours I don't want us to look unprepared." The Captain commented as he returned to his serious demeanour.

"Yes sir." Ziyal said, turning to leave the ready room.

"You're dismissed." Elijah said as he returned to his work.

Later, in her room she looked at herself in the mirror as she adjusted the pip into exactly the right position. A part of her knew that with more brass came more terrible knowledge and responsibility. However, despite being young, she also felt ready for it. Ready to meet the challenges that awaited her. She washed her face and then looked down at her hand and the missing digit. "I wish you were here to see this daddy." She said in a whisper.

 

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