New assignments (Back post)

Posted on Sun Jan 28th, 2018 @ 2:55pm by Lieutenant Simon Stevens & Commander Bertrand Cuprum

Mission: Of Machines and Men
Location: Corridor- USS Victory

Simon had recently transferred from the USS Galileo to that of the USS Victory. Now, here he was heading towards the Victory's docking port. Why he had been sent here, his former Captain hadn't mentioned to him, but he had said that it was an advancement opportunity that he could not let slip by for him, and agreed to the transfer. He had looked up about the Victory's last mission, but not a lot was mention about in the news channels, but where Starfleet sent him he would go.

As he approached the two Security officers that stood outside the entrance to the ship, The first Security Officer asked," Name, Rank, Position."

Simon handed over his PADD that held his transfer orders. He replied "Simon Stevens, Lieutenant, Assistant Chief Operations."

As he looked back at the Security officer who gave him the once over and then checked his PADD, the Security officer responded," Welcome aboard Sir, hope you enjoy your stay here."

He handed the PADD back to Simon as the second Security Officer opened the docking entrance to allow Simon to enter the Ship.

"Hold the hatch," a voice called behind. The Security officers, obligingly, waited for a short Betazoid in scruffy civilian clothes with a mop of hair to jog through.

"Thanks, Alex," he nodded to the guard. He glanced at Simon, taking in his bearing and PADD and general scrubbed appearance in a glance.

"New here?" he asked.

"Yes I am," replied Simon looking back at the Gentleman in the civilian clothes, He said," I'm Lieutenant Simon Stevens, the new Assistant Operations officer," as he held out his hand in greeting, as he swapped the PADD over to the opposite hand before he held his right hand out. Simon wondered who this was that had followed him onto the ship, but still he had to head up to see the Captain.

The Betazoid hesitated, but reached out a gloved right hand. Gripping it Alex realized instantly that it was robotic.

"You from the Galileo?" the man asked. "Good ship. What have you heard about the Victory and her crew so far?"

"That it is a good ship and a good place for me to be," replied Simon looking back at the Betazoid he continued," And you are?" asking the question as he hadn't had any information given to him about the command staff and what they looked like.

They arrived at a turbo lift and before the other could answer a junior officer stepped out, nodding slightly to the Betazoid in greeting, "Commander Cuprum."

"Tom," The XO nodded in acknowledgement before turning back to Alex. "Yes, I am 'that grumpy XO with a stick up his arse'."

He smiled at Alex's discomfort, "Don't worry, I know they're not your words. They just leapt to the front of your mind. I can almost hear Lt Reinard saying it to you."

Simon wondered why would they think that of this officer and to top it off it was the Victories Executive officer that he was standing next to. He said," Sorry Sir, I didn't recognize you" as he knew that this might be some awkward moment between them.

"Well, I'm not exactly in uniform, Lieutenant," Bertrand smiled drily. "Don't worry about it. Settle in. I'll let the Captain know you're on board. When is your first shift?"

"Thank you sir," replied Simon as he looked back at the Victory's executive officer, He wondered if he had made any mistakes here when meeting the ships first officer, as he forgot to pass the officer his PADD with his transfer orders on, as he thought Oh dam He said Sir, Here are my transfer orders," as handed the PADD to the Commander.

"I'll see you on the bridge," With that the disheveled first officer parted with the newest crewman.

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