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A Change in Command
Got to love that new, old ship smell
U.S.S. Defender, NCC-93136-A in dock near DS13
H’Ltol carefully pilots a Type-8 shuttle towards docking bay where the U.S.S. Majestic was sat, the ship now being called the U.S.S. Defender following it’s rename, C’Roren was in the co-pilot seat, both slowly looking at the Lexington class as it appeared into view
C’Roren whistles as he looks at the approaching ship, as he leans back in the co-pilot’s seat “Damn, not a bad looking ship” He looked over at H’Ltol and grins a little “I am certainly jealous you get the big chair on that”
H’Ltol waves a paw dismissively as he taps on the console and slows the shuttle “It isn’t a standard Lexington, so just means more problems, go ahead and request permission to land then we can get this over with”
C’Roren chuckles softly as he taps on the console and nodded slowly “We are cleared, flight control will take over from this point, as the hanger has an additional runabout than normal so they will be landing us” he then smiles at H’Ltol “After this, I will be off to Cait, thanks for speaking to the Command staff of the CDF by the way, it helped a lot”
H’Ltol nodded at C’Roren, as he transferred flight control to the Defender flight’s control officer, with the Type-8 being brought in-between the mission pod pylons before then getting directed to a landing area opposite a clearly out of place runabout, that was additional to the normal shuttle compliment, once the shuttle was landed, H’Ltol powered it down and then stepped out of the shuttle, with C’Roren following closely
Junern, the tall Alliance Captain was stood waiting for them, wanting to talk H’Ltol through things himself as he gives a soft sigh and rubs his eyes “Captain, Commander, welcome to the U.S.S. Defender”
H’Ltol nodded slowly and offers his left hand for Junern to shake “Thanks Captain, I expected the new XO to meet me instead of yourself” he said tilting his head
Junern nodded, taking the hand offered and shook it “I have a preference for showing you around myself, as well as talking you through the modifications the ship still has, and what was removed, to meet with your fleet’s standards”
H’Ltol nodded slowly as he purrs gently, remaining professional for the moment “I understand I am basically getting a complete new senior staff, apart from my chief of security”
Junern nods and beckons for H’Ltol and C’Roren to follow, as he started to walk out of the busy shuttlebay “Yes that is correct, Commander M’Grora would have been welcome to assume his old post, but I understand he is off to the CDF after this?”
C’Roren nodded, as he looked at the fighters that the group passed on the way out of the shuttlebay “Yep, that is correct, I want to see the new ship and the new XO, then I am off, either by shuttle or see if I can get a lift off H’Ltol if possible”
After a brief nod between the group, the three would walk through the busy Lexington class, only stopping once they got to a turbolift, taking it to the bridge, with Junern deciding to skip a full tour given the massive size of the ship and focus on the important areas first, it was only a short ride to the bridge, with the doors of the lift soon opening to reveal the large and almost imposing VAR-1 Bridge module, with the group stepping out
U.S.S. Defender, NCC-93136-A bridge
C’Roren would step out first, looking like a kid in a candy store as he gasps and then purrs softly looking around the area they arrived in, including the grumpy looking trill commander in security yellow who was waiting for them “Wow, this place is huge, I thought all Lexington’s got the VAR-2 module?”
Junern looks to the trill and chuckles softly “Hello Major, here to meet the new Captain I take it?” he then looks to C’Roren and nods slowly “I wouldn’t know about other ships of the class, but the Majestic was originally a block one, then upgraded to block two and then Lexington, and with her modifications the lower conference room was needed so the old Module was kept”
Commander, Carlos Kas, the grumpy looking trill officer nodded slowly and grunted as he looks to Junern “Yes sir, figured I would meet the reason for the removal, of the MACO and Ferasan marines we have on-board, much to my annoyance”
H’Ltol nodded slowly and looks to Carlos and purrs gently “Nice to meet you Commander, your Jack’s uncle right? you alright with working under him, given he is my chief of security?”
Junern and C’Roren would go over to the Captain’s chair area, to wait for H’Ltol to finish his conversation with Carlos
Carlos nodded slowly and smiles at H’Ltol politely “I am yes, name was Carlos Nightingale, before I got joined, now it is Carlos Kas, as for what to call me, Major is a nickname I have taken to due to my time in the MACOs, Rank is only for crunch time, and if I had a problem with it I wouldn’t be here” He then leans in and whispers to H’Ltol “Good luck with this XO of yours” he said before he gives a two finger salute and heads over to the security console on the bridge
H’Ltol nodded and moved towards the Captain’s chair area and purrs softly, as he stretches a little “So Captain Jhizit, shall we start with meeting my new XO?”
Junern nods slowly and purrs softly as he whistles loudly, and stretches “Yep… just give her a moment, she was in the lower conference room when I left to meet you in the shuttlebay”
Soon a tall Bajoran women in her late 30s walked up from the lower conference room and stops near the group, giving a salute to Junern, followed by one to H’Ltol “Captain, Captain” she says in a professional and very stern tone of voice
Junern nods and gesutres to the Bajoran who wasn’t much shorter than H’Ltol “Captain, meet Commander Zenade Sunin, she has been my first officer for the past two years, and is highly recommended, even more so given you know how to handle Bajoran women”
H’Ltol offers his left hand to Zenade for her to shake “Pleasure to meet you Commander, not going to lie, I am likely to need you alot at first whilst I get used to my new command”
Zenade looks to H’Ltol and takes the hand shaking it slowly “Understood Captain, as long as we are back to running under Starfleet protocols, you will get no argument from me, I will give you a brief run down of your bridge crew” she gestures to the Rigelian male officer sat at a science console “That is Commander, Sieth your chief science officer” she then gestures to the Vulcan on Tactical “That is Commander Haituk, chief tactical officer, and of course you know Commander Nightingale your chief of security” she then gestures to the Trill Operations officer “That is Lieutenant Tisa Jurud, he handles operations here on the bridge, that is pretty much most of the senior staff on the bridge, with Commander Six of Eight down in engineering, and Commander Tiroh T’Soph down in sickbay”
Junern nods slowly and looks to H’Ltol “Most of the staff where deputy staff to the previous chief of departments, so are well trained and highly skilled, with Commander T’Soph being the exception, she is a recent transfer” he clears his throat and then nods “She apparently asked to be posted to the ship, even more once she found out you where getting the posting here”
H’Ltol nods slowly and purrs softly as he looks to Junern for a moment “Alright Captain, thank you” he then looks to Commander Zenade “Thank you Commander, I will be calling a senior officer meeting and doing my best to meet people as time goes on, for now… I think the transfer of command is all we have left to do”
Junern nods and moved to tap on the arm of the captain’s chair “Computer, Transfer command and authorization from Captain, Junern Jhizit to Captain H’Ltol Sh’ow, effective immediately, Command code, Jhizit-64-982-Alpha-Sundance” The computer beeps a few times
H’Ltol then nods slowly and looks to Junern and then stretches a little “Computer, accept Command transfer, Code Sh’ow-25-Beta-Delta” he then smiles warmly and purrs gently “I relieve you of command Captain”
Junern nods slowly and chuckles gently “I stand relieved Captain, now try not to lose this one… and oh, follow me please” he said walking towards the ready room “Come on now”
H’Ltol tilts his head but follows slowly towards the ready room “Alright Captain”
As Junern stepped into the ready room and the door opened the pair where greeted by T’Zon Jhizit, a male Ferasan, Trill Hybrid cub, with jet black fur and a trill like pattern on his fur, who was aged 16, then K’Mure Jhizit, a female Caitian, Ferasan Hybrid, with grey fur and cream eyes who was around 14 years of age, and then S’Tau Jhizit, the 8 year old Hybrid cub was also light grey
H’Ltol kneels down a little and purrs softly as he looks over the cubs and smiles “Well hello you three, your not here to take the ship apart are you?” he chuckles gently and purrs even more
All three cubs walk over and hand H’Ltol a small box before K’Mure speaks “We got you these, to replace the ones you lost, and we also left a model of the old Defender on your desk, and we left some more things for you in your room… err sir” S’Tau then hugs H’Ltol tightly and mews softly
H’Ltol hugs S’Tau in return before he carefully takes the box and stands up smiling warmly “Thank you, young lady and men, I look forward to seeing what this ship can do, I really wish you all the best in your next ship”
The cubs all nod and then smile leaving the ready room and heading to the Turbolift, as Junern looks to the cubs then to H’Ltol “I also left something for you in the room attached to yours, for now though, I wish you all the best… and good luck Captain” he then left the ready room too and joined his cubs in the turbolift
H’Ltol stands in the ready room and opened the box, revealing a replacement Lego minifigure of himself and Sejea as he chuckles softly and puts the box down on his desk in the ready room next to the Lego Sovereign model, before he moved to look out the ready room window
C’Roren comes into the room behind H’Ltol and smiles “The new XO reports ship will be ready to go in a few hours, so I am gonna make myself scarce, don’t lose touch with me H’Ltol, and try not to die” he chuckles softly as he then started to walk towards the turbolift stretching as he did so
H’Ltol nodded to his old friend as he was left alone in the ready room, looking out the ready room window deep in thought as he started to mentally prepare himself for his new command, for the moment leaving his new crew to complete their tasks, to be ready for the ship’s departure of DS13, with the extra runabout soon departing and taking the previous Captain, his cubs and C’Roren away from the ship and station
H'Ltol looking out the ready room Window on the new U.S.S. Defender