U.S.S. Defender Senior Officer Logs
Below is a recording of the recent senior officer meeting aboard the U.S.S. Defender, NCC-93136-A following the events of AAR: Making the Grade
The Recording starts with H’Ltol sat at the conference table on the U.S.S. Defender, sipping his coffee as he reads from his padd, with the other staff sat around the table, all having their own pads infront of them or in their hands as they read over them
H’Ltol clears his throat and then puts his padd down in front of him purring softly “Right lets begin, I apologies this meeting has taken so long to arrange, but as you can all imagine we have all been very busy settling into our new roles and getting to know the new faces in our departments”
Commander Zenade, Sunin the Bajoran XO was sat to H’Ltol’s left and she taps on her padd for a moment “Understood Captain, well on the command front, not much has changed apart from you taking over as Captain, I will let the staff talk through their own departments but will be here if you have any questions, though we do have a notable addition, of Commander S’Rrrall Nalo she leads our fighter pilots”
The Female Caitian with Grey fur gives a small nod and she purrs softly “That is right Captain, as you know the pilots ain’t too happy since the fighter’s where reverted to standard stock, I know procedure will limit what we can do, but maybe to raise moral, would you be happy with the pilots painting the rear of their fighters black?”
H’Ltol rubs his chin softly and purrs gently as he looks to S’Rrrall and then down to his padd “Would this change have any impact beyond cosmetic differences?” he asks as he taps on his padd a little “As if all it is doing is giving the pilots a personal touch to the fighters, I see no issue with it”
S’Rrrall smiles warmly and purrs in return nodding slowly “It is just a cosmetic change Captain, we all go by the squad name Black tails, so we used to have our fighters painted with black rears to match the name, but I will let the Pilots start making the change once we finish here. I will also make sure it is done in small rotations, to limit how many fighters are being worked on at a time”
H’Ltol then nods again and purrs softly as he smiles politely “I have no issue with small cosmetic changes, personal touches are not a bother for me, just don’t get too carried away” he then looks at his padd “Right, Commander Haituk, lets hear the update from Tactical next”
Haituk the tall female Vulcan gives a small nod to H’Ltol “Understood Captain, as for Tactical there isn’t much to update you on, given our last mission didn’t include any combat we haven’t had a real test yet, but all weapons are on standby, as is the ones on the Leopard, and all Torpedo stocks are well maintained and looked after, some target practice would be useful when we have time”
H’Ltol nods slowly making a note on his padd and he purrs softly “I will see if I can arrange that soon enough, thank you Commander” he then looks at his padd again and purrs gently softly “Commander Sieth, your up next”
Sieth nods slowly the Rigelian male looks over his padd “Science department update is fairly straight forward as well, sensors preformed well within operational limits during the last mission, and allowed us to stay well out of harms way, though we could have better used our range by pushing the sensors a little more”
H’Ltol nods slowly and purrs gently as he makes a note on it “Understood Commander, but better to avoid pushing systems unless we need to, right next is an update from Commander Six of Eight from engineering”
Six of Eight the liberated borg Caitian female nodded and looks to H’Ltol “Engineering is operating well within expected limits Captain, Warp engines, Impulse, Quantum drive and Transwarp Coil are all ready for what we need, and there is more than enough power for all systems, thanks to the removal of the Cloaking Device from the Defender and Leopard, we are better able to respond to more conventional threats”
H’Ltol nods slowly and purrs softly “Finally, someone not complaining about it being removed, right next up Commander Nightingale from Security”
Jack the Human male smiles warmly and nods “Security is a little light on updates Captain, other than readiness drills, and working with Commander Kas to ensure staff are keeping qualifications up to date and retesting anyone that needs it, nothing to report”
H’Ltol then nods slowly and purrs gently “Start running drills for Security using the Runabouts Avon and Wye, if we get into a fight and we need to deploy security, I want teams able to make use of out auxiliary craft as well, now Commander T’Soph lets hear from sickbay”
Tiroh, T’Soph the tall Andorian Female looks to H’Ltol and smiles politely “Well other than making sure our stocks are all in date and maintained we are light on major issues, the odd cold, rash, small burn or case of space sickness, but nothing that is out of routine at this point. I would appreciate some time to get your own physical out of the way Captain when possible, it seems that record was lost with the old Defender, and I would appreciate, getting any counselling records from DS13 as well for our on-board team”
H’Ltol makes a note of it and nods slowly “I will come and see you after my trip away Commander, but I can assure you I am in fine health at the moment, joys of dating a doctor you never know when you might get checked, now” he looks around the table as he pauses “I have a few small points I want to raise during this meeting, and I am afraid I am going to need to be stern here, so everyone listen”
The officers all put down their padds and focus on H’Ltol all nodding slowly
H’Ltol then carries on “As I noticed during the last mission, a few of crew are rather vocal about the removal of certain modifications this ship had under it’s previous Captain, mainly the cloaking device, this needs to stop right now.” he grunts softly before he clears his throat and carries on “This ship is the size of a small city, and in it’s role in the 38th it has no use for such a device, I had to remind our chief Helm officer of this due to his conduct in-front of three visiting Captains, yes I won’t argue a cloaking device on this ship would have it’s uses, but thinking it is useful and speaking out of line on the bridge will not get it back, if Command feels it needs re-fitting I am sure you will all find out”
Zenade, Sunin clears her throat and nods slowly “We had the cloak for over ten years Captain, it is understandable staff complaining about it, but I will make sure the message is passed around”
H’Ltol nods slowly and purrs gently “Thank you Commander, Need I remind you all that despite the long list of changes this ship has, under project Sun-Dance, the Cloak was the only one removed, the hull plating whilst limited against sensors of powers as advanced as ourselves, is still in place and still has it’s uses” he then pauses and looks to Sunin “Commander, please see that Lieutenant Jhizit has his holodeck privileges revoked for the next week, I can’t let this go un-punished, now everyone dismissed”
The Recording ends as the senior officers all file out and start to return to duties, leaving H’Ltol at the table alone, with only the Maine coon cat Nova for company, who was stretching out on one of the chairs that hadn’t been in use, seemingly quite attached to the new Captain, with Nova glancing at H’Ltol as she stretched out on the chair
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