"The Rundown"

[LeftEar JoNs 0]

01.11.08

USS Excalibur 2004 C

“The Rundown”

 

JoNs had retreated from the main bridge after her initial shift and now stood in the entrance way to her office. And not for the first time, one particular thought crossed her mind: this office is bigger then my last three duty station quarters combined. The brown furred feline had finally managed to decorate the area, although no one could ever accuse her of being an interior decorator. The personal items were random and scattered about the office: a small Caitian tapestry hung on one bulkhead. Over in the sitting area, her old pilot training helmet graced a shelf, and the Caitian was known to bring it out of retirement on occasion for use in a flight run. A violet hued crystal sculpture sat on one corner of the desk. There were just enough of the personal items to identify the office as her “territory”, but the bric a brac did not detract from the main purpose of the executive officers suite – work.

 

The feline executive officer pulled herself from her temporary mental roadblock and her thoughts flitted back to her duty shift. Like any officer, she needed to draft and submit a personal duty shift report to her direct superior. Hey, it was boring, but it needed to be done. With her tail swishing lightly, the officer settled herself at the desk. “Computer, access duty log template JoNs command version point two and prepare for voice print to text conversion. Begin recording.”

 

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Duty Log 0801.06

JoNs, MVess recording

Subject: Daily Shift Report, Bridge First Shift

 

Captain Windu Corizon:

 

The following is my personal rundown regarding the first bridge shift. It was fairly quiet, with a few notable exceptions.

 

An unknown planetary configuration appeared on the long range sensors, Class M, with trace amounts of some sort of Vorta based telemetry. It may be of interest due to our little godly treasure hunt. The travel time is ten hours away at warp seven, and the Excalibur is currently on course for this planet.

 

Cardassian junior representative Jeralla came to the bridge and presented her diplomatic credentials to me. No red flags regarding the encounter. If anything, I found she presented a confident and pleasant exterior. The Vorta representatives have not been informed regarding this planet, per my orders to Jeralla, at least until we can recon some more.

 

Personal comment: By the way, Captain? A Cardassian ambassador to the Vorta? While the Vorta search for the lost gods the Founders for a return to the Dominion? Who says the universe has no sense of humor?

 

Commander MVess JoNs

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