Moving On

[STSF Seiben 0]

"Moving On"

Star Date 10903.01

 

Nodding his thanks at the yeoman who had just given him some coffee, Seiben reclined in the captain's seat as he read the progress reports. A relieved look crossed his face. Things are starting to look promising, Doctors Juno and Harris and Lieutenant Savros have been doing an excellent job in containing the plague and treating those infected. Over the past few hours, Challenger has moved to an outer orbit of the quarantine zone to allow the medical ship John Snow and the supply ship Belic to orbit the colony and off load its supplies and personnel to the surface.

 

These two ships had just delivered its load of medical equipment and medical personnel to supplement those from the Challenger. With the two starships specialised in medical missions such as these, both Seiben and Starfleet felt that the Challenger's presence at Obi was no longer considered necessary. A subspace transmission flashed on his console, a message from Starfleet, confirmed his thoughts telling him to wait for new orders. Seiben nodded in thought as he took a sip of his Columbian coffee.

 

It shouldn't take long to wrap things up with the Obi authorities and officially hands things over to the John Snow and Belic, and he could finally get out of there. He didn't expect the mission to hit home so closely in the loss of one of his officers. Doug wasn't the first officer he lost, but it was always a tough moment sending out that dreaded message no family wants to receive. Of course, there'd be a quick ceremony to see Doug's body off, Seiben was still working out what he would say in the memorial service. Closing the lid on his mug, Seiben pressed a little button on his seat which extracted a cup holder from his chair. He was anxious to receive an update from the away team on the surface and make preparations to leave the quarantine zone.