"Bigger Fish To Fry"

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"Bigger Fish To Fry"

Lieutenant j.g. T'Parek

Personal Log

January 4, 2155

 

"Erase recording," she instructed the personal recording unit. Four times T'Parek had started a log entry; four times she had deleted a log. Five times the charm?

 

"For the record, and in case there are long-lasting repercussions, I was not being insubordinate." She paused, pondering what she had just said. After all, insubordination was defined as being unwilling to submit to authority, and the last time she had checked, Gardner was still an authority figure in Starfleet, as little as she wanted to admit it.

 

"Then again, maybe I was."

 

But what in the name of heaven was he doing down there, anyway? Coming down to the surface without as much as a security officer, taking command of the officers desperately working to disable the weapons array, and then, most bizarrely of all, demanding that they cease their operations!

 

T'Parek was well aware of her utter disdain for those who used their rank as an excuse for interfering with the affairs of working personnel, and she also knew that letting her personal opinions affect her actions was most illogical. Chiding herself, she continued.

 

"Any delay in complying with that Admiral's..." She swallowed hard. "Computer, delete last sentence fragment." She cleared her throat and continued. "Any delay in complying with the good admiral's orders is entirely my fault, and no blame should be assigned to Doctor McCellan or Lieutenant j.g. Vank. End statement."

 

T'Parek still had a bad feeling that Gardner wouldn't let this one slip by, considering the fact that she had nearly refused his orders outright.

 

But then again, perhaps arrogant Mister Gardner would have bigger fish to fry, because, looking around, T'Parek knew she did...

 

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