Planting the seeds

Posted on Wed Jun 3rd, 2026 @ 10:20am by Commander Jennifer Baldric

260 words; about a 1 minute read

Mission: Pirates!
Location: Sunfire

MU Baldric left the memorial as soon as she could sneak away, loosing herself in the crowd before beaming back to the Sunfire. Repair crews swarmed the mighty ship, doing what they could to patch up the damage caused by the most recent dogfight that had left the hull scorchef and the interior in shambles.

The transporter room was empty when she beamed in, the system automated to allow any inbound movements. Still in her honour guard uniform, Baldric pulled the pins from her hair, releasing the long waves from the tight regulation bun at the nape of her neck.

"Much better" she grumbled, raking her nails along her scalp and massaging the tension away. Next thing would be to ditch the uniform.

"Computer, locate Commander Baldric's quarters"

"Commander Baldric's quarters are located on deck 4, please follow the indicators on the floor." The computer intoned.

Once there she thumbed entry and smirked when the door opened without hesitation. Inside the rooms were neat and tidy, spartan almost.

"Boring, bet there's no grog either" Jennifer retorted as stripped out of the stiff, starched uniform and replaced it with a simple soft pair of pants and an oversized Academy shirt.

Now, it was time to get to work.

She pulled one of the access panels off the wall and inserted a small chip into the circuit, waiting a few moments for the virus to upload. It would render the whole ship non-functional by adding a 0 to any and all commamds, when she entered the appropraite code.

Simple, yet so very effective.

Tbc

 

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