Bridge crew Pt 3

Posted on Thu Jan 6th, 2022 @ 5:35am by Senior Chief Petty Officer Ronson Mitchell & Commander Finchley Kerr & Lieutenant Commander Aurora Vali

Mission: Gamma Quadrant
Location: Bridge

"we will discuss this with your Commander person. Hopefully they show more respect" The Grand Chancellor cut the communication.

Chief Ronson Mitchell worked his panel in earnest as the Grand Chancellor vanished from the viewscreen.

"Sir, they're on an approach trajectory to the platform, our shuttle is approximately one minute behind." He announced.

"Thank you Chief" Finchley replied to Mitchell.

"Karadis, scan that platform every twenty seconds, I want to know if there's the smallest change in power outage or their weapons array" Finchley then ordered his Assistant Chief Operations Officer.

"Aye Sir, beginning scans immediately" Karadis replied.

Turning to Aurora, Finchley said "Please also try and scan that area, if you feel there’s anything untoward happening, let me know please."

Aurora nodded. “Yes Sir.”

Ronson watched as the Chancellor's shuttle vanished within what appeared to be the small shuttle bay, followed a few moments later by the Sunfire's away team.

" Away Team has landed Sir, they're disembarking and will report in every 30 minutes" The Chief advised.

"Thirty minutes is a long time, they could have made it half that time to be on the safe side" Finchley said quietly to himself.

"Very good Chief, send back received and understood" Finchley replied. He was beginning to feel a little uneasy at the thought this platform the away team were now on was still powering up it's weapons. He couldn't help feeling this could be a ploy.

" Aye Sir" Ronson replied as he sent the message through to the away team. Now all they could do was monitor the situation and hope like hell that First Contact was successful.

"Sir, the platform's shields have just been activated" Karadis reported suddenly "All reading for the shuttle have gone!"

"Shields up, target the platform, warn those on the platform that what they're doing is considered a hostile action and that unless their shields are dropped, further action will be taken by us" Finchley replied.

" Sending" Ronson replied automatically as he worked his console to send the message. There was a few moments of tense silence as they waited for the reply. " Sir, they are claiming the shields have been raised to protect all parties"

"That dog doesn't hunt Mr Mitchell" Finchley replied "send this back...there's no need for protection of the USS Sunfire Away Team if these are meant to be productive meetings and a First Contact situation. If their shields aren't lowered in thirty seconds we'll consider it an active hostile situation, the Sunfire will move in closer and take up position right in front of the platform."

" Aye Sir, sending" Ronson replied.

Aurora was doing her best to keep a read on the away team, which wasn’t easy from such a distance. Instead she relied on her connection to Savar. ** Imzadi can you hear me? Is everything alright? **