ILLUMINARRPG: (02—1254) Vermyx/Sekal

[Frank Truelove]

Mission: Prelude
Day: 2
Stardate: 2446.03.24

(USS Illuminar — Deck 1 — Ready Room — aCEO ENSJG Vermyx — 1254)

"I am unaware of the reason for your use of a Terran food puree in
reference to ship protocols Ensign however the request to 'come aboard' a
ship of the line or military vessel is traditional and made to the Captain
of the vessel who commands it due to that individual having final authority
over it and the crew. Might I add that even a Commodore or Admiral adheres
to that tradition." The CO raised an eyebrow than added, "At ease and
permission granted."

"Yes, sir. Thank you, sir," said the Iotian. His vocal cadence was a
different. He did know protocols, but the verve with which he normally
spoke made his homeworld's patois much more likely to erupt from his mouth.

Sekal's eyes traveled down to the 'bang, bang' he had brought in with him.
"Is that a weapon ensign?"

"Yessiree, it is! Worlds are vicious places. This is my anti-vicious.
Evrybuddy should have one!" Vermyx began to launch into a proud description
of the bang-bang's capabilities: "It combines—", but the CO moved toward
the desk and sat while indicating that the Ensign should take a seat. Dano
was disappointed he couldn't, frankly, brag about his weapon, but he was
pleased he had rightly deduced this Captain was a Vulcan even after finding
no data on the man. This brought a sly grin to his lips as Vermyx did as
ordered.

The Top Brass asked, "To my knowledge you are the first Iotian to join
StarFleet and I find this curious considering that the Federation until two
years, three months and eighteen days ago had largely imploded back to less
than one hundred core worlds in the Alpha quadrant. When did you receive an
invitation to the Academy?"

"Well, since y'asked, I wouldn't say 'invitation' is precisely the right
word there. Sir. More like 'press-ganged.' 'Shanghaied, 'f'ya know what I
mean. See, it's like this: I owe a certain Ferengi 'Demon' a lot of in back
vigorish. There were … some misunderstanding, and about a dozen Fleeter
Marshals got involved. Any-who, LONG story short, it was the Academy or
retire some place nice — like Rura Pente, you dig?

(Reply: Captain Sekal)
(Posted by Frank)
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