ILLUMINARRPG: (Prequel- 1105)- Vice-Admiral Saleke

[Charles Gatling]

Mission: In the Vanguard
Day: Prequel
Stardate: 2446.06.05

 (USS Raptor - Deck 1 – Bridge - Starfleet Command - Vice-Admiral Saleke -
1105)

 The two stepped out as the door opened, Saleke first and followed by
Giovanna. Being a veteran commander his eyes swept around, weighing the
layout. The center seat was on the lower deck as always and had a
commanding view of all the primary stations in a setup that was reminiscent
of a Galaxy or Sovereign class. The bridge, in a word was expansive though
it didn't approach the immensity of an Odyssey class.

 The curving rail that separated the upper and lower bridge deck swept
around the curve at the rear and the walkway was ramped rather than
staired. The seats at each station were slightly larger and wider than
standard with more cushion which helped avoid spills during combat or other
buffeting incidents.

The forward viewing area was also quite large due to its kit, the
viewscreen would be used for exterior monitoring but the area before it was
part of the holographic communication array and communications could be
projected there without losing visual spatial reference.

To the right of the bow of the bridge was a four pad transporter array in
an alcove and to the left as you entered from the lift the door to the
Commanding Officer's Ready Room. The whole space was efficient as well as
spacious. Some might call it opulent, those would not be Vulcans. The
placement of the Ready Room was familiar to Saleke who had commanded not
one but two Prometheus class vessels in his time as CO.

His head turned to the right as he focused on the Binars and their
attendants who were clustered around the communication console, the Binars
were speaking in their fast-paced manner that was a stream of bits of vocal
pulses. A skilled linguist given time could understand their vocalizations
but still struggled at the speed, the Admiral was not a skilled linguist.
He walked toward them and they turned to him as he neared while the
attendants continued their duties.

"Greetings Admiral..."

"... we were expecting you..."

"... to be earlier. The programming..."

"... is coming along nicely.  We are..."

"... setting the parameters for the ...."

".... security access now."

Those who had not dealt with the species often found themselves standing
too close and their heads moving from one to the other as they spoke,
Saleke had stopped at a point where he merely had to move his eyes. Some
had pointed out that it simplified matters if you looked at one and
considered both vocalizations as coming from one being but Binars had been
known to take such as a personal affront in the past.

"Noted. Your timing is impeccable as always."

Both Binars bowed their heads at the compliment.

"The partition you requested...."

"... has also been installed and tested..."

"... as much as we are able. Final ..."

"... adjustments will require installation..."

"... of the entity. The memory capacity..."

"... can be easily converted..."

"... at a later time."

Giovanna, who was standing behind him with her arms crossed and most of her
weight shifted to her right leg gave a knowing smile. She had expected as
much.

Many advancements had been made in computer processing speed over the last
few centuries beginning with Doctor Daystroms M5 unit. While the unit
itself had been a failure due to the use of unstable engrams which mimicked
the processing power present in a human brain it had not slowed the
development along that technological tree, the last being bio-neural gel
packs that had been pioneered in the Intrepid class which was the root of
the Illuminar; it had its drawbacks, the main one being that the bio neural
fluid could become infected and neutralized.

Positronic "brains" for a ship which served as a centralized nervous system
and computer core had been adapted from advancements pioneered by Doctor
Soong for use in the androids he had created. One of these androids had met
the legal criteria for being a life form. While some computer holograms had
at times in the past flirted with the concept of sentience none had ever
achieved it and up to this point no ship equipped with a positronic matrix
had become sentient due to the engineered safeguards built into the system.

But would those safeguards last? So far they had but as time and experience
had shown, nothing was foolproof when dealing with space and the myriad
hazards and unknowns that it contained. No matter what scientists and
science could posit there were always unknowns.

"And the timeline for finalizing the programming then?"

"Is as projected. All will be ready..."

"...except for the final adjustments..."

"... as noted."

His eyes swept about the bridge once again, taking in the brick red, short
fiber flooring, the mahogany colored railing and gleaming, silver grey
walls before he looked back at them and nodded his acceptance of the
report. The control panels were varying shades of silver and blue edged in
ebony and scarlet.

"Thank you, I will be taking my leave. You may continue your reports to my
office as well as Engineering Construction control and StarFleet
Headquarters."

"We are very excited...."

"... to be working on this project..."

"... on behalf of StarFleet..."

"... thank you Admiral."

He turned and retraced his steps back to the lift, passing Giovanna who had
a mocking smile on her face.

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(Posted by Charles Gatling)









Charles Gatling
Commanding Officer
USS Illuminar
NCC 61240


"The light shines brightest amidst the deepest darkness."
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