ILLUMINARRPG: (1-0245) Marine-LT Temerity

[Charles Raschen]

Mission:  The Ring of the Rephaim
Day: 1
Stardate: 2446.08.31

(USS Illuminar – Deck 8 – Cargo Bay 1 – Marine – LT Charles Temerity – 0245)

In the last month or so, Temerity had been promoted to full Lieutenant in
the Marine Corps and official made the commander of the detachment assigned
to the Illuminar which had been reduced from a full company to a detachment
consisting of a Lieutenant, Gunnery Sergeant, two Staff Sergeants, two
Sergeants, and four Corporals.  All total, ten personnel. But he did manage
to  maintain enough of the Armory inventory for a full platoon.

It did allow all of his Marines to have an officer living compartment
within the cargo bay.  Because of additional duties that everyone was
having to take on, this would allow each of them their own office to work
out of.  In an emergency, those compartments can be repurposed back into
sleeping quarters.  Temerity felt it was a good setup.

Charles stepped out of his sleeper and onto the walkway and just watched
the party taking place on the deck of the cargo bay.  He watched as someone
he didn’t recognize started singing into a microphone and was surprised to
hear it coming over the ship wide P.A. system.

Shortly after the crew relocated from the Raptor back onto the Illuminar,
Captain Sekal was more than gracious enough to answer Temerity’s
questions.  Charles was never one to pass up trying to get better at
something.  As a retired Gunnery Sergeant, Charles knew he wouldn’t be as
good a freighter captain as a retired Captain of Starfleet.  Some of the
knowledge that Sekal had passed on to him, Temerity knew that those were
lessons he could incorporate into becoming a better detachment commander.

The party had been in high gear for hours now with so much traffic in and
out of the bay that his Gunny had the doors locked open so folks could walk
in and out without the door constantly opening and closing.  Charles
thought the maintenance crew would appreciate saving them some work.

Many on the ship didn’t like having the Marines onboard, but on the last
mission, some did agree that the risk of death for fleet personnel did
decline when the Marines designated the Myrmidons went first and secured
the area so that fleet security forces could focus on landing party
protection.  Temerity was okay with that.  It was a job that T’Mur’s gold
shirts despised and Temerity’s green shirts preferred.

Charles decided to walk through the Illuminar and see how others aboard
ship were celebrating.  In the recreation room he found a drama being shown
with a very familiar storyline to it.  It was about a group of treasonous
Marines attempting to escape a planet they had just murdered several
government officials on. He couldn’t help but watch for several minutes
before snickering to himself and saying aloud as he was walking out, “It
actually happened the other way around.” And the door closed behind him and
off he went to continue his excursion.

(Reply: Any of you wish)
(Posted By: Charles Raschen)
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