Lt Alex Storm - Bold Plans, Bolder Consequences

[Karen Morris]

((Elysium - Main level, Deck 6, USS Artemis))

Alex turned her PADD over and glanced through the discussion points, she had jotted down. Despite her outfit, Alex's thoughts were all business.

 

Storm: What would you think about planning a joint security/tactical drill? You know… something thrilling. A real edge-of-your-seat adventure. Bold. Daring. Possibly involving at least one fire suppression system malfunction.

 

Cole: I like the idea of a joint drill, since there our departments tend to work together, so why not do so on a drill. ::the corner of her mouth twitched upward:: I love the idea of some kind of malfunction.

Alex picked up her own PADD and jotted down a couple of notes.  

 

Storm: It would definitely keep people on their toes.

 

Cole: You can tell a lot about someone when things don’t go how they expect. For example, I read that Lieutenant Bancroft threw his phaser at a giant spider on the last away mission.

Alex leaned back and crossed her legs.

 

Storm: I was there to see it. He and I had … a brief discussion over that one. In his defense, our phasers weren’t effective against the creature, but throwing a phaser at it had even less effect.  

 

Cole: Oh, I’d expect nothing less from him. His instinct is always to save life first. ::beat:: Ours is… whatever it takes to protect the many.

 

Storm: But who was he saving by throwing a phaser at it? It certainly didn’t retreat because it got hit. I think it only made the spider angrier.  

 

Cole: Someone in my family once said “Don’t go looking for danger, it’s already got your number.” Though I think the real lesson they were trying to impart is Bravery is the instinct to move when others hesitate, because someone has too.

Cole’s words conjured up the look in Roy’s eyes when he caught her trying to sight in Imril.

Storm: Hesitation is failure’s mother, and second-guessing is its father. Like you said, action is the key.

Alex’s eyes watched Cole’s. oO Does she know what happened on the holodeck? Oo

Cole: Response

Storm: So let’s talk about this drill. Should we open it up to anyone not in Security or Tactical? Or just keep it within our respective departments?

Cole: Response

Fingers tapped on the PADD in front of her as Cole answered. But when that was settled, Alex uncrossed her legs and leaned forward. A glint in her eye and a quirk of her mouth necessitated dropping her voice to just above a whisper.

Storm: So what type of simulation are we going to run? The Artemis gets boarded? Something is able to partition off the ship, and we have to work together to break through, despite not being able to communicate across sections. Something - an entity of some sort takes over Captain Makenzie, giving her extraordinary powers, and we have to work together to stop her. Or something else?  

Cole: Response

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Tags / TBC!

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Lt Alex Storm

Tactical Officer

USS Artemis

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