Commodore Kalianna Nicholotti - Plans and Unplans

[Marissa Jeffrey]

(( Elysium – Deck 6, USS Artemis ))

Nicholotti: Any idea what command will have you guys doing after this?

The question was honest enough, but she was fairly certain that none of them would know the answer. If there was one thing for sure, it was that command was such that it worked in strange ways with strange untimely orders. She expected nothing less in the coming days.

The reaction of the two officers with her told her that she wasn't the only one who felt this way.

MacKenzie: Things have been quiet in the Borderlands… And you know what that means…

Adea: Shit’s about to go down. Pardon my Betazoid.

Kali snorted and shook her head.

Nicholotti: Indeed. It's all a matter of just what kind that is important.

Some types of trouble were definitely more preferred than others, though it was rare that one could choose which form of an issue they got to deal with. It was the same in every corner of the galaxy, if she were to be honest to herself.

MacKenzie: I suppose we’ll wait to see what the universe throws at us. Personally, I wouldn’t mind a quiet survey mission…

The doctor next to her raised an eyebrow.

Adea: Like the one some of our staff have gone missing on? ::pause:: They’ll turn up, I’m sure.

That caused both of her eyebrows to follow suit.

Nicholotti: That sounds like a story in and of itself. 

There was a moment of silence as they all realized perhaps, or maybe it was just her, that time was never what they wanted. Inevitably it would grow short and end.

MacKenzie: What about for the Eagle? Any idea what’s next?

The hands on her shoulders squeezed slightly.

Adea: If you can share it, of course.

Kali shrugged.

Nicholotti: I'm afraid it's kind of the same where we are, with the exception of us not knowing the powers in play, or pretty much anything else.

Most of the Reaches were uncharted, and they had no real idea who the political players were. The Collectors were apparently something in the area, but who and what they were was still a mystery to all of them.

MacKenzie: Response

Adea: Is it me, or is it worse when it’s quiet - makes you wonder what they’re all planning ::he gestured around:: out there.

At this, Kali nodded.

Nicholotti: Or even what's out there.

MacKenzie: Response

In a way, her yearlong mission to the Reaches was supposed to be a quiet survey mission. Like everything command did though, it had turned out to be anything but quiet. 

Nicholotti: Somehow I don't think quiet missions would be better than dealing with whatever is coming down the pipeline. Either way, something is going sideways.

As it so often seemed to do in Starfleet.

MacKenzie/Adea: Responses?

Kali grinned again, and looked at the man next to her.

Nicholotti: So, Risa. And without court martials this time. Any...big plans?

MacKenzie/Adea: Responses?

While she herself didn't have particularly big plans, or any plans at all really, she did know who she would be doing whatever she was doing with.

Nicholotti: Sounds about right. I could do with a beachside dance.

Their first connection had been during a dance, and it had been a thread that wove throughout their relationship. She smiled at Genkos and squeezed his hand.

MacKenzie/Adea: Response?

TAG/TBC

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Commodore Kalianna Nicholotti

Commanding Officer

USS Eagle

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