Commander Lia Rouiancet: Captain-napped

[Tony Colella]

(( Deck 8 Corridors, Engineering Hull, USS Octavia E. Butler ))

Soon after the OEB's arrival at DS14, Lia found herself on Deck 8 for the birds'-eye view of the hangar and shuttle bays. She was going to head over to the station shortly, but before she did, she'd been meaning to complete a small craft spot check, and since the ship had emptied out again without many of those craft being in use, this seemed as good a time as any and a better time than most.

Speaking of, she paused for a moment to access a wall terminal for a listing of the craft that should be there. That, in turn, reminded her that she meant to circulate a message among the senior staff that she wanted to ensure no shuttle left the ship without a security or marine officer onboard -- which then reminded her that she wanted to go check on Anton Richards again. She'd been to see him sporadically since the OEB left the I-Kiyo ring, but she felt especially bad that he's collapsed right in front of her and had been trying to keep a closer eye on his recovery.

However, no sooner had she accessed the terminal than did music begin to blare out. She froze, certain that she hadn't put in such a request -- and definitely not for what sounded like Vic Fontaine's rendition of "Moon River," only sped up a few times so that it sounded like a tribble was singing instead. She tried to shut it off, but since she had no idea how she'd turned it on, that got her nowhere.

More surprising still, she felt herself suddenly engulfed by a transporter beam.

(( Unknown, Deep Space 14 ))

Lia materialized at the head of a conference table, with a wall of windows on her left. She recognized immediately that she was on DS14, since she could see ships out the window, including the OEB -- but what she doing in this room? If she hadn't requested the tribble-Fontaine, she certainly hadn't requested transport.

Sitting at the table, she realized, were several other COs of ships in the Gamma Quadrant Expeditionary Task Force, including Fletcher of the Carol Marcus and Jnaxlo Kruwii of the Vulcana Regar. That didn't tell her why she was there. This felt very clandestine -- was their next mission highly classified, perhaps?

Rouiancet: What am I doing here?

Captains: Responses

Lia shook her head. She'd just experienced one too many surprises in short order, and her mind wasn't moving as quickly as she would've liked.

Rouiancet: I don't understand. Why'd you have me beamed in?

Captains: Responses

Tags! and TBC!

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Commander Lia Rouiancet

Commanding Officer

USS Octavia E. Butler

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