Commodore V'Airu & Commander Rouiancet: Passing the Torch, Part 5

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(( Bridge, Deck 1, USS 'Oumuamua ))

To find Etan Iljor, Lia and the commodore had only to follow the flow of data uphill.

According to the computer, Etan was conspicuous by the data transfer rate that the mostly-and-temporarily-decomissioned 'Oumuamua bridge was displaying. Who else would be moving so quickly through files and data related to the transfer process of personnel and materiel? Indeed, once they arrived, Lia found that he was hard at work, and -- as with Avander Promontory and Toxin Arlill, she was happy to interrupt with good news. After all, it was shore leave.

Rouiancet: Etan Iljor, your attention please.

She didn't mean to sound quite so official, but she managed it nonetheless. He looked up and seemed surprised to find both her and Commodore V'Airu.

Etan: Response

Rouiancet: No, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to surprise you. I...

She trailed off. It seemed ruder, somehow, to begin this conversation without V'Airu, given that she and Etan had been CO and XO. She wanted to cede the floor to V'Airu, and while the commodore accepted, she did so with an unexpected bluntness.

V'Airu: Etan, you have been an excellent first officer.

Uh-oh. Lia thought the commodore had spoken from the heart, but perhaps the result hadn't been exactly what she was looking for.

Etan: Response

Rouiancet: And we would like you to continue. I would like you to, if you would do me that honor. While the 'Oumuamua is undergoing its refit, and since the crew will be transferring to the Octavia E. Butler, I would like you to come and serve as my XO.

Etan: Response

V'Airu: But before that.

Commodore V'Airu popped the ornamental box open, and removed a pair of ribbons. By now, Lia was familiar with the Starfleet Investigation Ribbon, but the other, mostly green with a couple of wide blue stripes, she couldn't immediately place. V'Airu moved forward to pin them.

V'Airu: The Starfleet Investigation Ribbon is yours for the thorough, logical, and exemplary inquiry you and your away team ran. You may rest assured that your whole team received it. (beat; the second ribbon) The Scientific Discovery Ribbon is for you alone, in recognition of the breakthroughs you've made in your scientific field. I am given to understand that your contribution, with this discovery, as a Bajoran to Bajoran archaeology and history is extensive, and I want to recognize that on Starfleet's behalf.

She stood back, as stoic as she often wasn't.

Etan: Response

Tags! and TBC!

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Commodore Ossa V'Airu

Commanding Officer

USS 'Oumuamua

&

Commander Lia Rouiancet

Commanding Officer

USS Octavia E. Butler

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