Orders

Niomo smiled as the Fleet Captain and Captain Kheren sided with him on his discussion with Lieutenant Jureth. After the Captain was done explaining his anti-polaric ion pulse plan, he started speaking.

"Not to back track on you, Captain, but are you sure you want to fly in formation with the Alsea? Your ship may be the slowest, but without any modifications, the tertiary section can only reach warp 8.0. Assuming I can actually pull off modifying an entire MicroCore in a day, I'll only be able to get her to 9.5 at best. As far as I can understand the Fleet Captain's plan, but I believe it sounds like he wants to have as many ships as possible complete laps. If you slow down with us, that might make problems, no?" Looking to the Fleet Captain, "Maybe you could shed some light, sir. What is better? Having more ships making laps or fewer ships completing more laps?"

Niomo cleared his throat, "Either way, Captain, your plan seems sound. I am no scientist, so I cannot judge the plan on its full merits, but I feel that from an engineering standpoint, these modifications should be fairly easy for even an ensign to do. However, speaking of this anomaly...how did it start? Not to sound pessimistic, but what happens if it opens again somewhere else?”

He sat down after he was done to let the remaining officers discuss other plans that he was not involved in. He had his mission and now he needed to make sure the Alsea was ready. He opened his PADD and started drafting orders to his engineering staff.

Attn USS Alsea engineering staff

Priority 1 message.

All staff are ordered off duty as of reciept of this message. Report back to duty at 1000 sharp. Any warp specialists are to begin disabling MicroCore 3 for immediate modifications. Additional orders will be given when I arrive on site.

Chief Niomo

He sent the message out and began drafting a second message to his assistant, Lieutenant James Thompson. A man he fully trusted since his days aboard the Lotus whent hey were both assigned there. Thompson had advanced in rank, but once again had fallen under Niomo's supervison.

Thompson,

Classified mission coming through, make sure the MC3 is not tampered with in any way. Supervise all major disconnections. I don’t need a coolant tube sealed and sabotaged with Trilithium Resin. Briefing still on-going. Will contact when ready for beam-out. Work Smart and Carry on.

~N