Strong Emotions

Posted on 02/21/2012 @ 1:27pm by Lt. Commander Josh Vincent

Mission: Azimuth Horizon: Crusade - Chapter 3: Preparations
Location: Starbase 10, Deck 7, Main Conference Room

When Fleet Captain Samji explained the Lotus's part in the operation, Josh immediately began pulling up all the tactical data he had on the Klingon fleet, including the logs from his recent mission on the Alsea. While he would be comfortable taking on any of the factions, he was glad that it was the Klingons that he and his crewmates would be responsible for; the Romulans were known for their guile and deception, but the Klingons used straightforward tactics. Strategic concerns weren't his only reason either, he believed that the Klingon commanders were far more likely to listen to reason than the Romulans, who tend to think with their emotions far too often. If the Klingons could be persuaded to assist the fleet, or at least stand down for the time being, this operation would become much simpler.

As he was reading the notes on his PADD, the Alsea's newly assigned engineer began yelling at the Cardassian enginner across the hall, who had been giving an impassioned speech on why he should lead the marines, and Josh's attention snapped back to the meeting. He had remained silent for much of the briefing, instead choosing to watch and listen as he was trained to do while working with Intelligence. It was because he was watching, that he saw what the medallion that the Cardassian tossed to Samji was; this wasn't the first time he'd seen that medallion, but he had hoped that he wouldn't find more of them outside of the intelligence organizations.

Josh was relieved when Fleet Captain Samji shut down the argument and ordered no further interruptions in the briefing. He was itching to get out of the conference room and report to his new posting so that he could prepare his department for the Klingons and every time an officer interrupted the briefing, that took away valuable time that he needed to get things in order.