1st day on the job

Posted on Wed Nov 21st, 2018 @ 1:53am by Commodore Tyler Malbrooke
Edited on on Wed Nov 21st, 2018 @ 1:56am

1,126 words; about a 6 minute read

Mission: Episode 5 - It Would Be Their Pleasure
Location: Lobby of Casperian Resort
Timeline: MD009 0745 hrs

Quinn had changed into his uniform. He stayed the night down on the resort. As she left his room, and started to make his way down to the lobby. He ran into Tyler. "Good morning Captain." Politely said Quinn, with a cup of coffee in his hand.

"Tyler call me Tyler or Ty if you would like but Captain... That is for the bridge." Tyler spoke and then he realized his new XO was in his uniform. "Number One are you heading to the ship? There is no need we are all on shore leave. That is unless the inmates have burned down the asylum." He laughed boisterously.

"I wanted to take advantage of the downtime, and meet most of the crew. I have scheduled a full day of meetings. Might as well take advantage of this time, Ameri is going to be on the ship too. Might as well get a little work done. And I would like to meet the crew, while they are relaxed." He said, hoping Tyler was going to be okay with that.

"Suit yourself, but do not work too hard. Consider that an order." Tyler smiled as he raised his mug of coffee and sipped it. He glanced as the mug as he wondered where it came from. He had wanted coffee but had no recollection of asking for one. "My word of caution is try not to work the crew too hard. Some of them are still recovering from their ordeals."

"I understand Tyler, and I will keep that in mind. By the time we are ready to depart, I hope to be familiarized with the crew. May I ask you a personal question sir?" Asked Quinn, he was trying to debated how to bring up Lieutenant Brown. Quinn had scheduled a meeting with her later on.

"Always, you are Number One and there should never be any secrets. Speak your mind." Tyler responded.

"Makeba Brown." Quinn simply said, wondering if that would spark, Tyler to give a reason why she was still on the USS Pioneer. He stood there, to see how Tyler, was going to respond to this inquiry.

"You are probably wondering why I am keeping a Maquis in my brig. There are two reasons the first is that with having to deal with the New Maquis it is prudent to have one in the pocket. Someone who one way or another will give you the information you need when you need it. The other and more important is that I think she can be brought back. Quinn I think the fleet officer is still in there." Tyler's face turned dour as he remembered his experience as a Maquis commander. "In fact I have to believe it. I just have not figured out how to make it happen."

"I have a feeling she is going to try to get us to provide more than leniency at her hearing, she might bargain for her release from imprisonment. She needs to stand trail for the charges against her. And from what I have read about her, she appears to be prideful and a little arrogant, but if you see something with her, I will play hard ball with her Captain, and try to break her pride, and get her to see reason." Said Quinn. He could play the big bad first officer, if he needed too. And right now, it seemed like he would have too with Makeba.

"You are too right about the leniency. As to a trial she is not going to have one, at least not yet. Command has given me carte blanche in regards to her. The New Maquis have become stronger than the original Maquis every were. Command needs them brought to heel and fast. That being the case they have left Makeba in my care. The idea is if I can get her to betray the Maquis great, if I can bring her back into Starfleet's fold all the better." Tyler paused as an idea formed in his head. "You say she is prideful and arrogant. Well she is hiding behind her rank and lack of charges. Tell her that she has officially been stripped of rank. She is hereby no longer a Starfleet Officer. I will take care of the appropriate documentation. Then we can go good cop and bad cop on her. Number One since everyone loves me you are going to have to be the big bad new guy." Tyler slapped his XO on the shoulder and laughed.

"I will get it done Tyler, you can count on me." Quinn said, wondering to himself, if he should have security with him, when he talked to Makeba? He quickly dismissed that idea, thinking it would feed into her pride, and make it harder to reach her. If they were going to break her, and make her turn her back on the Maquis, they needed to proceed cautiously.

Tyler thought back to the moment with Harry Anderson in the alternate universe. Harry trusted him, someone he knew as a Maquis traitor, Tyler had do the same for Makeba. "Listen the best way to proceed is to take away what she has. Strip her of rank, but offer her quarters instead of the brig, under guard of course. Tell her she can remain a prisoner or become a visitor. It is simply her choice. Mark your response to be based on the way that she reacts."

"Basically tell her, she can work to regain our trust. I get the idea, Tyler. I will get it done!" Said Quinn, as he thought about how to spin this on Makeba. He needed to go in that meeting, with a plan. Quinn, knew what he had to do. He needed to break her down, and rebuild her up. It was an old boot camp tactic, that had worked for centuries. This would be boot camp 2.0 for Makeba. A refresher course of sorts.

"I know that you can Number One. If anyone can see through the stubbornness of the Maquis, it is the stubbornness of the Irish." Tyler chuckled and slapped his XO on the back, and then headed to meet his wife. They had plans for a horseride through the mountains for today.

"Well it's time for the show to start, I'll make sure to keep you in the loop, good day Captain." Said Quinn, as he watched the Captain leave the area. Afterwords Quinn, beamed aboard the USS Pioneer.

A Joint Post By

Captain Tyler Malbrooke
Commanding Officer, USS Pioneer

Commander Quinn Ó Flannagáin
Executive Officer, USS Pioneer

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