04-29-2026, 02:56 PM
Jenny entered the Bridge with her eyes glued to the PADD in front of her. While aware of the conversation taking place around her, she did not focus her attention on it, and managed to not collide with anyone as she made her way to the command chair and slid into it. Her conversation with Lowry's Captain had not exactly gone spectacularly, especially given a Fleet Replenishment Ships weren't exactly top-of-the-line, nor were their captains the cream of the crop.
Still, they served a vital purpose and were still commissioned starships, so he had had no choice but to bow to her authority. Whether or not any of the other ships in the immediate vicinity would do the same remained to be seen, but that was why she was sending missives in writing rather than verbally - it gave anyone who was involved in whatever came next a legal "out" in that they were following her lawful orders.
That won't save them if the Cardassians grab them, but it could save a career or two if this blows up in our face.
Placing the PADD in the charger socket in the armrest of her chair, Jenny scanned the Bridge. There were few veterans left on the crew; too many had been transferred elsewhere, and even the new guys tended not to last long. Such was the danger of being a Starfleet Officer in the early twenty-fifth century.
"Helm, set course for the coordinates I just transmitted to your console. Warp Eight. Make sure the Lowry remains in formation with us."
With Chertstone working on that, Jenny turned to the young Vulcan at Science - she seemed to have been doing most of the talking when she had arrived on the Bridge, so it seemed only fair that she present the findings.
"What do we have on the 'Damsel?"
Still, they served a vital purpose and were still commissioned starships, so he had had no choice but to bow to her authority. Whether or not any of the other ships in the immediate vicinity would do the same remained to be seen, but that was why she was sending missives in writing rather than verbally - it gave anyone who was involved in whatever came next a legal "out" in that they were following her lawful orders.
That won't save them if the Cardassians grab them, but it could save a career or two if this blows up in our face.
Placing the PADD in the charger socket in the armrest of her chair, Jenny scanned the Bridge. There were few veterans left on the crew; too many had been transferred elsewhere, and even the new guys tended not to last long. Such was the danger of being a Starfleet Officer in the early twenty-fifth century.
"Helm, set course for the coordinates I just transmitted to your console. Warp Eight. Make sure the Lowry remains in formation with us."
With Chertstone working on that, Jenny turned to the young Vulcan at Science - she seemed to have been doing most of the talking when she had arrived on the Bridge, so it seemed only fair that she present the findings.
"What do we have on the 'Damsel?"