New Haven Bound

Posted on Fri May 28th, 2021 @ 10:03pm by Major Jennifer Griffiths

1,139 words; about a 6 minute read

Mission: Shakedown
Location: Various
Timeline: Current

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Jennifer had just finished up teaching a class on Starfleet Academy when she got word that her boss wanted to see her, so picking up her Padd she dismissed her class and headed to his office, wondering why he wanted to see her, to her knowledge she was not expected to go to another posting for some time so why what she is called to her bosses office, so with a puzzled mind she headed to his office.

Tugging her tunic down she finally arrived outside the Commandants Office where she pressed the Buzzer.

"ENTER" a voice came from the other side of the door, bracing herself she entered the office and came to attention.

"You asked to see me, Commodore?" She asked him.

The Commodore looks up "ah! Major Griffiths, yes, please have a seat" he said.

With a small nod she sat down crossed her legs and placed the Padd on her lap, she noted the senior officer's countenance was uneasy.

"Look Jen I know Starfleet agreed not to send you out to frontline service for a long time but something has cropped up out in the Gamma Quadrant, they need an experienced officer there," he said apologetically.

She was silent oO the Commodore used my first name to sound penitent, what the hell does he want? Oo She thought to herself. "Experienced!! I thought all was quiet and cordial with the Dominion?" She asked.

Putting his hand up to stall her tirade "It is, the USS Siren has had issues, it seems its previous First Officer was found to have some connection to the loss of the first Siren when they retook Avalon Station, the information that came to light was damming, so the XO was demoted and moved to Strategic Operations and lost his relevant clearances. Now there is a new XO needed, you have the qualifications and you are a Marine, so as soon as you are packed you are to leave for the Gamma Quadrant and New Haven Station" the Commandant said and saw the Marine visibly deflate, her file mentioned something happened on one of her missions, but he could never find out, whatever it was she was clearly not eager to return to front line duty, but he knew she would obey.

She slid back up into her chair and uncrossed her legs "what can you tell me about the Siren Sir?" She asked.

He studied her a moment oO there it is acceptance Oo he thought. "Well it is a newly commissioned Sovereign-class, somewhat modified to contain four fighters and a larger contingent of Marines, but with a larger capacity, the Captain is a half Human/Vulcan that is all human called Captain Rian O'Donngahue, reports say he can be somewhat erratic, but so far only reports, but you will find out first hand though," The Commodore said.

Jennifer sighed heavily and basically "I am being sent in blind is what you are telling me," She said and had the guilty pleasure of seeing the embarrassment on her superiors face "I thought so, okay I will return to my quarters to pack and be out first thing tomorrow, I will have to find a fast courier ship to get me there and even then it will take some weeks," she said and stood "I trust you have someone to replace me here at the Academy?" she asked.

"Marine Captain James can fill in for you for the rest of the Semester," he said "dismissed Major" he added and watched her leave.

- Private Quarters -

Jennifer arrived at her private quarters took off her tunic and began packing, thanks to her history she travelled lightly and had very little stuff, what she could not take she arranged to have it stored, she made sure to pack her weapons in a secure carry bag, then all her personal items, which was not much, she was not the sentimental type and was a very private person. She thought that it would take her most of the day, but it was a lot quicker, she realised that there were some weapons that she would have to pick up a couple of weapons from the Academy armoury before she could depart, but now it was time to book passage to her new posting, so grabbing her tunic she put it on and did it up as she left her quarters.

Two Day's Later...

It was no fault of her own, but they could not book her in on fast travel the next day, so here she was two day's later than when she was supposed to leave. Her transport had just dicked and her meagre possessions were loaded into the transports cargo bay while she kept a carry bag, for this trip she wore civilian attire. Normally she would wear retro outfits, but because she wanted to blend in she was wearing the current style of clothes for women, with a carry bag in hand she boarded the transport ship and settled into her quarters.

- Bajoran Wormhole - New Haven Station -

A week later the transport got its clearance from Deep Space Nine to enter the wormhole and then enters it, traversing the sub-space corridor took only a few hours until it exited on the other side in the Gamma Quadrant, then at least another week at max warp to get to New Haven Station, where her new assignment waited for her, while she was on her way she changed into her Starfleet Marine uniform and read up on the Siren's former XO and what happened, the file was made accessible to her, it was an interesting read she had to admit. Finally, a week later the transports arrive at the buoy that all incoming ships stopped at until they got clearance to get closer which it did and not before too long the ship was docking with the station, in the cabin the ships tannoy sounded.

=/\= All passengers, this is your Captain speaking welcome to New Haven Station, please have all your belongings ready to leave with you, welcome to New Haven, enjoy your stay =/\= Then the tannoy fell silent, sighing heavily Jennifer packed her items and headed out and straight to cargo to make sure her stuff would be shipped to her quarters on the Siren. With that, she joined the other departing passengers as they headed to the airlock and through the walkway. AS she walked down the enclosed gangway she looked out of the clear umbilical tube and saw the Sovereign Class USS Siren, oO did not realise how big that class was Oo she thought to herself as she arrived properly into the Arrival/Departures area and looked around to see if she would be met by anyone.

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Major Jennifer Griffiths
First Officer
USS Siren

 

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