AQ/D01 - Bridge

[Daniel Brooks]

==See wiki Page for Layout==

[Keval ch'Alev]

Keval had been taking shore leave away from the ship and DS9, he had found a place for some quiet meditation and found it best to get himself back into the zone so to speak.

He arrived on the Bridge much to the surprise of the more skeleton crew who were knocking around the Bridge, in his hand was a PADD. Going around to the Tactical Station Keval wanted to make sure the updates on the system were correct. As he was checking them a officer looked up from the comms station.

"Commander we have a priority one call coming in for the Captain." said the officer with a hint of excitement in his voice.

Keval looked at the officer, "You new to the Aquila?" he asked, the officer went a little red faced. 

"Yes sir." he replied more quietly.

The Andorian walked down to the Command chair and sat down, looking at the armrest he opened the comms

"Aquila to Captain Brooks, your presents is required back here immediatly you have a message incoming from star fleet command prority one. Would you like it sent to you where you are Captain?"

[Brooks to Aquila, no, beam me back over and I will take it in the Observation Lounge and ch'Alev issue a crew recall, give everyone one hour to get back aboard. Brooks out.]

The channel closed,

ch'Alev looked at the officers around him who seem to be busy carrying on with what ever they were doing which made life easy.

Opening comms he said, "Aquila to all crew, this is your recall, one hour." he shut the channel and stood up from the Command chair,

No time like the present

Keval moved over to the helm chair and placed a little black box on it with a solid gold pip for Coppola when he returned. ch'Alev had cleared it with the Captain.

The Andorian moved up to Tactical to get his department ready to go.

==Tags and esp Coppola==

[Cologero Coppola]

Shoreleave was nothing short of amazing, he had a lot of fun while getting closer to the crew. As he entered the Bridge, the only person he seen in the room was ch'Alev. For some reason he didn't see him while on leave, leaving Cologero wondering where he was. If ch'Alev wanted to tell Cologero he would, but if not it's rude to pry.

"Commander good to see you again, was your leave as good as mine?" He asked while going to the helm, he wasn't activating the Engins just looking over the systems. They deserved a bit of a calibration while the system checks were going on, hopefully they won't be sluggish when it counts the most. 

Cologero was ready for anything that would come their way, a quick prayer before he left quarters was his blessing to the ship. "Commander while we are waiting I was wondering if you had some wisdom to share about advancement, I am not in a hurry for it I just like to have a better understanding." The best people to ask are the people most experienced in thefeild.

==Tag ch'Alev ==

[Carley Young]

After getting ready in her quarters Carley had on a clean uniform, and remembered how odd it felt switching from her civilian clothes. The materials always felt different, with a slight irritation. As she crossed from the turbo lift to the Bridge, Carley noticed there were only two people there. Eventually more people will come, it was still early. 

“Gentlemen.” Carley said as she headed to the science station, she wasn’t sure why she had the urge to go to the Bridge, most times she wasn’t sure why content on going to the Science Labs but this time was different. 

==Tag everyone ==

[Samira Khasim]

>>>>Deep Space Nine>>>>

It didn't take long for Samira to get back into a fresh uniform and get to the bridge. She got there as quickly as possible to get her station and the rest of the science department ready. She could see that Lieutenant Young had arrived.

"Lieutenant Young?" she said. "We didn't get to talk much or get together much; I'm Lieutenant Khasim. With Commander Talion's permission, I've been assigned to the science station on the bridge." She did note that Carley Young was just a rank below her, but she remembered Talion's instructions in touching base with her.

"In any case, it's good to see you, and just as well to meet you here," Samira added with a smile. "I'm going to need your assistance in preparing for departure. I need you to check in with the rest of the Science department, get them rallied and ready for when the Aquila is ready for departure. I have a few things the Commander has assigned me to do. Of course, I appreciate any assistance you can provide once you have your tasks finished."

Samira then got to work. She had her tasks from Commander Talion. Check to see if diagnostics on the sensors are done, but if not, don't initiate anything that won't last an hour; Get current inventory of all probes and verify power for sensor palettes. She had to admit, it'll be the first time she did this much stuff on the bridge. She never did work on a warmup for systems on the Science Station before, but she was determined to do her best.

==Tag Young and the rest of the bridge==

[Samira Khasim]

Samira then remembered something: One can work with Tactical in regards to the probes. She turned around and noticed that the only other two officers present on the bridge were Tactical officers. One of them she met on Deep Space Nine.

"Excuse me, Commander ch'Alev? Mister Coppola? Would you mind pulling up our full inventory of probes, please? I'd like to check on them," she asked.

==Especial tags to ch'Alev and Coppola==

==GM Input - what is the progress of the sensor diagnostics? ==

[Carley Young]

Waiting on Khasim didn't take too long, she was pretty punctual. She was a new Science Officer on the ship, and probably wanted to make a name for herself. She did seem like an Officer that would fit in nicely here, but that was just the first impression. Hearing her name Carley could tell she was asking, and gave a nod to confirm her identity. It was a shame that they didn't have the time to talk at all, both were very busy.

"Yes it is a shame we didn't have the chance to talk, we had quite the busy social agenda. It is also good too see you too." For the first time in a while, she was doing something out of the ordinary. Socializing on her own. "I have been asked by Commander Velaul to help with your transition,  with a ship like this it wont be the easiest." There was a lot of people she hasn't met yet, and the Science department wasn't exactly the biggest on the ship.

"Science has checked in ready for action, right now they are running diagnostics of their own. Both Velaul and Talion like to keep the equipment sharp. "Slav is overseeing everything, and making sure that people from Deep Space Nine didn't make a mess of our systems. They are still pretty new this is our second mission on this ship, so we are still expecting some growing pains." Still she missed the ship that would almost fit in the Shuttle Bay.

==Tag==

[Keval ch'Alev]

Mr Coppola was the first to arrive on the Bridge from the recall.

"Commander good to see you again, was your leave as good as mine?" He asked while going to the helm.

"Yes, it was.... interesting.... sounds like yours was to." commented back the Andorian,

"Commander while we are waiting I was wondering if you had some wisdom to share about advancement, I am not in a hurry for it I just like to have a better understanding."

ch'Alev gave a small smile when some other officers arrived on the Bridge from Science.

“Gentlemen.” said Young as she arrived, followed swiftly by a new face on the crew, Lieutenant Khasim

"Excuse me, Commander ch'Alev? Mister Coppola? Would you mind pulling up our full inventory of probes, please? I'd like to check on them," she asked.

ch'Alev turned in the officers direction, "Feel free Lieutenant."

Keval then moved down and over to the helm, picking up the little black box he said,

"Mister Coppola, you asked about career advancement, well...." the Andorian opened the box to reveal a solid round pip.

"I hereby promote you to the rank of Ensign with all the privilege's the rank will bring."

He then removed the hollow pip and changed it for the solid pip.

"The Captain asked me to perform this duty which he said is long over due." said ch'Alev placing a hand on the officers shoulder before moving off towards the Observation Lounge.

"Lieutenant Khasim, you have the Bridge." he said as Keval exited into the Observation Lounge.

==Tag All==

>>>Bridge>>>

[Alexander Talion]

Alex had walked onto the Bridge just as Keval had given Khasim the Bridge. He caught her eye and allowed just a hint of a grin at her suddenly feeling the full potential weight of Bridge Duty. She had thought she was only going to man the Science Station, but had now been handed control over the entire ship. It might be briefly and while still in dock, but when it happens to you that first time, it is a memorable thing.

As he passed though, he simply said, "Lieutenant Khasim, please forward me those numbers we discussed, as soon as you have them." He also gave a nod to Carley, "Lieutenant Young..."

Then, just that quick, he disappeared off the the Observation Lounge.

>>> Observation Lounge >>>

[Kalli Thorn]

Kalli managed to slip onto the Bridge on her way to the Observation Lounge. She did so to quickly glance at the Engineering status display, to fill in a few mental blanks, but also heard Khasim being given the Bridge. Kalli only grinned and gave Samira a wink as she disappeared with Talion into the Observation Lounge.

[Samira Khasim]

Samira nodded in appreciation at Lieutenant Young's words. "That's good to know," Samira replied. "I'm still feeling my way through, and I appreciate your help. I'll have to pass Commander Velal my thanks, sending you to help with my transition," she finished with a smile.

It certainly didn't take long for Lieutenant Young to make check-ins. She was surprised that there weren't more science officers; big ship like this, she had been expecting thrice the amount in her department than than the Yorktown's own science department. Hearing Young say it's the second mission, Samira replied, "Well, I didn't have much involvement in my first mission. I was still in my lab. And Holy Allah, it's certainly enough of an Aladdin's Cave for me not to emerge for a while. So if anything, it's me who needs the growing pains more," she added with a sheepish shrug.

As much as she expected the inventory of probes, Commander ch'Alev certainly surprised her by informing her that she had command of the Bridge. THE Bridge. Samira could only stare in the Andorian's direction in astonishment, before he left...to the observation lounge. It occurred to Samira that the senior staff was having a meeting and she was the highest-ranking officer at present. So she took the Captain's Chair, walking in an astonished sleepwalk, and set herself in. Barely aboard the ship for a month or two, and she had the Captain's Chair of the Aquila. She reflected there were one or two times on the Yorktown that she assumed temporary command of the bridge when senior officers were away on briefs and whatnot, but the Aquila bridge had to be twice as wide as the Yorktown's.

One thing she was glad about was that there was only a sparse amount of officer taking their station so far.

She turned and saw that Commander Talion enter and pass by, and give an understanding grin, and his words were enough to shake her from her astonishment. "Oh, you'll have them, Commander, I can assure of that," she said, returning his smile with one of her own, feeling encouraged.

"Lieutenant Young, I guess you have the Science Station again," she said, shaking herself from her astonishment. "I'll need you to report on if the diagnostics on the sensors are finished, and verify the power on the sensor palettes. Ensign Coppola," she said, distinctly having seen the midshipman getting a promotion before his DH headed off, "I'll need that inventory on the probes."

She then looked around, expecting more officers to enter the bridge and assume stations. She had seen some senior officers in passing heading to the observation lounge, but no lower officers to man stations, temporary or otherwise. Still, she reflected that on a bridge this big, there's more than one science station, so chances were, she could still be on the bridge when departure time came.

"Apologies if I was astonished," she said to Young and Coppola. "Being put in command of a bridge with a ship this size, it's like having to assume leadership of two or three Bedouin tribes."

==Tag Young and Coppola and anybody on the bridge taking stations. Soft passing tag to senior officers heading for the observation lounge==

==GM Input - In addition to the progress of the sensor diagnostics, is the power to the sensor palettes verified?==

[Kalli Thorn]

== NPC Lt(JG) Gath ==

A rather low and soft voice of the Klingon Security Officer spoke from a Security terminal. He didn't look up as he reviewed his information, making preparations for departure, "Even an Ensign, should they be assigned to the Bridge, must be prepared, at any moment, to be thrust into manning any position on the Bridge, including the Center Chair. This shouldn't astonish you." He finished something, then turned to face her, a hint of a grin on his face, "I also have discovered that quite often, others will not know if I'm feeling nervous, if I don't tell them that I'm nervous."

Gath looked around the Bridge slowly, "I love this moment, just before departing. That sense of the unknown, that gives a small taste of fear at not knowing what is around the next corner. If a warrior tells you that they never feel fear, they're lying to you. The truth is that they love that feeling. Without that feeling, there is no reason for the blood to quicken or a challenge to rise to. If you know you're going into a battle, you know more of what to expect, just not the outcome. In a mission of discovery, you never know what you will encounter, and THAT is even more daring. Lieutenant Khasim, your people were not only wanderers, sometimes they were also explorers. You come by your taste for it naturally. Like those before you, you're bold. Take strength from your journey."

He then turned to Tactical and stated, "You can show Security at 100% present and accounted for. All our stations are manned and standing by for launch."

== Tag Khasim and Coppola ==

[Cologero Coppola]

The Bridge was filling with Officers, Lieutenant Young wax one of the first to arrive with a couple others soon following. Lieutenant Khasim whom was figuring her way around like him requested a probe count, she requested information that he couldn't get from there. He needed to move from the Helm to Tactical, the information should be found here. There was information that he was going to need there as well, he was going to be the one there eventually.

Just when he was about to move, he stopped half way. ch'Alev was about to give career advice, Cologero was all ears for it. What happened next made him happy there was nothing in his hands, it would have Ben on the floor as his arms dropped beside him. The promotion came as a shock, he wasn't expecting this so soon.

"Thank you Commander." He had a little more excitement in his voice, he was a new Ensign soon to be Lieutenant. He would enjoy that when it comes, at present he was enjoying the present and the company. He could picture Nonno there with him, so proud his legacy lives on. You don't have to be great to start, but you do have to start to be great.

He watched ch'Alev leave the Bridge going to the Observation Lounge where all the top brass was, one day he would be in there too. Now that his shock was over, he was now going back to work.

"One inventory of probes coming up." He knew the value of having this information, it makes snap decisions much easier. Probes and what the fire power was equally as important. He heard about feeling the pressure getting to her, something that everyone goes through. "I am sure that you will get the hang of things, the first time you do anything is always the hardest."  

He listened to Lieutenant Gath. "I am sure it's equivalent to its not what you do in the absence of fear, it's what you do while it stares you in the eye. Personally I like to smile as we lock eyes, Fear doesn't like that at all." He was a wise Warrior that would make a great partner, the thrill of cheating death was better with someone risking it all as well.

==Tag Bridge. GM input for the probe count, and what they might be, or where I can find the information ==

[Carley Young]

Carley wanted to make sure that Khasim received the information she needed, the system information will take a minute to gather. The SS Sierra One A Eight Deep Space Scientific Sensors, and the Daystrom Industries Three SC-A Starship Sensors. There wasn't much use for them in the last two missions, so that meant the memory banks didn't need more of a memory purging. The Sensors were used for other purposes other than Scientific Research, it has been a while since there was such discovery that wouldn't be purged. 

The memory wasn't going to be a problem nor was the processing, there was a small amount of finetuning to do on the systems. There were some personal touches that she had learned that optimizes the system resolution, that would lead to clearer results. As the diagnostics were being processed, the data was starting to flow in. All of the systems were fully functional, and properly calibrated. 

All of it was going into a central report that had a summary for brief glancing, and a more detailed report on what systems were in need of calibration and by how much. In the end the equipment was all condition green, it was all reflected in the final report.

"Lieutenant." Carley started before turning her attention from the station. "All systems are condition green, they are on standby for discovery." There was an vast universe out there, who knows what they might find next.

==Tag Lieutenant ==

[GM-07]

== For Khasim ==

The Aquila’s sensors were functioning well. Samira uncovered a small calibration issue in the forward array, which was easily resolved. Power distribution to the sensors was within standard tolerances.

Samira’s time as the senior officer on the bridge was off to a smooth start.


== For Coppola ==

The Aquila had access to a full complement of probes (Candidly, the GM is not sure how many exactly, but you can expect access to a few dozen — an abundance of Class 1 and Class 2 probes, down to just a handful of the largest Class 9 probes.)

[Jez Mala]

Jez arrived on the bridge and it was abuzz with activity. Jez could help but smile when she spotted Coppola, they had a wonderful shore leave with the others, the Mardi Gras was amazing. Jez felt a new incredible bond with the crew, but for now Jez had other concerns on her mind. She would do what was best for her baby.

Jez spotted Commander Talion and smiled. He was special to her. He was like an older brother or a father figure, he was kind and sensitive, probably skills he honed from raising his own little girl. Right now, they had a mission to prepare for, her legal issues had to wait.

Jez hoped this next mission didn't involve Cardassians. Hopefully it would be something easy like a planetary survey, or a supply run to some outer colony. Though a Diplomatic Mission could be interesting. Only time will tell.



== Tag Talion.==

Jez took up her position at the Security Station. Jez had hoped that Commander Kurasa would arrive soon, Jez was curious to see how the Commander spent her shore leave. Jez began the preflight Security Scans that way the result would be ready for Commander Kurasa and the Captain.

[Cologero Coppola]

The results of his inquiry came in quickly, the ship had a full compliment of probes. The ones that were lost in the last mission were replaced, the crew of the Space station did a great job making sure everything was ready. Their next mission was starting soon with no idea where they were going, nor was there an idea of why. All he knew was to be prepared for as many contingencies as possible. He noticed Jez come in with a friendly smile towards him, he quickly returned the smile as a friendly gesture.

"Lieutenant Khasim ships computer shows a full compliment of probes across the board, all spent probes have been replaced." He ran a quick diagnostic of all available probes. "All systems are condition green." Cologero was certain that she wanted to have this information. Khasim seemed to be the kind that wanted to have this information, everything is either successful one way or another depending on preparation. 

==Tag - plus I know I took a bit of liberty with the scan, but I figured it's all basic maintenance ==

[Jez Mala]

Jez stood at the Security Station when she realized that the First Officer wanted to see her, but Jez had no idea why. She was about to lock down the Security Station when Sovak arrived with a Data Padd. Jez ordered Sovak to man the station. Sovak raised an eyebrow as if to say, “Really??” I have an important meeting with Velaul, it won’t take long.

Jez took a deep breath, she wasn’t sure what to expert from this meeting? Was she in trouble? Had she done something wrong? A million questions were running through her mind. Jez then decided that she had to go and find out instead of worrying.Jez quickly turned and made her way to the turbo lift and headed towards the F.O.’s Office,



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