02-18-2025, 05:10 PM
Peter was not fond of Black as such, but he was fond of competence, and whatever else he could say about her, she was certainly competent.
He wasn't at all sure the same could be said for her replacement. Even the guy's name sounded like a bad parody of a jock.
And his estimation did not improve at the little scene the guy made with station control.
He had been about to intervene himself, telling Chertstone to remember where he was and what he was doing when Commander Vance broke in and did it first. That did slightly annoy him, but...well...
When the line was clear again, he did speak up, however:
"And that's the last time we'll have our helmsman act like an eigth-grader pining for his crush", he said calmly, but the ice in his voice was enough to keep James Bond well supplied with his favorite martini for a full year.
Then he looked at Braggins as she told him to be ready to assemble the senior staff and Midshipmen as soon as they'd gone to warp.
"As you command", he nodded, making a mental note of making sure to get the new middies involved too. He had no idea what their mission was, but it had to be at least moderately important for her to be that busy with getting the staff meeting underway.
He wasn't at all sure the same could be said for her replacement. Even the guy's name sounded like a bad parody of a jock.
And his estimation did not improve at the little scene the guy made with station control.
He had been about to intervene himself, telling Chertstone to remember where he was and what he was doing when Commander Vance broke in and did it first. That did slightly annoy him, but...well...
When the line was clear again, he did speak up, however:
"And that's the last time we'll have our helmsman act like an eigth-grader pining for his crush", he said calmly, but the ice in his voice was enough to keep James Bond well supplied with his favorite martini for a full year.
Then he looked at Braggins as she told him to be ready to assemble the senior staff and Midshipmen as soon as they'd gone to warp.
"As you command", he nodded, making a mental note of making sure to get the new middies involved too. He had no idea what their mission was, but it had to be at least moderately important for her to be that busy with getting the staff meeting underway.