02-27-2025, 10:40 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-27-2025, 11:05 PM by Peter Jensen.)
It was an open secret that Peter's relationship with Braggins had not always been...shall we say....the best? But he had come to respect her in a way.
And even just from the point of view of unit cohesion, he was loath to let anyone disrespect the ship's captain, in front of her senior staff and Midshipmen. Not even this well-dressed stranger who looked like he thought that his and/or his symbiote's excrement was not malodorous. Peter calmly stood up from his seat, meaning to portray a casual gesture, but the real intention was body language. The stranger standing up while saying that kind of nonsense was, in Peter's mind, clearly a dominance tactic.
No doubt he was important, but there was also a limit to what Peter would tale from him, and standing up to look him in the eyes rather than than looking up at him from a seated position, did make a difference.
"The Captain will join us once she is ready to deliver the mission briefing. And she's not running a circus, she's running a starship. A starship whose crew I will kindly thank you to not disrespect by calling it a circus", he said in a tone that was still well within the line of propriety but definitely also had steel behind it, and then changed the subject.
"In the meantime, perhaps some introductions are in order", he remarked, and looked at the well-dressed stranger.
"I am Commander Peter Jensen, First Officer. This is our Chief Engineer, Commander Jadaris, our Chief Science Officer, Leftenant Commander Qi, our Chief of Security, Leftenant d'Tor'an", he pointed out the senior staff one at a time
"And Midshipmen Alden and Bowman", he finished, gesturing to the two middies, then looked at the newcomer for his response.
== Yay for space Karens I guess
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And even just from the point of view of unit cohesion, he was loath to let anyone disrespect the ship's captain, in front of her senior staff and Midshipmen. Not even this well-dressed stranger who looked like he thought that his and/or his symbiote's excrement was not malodorous. Peter calmly stood up from his seat, meaning to portray a casual gesture, but the real intention was body language. The stranger standing up while saying that kind of nonsense was, in Peter's mind, clearly a dominance tactic.
No doubt he was important, but there was also a limit to what Peter would tale from him, and standing up to look him in the eyes rather than than looking up at him from a seated position, did make a difference.
"The Captain will join us once she is ready to deliver the mission briefing. And she's not running a circus, she's running a starship. A starship whose crew I will kindly thank you to not disrespect by calling it a circus", he said in a tone that was still well within the line of propriety but definitely also had steel behind it, and then changed the subject.
"In the meantime, perhaps some introductions are in order", he remarked, and looked at the well-dressed stranger.
"I am Commander Peter Jensen, First Officer. This is our Chief Engineer, Commander Jadaris, our Chief Science Officer, Leftenant Commander Qi, our Chief of Security, Leftenant d'Tor'an", he pointed out the senior staff one at a time
"And Midshipmen Alden and Bowman", he finished, gesturing to the two middies, then looked at the newcomer for his response.
== Yay for space Karens I guess
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