08-01-2026, 03:00 AM
“Lieutenant Gath, Midshipman A’kilees...outstanding work. Both of you.”
A’kilees remained in silent, satisfied reflection for that moment. He had received many compliments before from other officers throughout the mission but at the very end this one seemed very distinctive. They had managed to complete a precarious spacewalk rescue, established a tentative first contact, and assured the continuation of their species by delving into their enigmatic database. He didn’t say anything in response to the commander at that time, but stood in a stoic professional manner as Ameen addressed Gath and then promptly left for the bridge.
Now that the situation had calmed down in the sickbay, the Apex Prime had stood down and was now watching over its remaining brethren still in suspended animation along with Doctor O’Fee and Lieutenant Gath and members of the security department now at ease, A’kilees considered this as a perfect time to leave. His role as the data transfer intermediary was complete, the pods and the Prime would be transferred to the rendezvous Starfleet vessel and he currently had no current tasks to complete other than the concluding tasks of that cycle which would include his official report for Keir 77’s attention. However, as much as he would’ve been happy to return immediately to Engineering and conclude with his shift, A’kilees, seeing as he began the mission what seemed like so long ago, wanted to see the entire mission through. He decided to remain and linger in Sickbay for just a while longer.
A’kilees made himself useful for the last few moments that their aliens guests were present. He performed a final monitoring of the pods lying about the sickbay floor to ensure their power levels were replenished and that they were fully charged for the upcoming transfer and that there would still be plenty of power in the facility coming from the EPS grid while the transfer was in progress.
The lighting dimmed for a moment. The saurian surveyed around the darkened room and then towards the pod's power indicators to ensure no disruptions had occurred. He assumed that the Zephyr had just synchronized its power with the arriving starship, preparing to transport the pods and the Prime. It was definitely going to take a considerable amount of power to transfer everything though he hadn’t expected the small brown out. He made his way from the pods joining the other crew members who assembled together to witness the transfer. The gargantuan figure of the Apex Prime trudged it’s way besides the twelve pods and turned to face the crew. With a respectful nod towards both Doctor O’Fee and Lieutenant Gath, the Prime and the pods were surrounded in the brilliant sparkling bright light of the transporter beam. A’kilees watched as their forms slowly dissipated into thin air and vanished all together. Now, everything was over. He was completely satisfied with the conclusion of events. A’kilees finally made his way out and strode through the automatic doors, turning only for a brief moment to look back over his shoulder towards Sickbay for a moment of final reflection of the past events and with a large reptilian smile growing on his face the doors swooshed close silently behind him.
A’kilees remained in silent, satisfied reflection for that moment. He had received many compliments before from other officers throughout the mission but at the very end this one seemed very distinctive. They had managed to complete a precarious spacewalk rescue, established a tentative first contact, and assured the continuation of their species by delving into their enigmatic database. He didn’t say anything in response to the commander at that time, but stood in a stoic professional manner as Ameen addressed Gath and then promptly left for the bridge.
Now that the situation had calmed down in the sickbay, the Apex Prime had stood down and was now watching over its remaining brethren still in suspended animation along with Doctor O’Fee and Lieutenant Gath and members of the security department now at ease, A’kilees considered this as a perfect time to leave. His role as the data transfer intermediary was complete, the pods and the Prime would be transferred to the rendezvous Starfleet vessel and he currently had no current tasks to complete other than the concluding tasks of that cycle which would include his official report for Keir 77’s attention. However, as much as he would’ve been happy to return immediately to Engineering and conclude with his shift, A’kilees, seeing as he began the mission what seemed like so long ago, wanted to see the entire mission through. He decided to remain and linger in Sickbay for just a while longer.
A’kilees made himself useful for the last few moments that their aliens guests were present. He performed a final monitoring of the pods lying about the sickbay floor to ensure their power levels were replenished and that they were fully charged for the upcoming transfer and that there would still be plenty of power in the facility coming from the EPS grid while the transfer was in progress.
The lighting dimmed for a moment. The saurian surveyed around the darkened room and then towards the pod's power indicators to ensure no disruptions had occurred. He assumed that the Zephyr had just synchronized its power with the arriving starship, preparing to transport the pods and the Prime. It was definitely going to take a considerable amount of power to transfer everything though he hadn’t expected the small brown out. He made his way from the pods joining the other crew members who assembled together to witness the transfer. The gargantuan figure of the Apex Prime trudged it’s way besides the twelve pods and turned to face the crew. With a respectful nod towards both Doctor O’Fee and Lieutenant Gath, the Prime and the pods were surrounded in the brilliant sparkling bright light of the transporter beam. A’kilees watched as their forms slowly dissipated into thin air and vanished all together. Now, everything was over. He was completely satisfied with the conclusion of events. A’kilees finally made his way out and strode through the automatic doors, turning only for a brief moment to look back over his shoulder towards Sickbay for a moment of final reflection of the past events and with a large reptilian smile growing on his face the doors swooshed close silently behind him.