AQ/D01 - Bridge

[Alexander Talion]

Alex lifted his head from staring at his console when the Andorian made his comment. Walking over toward  Ris', Alex didn't even miss a step when the ship was rocked again by another shot.  When he reached the new Science Officer, Alex leaned in and said in an almost conspiratorial manner, "I'm normally long winded about things, but we're short on time and long on enemies. I like your idea and think you're smart. We have more torpedoes than we might live to fire and we need to find some way...any way...to do more to them than they are doing to us or nothing else is going to matter. I don't care if you use my idea or any other, but I'm giving you a green light to start dropping your mine equivalents behind us in any manner you think might be effective and adapt as needed. Once you can determine if any have done anything or not, then let us know and we can adjust from there. If it goes wrong, I'll take the heat. Sound good?"

Alex had tried not to come across as anything other than someone speaking a simple truth. He didn't give any orders and it could have been mistaken for two people discussing what to do over the weekend. They were in the middle of a fight for their lives, yet there had been no pressure and only permission in his words. He was now only waiting for a simple acknowledgement from Ris'. Even in that simple act of waiting for a word or even a nod, there was no rush to get back to his console, just the calm and cool calculations of the risk and rewards within their situation.

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