10-09-2024, 05:33 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-09-2024, 05:38 PM by Peter Jensen.)
Peter leaned back in his seat and trusted T'Lari and Black to do what he'd asked them. He did not feel the need to micromanage - first of all because he didn't know anywhere near as much as them about the matter at hand, and secondly because it was poor leadership. He'd never forgotten that lesson from the Academy, and could almost still hear the instructor's voice:
Give the order, and trust your people to have the skills to get it done or to tell you if it can't be done.
So he was keeping an ever more nervous eye on the ever closing Cardassians when Braggins' voice came through:
[Braggins to Yeager; I want the Slipstream Drive fired up ASAP. I know we haven’t let it cool down and recalibrated it, but we’re going to be neck deep in Cardassians soon and I’d rather not get our ship shot up on her maiden voyage. ... Better go to Red Alert and arm the weapons, anyway…]
He tapped his badge immediately.
"Acknowledged. Red Alert. Weapons at the ready. What's the status on the pods?", he acknowledged the order, knowing - just as he knew that Braggins knew - that it wouldn't even be a contest for the Cardassians if it came to a fight.
Still, the mechanism observed in smaller animals showing aggression sometimes intimidating larger animals was not lost on him, and he accessed the ship's intercom. After Braggins' reply, of course:
"All hands this is Jensen. Red Alert. Red Alert. Man battle stations. I say again, man battle stations"
and finally tapped and adressed Engineering:
"Jensen to Engineering. I'm going to need you to power up the Slipstream Drive ASAP, Captain's orders. Your priority is that, and the Cargo Bay pod storage. Shut down what you need to. If necessary, evacuate decks and concentrate people on other decks to save on life support." he pointed out, then looked at Black again:
"As soon as you have the power to the Slipstream, be ready to engage on the Captain's orders, or mine", he instructed and felt himself tense up. Things were coming to a head. As if on cue, Brele appeared on the bridge, and Peter smiled gratefully and nodded towards an area that would be clearly in view if the Cardassians wanted to talk. He did feel slightly bad about using Brele like this, but whatever would give them any kind of edge was what he needed right now.
Give the order, and trust your people to have the skills to get it done or to tell you if it can't be done.
So he was keeping an ever more nervous eye on the ever closing Cardassians when Braggins' voice came through:
[Braggins to Yeager; I want the Slipstream Drive fired up ASAP. I know we haven’t let it cool down and recalibrated it, but we’re going to be neck deep in Cardassians soon and I’d rather not get our ship shot up on her maiden voyage. ... Better go to Red Alert and arm the weapons, anyway…]
He tapped his badge immediately.
"Acknowledged. Red Alert. Weapons at the ready. What's the status on the pods?", he acknowledged the order, knowing - just as he knew that Braggins knew - that it wouldn't even be a contest for the Cardassians if it came to a fight.
Still, the mechanism observed in smaller animals showing aggression sometimes intimidating larger animals was not lost on him, and he accessed the ship's intercom. After Braggins' reply, of course:
"All hands this is Jensen. Red Alert. Red Alert. Man battle stations. I say again, man battle stations"
and finally tapped and adressed Engineering:
"Jensen to Engineering. I'm going to need you to power up the Slipstream Drive ASAP, Captain's orders. Your priority is that, and the Cargo Bay pod storage. Shut down what you need to. If necessary, evacuate decks and concentrate people on other decks to save on life support." he pointed out, then looked at Black again:
"As soon as you have the power to the Slipstream, be ready to engage on the Captain's orders, or mine", he instructed and felt himself tense up. Things were coming to a head. As if on cue, Brele appeared on the bridge, and Peter smiled gratefully and nodded towards an area that would be clearly in view if the Cardassians wanted to talk. He did feel slightly bad about using Brele like this, but whatever would give them any kind of edge was what he needed right now.