01-05-2025, 11:06 PM
With the last leg of his long journey to meet his assigned starship done, Midshipman Callan Campbell followed the directions to the office of his new commanding officer.
Starbase 214 was a week’s travel from Deep Space Nine, where he had spent a little downtime waiting for various crew to assemble in order to board the transport onward to the next starbase. This one wasn’t as ‘colourful’ as DS9, and as one would expect from a station close to the edge of Federation space and neutral space beyond, it was more ‘functional’. The young engineer found himself feeling both excited and mind-blown to think of the immense distance he’d come from his home on Earth to get here.
Coming to a stop, Callan stood and checked the information on his padd for the umpteenth time, and then the number on the door in this otherwise featureless corridor, and put his hand up to press the panel at the side of the door to request access. The door swished open and he stepped inside.
There were unfamiliar faces already in the room, but he did recognise Amethyst, that is, Doctor Bremner he mentally corrected himself, a fellow midshipman and recent graduate of Starfleet Academy that he’d met at Deep Space Nine just before they received orders to continue travelling on to meet the USS Yeager at 214. He gave her a small smile of recognition for a second before stepping forward to present his credentials to his new commanding officer. Captain Jennifer Braggins sat at a desk and held a padd in her hand. There was an empty glass on the desk, suggesting she had been in the office for some time before this meeting. Callan felt nervous and exposed standing like this, but he took a short breath and spoke up.
“Midshipman Callan Campbell, reporting for duty sir.” the Scotsman said in his distinctive lilting accent.
== Tag Captain ==
Starbase 214 was a week’s travel from Deep Space Nine, where he had spent a little downtime waiting for various crew to assemble in order to board the transport onward to the next starbase. This one wasn’t as ‘colourful’ as DS9, and as one would expect from a station close to the edge of Federation space and neutral space beyond, it was more ‘functional’. The young engineer found himself feeling both excited and mind-blown to think of the immense distance he’d come from his home on Earth to get here.
Coming to a stop, Callan stood and checked the information on his padd for the umpteenth time, and then the number on the door in this otherwise featureless corridor, and put his hand up to press the panel at the side of the door to request access. The door swished open and he stepped inside.
There were unfamiliar faces already in the room, but he did recognise Amethyst, that is, Doctor Bremner he mentally corrected himself, a fellow midshipman and recent graduate of Starfleet Academy that he’d met at Deep Space Nine just before they received orders to continue travelling on to meet the USS Yeager at 214. He gave her a small smile of recognition for a second before stepping forward to present his credentials to his new commanding officer. Captain Jennifer Braggins sat at a desk and held a padd in her hand. There was an empty glass on the desk, suggesting she had been in the office for some time before this meeting. Callan felt nervous and exposed standing like this, but he took a short breath and spoke up.
“Midshipman Callan Campbell, reporting for duty sir.” the Scotsman said in his distinctive lilting accent.
== Tag Captain ==