New Mission, And Meeting the Lamarr Class Head Designer

Posted on 2024, Mon Nov 25th, @ 1:51pm by Lieutenant Commander Jim Karry & Lieutenant Commander Grace Johnsen & Captain Jack Reacher & Lieutenant Rachel Kane & Lieutenant JG Jack Sparrow & Chief Petty Officer Jake Palstine & Chief Petty Officer Amanda Shane & Admiral Kate Harlow & Commodore Emily Janeway & Commander Cormac Situs & Senior Chief Petty Officer Larry Lamontagne

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Mission: E1 "Shadows of the Empire"
Location: Space Dock, Admiralty Meeting Room 001A, Earth
Timeline: Halo Enroute Back to Star Base 113

Admiral Kate Harlow had a very important mission for the Voyager crew. =/\=Admiral Harlow to all Voyager Crew, Please Report to Meeting Room 001A=/\= Kate had never really met any of the Voyager Crew, Yet she was the one in charge of the Lamarr class developments before being re-assigned as Sub Commander in Chief under Lovell. But now she gets a chance to meet the crew she had gave the ship to. Voyager was first of her class, Another the USS Pulsar and USS Harlow, a ship named in her honor, was under construction, to be completed two years from now.

Situs did not get the chance to really look into the development of the Lamarr class. Such endeavours would appeal much more to the engineers. However he understood the inherent importance of seeing through a large project personally. And that's what he felt the Admiral was about to do. Though he would muse about the Admirals intentions, on the surface he simply added his introduction along with everyone else in the meeting.

''Lieutenant Commander Cormac Situs, reporting as ordered''

Commodore Janeway's the second person to arrive at the meeting. She has been given a slight week chance to recover her physical condition after two months of medical treatment and absence from command due to severe poisoning in late April. Janeway looks different; it seems as if she’s not alive. However, today is not the day to dwell on those thoughts. She quickly realizes that she cannot afford to focus on her suffering, so she takes her seat. She knew she was already a hero of the federation, waiting for the rest of the crew to arrive in the conference room, and she had already greeted Admiral Harlow.

"Welcome Cormac, Emliy, Welcome, Please enjoy the food and drinks I had brought in from earth, yep, No Replicator, Full on cooked delights" Harlow replied no replicator, Full on cooked delights, " Harlow replied

Then Emily politely took the food that was on the table to get the plate as well as a drink of milk for juice as Emily returned to the chairs to sit down with her own plate of food “ thank you for this food and beverage as It’s so good to be alive and back from the dead once again for the next chapter of my life along with my crew mates.” Janeway said.

Moo (pronounced Moe) tried to sneak in and not be noticed. The only thing that got him here, was the monitor displaying your presence was required. The free food without standing in line did not hurt either. He saw a stew with interesting-looking gravy with various vegetables. It took him all of 30 seconds to make his way over to grab a plate/bowl and a large spoon. The rising steam indicated it was fresh, hot, and would probably burn the roof of his mouth. "It is like pizza, if you don't burn the roof of your mouth and or your tongue, then you waited too long, and the Pizza is no longer fresh!" He realized he had spoken out loud when several heads turned in his direction. His hands were busy loading his dish, so they wound have to wait.

"Welcome all,the name is Admiral Kate Harlow, Newly Appointed Sub Commander In Chief, Former Commanding Officer of Utopia Plantia Shipyards at Mars and also former Head Overseer and Designer of your Beautiful Vessel, the USS Voyager A, Plus I have a new assignment for you all" Kate tapped a button on the desk the room darkened as a Hologram of a map appeared with a single red dot appeared on one of the dots.

Janeway kept listening to the debriefing of the presentation from her chair at the front of the meeting room. Her mind, however, was focused on a different perspective than the events at hand. As she listened to Harlow, she raised her hand and said, “I’m glad to be here now since I’m already in command of our beautiful ship.” She looked around the room before refocusing her attention on Harlow.


"The Krai' JIH'NA Nebula, Located in Klingon Territory, The Klingons have requested our help in investigating it, Command wants the Voyager with its high tech science division to help map it out and explore, also to see if there's any use to that Nebula to us or the Klingons, if not you have tested your new gear, But this should take more than 2 weeks, Or at least that's what our top scientist at Daystrom say, You will meet up with another Oberth Class Ship, the USS Melborne A at Star Base 117, then meet the Klingon science ship at their border, from there they will take you to the Nebula, Is any questions yet" Asked the Admiral

The quiet room seemed to be longing for a conversation. Commodore Janeway, determined to make herself heard, stood up to address her audience. Janeway approached Admiral Harlow, her urgency evident in her voice. "Why do we only have two weeks to get informed and prepared for this mission?" she asked, the weight of her concern clear. Janeway was also dealing with physical pain, as she absentmindedly scratched at the bandages on her chest. Despite efforts to heal her wounds with advanced medical tools, she still needed to wear them, and she felt worse than ever.

Ships, always on short call and always unprepared, Situs thought. This would be difficult but not completely unmanageable. Most of his staff didnt even turn on all their new fancy equipment. Much less test or even calibrate them. Though he wouldn't dare to say this out loud in this room. That was an internal matter, not to bother the Admiral with it. His captain also acted uncharacteristically all of the sudden. Was it the food? He locked his eyes with Moo who was sitting on the seat from across the table to see if he also noticed. Though knowing him, he probably noticed long before Situs.

Commodore Janeway silentlyobserved the people who were supposed to join the meeting with the head designer of her vessel. She noticed that someone had slipped into the room for an unknown reason but chose not to be concerned. She recognized the crewmember from the halo; his name was Moo. Today wasn't a day for worries, and she enjoyed the company of her new friend, Situs, as she politely remained seated, allowing Admiral Harlow to continue her presentation.

"Situs, Is there anything you think your team might need for this, We got 2 Days to get anything installed on the ship that is needed, Or any extra." Harlow asked.

He almost chocked with his own breath. ''2 days?'' he thought. He believed they would have more time to prepare or at least he was hoping to settle the matter internally and not get the Admiral involved. He glanced around to force himself to maintain his composure and cleared his throat before leaning slightly forward to answer. ''Admiral, the Voyager is equipped perfectly well to complete the mission as stated, at least when it comes to the science department. But it would like to request an additional set of subspace relays, we are docked so calibrating them using the dock's own systems is the fastest and safest option. The Krai' JIH'NA Nebula has peculiar interference patterns.''

He stopped himself before saying more than he should and leaned back on his seat. His mind racing, trying to figure out how they are supposed to have everything ready in 2 days.

Lary, being the Engineering member with the shortest straw, moved over to the science team members. It was one of the few faces he recognized. He knew a few officers due to having to fix gear in various locations, but no one he was on a first-name basis with. He started paying attention when the lead science Person, let out a loud gasp after being told two days till departure. Larry pulled out his tablet and looked at the breakdown of ship's equipment by department, which was still offline or had not had the start-up tests run yet. It looked like every Engineer just had his or her shore leave canceled. Science had 90% of their equipment and test instruments installed, but the majority of it was still offline. He leaned forward and whispered, "Sir, we can get all of your offline test equipment tested, certified, calibrated, and online by noon tomorrow. The starboard lateral and dorsal sensor array will be up tomorrow evening."
Lary was sure glad that the duty Engineering Officer of the Watch[EOOW] made him spend all day updating the Equipment log status and update the computer logs. Now he understood why he was here... He sent a message to the EOOW, [cancel all shore leave, we will be pulling all-nighters, we depart in a little over 42 hours.] He signed it and sent it Priority 03. He put his tablet away, paying real close attention because half of the engineering staff would want all the details of this meeting.

"Larry as always there to help, If you need any Crew from Our Shipyards here at Earth to come, please ask, I'm sure they could use the trip, any other questions?" Harlow asked

Larry sent a message to the CEO, [Shipyard help has been offered to get us underway in less than 42 hours, I recommend we say yes to 30 teams, they probably won't give us that many....but... We need all the help we can get.] After sending it priorty 03, Lary went back to paying attention."

Janeway remained seated while listening to the two men speaking to the admiral, yet she remained quiet. "If I may be so bold, I want really like to be ensure my ship has everything we need. This includes items that my to friend Situs as well as Larry has told you, Admiral, to enable my ship to effectively defend the Federation against any threats I mean, as well as science vessel it is it still needs stuff to protect itself. Voyager is like a honey badger; she can take on beatings and will keep fighting to the fullest until the end." Commodore said.

"You will have everything Janeway, Now since there's no other questions, Your all Dismissed, Any further questions come see me or message me" Kate told the group and then started to gather her PAdd, and drink.

Janeway stood in the room as she quietly thinks to herself about what the presentation really is about. She looked at her notebook with her since she took some notes ahead of time during discussion.

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