Old Friends

Posted on Sat Aug 24th, 2013 @ 5:59am by Lieutenant JG Joycelyn Westbridge

437 words; about a 2 minute read

Mission: Episode 2 - Whispers in the Clouds
Location: Jocelyn's quarters – USS Unification
Timeline: Day 2 - 0930 hrs

Jocelyn strode quickly into her quarters, "Computer, seal the doors and disable all sensors in this room. Authorization, Westbridge One Alpha One." The computer chirped in response, and the sound of the doors magnetic seals reverberated through the room. She moved directly to her desk and removed a panel on the bottom. From within she removed two isolinear control chips and replaced them with two from a case on her desk. After rerouting several optical cables she added a filter to one. "Computer, access the new data chips and encrypt this console with protocols 12 Alpha and Omega 42." Jocelyn replaced the panel on the underside of the desk and watched the lines of encryption code flash across the screen far too fast for the naked eye to read. After several minutes the screen went blank.

"Biometric access required," the computer inqueried.

"Activate the sensors in this room, lock on to my implants frequency."

"Biometric access confirmed."

Jocelyn sat at the desk and began rerouting her signal through the navigational relays. She knew her tampering would likely be found, but t
he encryption on her message could not be bypassed
. Knowing who on board could discover her tampering would provide useful intelligence at a later date. After entering the encryption protocol she waited several minutes before a blurred figure appeared on the screen, "Jocelyn ghaH 'ej Duvan."

Immediately slipped into a rare Klingon dialect, "Hello old friend, it has been a while."

The figure on the screen bowed his head, "That it has, I assume you are looking for information."

"I am," Jocelyn said in reply, "Any information regarding the Galavant and the Cassiopeia over the past three months."

"Marcus was aboard the Galavant, his implant stopped transmitting nearly a week ago. As for the Cassiopeia, I have little information but will forward to you what I have."

Jocelyn kept her face emotionless, "I understand, send what you have. We will speak again in the future."

"That we will Jocelyn, Qapla'."

Jocelyn inserted an iso-linear chip into the slot on the top of the desk and waited for the data to download. As soon as the display went blank you removed the chip and placed it in the wooden case on her desk. "Computer, download all personnel files for USS Unification. Organize beginning with command staff and department heads." She inserted another iso-linear chip and waited for the files to download. When it was finished she removed the chip and placed it in her holster alongside several others.

At this point her emotions finally overwhelmed her and she slammed her fist into the bulkhead leaving a very large bruise.

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