Post Number #107: The Shopping List
Posted on Wed Oct 23rd, 2024 @ 3:58pm by Lieutenant JG Yujas Ritt & Ensign Hannah Thrace
Edited on on Wed Oct 23rd, 2024 @ 4:05pm
850 words; about a 4 minute read
Mission: Obsidian
Hannah hadn't completely settled in on the base, it was to be expected, after all you didn't get to be court martialled for breaking the Omega Directive and not have to put up with the consequences of either admiration or fear, there were those who celebrated the scientific milestone she'd achieved, there were those who didn't like that they'd then used it as a weapons power source and then of course there were plenty who didn't think either her, Charlotte or anyone else involved belonged in a Starfleet uniform. Presently she was hanging around Charlotte's office sorting through the shopping list Charlotte had left her for things related to base defence. It was fairly typical of her older sister, precise, well thought through and outside the box. Some of it would need a bit of tracking down which was where Yujas came into the equation, assuming he turned up soon.
Yujas poked his head into Charlotte’s office and frowned. “Thought I got a message to meet Charlotte here,” he said. “Or was I mistaken?”
"Well she just got dragged off on some away mission, though considering there's no real marine department is something of a head scratcher." Hannah said "So you get me instead. Up for some shopping?"
“Shopping?” Yujas said with a light chuckle. “What exactly are we shopping for?”
"Charlotte calls them walls, sentries and catapult, that's her dramatic flare." Hannah said "She's also still got that imagination. In short we're looking for stuff that'll add to the defensive capability of the base, because as good as having shields up is, they're the last line of defence and they don't change the arithmetic. So it's a trawl through scrapyard manifests, intel reports and otherwise begging and borrowing."
“Sounds like something I maybe able to obtain,” Yujas said with a nod. “Let’s get started.”
"All right then." Hannah said "Think you can track down a couple of ATR-4107's?"
“It’ll take some finagling but I do believe I can have them here pretty quick, when do you need them by?” Yujas said with a mischievous grin.
"As soon as." Hannah said "Ideally three of them would do it, they'll need some modifying which we'll need time to do especially given that they're a good few decades out of date." she looked at the list "Getting an NCIA-93 class is going to be fun, but that'll be a scrapyard trawl."
“I’ll need something really worth it to get my hands on two let alone three,” he said thoughtfully. “What has Charlotte got that can be traded?”
"Have you seen the amount of latinum she's got?" Hannah said "Not to mention everything on here." she handed Yujas a PADD "Do aid work you soon find out you have to scrounge, we've got a cargo bay full of everything from Romulan ale to self sealing stem bolts on the Yi Sun-Sin."
“Definitely worth it,” Yujas said with a nod. “Let me see what I can do.”
"Good luck." Hannah said "Meanwhile let's see what else we can scrounge up."
“What else are you wanting?” Yujas asked curiously.
"Ablative Armour generators, mine launchers, disruptor cannons which is something for the future, ideally we grab a Romulan computer but we'd need to stumble across a derelict warbird for that." Hannah said
Yujas nodded. “I think i can obtain at least half of that in a relatively short time period.”
"Good." Hannah said "And then you sort dinner." she giggled at the look on Yujas's face "Still way too easy to have fun with you."
“Easy huh,” Yujas said grabbing Hannah by her clothes and lifting her into the air. “Still light as a bug,” he said grinning.
"I'd hope so." Hannah said
Yuja’s lowered Hannah back down to the deck. “Let’s get this done then after dinner,” he said with a smile.
"Just don't burn anything." Hannah said
“Oh you remembered from last time, do you?” Yujas said with a smirk. “I’m a much better cook now.”
"We'll see." Hannah said
Yujas grinned as he went into the kitchen and started working on a meal for him and Hannah. “Tell me what you’ve been up to since we last saw each other,” he said when Hannah joined him.
"Running aid supplies to former Romulan worlds that were getting stifled due to current circumstances, and generally trying not to attract attention." Hannah said
“Sounds like fun,” Yujas said finishing up their meal. “What brought you back here, surely it wasn’t the pay,” he said with a smirk.
"We did tell you that, though I had knocked you down to the deck at the time." Hannah said
“Besides that,” he said grinning. “I never expected to see Charlotte again in uniform anyway.”
"I doubt anyone did." Hannah said "But here we are."
“And I’m happy to see it,” Yujas said handing Hannah her plate. “Let’s eat and then we’ll get to work.”
"Fine by me." Hannah said
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Lieutenant Junior Grade Yujas Ritt
Security Officer
Starbase Obsidian
Ensign Hannah Thrace
Alien Archaeologist & Anthropologist
Starbase Obsidian
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