The New Beginning

Posted on 01 Feb 2016 @ 1:00am by Chief Warrant Officer 3 Greg Mitchell

586 words; about a 3 minute read

INITIATING CONNECTION........
CONNECTION ESTABLISHED
AUTHORIZED ACCESS OF MAIN COMPUTER CONFIRMED
TERMINAL LOCATION: ENLISTED QUARTERS-ROOM 04-1007 EN
USER CONFIRMED: CWO2 GREG MITCHELL
LOGIN: GMITCHELL418
PASSWORD:*****

BEGIN PERSONAL LOG:

"....ome on, turn on already." Greg Mitchell stood in front of the main computer panel, waving one hand to see if the recording camera worked. "Alright? We good? Good." Greg sat back onto his bed. In one hand he held a small bouncing ball, which he proceeded to bounce of the ceiling while he talked. "Hey Bill. Just your younger brother checking in on you, easing your fears. I just got on board my new posting. Thought I'd give you the heads up." Music played in the background.

LCARS SCAN CONFIRMED
MUSIC IDENTIFIED: "Promises" By Def Leppard, Euphoria Album, 1999.

"Roomate's out doing....stuff people with personal lives do, so I figured I'd use my first ship personal log as an update for everyone. I'm sending this to you first, 'cuz you would be able to to get a hold of it quicker. What with your temporary posting on the Red Planet and everything. Tip for you, if Schwarzenegger shows up, run. Nothing good can come out of that." He made reference to late 20th century action movie Total Recall. "If you can forward this to mom and dad, that would be great.

"As you'll see from the message info, my new posting is the science vessel Galileo. it's supposed to be more calm. You know, not being a warship like my last posting. Or yours. When is the Freedom supposed to leave again? She's Akira class, right? Should be fine. But you guys can relax. I'm now officially as far away from the formal Neutral Zone as possible."

Greg caught the ball and laid back, looking straight up at the ceiling. "I know you guys may have heard some things, but everything is fine. The Ohio is safely being resupplied, and they should be fine without me. I'm doing great. Just thought I'd try something different."

He changed the subject. "So...how's Annie? Have you proposed yet? Because if you haven't, I'm going to send her a message next to try to convince her to propose to you. I'm just saying, times ticking away. In case you or mom or dad are still wondering, yes, I am still single. It's hard as heck to be a police officer, in space mind you, and have a personal life. I know what you are going to say next, 'work on it'. Well, I promise to get on it as soon as I'm out of Starfleet. Maybe five more years or so.

Greg banged the back of his head on the bulkhead to try to think of anything else. "Well, let's see.....what else do I have to say? Ah, nothing I can think of off the top of my head. Like I said, I'm killing two birds with one stone with this log. A message to you, and something to go into the computer. Most of my later logs will be personal updates. But I feel like you guys needed to hear from me. Write me back soon, tell Mom and Dad I'm thinking and praying for all of you everyday."

Greg sat up and smiled at the camera. "Take care, guys. I love you all. Computer, end log."

END PERSONAL LOG
INFORMATION SAVED TO PRIMARY COMPUTER
COPY SENT-LOCATION: SOL SYSTEM, MARS ORBIT, USS FREEDOM
USER GMITCHELL418 LOGGED OUT

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