Operational Needs

Posted on 12 Mar 2013 @ 8:00am by Amril

688 words; about a 3 minute read

Mission: Episode 03 - Frontier
Location: USS Galileo - Operations Office
Timeline: MD 3: 0900

[ON]

Jeremy wandered slowly through the corridor, drifting along. Things were going - sideways. Getting no worse - as far as he knew - but not getting better either. Not that he had any expectations for anything to improve. With one of three command officers even willing to listen to him, there wasn't any way for things to improve.

Somehow he found his way to the Operations office, his ultimate destination but...sighing...he was tired. He armed the sweat from his brow before he entered into the office.

"Lieutenant Amril?" he called out.

Amril was at his desk and looked up when he heard his name. "Yes?" he asked, studying Jeremy curiously.

Jeremy stopped, involuntarily staring at Amril again. "You're designed?" he asked, a puzzled frown on his face. "Genetically designed?" He was only dimly aware of Sidi at his side, sniffing as well, trying to get his own bearing on the Vorta.

"Well, you might say that," Amril mused, "but not many do say it before anything else..." he smiled at that.

Jeremy blinked for a few seconds. "I don't know much about Vorta." he blinked a few times again. "Were you made to be so aesthetically pleasing for the purpose of garnering trust or was that just a happenstance?"

"Aesthetically pleasing?" Amril asked curiously, "I am not sure what you mean. We vorta ourselves have no sense of aesthetics. The Founders did not see fit to impart such knowledge on us."

Jeremy blinked a few times as he digested that. "You don't know? You appear androgynously angelic. That wasn't... deliberate?"

"Really, lieutenant, I have no idea what you are talking about."

"Of course," Jeremy said as he glanced at his PADD, frowning at the reason he'd come. It wasn't to discuss the genetic manipulation and creation of the Vorta species by the Dominion. "Security requires the use of the cargo replicators. I have...equipment...that must be replicated and distributed among my personnel. When can you make those available to me?"

Amril held his hand out for the PADD. "No one else has requested the use of cargo replicators," he said, "I see no reason you should not have access to them. I would suggest taking advantage of the free energy usage while we have it available. I hear engineering is going to be rerouting power from every system. What exactly do you need?"

"Armor, weapons," Jeremy said shrugging as if it were a typical request.

"Are you expecting trouble, Lieutenant?" Amril asked with a slight smile.

"Aren't you?" Jeremy asked, frowning.

The vorta laughed. "Why no," he said, "but I am prepared for trouble if it comes. I quite approve of you doing the same. Please do replicate as much as you need. Ah, within the bounds of reasonable resource consumption, of course. I will authorize an energy allotment for the replicators that should be more than enough for your needs."

"Thank you," Jeremy said, blinking. He turned to start to leave but then stopped. "Lieutenant," he said, "How can you prepare for trouble you're not expecting?"

"I am trained to respond to many situations. If I encounter a problem I will use the skills and resources available to me in order to accomplish my objectives. I don't need to know what will happen to be prepared for it. You are a security officer, if you are capable of keeping the ship secure, you should be prepared to do so regardless of what threat may arise."

"I prefer not to react when I can be proactive," Jeremy said. "Reaction causes more harm in the long run." He looked down at Sidi to make sure he was still with him as he prepared to leave the office.

"If it is effective for you," Amril conceded with a nod. "Have a good day, Lieutenant, let me know if you need anything else."

Jeremy scowled as he left the office, Sidi at his side. At the very least, he got one thing accomplished.

[OFF]

Lieutenant Amril
Chief Operations Officer
USS Galileo
played by Psylus Anon

LTjg Jeremy Stone
Chief Security/Tactical Officer/K9
USS Galileo

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