<USS Avalon> Changes

 
Changes
By Fleet Captain Keith  Ketchum 
Transfers.  Murder.  Natural  Death 
So much had occurred in the time that they left the  Badlands and arrived at 
Deep Space Nine.  Keith began to think that the ship was jinxed. 
Skyler called Keith. "Captain we are about to begin  disembarking procedures. 
Just wanted to let you  know." 
Keith looked up from his desk,  "Thank you, Commander, I'll be up shortly." 
He sat in his office and read the reports, and the pile was  getting larger, 
instead of smaller.  Some of the transfers were for good, promotions, which he 
didn't fault  anyone on, except himself for making good officers. 
But the gruesome death he read, regarding the JAG Officer;  that was another 
matter.  Then to  read about the death of Commander Marksbury, a talented 
officer, he felt that  something wasn't right in this world. 
More requisitions, more new staff, more changes. 
He didn't like it, and he envied Commodore Picard at this  point.  He kept a 
pretty tight-knit  group for his tenure on the Enterprise.   Only until that 
Reman encounter  did he really lose some members. 
Standing, Keith walked over to the wall, hitting a button  it showed the 
current crew assignments.  Removed the names of those that had left, or by 
other 
reasons.  Looking at it in more detail, and after  careful consideration, he 
started moving names around.  
He laughed when he realized that he had put Skyler as  Assistant Engineer 
#17.  Moving her  back to XO, he thought and tapped away.  "This might work" 
and 
"They could do this job" and "If they don't like  it, they'll transfer like 
everyone else", where the only things he  said. 
Finally, backing away from the board, he nodded.  "This might just work, but 
after the  next mission."

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