<USS Avalon> Team Meeting - Part 2

Team Meeting - Part 2
By Captain Keith Ketchum and Commander Skyler

"Well thenâ?¦ assignments", Keith pauses to get his thoughts straight, "Doctor 
Moreya and your team - since there appears to be an immense amount of 
radiation, you need to check to see if the crew needs inoculations for 
radiation 
poisoning.  Plus be ready to assist on any of the Allegiance crew."  

Keith looked around the table, "Karg, need you to have ship weapons ready for 
a possible unknown enemy if other ships are nearby.  And we don't want to 
ignite any Metaphasic particles."  

Keith glanced at Skyler then to Javan, "Mr. Sierra, have your team make sure 
handheld weapons are ready for a possible unknown enemy, and have your teams 
ready for escorting both engineering and medical teams on the Allegiance.  If 
they have been boarded by an unknown life form, it is probably lurking, and I 
want our team safe as they can."  Keith glanced back to Skyler to see her 
reaction.

Skyler was not happy with the idea of Javan going on an away mission so soon 
after his last encounter with an alien being. She knew that he was needed, but 
that didn't stop her from worrying about him and from worrying about Captain 
valQIS. The last time they had seen each other, (before meeting in Admiral 
Valdez's office) was during the war games on the last Avalon. At that time she 
was the XO of the Avalon-A, the same position that Skyler held now. Skyler 
respected valQIS in many ways. She was fiercely independent, very capable of 
defending herself, as she had shown on many occasions. She could also be a very 
intimidating person, if you didn't know her. 

It had taken Skyler sometime to get to know her and that was only through 
several holodeck programs. Many which had left Skyler in her own sickbay with 
Georgia giving her many a lecture on avoiding fighting with valQIS. She tried 
to 
explain to Georgia that, fighting against such a worthy opponent as Cmdr 
valQIS was an honor and the only way one was going to learn.

Skyler remembered one instance when the Commander had injured herself in 
battle and refused treatment. It took several attempts by her mother to 
persuade 
her to stop being so stubborn and to let down the walls that she had put up 
around her. Eventually she did let them down a little and let Skyler in. It was 
the proudest moment of Skyler's career to be within inches of a great warrior. 
She was still in shock but she couldn't let that stop her from doing her job.

"Mr. Thomas, need you to have your team ready to board the Allegiance and try 
to get whatever is broken fixed."

"Snuffy, the easy assignment, I guess, study the nebula.  I'm sure that 
besides the Metaphasic radiation and dark matter fields that Command wants us 
to 
study, there might be something more.  Maybe, if they are still alive, contact 
the Allegiance science team and work with them."

"Ranger, continue the scans of the Allegiance, I want to know as much as we 
can get before we get there.  Also keep trying to get in contact with 
Allegiance, if possible."

Keith looks around the table, knowing he forgot someone.  Then his eyes fall 
on Felicity. "Lieutenant Roan, there is nothing at this point for you to do.  
But there may have some members of the crew from the Allegiance that require 
your expertise due to their trauma in this situation."

"If there is nothing else", Keith looks from Yeoman Pageant to Skyler, both 
of whom were taking notes, "Commander?"

"I have no comments or questions at the present time, Captain.  Crew 
dismissed."  Keith nods as Skyler dismisses the crew.

The crew exits the conference room, and headed back to their duties.  Keith 
turned towards the window in the conference room, and stared out.

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