A Home Awaits

Posted on Sun Jun 21st, 2020 @ 3:14am by Captain Nycolas Temple & Commander Owen Nash
Edited on on Wed Jun 24th, 2020 @ 5:02am

Mission: New Moon Rising
Location: Captain's Ready Room

Nyx was knee-deep in crates and belongings surrounding his desk, as he struggled valiantly to fill all the shelves and storage spaces of his brand new Ready Room. He could immediately hear his wife's voice in his head reminding him to organise and label every crate so he wouldn't get into this mess. But of course he hadn't listened, too eager to start this new journey, and was now suffering from the avalanche of mixed up belongings.

He was glad, very glad indeed, when the door chimed and he could be rescued from the mess. Hopping over a crate and standing in front of the desk, he called out, "Come in if you dare!"

Having dumped his things in his quarters after coming on board, Owen decided it was best to catchup with the Captain and make himself known to his CO. With the ship beig prepped to get back out in space, Owen was looking forward to getting back out amongst the stars again. He walked into the Ready Room when summoned to see that Commander Temple was busy working his way through various cartes.

"Its always the way when you move from one ship to another, there's always so much stuff to take with you to help you get settled in and make the place more like home, " Owen explained as his new CO turned to greet him. "I'm Lieutenant Owen Nash, sir. Your new Chief Operations Officer."

Nyx instinctively reached out his hand, "Greetings, Mr Nash, glad to have you on board." He looked around at the messy office, "Do you think I could just leave the stuff in the crates and leave the crates on the floor? I will just call it industrial style decorating."

Owen smiled. "Well you could get away with it, however if someone pounds the ship pretty hard during combat, you'd just have to stack them all afterwards and that could be more hassle," he suggested with a chuckle.

The captain laughed, "A very good point, it could pose an occupational health and safety problem. Now, this isn't your first time on the Pandora, is it? You were on her previous tour?"

Owen nodded as he recalled his first time on board. "Thats right, I served under Commodore Merith at the time. Pandora was one of my favourite postings and being re-signed here fell like I'm returning home," he explained. "Hell I was more excited to get back to my station on the Bridge than I was getting to my old quarters and getting un-packed...which I still need to do." Owen was excited to be home, but he also knew that Pandora was in the phase of being prepped for going out into space again and priorities had to be in the right place.

"I'll be honest with you, some things have changed, this isn't the same Pandora," Nyx replied with a shrug, "But I hope you'll become just a homely here as you did before. There might even be some of the old crew around to help you adjust. I believe you know Lieutenant Commander Glyndar?"

Owen nodded in agreement. "Thats right, we served together on both the Pandora and the Adelaide previously," Owen began. "Its good to know that whilst I'm an old hand on board, I'll have someone to recall the memories with." he considered the Captains other comment. "Whilst it was fun on the old Pandora, I'm looking forward to some new adventuress on the new Pandora and her crew."

Nyx smiled, "I like to hear that. Adventures are right, we're certainly going to depend on you to be adaptable and creative out in the Expanse. Your role will be pivotal to seeing us through the choppy seas. I'm glad to have an officer of your capabilities onboard, especially your Luna Class experience."

Owen stood proud for a moment and immediately was looking forward to where the Pandora was headed. "I aim to please Captain and you'll get nothing less than my best on and off duty. With the experience I have, I have a few tricks up my sleeve," he explained. There were many things he had in reserve should the Pandora get into trouble.

"Now there appears to be a mistake on your file, Lieutenant," Nyx replied with a smirk. On top of his desk was a small silver box, and he fetched it before turning back to Mr Nash. "This seems to be a little more appropriate."

He opened the box and inside was a shiny new black pip, Nyx smiled as he handed it over. "As Captain of the USS Pandora, I hereby promote you to the rank of Lieutenant Commander."

Owen accepted the box from Captain Temple and was quite taken back with this promotion. "Thank you sir, I look forward to making sure that this has been earned with good reason and that I will perform as a respected member of the senior crew," he explained before adding, "That's awesome." He was excited to have been promoted and was looking forward to what was ahead.

"You better," Temple replied, slapping the man on the shoulder jovially, "How about you, me, and Glyndar have some drinks later on the Recreation Deck? I'm eager to see how it's turning out."

Happily clasping hold of the rank pip box in his hand, Owen happily agreed with his CO. "That sounds like a plan, sir. I'm sure the XO and I will be happy to share some war stories and horror stories with you."

"Alright, sounds good," Nyx replied with a nod. He looked around and sighed to himself, "Well, I better get started on this crate pile. I think I'll still be unpacking when we're halfway through the Expanse."

Owen started to pick up on the Captains sense of humour and added to his quip. "Well if your still un-packing when we've gotten that far, I'll send in Glyndar to assist!" With that Owen bid the Captain goodbye and headed back the Bridge. He was looking forward to see how his station was looking.

Temple laughed and bid farewell to the new Lieutenant Commander. Once the door had slid closed again, Nyx turned back to look at his belongings and sighed loudly. "I need a drink."