Carnwennan And Beyond

Posted on Sun Jun 21st, 2020 @ 3:55am by
Edited on on Wed Jun 24th, 2020 @ 7:17am

Mission: New Moon Rising
Location: Carnwennan Station
Timeline: just after 'Carnwennan Detour'

She'd been back home on Betazed on a brief leave of absence after she'd finished her Advanced Tactical Training Course. Temera had definitely not counted on there being an assignment in the new department so quickly. Surely they wanted her to get a little more field experience before assigning her as the Chief of Strategic Operations, right?

Wrong. Here she was several weeks later on the transport ship S.S. Sulaco, docking with Carnwennan Station at the mouth of the Inconnu expanse. Back in her previous career, back then she wanted to explore the place, be the first to make a discovery, a new race, a new plant, a new life form. No, now she was here to make sure that the Luna class U.S.S. Pandora was well protected and that Tactical, Intelligence, Marines and Strategic Operations worked in concert by having the right information at the right time so that troops could be placed at the right place. It was a far cry from the Science she used to do.

Alas, as she went through the motions of registering her arrival to the station, getting informed when the Pandora would arrive and being cleared to enter the Carnwennan station proper, her mind kept debating with itself. 'Well you can still participate in Scientific undertakings' versus 'you have a new life now, focus on it' - in circles these thoughts went as the young Betazoid roamed the station promenade, looking for a place to sit down and take everything in.

The Pandora would arrive within the next two hours, so she didn't have a lot of time to explore. So she located the nearest waiting area and pulled out a PADD. She would do her homework on the area and the species in there. This part of her job she'd found she liked, as it was quite similar to what she used to do.

A curious news item kept crossing her screen - inquiries from Colonel Ambassador Sevros of the Talarian republic. Ah, the highly patriarchal, competitive, xenophobic bunch.

Although they had made technological advances since the 2360's their technology still wasn't up to par to Federation Standard of technology, as the Federation tech advanced too, especially since the Dominion War. Lann brought up several recorded references to her PADD on the Talarians, most notably the incident with the U.S.S. Enterprise and the Talarian Warship Q'Maire.

So engrossed was she that two hours flew by in a flash, starling her when her commbadge went off, announcing the arrival of the Pandora. Setting the PADD away, back into her duffel bag, Temera headed for the nearest Transporter Room.

"Where to, Lieutenant?" The Transporter Operator extended a hand.

Lann took out a PADD with her transfer orders, "Chief of Strategic Operations for the USS Pandora. I was told she'd arrived?"

"Ah yes, indeed. There are several crew transporting aswell. I'll just make a note that we got you..." The young man chuckled, tapping a command on his console. "Alright, Lieutenant. Your transfer papers. Good luck out there."

Temera took the PADD, smiling back at the man. "Thanks, Chief. Try not to get too bored, alright?" She said as she got onto the transporter padd.

"I'll try, ma'am. The Pandora is ready to receive you." He said after getting a confirmatory signal.

"Energize."

And off she was, the blue white light engulfing her, the matter stream carrying her over to her new home for the next few years...hopefully.