Chapter 2.2

Posted on Thu May 5th, 2022 @ 11:35pm by Admiral Janule Tua & Commander Galatea

483 words; about a 2 minute read

Mission: Waiting for the End
Location: USS Stargazer
Timeline: 3189-03-15, 12:00

"Bridge to Admiral Tua."

Admiral Janule Tua reached up and tapped her communicator, "This is the Admiral. Go ahead."

"Admiral, we have received the requested logs from the Enterprise as requested."

The Trill Admiral sighed as she looked at the chronometer above her holotreadmill. It had been over three hours since they first encountered the Enterprise and she had first met them. While she had given them leeway to share their records with her, the truth was she never expected them to take quite this long to get their records over to her. Continuing her run she started going faster, "Go ahead and transmit them to my holoPADD, Ensign."

"Yes Admiral."

The small TriCOMM on her chest came alive and showed a floating interface before her very eyes. Detailed data started scrolling through the space before her, offering her a chance to get real insight into what Federation One had faced since it arrived in this timeline. She skimmed the text quickly, but it was more than enough to tell her most of what she needed. These were not the complete logs. She had known Admiral Willian Targaryen for far longer than he probably realized. He was meticulous about his logs, keeping detailed records and even trophies in his Quarters and Ready Room from missions he had undertaken. These were not his complete logs.

Now two paths lay before her, each with a challenging outcome. She could take the first path, reach out to Captain Targaryen himself, and deal with his wrath for questioning him. Or, she could take the second path, call Galatea, and deal with his wrath for sidestepping him. Neither were terribly appealing. She could always try to access the data herself using Anek Tua's authorization codes, but that would be pointless if the ship was from the era where Enterprise traveled to Ni'Var as he came aboard no long after the devastating first contact with the Interstellar Commonwealth.

"Tua to Galatea," she decided.

"Galatea here, Admiral."

Slowing her speed, "Commander, I have received the transmitted logs from the Enterprise, by the way thank you; however, the logs are incomplete."

"Interesting. I can pull the data packets and retransmit if you like. The Captain handled the transmission personally."

The Tua Symbiont laughed at that and she could hear Anek's voice among it, "As if there were any doubt."

"Thank you, Galatea. Please submit them immediately. I want to know all that is available about the experiences of that ship while in this time," she started to style her hair into a ponytail as she picked up her pace.

"I will have them to you within the hour."

She smirked, "No doubt. Tua out."

As the channel closed she started running faster, almost as if she were running away from something in her past. Whatever the Enterprise had done in this timeline she would find out. The galaxy depended upon it.

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