[Galaxy] 2163.07.10 - Yorktown is on the way - Commo. Morgan and LCdr. Ryan

[Rachelle M.]

 ~~StarFleet Headquarter Fleet Operation~~

Commodore Rece Morgan stepped out of her office and into the main area.
 She spotted Yomen Nickles working at her desk and walked over. "Michelle I
need you to get New Darwin on the line.  I want to speak to Lieutenant
Commander Mike Ryan or the next best thing."

Yomen Nickels looked up surprised to find the Commodore standing in front
of her and she hadn't realized it. "Yes ma'am right away ma'am. I'll let
you know as soon as communication has been established." The young woman
responded.

Rece smiled.  The girl was new and still a bit unsure around her but she
would workout. "Good."  She replied before walking over to the nearby
coffee pot and pouring herself a mug.  With a full mug of the hot steaming
brew she turned and headed to her office to wait and read more reports.

Mike was on his way out the door after meeting with Petty Officer Imoyin
when the terminal on Micah's desk beeped.  He stood in the doorway for a
second, debating hurrying out before finally turning around and going
behind the desk.  He keyed in his command code and blinked seeing Rece,
"Commodore," he greeted with a quick nod and a smile, "I hadn't expected
you to call so soon," the Commander explained then sat down.

"Neither had I." Rece replied. "I am glad I got you. I'm sending you the
Yorktown. She has to make a stop at Starbase 12 but after that she is
heading out there."

Ryan nodded, "you got the request moving quick, are you sure you're with
Starfleet, ma'am?" Mike asked with a playful smirk, "it's appreciated,
Commodore, I'll have ops prepare for them," he added with a nod.

"Force Commander Ca'daar and his crew found some unregistrered cargo on an
Orion freighter destined for New Darwin. The Orion captain had been hired
by a Klingon to smuggle weapons. Apparently the Klingons are clinging on to
the hope of resettlement."  Rece commented.

Mike raised an eye brow, "interesting," he replied thoughtfully and looked
out of a nearby window for a moment before looking back, "is there any
indication if that Klingon is camped out on world here?" he asked, making
note to have the Aurora run some passive scans as she orbited.

Rece shrugged, "Unfortunately I don't have an answer for that but I can
tell you the drop off was in system."

The XO nodded slowly, "I'll bet you I know where," he replied, "our
security chief and ops team narrowed attacks down to a sector that has had
a whole in the sensor nets since the last Klingon attack.  I looked and New
Darwin has made several requests for equipment to fix that hole but we only
got a 'it's coming' or silence....any chance you can see if those requests
even got to Starfleet, ma'am?" he asked, deciding to check a hunch that was
forming with the new information plus Auroras suspicion that the comm nets
were compromised.

Rece knew that orders could and were sometimes backburnered when it was
unavailable.  But it still infuriated her that Starfleet would allow an
important security feature for New Darwin to go unfixed for so long. "I
will check for you and you will get the parts."

Ryan nodded, "thank you, ma'am, and please let me know.  If they were
intercepted before getting to command it would mean we have a bigger
security leak than we thought," he explained and fought the urge to rub his
chin.

"This will get a througho review.  I'm of a mind to know myself. I am in
charge of Starfleet operations and if we're not operating at peak
performance I'm not doing my job." Rece stated.

Mike nodded, "appreciated, Commodore.  There is one more thing, Captain
Oliver is awake and off of all life support.  She's still kind of fuzzy,
however, it looks like she'll be back up and in command soon," he reported,
getting a small smile at being able to report something good.

"Thank you Commander, I'm glad to hear it." Rece replied.

"Thank you for all your help, Commodore, we do really appreciate it," the
XO added with a genuine smile, "if there's nothing else I had better start
prepping and get a few things into action to see if we have a local leak
here."

"You're welcome Commander. Morgan out." And Rece deactivated the connection.

~~

Commodore Rece Morgan
Fleet Operations
Starfleet Headquarters

Lieutenant Commander Mike "Iceman" Ryan
Executive Officer
New Darwin Colony
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