Early Morning Breakfast

Posted on 13 Jan 2019 @ 1:02am by Major Alexandria Somers

Mission: From the Darkness
Location: Mess
Timeline: 0330am

[Mess Hall]

Sitting alone in the mess hall, as the clock on the wall ticked over 0330, 2nd Lt Ilyce Savage knew she had exactly one hour before the marines formed up outside holodeck 4. Spooning another spoon of fruit into her mouth, she kept typing into the ancient keypad, plugged into the PADD before it, busy typing away at what would be another survival holo simulation, Ilyce sensed two groups entering, a pair of two males, and a single female, but she didn't look up, she wanted to finish what she was creating.

Alex decided to get herself a bite to eat in the Mess, so here she was entering the room and she saw the Second Lieutenant from Engineering sitting eating some fruit, so she decided to introduce herself properly and approached from behind "May I sit El-tee?" she asked.

Ilyce looked up from the keypad and found herself looking at the Major. "Certainly Major," She waved at the other chair. "If you could avoid lumping me with CEO T'urok though I would appreciate it." Ilyce requested. "May I ask what wakes you at 0335 this morning, or did you decide to join my marines for either PT or 3xR on the lipline? We're in holodeck 4 at 0430."

"Thanks, what is it with you and the Commander, you both seem to be at odds in engineering, considering what I saw when I was there?" Somers asked.

Ilyce looked at the other woman. She decided she might as well go ahead. *There's a protocol that telepaths use, and while some abide by it, other races don't. Some races think we are mutants and dangerous. Some mentally communicate only, others go with the flow.* She slipped out of the Major's mind.

Alex Looked at her "Lieutenant, I have nothing against telepaths but like all normals, I am not fond of having my head invaded without permission, but for future reference, if you speak to me in my head again, I will bounce you around this ship so fast, you will think you are back in basic training, verbal from here on out if you will" Somers responded as she took a sip of her drink.

"If they are on a colony or ship with mostly non-telepaths, they speak. The Commander and I rubbed each other up the wrong way telepathically. It will take a while of throwing telepathic barbs at each other before we get it out of our systems. I apologise if you found me in your mind uncomfortable. I am not simply a telepath."

*looking at her* "your skill will be useful in operational situations, but outside of the Commander, you will speak verbally to all of the use, I cannot speak on how the Colonel will respond if you do with him what you have done with me, you might find yourself off worse, so please remember that in future, now there may be another way to help you both get the hostility out of your systems, as it is my job to make sure the Captain gets a peaceful life" Somers paused after changing subjects on the spot.

"Why not spar on the holodeck, there are a lot of sparring programs that one can use, I use my own private one to resolve any pent-up issues I develop, but their programs that are accessible to be used, you might try that instead of throwing telepathic barbs with your Department Head" Somers suggested.

"I apologise Major, and I don't go into anyone's head unless I have just caused the only head I enter freely is my husband's. As for the CEO, he isn't my Department Head, I'm listed as Marine Chief Instructor, not Engineering or anything to do with the Command Deck. Medical I'll help with because I'm a qualified doctor, Trauma Doctor and Trauma Surgeon, along with a collection of other medical classifications gained before I joined Starfleet." Ilyce was getting annoyed at being linked to Engineering. "Engineering is not my area. There are better Marines trained as Engineers to assist Engineering, I'm only a lowly Wet Dry Damage Control Engineer." She glanced at the time. Logging off on her writing. "If you'll excuse me, Major, I'm due in Holodeck 4 in five minutes." She was extremely polite, her face expressionless. "You can be sure I won't be using my telepathic abilities at any stage. For any reason, nor will I be using it for operation situations, cause my duties don't include Bridge duties, Sir."

Somers smiling "Thank you, Lieutenant, but come by my office sometime and we will see about setting up a regular PT instruction on the holodecks, mandatory for enlisted Marines, option for the officers and Fleet personnel, but do at some point make you an appointment so we can go over the finer points" Alex said then added "what is your skill with melee weapons like swords and how good are you with old style weapons?"

Ilyce was surprised at the Major's response, but no matter how nice she was about it, Ilyce was still uncomfortable, and knew she'd made a mistake. "I have PT every day, but some of my programs have been designed by me. I also do holosimulations, and instead of simple gym work, the holosimulations liven things up and we do training sessions learning things they don't know, including ancient or vintage weapons or weapons from other species, you have a list of the schedule and you or anyone else are welcome to join us. I also write and create moral holosimulations like recreating famous sites or serving on other species ships or colonies where they can experience life there. We also do training in old and now extinct weapons. And to write them I need to know how to use them."

"I must warn you El-tee, most of the training you would like to be done, is not feasible on the Powell, PT and holodeck exercise is all we can do, any excessive educational training cannot be done here, we are a combat ship not a school, so within the grounds of PT and holodeck training have some fun" Somers said with a smile.

Savage simply smiled and nodded politely "I have to go Major, will be seeing you" Ilyce said and left the Lounge.

Alex returned to her meal and ordered another drink.

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Major Alex Somers and 2nd Lt Ilyce Savage (late of the USS Powell)