===== Main Bridge, USS Chimera ===== Now it were less then 48 hours till the maiden cruise of the Chimera. The excitement of the crew was rising. It was more then cleary visible trough the whole ship. From crewman talking about the departure procedures in the mess hall, through officers speculating about the exact time of the launch ... to the senior staff franticaly reviewing the latest reports for their department. Shane of course felt the same excitement as every one else, but he tried to hide it. He looked up from the Padd he was reviewing and looked around the bridge. It was evening shift and so the majority of the bridge crew was from gamma shift. Many officers took double duties to make the ship ready for the departure in the short remaining time ... and Shane himself felt that it was his duty to spend as much time as possible on the bridge. Colobel Bretam Keylor, the CO was to busy with all the preaprations and the paperwork to spend much time there and the senior staff with bridge training was busy with their own departments to have time to sit on the bridge, making the Watch. Looking down at the PADD, Shane wondered about the practices of the SSF Command once again. The crew on the Chimera was just put together ... for no more then 4 weeks and the SSF Command kept altering the rooster. For example now, they transfered the Chimera's Acting CsciO LtJg. George Pendrel away from the ship. Shane thought a bit avout him ... {Sure, he was a bit weird ... but still a talented officer, I ask myself where will we get a new Chief Science ...} Maybe was the SSF Command just trying their patience ... cause in return they got quite a number of experienced NCOs. Mostly for Engineering and Science. That was a bit surprising cause Science was generaly not regarded as a vital department for SSF ships. Shane scrolled the PADD and saw that the highest ranking officer in Science was now Peter Petrel. Rank : Warrant Officer. Shane looked at his Biography and duty records and sighed. {Quite Impressing!} he thought. Petrel served for more then 18 years on various SSF ships. First as computer specialist, then in Science. Speciality: Counter cloak detection techniques. Many recomendations from his previous superiors and awards for duty performance. Two times Technical Excellence award. Interested in the man, Shane decided to call him to the bridge. +TAPS+ "Guzman to Warrant Officer Petrel. Please report to the bridge as soon as possible" +TAPS+ "Petrel here. I am on my way sir ..." was the immediate response. It almost looked like the man expected Shane's call ... Five minutes later the turbolifts door opened and a tall man in a teal uniform and a single holow pip of an Warrant officer entered the bridge. Without hesistation he made his way towards the bridge's centre. Reaching the CO's seat he stood to attention and said in a soft but resolute voice: "Warant officer Petrel reporting as ordered sir." Looking straight at Shane he waited for the XO's response. Shane was quite impressed by the ascension of the man and stood from his chair. "Mr. Petrel, I called you to the bridge to ask you if had time to make yourself knowing with the projects currently running in Science" Shane got directly to the point. Petrel noded: "Aye, sir. At last from a part. I saw the exobiology lab and detentions cells, the fractal scan routine you tried to adopt back on Starbase 742 and the cloak detection project lead by Lt. Pendrel." A bit surprised about Petrels knowledge and straightness in his speach Shane replied: "I am impressed Mr. Petrel. You seem to know a lot and pay attention to details. How the hell do you know about me and the fractal scan?" Peterel grineed slightly: "You know sir, teh birds talked to me a bit ..." Shane noded: "Aha ... I see you are already too long in the SSF service ... you dont even trust your superiors" replied Shane. Petrel noded back: "Of course not, sir". Shane shruged: "Whatever ... I saw that you have some skill with anti cloak detection techniques. I would like to know what do you think about the solution Lt. Pendrel developed." He said and montioned to Petrel to move to one of the programable back pannel on the bridge. On the way Petrel replied: "Its good sir. It should work and will provide some decent results. But with all respect sir, such a solution was replaced by the USS Dark Matter as obsolete 3 years ago." As they reached the panel, Shane tapped some buttons and recalled the plans for the anticloak device. He looked at Petrel and said: "Hmm ... interesting. I trust that you know a better way how to make it work ..., dont you?" Petrel smiled slightly and said plainly: "Yes, i do sir." He started to tap the console by himself and began to alter the visualisation plans while saying: "I will connect the lateral sensor grid to the main deflector with a periodic algorithm to become a compact unit able to detect and evaluate even the most slightest chages in the inertial gravimetric field ..." ===== End of log ===== LT. Shane Guzman Executive Officer USS Chimera & Warrant Officer Peter Petrel (NPC) Science Officer USS CHimera