So Many Choices
Posted on Mon Jun 3rd, 2024 @ 12:22am by
Edited on on Tue Jun 4th, 2024 @ 12:07am
811 words; about a 4 minute read
Mission:
The 'Eagle continues.
Location: Earth, Various
Timeline: MD001 0800 hrs
Location: Starfleet Academy
How does one know if they are ready? Starfleet simply telling her that she is ready seems inadequate. While she trusts Captain Dovan. She felt slightly betrayed by him. She was not sure she was ready. However her husband, her daughter and her son all told her she was.
Captain Dovan told her doubt only proved she was ready for the chair. She was still skeptical. Her skepticism would be pushed to the side. Today was ship assignment day. She feared about being assigned to a small escort vessel, they did not allow families. She was optimistic that Starfleet would give her a cruiser.
It was now time to face the music. Time to see where fate was going to assign her. Melora was nervous, she did try to hide her nervousness. She wanted to portray a confident and proud Captain.
Melora was about to the family barracks for the last time. Today was graduation day. Tonight she would be be commanding her own starship. Even though she was nervous, she was also curious.
She tried to think of the possibilities of command. Would she get the new Obena class starships? Would she get a parliament class starship? Would she get an Excelsior class, Galaxy class, Intrepid class, there were so many options.
Melora knew there where many choices she had not even considered. Melora started to think of the Miranda class, defiant class, sovereign class and the possibilities were endless.
Melora really appreciated Kian. He was getting the kids ready. He wanted her to focus on her big day, without distractions. She remembered last night her youngest child was asking a lot of questions she could not answer. Like her, the little one was curious about what ship they would get.
Melora gave one last look around the room. She smiled her husband and children and she walked out. Her next stop was the transporter room. She was going to beam over to Starfleet command.
Location: Transportation Community Hub Center
Melora walked in, she recognized several other Captains from her schooling. Almost all of the captains were older than her. She had participated in a fast track promotion program. She was not the youngest officer to make Captain. But she was the youngest captain in her class.
Most of her classmates were mingling waiting their turn to be over to Starfleet Command. Melora was content, waiting in line, and trying to build up her confidence. Exterior wise, she looked confident. Internally she was still trying to come to the resolution. She had passing Academy She passed all very exams. Get the weight in the responsibility of supposed to transpire was throwing her for a loop.
Melora knew she is very by the book type of officer. Trying to corporate someone captain Dovan’s humor. He always told her to be herself. She feared that her by the book personality would scare her senior staff away.
She had been going on a fast track career, which made her very by book. She needed to listen to Captain Dovan. It was time to close that book and open a new one starting with her legacy.
Location: Starfleet Command
A short time later…
Melora transported to Starfleet Command. She followed the other academy graduates to the administration building. She checked in with the clerk, she was told to sit in the lobby and wait for her name to be called.
Surprisingly it did not take long for her name to be called. She met with Commodore Talfor. The Benzinite Admiral advised her she was taking command of the USS Black Eagle.
At first Melora was confused. Why would Starfleet assign her to a ln escort vessel? Her worst fears were now in front of her. Then she read the ship missions perimeters. She learned the Black Eagle was an Escort Carrier, and it did support families.
Melora's fears were now lifted. Her family was able to attend. She already knew her new chief engineer was going to be. Her loving husband. He promised to follow her, no matter the assignment.
She could not wait to return to Kian and the kids. And tell them the good news. They had never served on an Akira class escort carrier. This was a golden opportunity for her. And it was a golden opportunity for the family to stay together.
Melora wasted little time leaving the administration building. She wanted to head back to Starfleet Academy to meet her family. Starfleet Command wanted her to to the USS Black Eagle at that very moment. She almost said she would go. However she wanted her first reaction to be with her family. Starfleet Command agreed to bring down a shuttle for her and her family.
Melora smiled, knowing soon she would be reunited with her family, as the scene started to fade away.
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