Do what now?

Posted on Monday November 16th, 2020 @ 11:12pm by Major Delhashi DarkShadow

Mission: The Forgotten Outpost
Location: Security Office
Timeline: Current

Krang was sitting at his desk, going over the mountain of reports from the night before when the door chime sounded.

"Enter." he commanded. The green uniform standing at the door was an unexpected site. He took in the man at the door, paying close attention to the rank insignia.

"I think you made a wrong turn somewhere Major. This is the Security office, and I don't have any of yours in the cells at the moment."

"If you are Lieutenant Darkmoon then I think I am in the right place. The Colonel said I could speak with you about perhaps adding some of my men to your ranks to help with Security." Del said stepping into the room a bit deeper.

"Do what now? He wants to add Marines to the security team?" Krang repeated, completely shocked. Then he regained his composure. "I guess that should be expected, being a Marine himself." Darkmoon said, gesturing toward one of the open chairs with his long right arm.

He took a long sip from the steaming mug on his desk, gently placed it back down and said "How many did you have in mind, and what duties would they be performing?"

"Patrols and guard duties I would think. I'd like to rotate my men through along side yours to help keep them sharp and get them more familiar to the station and its people." Del replied flashing something of a smile at the big fella. "It was my idea, he just sent me down to talk it over with you."

"Doesn't sound like a terrible idea. It might also go a long way to eliminating the typical animosity between your staff and mine." Krang responded.

He typed a series of commands into the terminal on his desk, and made a swiping motion toward a PaDD nearby. He picked up the PaDD and checked it. With a nod of his head, he held it out to the Major.

"Here's the current patrol rotations. Feel free to slot your people in where you'd like."

"Thank you. I apricate you allowing me and my men this opportunity. I hope you are right about the animosity thing. We can accomplish so much more working together." Del said taking the PaDD and looking it over. Ee knew Rhys was going on a night watch simply because the kid had more energy in the evening hours then any one person had a right too. Plus he was going to be Del's shiny example of what he wanted others to do. The kid was also the easiest to get along with so might help bridge that gap between the security and Marines as well.

"Not a problem." Krang answered. "If you and the Colonel think it's a good idea, the least I can do is give it a try."

Del nodded as he picked up his gear from where he had sat it down just inside the door. "Do you play poker by any chance?" Del asked him. Then added for clarity. "Myself and few heathens from my team we like to get a game together from time to time. Would you be interested in joining us perhaps?" He was sure Saus'Kai would just love this guy. She was a huge fan of anything big and hairy. Or just hairy seeing as her best friend was a damn tribble. Del himself was fascinated at the interesting look of the Lieutenant as well. He'd never encountered anyone like him before in his journeys and Del had journeyed pretty damn far and wide. Still it was impolite to say anything about it this soon so he didn't. It took all sorts to make a world and here was proof.

"Yes. I actually love poker. Got hooked on it in the Academy. Let me know when you get something set up." Darkmoon responded with a show of teeth that was the closest he could manage to a human smile.

Del smiled back and nodded. "I will. Thank you again and good evening." With that Del took his leave and headed to the barracks to go and get to know his new crew.


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Lieutenant Krang Darkmoon
Chief Security/Tactical Officer
Deep Space Three

Major Darkshadow
Marine CO
Deep Space Three