Monkeys and donkeys

Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2020 @ 9:45am by

Mission: The Forgotten Outpost
Location: Security

Daniels entered the Civilian administration for station security, and held up his ID for the admin assistant. "I need to see someone about filing some permits for..." Daniels withdrew a civilian PADD. "Calysto Salvage Inc., Oriental Tearooms Inc., Calysto Trading Inc., and..." Daniels brightened up. "Romano's authentic Italian restaurante. Once my family arrives."

Krang walked out of his office and into 'the bullpen' as he called the open concept sea of cubicles that passed for an office. He heard Daniels' voice, and turned. When he saw the man, he quickly started walking over.

"No. No, no, no, no and no. Not you, not here, not now." he stammered. "They warned me about you. I've already got two Ferengis running around, I will not add a self aggrandizing pirate to the list."

"Good to see you, too." Daniels offered Krang a curt bow. He held up the pads. "Skylar said to say hi from his retirement. Atwood... Let's not go there." He chuckled. "As for you, I remember your rules my good man. All my paperwork is in order. All business licenses up to date. I've got..." He withdrew two other padds. "Civilian personnel of all business employees, including background checks as available." He slid the padds apart. "Detailed plans for all businesses attached, and ship schematics for all associated vessels, as per regulations."

The scowl on Darkmoon's face would have been enough to cower a lesser man. He walked away from the desk muttering 'colorful metaphors' in his native tongue, leaving a very confused crewman sitting at the desk.

"I....I, um..." she stammered. "I'll need you to sign this." she said, attempting to hold out a bad in badly shaking hands.

Daniels smiled. "No. First you need to log all of these." Daniels paused. "If memory serves, you need to add them to civilian records for the Starbase using forms 217-alpha delta-9, 217-alpha gamna-9, and 217-alpha epsilon-9, then you need to have your section chief and the base commander's staff sign off on them and only when you have received all approved signatures, you are to notify that I can come back and THEN sign those forms and pick up all the licenses."

The young lady laughed. It was a horrible sound. It was the laugh only a person who had truly gone past their breaking point could give.

"You... You're.... You're right. Yes, only then." she stammered. Then she just got up and walked away from the desk.

A moment later, another young lady walked up and sat down. "Sorry about that, Sir. I get these logged in for you. It should only take a couple of days. Would you like us to send you a message when the paper work is ready?"

Daniels nodded, and gave a wink. "I've worked for a few bears of a boss in my time. The secret? Don't screw up." Daniels paused. "Be confident. Do your job. He'll respect you and seem a lot less scary after that." Daniels paused. "Professional respect. That's why I reminded you. If I were you, I'd... Triple check my paperwork. Just to make sure I didn't miss anything. And then do the deepest, dirtiest, and absolute best deep dive you can into those Ferengi's paperwork. Something, somewhere, has to give. In my paperwork? The only particularly problematic parts are the background checks on some of our employees because they're refugees. And my family. Not a lot available, I'm afraid. Ferengi? They hide it deep. You might have to double check dates and times of everything to find it, but a proper investigator always remembers the best rules. Always look under, double check everything you're told and above all else?" Daniels looked towards Krang. "Know when you're being played. Someone left rumors that I'm a pirate. That's fascinating. I stay above board as much as possible, but that's my problem. This isn't just a test of the intrepid Daniel Daniels, infamous dishonorable discharge. He's testing you to do your job, too."

"Thanks for the advice." she said, with a blush and weak smile.

:: End ::

Lieutenant Krang Darkmoon
Chief Security/Tactical
Deep Space Three

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Daniel Daniels
Self Aggrandizing Pirate / Legitimate Business Owner
Deep Space Three