Reunion

Posted on Sunday 9 February 2020 @ 16:39 by Captain Melody Jones & Major Richard "Wolf" Johnson, Psy.D.

Mission: Ghost Ship
Location: Captains Ready Room
Timeline: SL Day 7 0800
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Commander Jones, Draxx and Sansa had returned to Starbase late last night and made their way to the Merlin. This morning, Melody had a pile of PADDS on her desk. Many were congratulations, some were for her eyes only.

Melody had called a meeting with Major Johnson this morning as she hadn't seen him in some time and wanted to catch up. Also, it was a chance to work out the goals and what he wanted to achieve with his new squad.

Wolf had just finished unpacking in his quarters when he'd gotten the call the Captain wanted to see him. The Marine looked around his quarters one last time before hurrying out dressed in his fatigues. It wasn't long before he was stepping onto the Bridge, giving a nod to a few bridge officers who had recognized him, then hit the chime to the Ready Room, 'Captain Jones," he greeted with a smile after hearing permission for him to enter.

Melody returned the smile. “Good morning Major. It’s been a while. Please sit down. She picked up a pot and poured herself a cup. “Coffee?”

"Yes, please," the Major replied as he sat down in the offered chair.

“How are you settling back in? I trust your new squad meets your approval.”

Wolf nodded, "they seem to be pretty squared away, however, we'll see after I can do an official inspection," he replied, "most are still on leave and after..." Richard started then paused for a second, "after the last mission I thought I'd wait to make waves. How have you been?" the Marine asked and sat up slightly.

Melody took a long drink of her coffee. “Well, shore leave was certainly interesting. My daughter had to fend off the unwanted interest of a Ferengi and our Chief of security is now teaching her self defense. Oh! And I got married.”

Wolf grinned happily, "Congratulations!" he said cheerfully, "and good, with this ship's history she's going to need that training," he added with a chuckle then thought for a second, "wait....how old is your daughter.....?"

Melody took a drink of her coffee before she answered. "For all intents and purposes, she's eighteen." She sighed. It's a long story Major... I love my daughter very much and I wish things could have been different." Melody took another sip of her coffee and changed the subject. "Our mission looks fairly routine. Standard patrol of sector 715. It will give you an opportunity to get your squad into a finely tuned unit."

The Marine blinked in surprise but just nodded, "sounds interesting. What are the chances of me getting to run recon ahead of Merlin?" he asked and sat back, "it'll let me watch how they operate in non-combat scenarios."

Melody thought for a moment. "I don't see any problem with that, in fact, it sounds like a good idea. This should be a pretty standard patrol. You should coordinate that with Commander Tillatix and see if we can incorporate some fighter squads in the recon run aswell. Anyway, what have you been up to since you left the Merlin?"

"Sounds good," Wolf replied then let out a slow breath, "well, nothing too exciting. Marine command had me doing intake and evaluation with new recruits going through boot," he replied with a shrug, "make sure they are stable and can handle combat."

She raised an eyebrow. "Don't' tell me they had you sat behind a desk when what you really wanted to be doing was hopping galaxies? I see why you came back. Tell you what, I'll come down for an Unscheduled inspection this afternoon. Don't tell them in advance, let's see how quickly they snap to eh? Nothing too fancy."

"Yeah, riding the pine isn't my idea of fun," the Major replied with a chuckle then nodded, "sounds good to me," he added and sat forward.

"I'll you about 1500Hrs then Major. I've got these systems reports to approve before we depart tomorrow. You'll have to join us for dinner one evening. If there is nothing else, I'll see you this afternoon. Dismissed."


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●●● Commander Melody Jones
Commanding Officer
USS Merlin


* Marine Major Richard "Wolf" Johnson, Psy.D.s
Company Commander
USS Merlin