Goodbye

Posted on Wed Oct 8th, 2008 @ 9:02am by Captain Vorn Krace & Commander Peter Brown

Mission: Docked
Location: USS Lincoln - Ready Room
Timeline: Immediately after "Leaving One's Home" (Two hours after "Exchange Of Command")

Vorn smiled slightly as his Executive Officer moved into his ready room without a word, and overrode the replicator to allow it to produce true alcohol. He stood from his stooped position where he had been emptying one of his drawers, and took the offered glass off of Peter.

He seemed to stare into the liquid for a short time, before looking up towards his friend as he raised his glass in the air. "To the Lincoln." he said.

Peter looked at Vorn as he took his glass and let it roll past his lips;
"The Lincoln, she's gone before her time" said Peter as he walked over to Vorn as he took a breath. "You know, I always wanted a crack of that chair in there" said Peter smiling

Vorn grinned, as he gestured to the door of his Ready Room. "Be my guest, Commander." he said cheerfully.

As the two officers stepped back out onto the bridge, Vorn carrying his case with his office stuff inside it - leaving his ready room bare apart from the furniture - it looked like they had been flung into a world so intensely wrong. There was absolutely nobody else on the Bridge, and all of the consoles, while still active, were dimmed, reflectin their inactive status. The brilliantly clean white lights, though they had been there all through the Lincoln's long life, gave the impression that all of the components on the bridge were brand new - it seemed to Vorn that the last crewman to leave the bridge must have done it the courtesy of cleaning all of the consoles and railings.

Peter looked around the bridge and saw every station. He stepped up to the Operations Station.

"I was young when I reported in at this station. I grew over a year" he said, as he placed his hand on the corner of the station. Looking back at Vorn he said;

"Do we have orders? Or are we just getting a new ship and sitting here looking at the old girl?"

"Well, officially, the Iapetus is still in her shakedown period, but all of the essential tests have been completed." Vorn replied, as he stepped over to the Helm station - the first station he had ever sat at as a member of a Starfleet crew. "Our orders are, simply put, to cruise around and look at our sensors until we see something that piques our interest." he said.

Peter turned and walked towards Vorn and took a deep breath
"Computer Lights Emergency" said Peter as the Bridge turned to a red hue. Peter then put his hand on Vorn's back "Lets go, to our new home, and lets make the Iapetus almost as good as the Lincoln" said Peter.

Vorn smiled at his XO's comments. "Let's not leave her looking ominous, though eh?" he said. "Computer: Condition Blue." Condition Blue was the standard alert setting for using starbase power, and the bridge took on a cool blue tint.

Vorn patted the helm console twice, before turning towards the turbolift. "Come on. Let's go see what R&D have been able to come up with."