Reporting back for duty.

Posted on Sun May 17th, 2015 @ 10:49am by Lieutenant JG Vitor Tito & Lieutenant Daln Hadren

Mission: The New Sydney Fiasco
Location: Chief Security Office
Timeline: After "That old car smell"

After the refreshing arrival, and a quick shower and change in uniform Vitor went along the ship with his PADD at hand. His orders were to report to Lieutenant Hadren, his new Chief.
He strolled inside with a smile on his face having already questioned a crewman about the Lieutenant.

He nooded to the officer in front of him, the dark eyes confirming his Betazoid origin.

"Lieutenant Junior Grade Vitor Tito reporting in Sir."

Daln looked up from the reports and gave the guy a small smile. "Pleasant day," he said, like he would on Betazed, holding his hand out for orders. Receiving them, he reviewed the man's service record, nodding a few times. Very clean record, typical of security officers, not many medals, always shows up on time, and very polite. Daln looked back at him. "I want you to be aware that we may deal with things that are a little out of the ordinary here. I just got here myself, so we'll learn about the crew together. One person came here with me and I know she's good: Cadet Thorne. She is a K9 unit brig officer, and Bart can be...testy. He does not like raised voices. He will bark and growl, and if it goes on too long, he will bite. So keep your voice level at all times."

Just then a young woman with dark hair in a braid and a large dog on a leash walked in.

"Just a minute, Thorne."

Jenny stopped, curious.

"Have Bart meet Tito here." To Tito, he said, "You may want to get down on his level."

Jenny brought the dog over. "Hold out your hand, sir," she said. "Relaxed, and fingers pointing down."

Vitor smiled and nodded. He held his hand as he was told and kept his voice on his natural tone, not louder nor quieter. "I know the drill. Many years ago we had a family member from his kind."

Jenny shook her head. "Bart is not a pet. His job is to protect and serve. And yes, sometimes to bite."

The dog sniffed the hand, then sat. "You're good." Jenny said.

Daln nodded. "Off you go, Thorne. Just keep close by, there's going to be a prisoner exchange at shore leave." After Jenny and Bart went into the brig area, Daln considered the man before him. "You're coming with us." he said.

He took a padd, entered some information onto it, and handed it to Tito. "We will take turns with the other shifts as needed, but right now, nothing is needed. I'm yet to plan some drill scenarios, so we'll get together with that after we get the prisoner."

"Understood." Vitor picked the PADD. In his opinion, for a Betazoid Hadren looked as efficient as a Vulcan. "Any weapon recommendation for the prisoner exchange?"

"Type II phaser, set to maximum stun. From what I've heard, he's dangerous. Probably was in security or something." Daln debated for a moment and then decided to go ahead with it. "I know you're new here and so am I. I need a spotter for when I lift weights. If you want to partner...I'm not objectionable to it. But I wouldn't object if you didn't want to. Just one newbie trying to befriend another."

"Of course, if you don't mind me asking for a favor as well." replied Vitor with a smile.

Daln arched his eyebrows, waiting.

"Punching bags don't fight back and I really need an opponent to get me back to proper shape. Do you mind if we use the ring? In these four years the only other person I manage to brawl with was my wife, and most of the time we ended up in a different kind of sparing" Vitor winked "if you know what I mean."

Daln frowned. "I've already got a sparring partner, but I could help you while you search for another. I have to warn you though: I don't box, and I fight dirty."

"Isn't that the proper way to fight? And thank you in advance. I will try and find a partner as soon as I can."

Daln nodded. "Great. I'll see you at 1630 in the gym"

Vitor grinned and nodded. He couldn't help but wonder if Hadren was as good as he looked.

"I look forward to it. See you then."