Exchanging information

Posted on Thu Dec 4th, 2014 @ 1:14am by Staff Warrant Officer Nexi & Commander Angelica Fairchild

Mission: Devotion of Time
Location: Security Training Room/Security Office

"Again, Michaels!" Angelica demanded firmly, trying not to roll her eyes at a male ensign who kept letting the girls beat him. "So help me, you'll fight every woman on this ship unless you put some effort into this!" Pointing at another female ensign, she sent the girl into the ring against him. "Some Klingon or Romulan woman's gonna kick your ass someday because you're too chicken to hit a girl!" Michaels tried to protest, but Angelica ignored him, signaling for the new match-up to begin.

In the corner of the training area, a lone figure smirked as she watched Michaels get his ass handed to him by another girl yet again. Nexi shook her head as she snickered; some people just weren't cut out for this sort of thing.

"Keep snickering and I'll make you fight too," Angelica shot over her shoulder as she hauled Michaels off the floor and pushed him back into the group. She'd get him to fight properly, but it wouldn't be today. Sending her people off, she turned to Nexi. "How long were you watching?"

Nexi shrugged, "Long enough." Nexi pushed herself off the wall and moved closer to the Chief of Security. "So, I have good news and bad news. Which would you like to hear first?"

"Start with the bad news so I have something to look forward to." Angelica would have preferred not to have any bad news at all, but she was never that lucky.

"You are now officially stuck with me," Nexi said with a grin. "Your Captain gave me a job and some nice, cushy quarters... Ain't going nowhere for a while."

Angelica laughed a little. She hadn't been fond of Nexi, but there were worse things in the universe. "And the good news?"

"Well, the officer we rescued, she's a nutter and beyond a proper debrief. But, she spilled a few tidbits that might be useful. You got somewhere we can talk privately?" Nexi asked.

"My office is close by. We can go there and lock the door." Curious about what Aewia might have said that made sense at all, Angelica collected her training notes and headed for the door. "It's right down the hall."

Nexi nodded and followed Angelica as she lead the way to her office. As soon as they were inside and the door was secure, Nexi got right to the heart of the matter. "Heard anything about Research Station R-134A or a silmaran virus?"

"Can't say I have, but we can check the intelligence reports. Stanson might not like it, but she can kiss my ass. If she doesn't send me stuff, how the hell else am I supposed to get it?" Angelica slipped behind her desk and pulled up the files, skimming through them. "Do you think these two things are linked or totally random?"

"It's hard to say given how scrambled Larani's brain is right now," Nexi said, "but something about it... I wanna say there is a connection. She also said the virus reanimates corpses, kinda like the Kobali reproductive process."

Angelica wrinkled her nose. "Ew."

"Yeah, my thoughts exactly," Nexi said in agreement. "She also mentioned something about dogs being slimy, but I think that was just tangential and irrelevant, but it probably wouldn't hurt to make a note of it. You know, just in case." As if reanimated corpses wasn't weird enough.

"Well... big dogs can be slimy after they have a drink." Angelica giggled a little at the thought of a slimy dog.

"If I can get anymore info from her, I'll let you know, but at least this is a start," Nexi said. "I'll make some calls to some of my contacts, see if anyone's heard of the virus or the research center. I know you 'Fleeters are probably squeamish about working with seedy folk like myself, but any lead would be useful at this point."

If only you knew who you were talking to. Angelica appropriately nodded. "Not my favorite idea, but whatever gets us some intel."

If Nexi sensed Angelica's thoughts on the matter, she gave no indication of it. "I'll swing by once I've got something for you," Nexi said, turning to leave the office under the assumption that the Security Chief had things well in hand. "Your Captain's given me the freedom to come and go as I please, so if you come looking for me and I'm not on the ship, then I've probably jumped in my shuttle for a while, but I'll be back. Only reach out to the Wandering Star if it's an absolute emergency."

"Good to know... I doubt we'll have any emergencies where I need you, but I have your frequency and the code stored in my comm unit anyway. Never hurts to prepare." Angelica smiled slightly. "I'll keep working on the 'official' data and see if there's anything hidden in it that we just haven't spotted yet."

"Right," Nexi replied, then headed out with a wave.