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> The chime to Shevab's office rang.
> > {Enter,} commanded the Commander. > > The door to the Chief of Engineer's office slid open to reveal a human. He > stepped in and quickly turned to the door and pulled out a phaser. He shot > out the controls before turning back to Shevab and targeting him. "Good > morning, Commander. I was wondering if I could have a few minutes of your > time." > > {I normally see people only by appointment, but I do have a few free > moments.} Shevab said as he rose up a bit on his ramp, and internally activating his > hind-brains while building up psi to one of his acid filled stomachs for a > fine stream spray if need be. >
> "Thank you, Commander. I appreciate your changing your routine for me," the > new arrival said with a sneer. "Before you work to hard at it, please > understand that I have been covered with a base coating that will counteract your > natural acids. Such an attack would be useless." He made his way over to > one of the chairs set up in the office for visitors and sat down. {Yes but only for a few microns at most, your eyes, mouth and ear portals are still vulnerable. You have a weapon, and so do I, until you put yours away,} with that Shevab began releasing small traces of other chemicals that would raise detector alarms at other stations, preferably his new Second's. His hind-brains began running passive scans in all spectrums to tell him more about his visitor. The newcomer nodded his head in acceptance. It made no difference. "You can call me Adam. Some colleagues and I thought it was time to sit down and have a little chat with some of the department heads on the station, and you seemed like the obvious choice since you are so different from your colleagues." Scans of the intruder indicated nothing amazing about him. Adam was a
simple human. The sensors did detect some sort of lotion on his skin
that would likely protect him from an acid attack as he had described. He
appeared to be armed only with a phaser. He carried no other
equipment besides a simple tricorder.
{What difference? Species-wise? Reputation-wise? I would like a brief explanation of your criteria,} asked the Commander, hopefully stalling his intruder some. Adam studied the Horta for a moment before responding. "Let's just
say that your unique physiology brings you to our special attention. Your
kind does not really belong at an Earth installation so talking to you seemed
like it would make a clearer statement than talking to, say, Counselor
Kirk."
(Shevab?)
Meanwhile outside the office, a light began to blink on Celine LaLune-Ares'
workstation. It quickly caught her notice since she was looking right at
it. It was a alarm from Commander Shevab.
Celine was not really sure how to take the alarm. What reason would
the Chief have for sending her an alarm? He had had a visitor, but could
that be it? She turned and made his way over to his office. The door
was closed, which was rare. Few engineers closed their office doors
because they spent so little time in their offices. She pressed the
opening mechanism and heard the buzz as the system failed. That was not
good.
She rang the chime. Inside the office...
Adam shook his phaser at the door. "I would suggest you get rid of
whoever that is. This phaser is set to kill, and it can take care of
whomever is at the door before either of you can do anything, Commander."
(Shevab?)
AJ & Ray
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