Of Mighty Kings in Nargothrond - Part Seven

Posted on Wed Mar 18th, 2020 @ 3:37pm by Fleet Admiral Heather Duval & Post Captain Harmon 'Hammer' Rabb Junior. & Post Captain Plataea "Phantom" Lasky

Mission: Mission 98: Building Our New Home
Location: Various Locations - Starbase Vanguard
Timeline: 1200Hrs - June 26th, 2393

Captain Harmon Rabb Junior was seated in his office as he smiled happily to himself. "I truly love my work." as he tapped his combadge. "Rabb to Lasky. Captain are you free right now?" he inquired of the pregnant Lasky rather than her husband.

"I am Captain, what can I do for you.?" Lasky nquired, a soft purr in her tone.

"Its what I can do for you, I need to see you soonest," Rabb explained his needs to her in quick sentences as normally he would have gotten stopped by her yeoman, who would usually field her incoming calls.

"Do you want me to come to you?" Lasky answered.

"Nope. I'm on my way to you." Rabb knew she was pregnant and if his wife ever found out that he made a pregnant woman come to him. Sarah MacKenzie would most certainly make him regret it. He plucked the PADD he had transferred his notes to before he went out the door of his office, seeking to find Captain Plataea Lasky before anything else went wrong.

Several minutes went by as he tapped his combadge. "Rabb to Fleet Admiral Duval.?"

"This is Duval's office, how can I direct your call sir?" came the response from Duval's yeoman, who ironically enough used to serve with Rabb on their last assignment together. "Mack, I need to talk to Admiral Duval as soon as she's free. I have something that she should be made aware of."

The response took a moment to come back to Rabb, a hesitation that he noticed. "Okay sir, I will ask the Admiral to contact you once she's finished with her call."

"Thanks, Mack, Rabb out." as he smiled, he wondered what the Admiral was talking about and to whom before he dismissed the idle thought with a helpful shove, his job was to interpret the law and look after those he could help, not spend time on idle thoughts and gossip.

Rabb reached his destination a few moments later. "Hello Chief, is the Captain free?"

Chief Sanderson nodded. "Captain Lasky is expecting you, she said to go straight in. Thank you."

"Thank you, Chief." Rabb nodded to him before he entered the domain of Captain Lasky, she looked almost identical in every respect to Fleet Captain Torilla Yamaguchi as he admired her form, there was only one difference and that was she was pregnant, she was also starting to show. "Captain Lasky."

Lasky had been standing by the large viewport as she admired the nebula trace gasses that made this area of space look downright spectacular at times when she heard someone address her. "Mmm. Oh. Harm. I'm sorry, I didn't hear you come in." the tall pregnant female took a moment to adjust herself, school her thoughts and take a deep breathe to center herself. "What do you have for me?"

"Ms. Yamaguchi-Cullen was indeed screwed out of a commission, she was also cheated out of her bronze star." Rabb sighed in a rather angry tone of voice. "I'm sorry ma'am, I spoke without thinking."

"Its okay Harm, have a seat and let me look after you for a change." Lasky smiled as she regarded the human male before her. "Do you want anything to eat? drink?"

"No.. I'm okay.." Rabb paused. "I think."

Lasky tuned to the replicator and she ordered two drinks with four sausage rolls, she handed him his and his drink before she kept hers. "Because you can't work on an empty stomach. Believe me, I know." Lasky handed him a knife and fork, while she wore a rather wide smile on her lips.

Rabb accepted the cutlery without protest or comment, he then began eating in silence, a few minutes went by as he ate his meal while Lasky finished her meal at about the same time. "Okay. While I clean up.. Take a moment and consider what you want to say." she gently placed her hand on his. "It'll be alright, Rachael is not my child even though she and I have DNA in common." Lasky paused. "While I wish she was mine, she's not and I must accept this.." she paused as the tall Halanan female began clearing away the plates of their meal. "My children are now being born."

"Alright, well I did some digging into this reprimand and it was filed illegally, Admiral Lasky didn't do it. I have the electronic trail that has it going back to the USS John Paul Jones and the real culprit. Commander Jean-Pierre Carey. I read his file once I was made aware of the details of his family, all of them are criminals and most of them are dead, those that are not are in jail and the only one who is not is Lt Commander Michael Smith-Carey. I believe he is presently in training to become a certified deck boss. Following that, he will be assigned to the USS Grey Wolf." Rabb explained before pausing for air.

"Wait." Lasky paused. "Smith is assigned to my sister's ship?"

"Yeah, apparently she requested him specifically for that role. I don't know why. I will ask her." Rabb answered evenly. "First things first, however."

"Yes, please continue Harm," Lasky answered quietly.

"Rachael will have her rank restored and she will be awarded her commission and a medal." he paused when suddenly the doorbell beeped at them both.

"Come in," Lasky called before shooting to her feet, Rabb doing likewise as Fleet Admiral Duval walked into the room. "I was requested. What's happening?" Duval inquired.

Rabb nodded. "I requested you ma'am." as he was also standing.

Duval smiled. "Okay, so what's so important that you need me?, not that I don't feel appreciated no less."

"Have a seat Admiral. Harm, tell the Admiral what you just told me."

Duval grinned as she selected a chair, Rabb reminded her of her son in more ways than one as she regarded him. "I suspect this is going to be good." as she regarded Lasky. "Any chances I could trouble you for a glass of water please dear?"

"Of course Admiral," Lasky ordered the beverage and she handed it to Duval who took a sip. "Mmmm. Meetings, where I'm the guest of honor, at times, tend to be very annoying. Now, what's all this about folks?"

"Well, that depends on who you ask Admiral," Rabb answered formally as he regarded her.

"Admiral. my staff and I have uncovered evidence that the Command codes of Admiral Lasky were illegally obtained, its the same story with Commander Rachael Yamaguchi. Both sets have been used by people on other assignments to obtain goods and services they would not otherwise have access to. Rachael Yamaguchi's was used once, and that was for a consignment of weapons, marked for the Fugazi to end up on the USS Simpson." he paused. "That's not the main one but it is telling. The main one is this man" Rabb then handed Duval a PADD. "Commander Jean-Pierre Carey, who used Admiral Lasky's codes three times, the first was to obtain a shipment of Orion slaves for his crew, the second was for a replicator that was reported as missing, never arrived in other words." he regarded the older female as he spoke. "The most damaging was that he was the one who stiffed Ms. Yamaguchi-Cullen out a commission, a promotion and a bronze star."

"Wow, quite the record these two people have," Duval answered. "I see why you wanted me involved," she commented with a smile. "Because of Ms. Ymaguchi-Cullen." she regarded Lasky. "Your daughter I assume?"

"No. She's Torilla's daughter. My niece." Lasky explained with a nod. "I wanted someone above me to handle matters, as I do not wish or need to be accused of something stupid, especially at a time like this." the pregnant female explained.

"Fair enough. I can take care of matters with Ms. Yamaguchi-Cullen. I'll have it all finished before I go off watch. She'll get her commission in the morning. I will inform her Squadron and Wing Commanders know and they can handle affairs of state with her." Duval suddenly grinned. "Captain Rab, document everything about this because I want to make sure this is airtight."

"My staff and I are already taking care of things on our end Admiral." he paused. "I have also informed the JAG officer for the Ninty Second Fleet that this is about to get stupid, she is aware of events and she knows about the Simpson and the Jay Pee Jay."

"I assume they are being recalled?" Duval inquired.

"They are, as we speak sir."

"Fantastic." Duval paused. "Is there anything else?"

"No, ma'am. That's everything."

"Nice work, tell whoever caught this that I owe them a drink." as Duval rose to her feet and departed. Rabb smiled to himself.
Lasky regarded him. "I heard that."

"What?" Rabb asked.

"You know she's spoken for?. Right?" Lasky smiled as she gently couldn't resist teasing him.

Rabb sighed. "What, she has a nice ass. I can look."

"You can, but you know what they say right?" Lasky's eyes shone with impish trouble as she regarded him. "Sometimes being a telepath is a pain."

"Oh, I believe it. Anyway, that's all I needed your time for. I'm going to head back to my office and get back to work. I want to make these two imbeciles suffer horribly."

"Then I won't detain you any further." as Rabb rose to his feet. "Thanks for lunch."

"Anytime." Lasky settled back into her chair as she watched Rabb take his leave of her. She smiled as she decided to take a moment for herself before she went back to work on her paperwork.