Upgrades to the Battlegroup - Part One

Posted on Mon Mar 2nd, 2020 @ 3:08pm by Division Admiral Thomas Lasky & Company Sergeant Major Jeffery "The Mountain" Duval & Zuko Omakan & Commander Erasmus Sorvok & Lieutenant Commander Chauncey Sparrer & Captain Ryngwyth
Edited on on Mon Mar 2nd, 2020 @ 3:08pm

Mission: Mission 41: The Changing of the Guard
Location: Various Locations - Roanoke Battlegroup
Timeline: 0800Hrs - August 15th, 2391

Teval walked into his office where Zuko, Ryuueki and Roevin where already present. " So whats the order of business for the day." Teval asked.

Roevin picked up his Padd, and said, "Well, our task for the day is briefing all the commanders of the ships as to what their upgrades will, and assigning personnel from my R&D staff to handle each ship."

Teval nodded as Tom Lasky and Duval walked in, "Hey guys, whats up."

Lasky's response was unusual. "My Blood pressure." he responded as Duval chuckled softly. "I need a vacation... from my extended vacation.." he commented.

Teval just gave a light smile then turned to the to theirs," Well for now Zuko, your in command of the battlegroup, with Zara missing. But anyway, what ship are we visiting first."

Zuko shrugged," Well we just had a nebula assault carrier added to the battlegroup, I figure we give them a tour first."

Roevin looked at his own padd," yeah,that ship is pretty much getting the same upgrades as Roanoke. Though she wont be getting a saucer swap, and she wont be getting as many VLS tubes, but she will be getting the phaser and armor upgrades."

Teval nodded while Zuko added," Well, then lets go pay em a visit."

Teval looked at Duval and Lasky," Well Duval, your pretty much serving as CoB for the fleet so you might as well come, Tom, its up to you if you want to come or not."

"I'll go along... might as well stretch my legs and meet new people... it could be diverting.."

Duval raised an eyebrow. "Whos the marine group Commander?"

Zuko looked at his padd, saying, "Colonel Lucas Nye, no idea who he is."

Duval instantly blew up. "WHAT THE FUCK!." he roared. "That fucking drug dealing animal.."

"Woah, easy.." Lasky responded. "Who is this guy Sergeant Major?"

"Nye... He's is a stone cold murderer.. He is a disgrace to the corps.." there was something in Duval's tone as Lasky gently placed a hand on the other man's massive shoulder. "Easy Gunny... Sounds like he really pissed you off.."

"You... have no idea." Duval's voice was that soft rumble that indicated he was about to get downright violent.

Even Zuko was taken aback, his own fur stood up on end. Ryuukei and Roevin's claws both came out then clamped on their ears, with Ryuukei saying, "my ears are ringing."

Teval himself looked much puffier than usual, his fur and tail as straight as it can be, looking like he just got hit by a truck. Taking a moment to recover his senses, he commented," Duval, you have really powerful lungs you know that."

Zuko was the first to recover, and sticking a finger in his ear, he added, "So, care to elaborate on this guy, without blowing out all our ear drums please."

Duval looked downright enraged as he reached over and began tapping buttons. "Let me show you." he growled softly as he pulled up the man's file. "Now... for the fun stuff.." as he picked up a PADD and downloaded the file, then he input a code onto the PADD as the black sludge was partly removed. Before he handed the PADD to Teval.

Teval took a look at the PADD and quickly found out why Duval hated him." Wow this guy treats his subordinates like garbage, that's a lot of random abuse investigations. He handed the PADD off to his companions, whom all had varying reactions of angry, and finally ended up on Lasky's hands. Roevin then added," Well, really, I only care about talking about the starfleet captain of Argonne, Commander Erasmus Sorvok, as far as I am concerned, this colonel is just an idiot ground pounder and my team's job only deals with the ship, not this shithead."

Lasky raised the PADD as he raised an eyebrow. "This guy... is a disgrace." he regarded Teval. "I almost became this guy...I doubt I'll ever feel clean ever again." what he left unsaid was that he regarded himself as no better then Nye.

Teval could smell Lasky's rage, so he asked, "You O.K. Tom."

"Yeah..." Lasky quietly. " as he inhaled deeply and then exhaled slowly "I'll be okay... I'm good." he smiled. "Though I will need to do some extra training to get the rage out of my system but... that can wait until we finish."

Teval nodded while Roevin added, "So, shall we get this one over with."

Zuko got up from his chair, saying, "Yeah lets do this."

Lasky nodded. "Yeah... Lets rock.."

Zuko led the group out and the six of them went to the nearest transporter room. When they beamed to Argonne, Zuko again in the lead went to the bridge, and approached the senior officer present.

A tall Vulcan stepped forward. "Hello, I am Commander Sorvak the commanding officer of the USS Argonne." He told them. "This is my First Officer Lieutenant Commander Sparrer." He then pointed to a tall blonde human male. "And this is Captain Ryngwyth, the marine operations officer." Sorvok then pointed to a purple skinned female.

"Welcome aboard, how can we assist you?"

Zuko looked at Commander Sorvak, saying," Hey commander, I'm Captain Zuko, right now I am the acting commander of the battlegroup, since Commodore Tane is unavailable right now. Since Argonne is getting attached to the battlegroup, I'd figure I would come over here and take a look. And R&D will also be briefing you on the future upgrades to the ship that will be added while here in spacedock."

"Thank you Captain Zuko." Sorvok replied. "I am not sure how the Argonne will operate with the battle group but I am curious and willing to try."

"Well," Zuko responded, "Our missions that our battlegroup will be doing is a support the colonies mission. we go around and help various federation colonies, mainly bolster their defenses and get a colonial guard going. Our last mission we had romulans come in and attempt to interfere. We where able to deal with them, but they did employ a lot of reman troops, so having additional marines to help us would be useful if this happened again."

"I'm glad we can be of assistance." Sovok told Zuko. "I also apologize that Colonel Nye is not here."

"Yes, he said meeting fleet officers was beneath his duties." Sparrer cut in. There was some consternation on his face. "He is still on the bridge."

Roevin and zuko looked at each other, then looked back at Sovok, with Roevin commenting," The upgrades my team are doing to the ship, commander, concern the ships tactical and defensive systems. I care very little for the opinions of a groundpounder with an inflated sense of importance when it comes to a starships tactical and defensive systems. As far as I am concerned, this is your ship, you are the captain of this vessel. He is just a passenger."

Zuko nodded," Yeah, I agree, Commander Sorvok, this ship is yours, not his."

"Thank you." Sorvok replied.

"Now we just have to get that meat head to understand." Sparrer told them. "he sits on the bridge second guessing everything the bridge crew does."

Zuko was about to say something but Ryuukei beat him too it," Guy's a marine with a huge ego, I wouldn't count on him having enough braincells for that task."

"It's not that he is stupid, the problem is that he is stubborn." Sparrer told them. "And he is keeping the marine contingent and crew fighting each other instead of trying to work together."

Zuko sighed," Lovely, and i can only imagine that when your ship gets its fighter contingent manned by the fighter corps, he will want to start a war with them." He then looked at Sorvok, adding," Speaking of, Argonne will start getting its contingent of fighters soon. 36 gryphon's and 12 scorpions. Though their main job for your ship will be CAS, they'll be supporting Roanoke in CAP duty as well when the battlegroup leaves dock."

"Thank you. I will check my PaDD to check on their arrival date." Sorvok told Zuko.

In the background, a thin man in a marine uniform was doing a bad job of spying on the group. Something got his attention and he scuttled away.

"Was that Snee?" Sparrer asked.

"Yes, I'm afraid it was." Ryngwyth answered.

Ryuukei's ear twitched, "Who is Snee"

"He is Nye's toady. I bet the little twerp is up there talking to Nye right now." Sparrer told Ryuukei.

Then, as if on cue, a large man with Colonel's rank and Snee following came down to the group.

As Nye approached he looked a little befuddled as he saw the manage of aliens. "Alright, which one of you thinks they are in charge?" He asked in a threatening tone.

"It was that small furry one!" Snee pointed at Ryuukei. "He called you brainless. I heard it myself."

Ryuukei's claws came out and his fur stood up while his ears started pointing backwards as he gave the death glare to Snee. Meanwhile Zuko stood up to his considerable full height and looked straight at Nye," I am, Captain Zuko of the Battleship Dreamcrusher, I am in charge of the battlegroup Argonne has just been assigned to."

Nye sized Zuko up. "Alright Captain," Nye changed his tone to be a little more polite. "Why are you on my ship and wasting my crew's time?"

Ryuukei continued to glare at Snee while Zuko wasted no time setting the matter straight," Actually Colonel, you are a marine, which means, only the marines are under your command, the starfleet crew is under Sorvok's command, whom as long as he is attached to the battlegroup is under my command, not yours. And when the fighter corps contingent comes aboard, they are under Captain Commander Phoenix Sullivan's command, again, not yours. This ship belongs to Commander Sorvok, not you. your just a passenger. So since this is a starfleet vessel, I do not owe you any explanation as to why I am here, but I'll go ahead and tell you anyway. We are here to discuss how Argonne will be operating with the battlegroup, and the upgrades to the ships weapons and shield systems that she will be receiving."

"Captain, you are mistaken." Nye used a polite voice, though it was obvious being polite was painful for him. "When I am on this ship it is under my command. My orders, which come from Admiral Nechayev, are to command all marines in the Task Force. Admiral Nechayev outranks you Captain Zuko."

"And as far as the fighters go, there are an asset of the marine force." Nye added. "I don't know how that alcoholic terrorist manages to even stay in Star Fleet much less have an active command."

"Amusing... Considering you're little better then a cold blooded murderer." Duval responded quietly.

Lasky added. "Colonel... I think you missed something... several somethings actually." he sighed. "This is a starfleet ship... you are a guest here, you are not in command and frankly... I doubt you'll ever wear a real uniform... not those horse rags.."

Duval placed his hand on Lasky's shoulder. "Don't do it."

Nye had an amused look on his face. "Do you think you can take me flyboy?" He asked Lasky.

Nye then noticed Duval. "Aren't you Sergeant Major Jeffery Duval?" Nye asked. "You were one of the most talented NCOs in the Corp. You should be Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps. What happened to you?"

"Insults do not become you... old man." Duval answered. "They are childish and you... are starting to annoy me... Keep it up and I will let my man kill you."

Lasky slowly smiled. "You are either a fool or a moron... to address me like so." he said to Nye.

Duval sighed. "Zuko. Would you mind terribly?"

Zuko just facepalmed while Teval looked up at Lasky and Duval and said, "Can you two come with me."

Lasky seethed inwardly with rage as he and Duval went outside into the hallway. "Teval... Don't say it... this guy is fucking with us and we have too much to do in too short a time... we don't got time for this." Duval growled.

Ryngwyth spoke up. "Colonel, we have an arms inspection in three minutes."

"What? I don't remember that!" Nye shouted at his operations officer. "Are you sure?"

"Yes, Colonel." Ryngwyth looked a little cowed.

"Alright," Nye sounded disappointed. "Commander Sorvok, handle these fleet officers."

Teval meanwhile had Tom and Duval just outside the bridge, commenting," Well, that went well. This issue is worse than I though."

Sorvok looked at Sparrer. "I did not see an arms inspection on the day's agenda."

"That's because Ryngwyth made it up to get Nye outa here. I owe her a beer or whatever else she drinks." Sparrer replied. He then looked at the other officers. "Sorry about that guys. Now you know what kind of douche bag Colonel Nye is."

Zuko let out a sigh, then looked at his padd curiously, "You know, I wonder who is going to be Argonne's new CAG. "He scrolled down the padd and pulled up the file, "Huh, your fighter corps CAG will be Aleksei Sergeyev." Looking through the report, he then got a small smile," Oh boy, Nye and this guy will really get along."

"Do you mean as in he is another chest thumping blowhard or is he a miscreant?" Sparrer asked.

Zuko counted off the misdemeanor's," Lets see, this guy has beaten up two captains, a four star and a colonel. The Captains and the admiral where over a dispute regarding fighter combat tactics apparently. Refuses to respect authority, is frequently drunk, refuses to address senior officers as sir, does not use military customs and courtesies, more uniform violations that I can count. One of his captains mentioned that he would often fly his fighter while wearing a WW2 era bomber jacket and flight suit. Lots of insubordination violations. Fuck, he is almost as bad as phoenix. Some captains have been very infuriated with him. others have been amused by him."

"Well, it will be interesting." Sparrer added.

"I do not understand why many of you are amused by this officer's presence. The vessel will certainly not run more efficiently with the personality of the leadership colliding." Sorvok told them.

Zuko gave Sorvok a look," Your leadership already collides rather badly from the looks of it, I'm not sure it can get much worse."

"I guess we are going to find out." Sparrer told them. "I signed on to this ship to see some action. This isn't what I was expecting."