Summer has Ended - Part One

Posted on Sun Oct 23rd, 2022 @ 4:24am by Commander Nalla Furban

Mission: Mission 116: All Along the Watchtowers - Part One
Location: Various Locations - Starbase Vanguard
Timeline: 0855Hrs, December 5th, 2393

Commander Nalla Furban sighed softly to herself as the small-framed part Deltan female moved down the hallway. She had recently returned from her previous assignment as the commanding officer of the USS Salvation. An Artemis class starship. This was a medical variant of the Century class design except this one was newer than most and there were fewer of them but the Artemis was supposed to be able to succeed and then eventually replace all other medical vessels presently in service but Furban knew that this eventuality was still many years away as the humans reckoned time.

Nalla was wearing her normal uniform and she knew that she had a matter to deal with before her. She wanted to see Bethany Yamaguchi. Her daughter who she had named for her donor's grandmother. But Nalla also knew that in order to accomplish this minor feat, she would need to get past her child's father and he was no small challenge. At the rank of Admiral and Executive Officer of the Starfleet forces based here in the Taurus Reach. She knew she needed to placate the man otherwise he could compel her attention and she would be unable to refuse him.

Furban sighed to herself while she considered the matter. Calling Jake Yamaguchi a mere seed donar was ultimately demeaning and insulting. Both to him and to their daughter that the two of them shared together. Nalla wanted to spend time with her daughter and the only way to do that rather than a legal recourse was to go and see the man. Pay him the respect he is due and then deals with him properly.

Furban knew that if she angered him then he could become a massive threat to her plans. Along with her career in ways, she would carry for the rest of her existence. She knew he would never directly harm her, not like his counterpart who she had encountered many times in her dreams. Thanks to the unexpected sexual encounter she had had with Jake and Plataea. An event that was the heart of the third Pineapple event. The event itself had taken place on the USS Roanoke. The event had affected over forty thousand people as well as six other starships. Needless to say, the result had been a massive disaster for public relations. Bethany who had been the end product of that event was now almost fourteen months old.

So she had decided to book an appointment and then go see him while he was on duty. This way she could at least have a chance to present herself before his person and then present her case. Maybe he would hear her out and maybe he would not. If he didn't then she knew that she would need to go and see her foster mother and persuade her to petition Jake Yamaguchi to allow Nalla to see her child.

Furban recalled that as she had already tried to deny Jake Yamaguchi his paternal rights as the father of her child once before and the end result had produced a massive storm of controversy in which various other people had taken sides. Some people had come into the fray on her side of matters, but it had been limited mostly to the upper class of Betazed royalty and various members of the Betazed government but most people who had been pulled into the matter had sided against her. Many of those were in positions that could directly harm Nalla's long term plans or more directly. They could harm Nalla's career and her prospects in Starfleet going forward.

To muddy the waters, even more, was the knowledge that Nalla had recently obtained. Jake Yamaguchi had been the one to get for Nalla, her command of the USS Salvation as well as the mostly Vulcan crew that she had assigned presently to the ship. She had no idea of why this was the case and she was also concerned about the matter.

Furban reached her destination and while she had almost no desire to provoke the Admiral. He was still the father of her child and she had to show him the respect he was due from her. She entered the office where his yeoman was keeping watch over the Admiral's paperwork and the like. He regarded the small-framed Deltan woman as she entered his workspace area. "Can I help you, ma'am?" Chief Petty Officer Sean McDonald inquired of her.

"I am here to see Admiral Jake Yamaguchi. I have an appointment for about this time." Furban answered in her usual manner-of-fact tone of voice.

"Yep," McDonald answered. "Commander Nalla Furban, right?"

"I am her," Furban answered.

"The Admiral is in his office and he's expecting you... Go on in." McDonald answered as he indicated the door with his hand.

Furban knew the time had come, thus she resolved to see it though to its end.