A Crown of Thorns and Thistles

Posted on Fri Mar 20th, 2020 @ 3:54pm by Captain Tolian Brevik & Commander Malcolm Walters & Commander Gaggeva Stark & Commander T'Shamsu & Lieutenant Martin 'Pharma Bro' Shkreli & Lieutenant Rosalie Avila & Lieutenant Grovian T'Mass & Lieutenant Riycal Shonan & Lieutenant Stozg & Master Chief Petty Officer Gwen Adams & Lieutenant Megan Delgado

Mission: Mission 103: The Rumblings of Discontent
Location: Various Locations - USS Solemn Penance
Timeline: 0900Hrs - August 25th, 2393

The turbolift doors opened and out came Lieutenant Martin Shkreli, he looked over at Lieutenant Benjamin De-Witt. "Is the ship secure?" he demanded. "Since you started this dance way too soon, we were not ready for this... I needed more time to turn these people against each other."

De-Witt looked unconcerned. "Oh shut up worrying, we have this ship and we will soon have the crew as well. Especially when we tell them that Brevik was going to take them on a strike against someone, probably the Tholians as they aren't far from here. Hey, we did what we did because Starfleet ordered us to do so."

"Stop making plans to cover your own weaknesses, you are stupid on the matter. You lack vision..."

De-Witt hauled off and slapped Shkreli, who hit him back and the two began to grapple on the bridge before a rather large burly human pulled the two men apart. "Enough, knock this shit off, the both of you." the man growled ever so softly. "Or I'll deal with you both," Jacobs commented.

De-Witt regarded Skherli with a look of malice, loathing and anger before Petty Officer 3rd Class simply hauled off and slapped him once, the sound of flesh on flesh bounced around the bridge loudly. "I will not tell you again De-Witt," Jacobs growled ever so softly. "Skherli..."

The Doctor at least didn't look so enraged that he needed educating on the fine arts of controlling one's emotions. "Now, if that matter is dealt with... I will promote myself to Captain," he commented. "Since I was the head of the Human Defense League force on this ship anyway... I should be in command," he commented. "But since you blew this operation well before I was ready, I am going to deal with you now." he turned to Jacobs. "Throw him in the brig, nobody is to see him or talk to him until I decide otherwise, keep him in solitary and on ice."

"You got it," Jacobs responded as De-Witt hauled off and smashed his face into Skherli's face. "You traitor!. I'll see you hang for this!" the man roared as Jacobs grabbed him and hauled him away, moments later the two men were both gone as the Doctor sighed softly. "We must make do with what we have before us." he turned to the first face he saw. "Ensign Kathryn Blair, you will be my first officer with the Commanders rank and Ensign Miranda Thompson, you will take over as Second Officer, also with the Commanders rank," he commented before he congratulated them both with a few words and a handshake each. "Go get yourselves your new uniforms and rank insignia." and with that, he dismissed the two women he had selected.

Shkreli looked at the remaining mutineers he had collected and they were rather lacking in numbers, he had also failed to recruit anyone from the senior staff which was only going to hurt his operations later. "Warrant Officers Vincent Shultz and Muriel Nichols, you two will take over as Chief of Conn and Operations, both with the rank of Lt Commander, congratulations... You're dismissed." The Doctor commented after he had given both men a handshake to cement their loyalty, before dismissing both men and sending them for their new ranks and the like.

Both men muttered their thank-yous while they departed.

Shkreli smiled. "Ensign Todd, I'm going to make you Chief of Science, you said you wanted to do some serious research without being pressed on deadlines, well, here is your chance," he commented.

The hulking human male nodded his head. "It'll be an honor, sir."

"Good, you now hold the rank of Commander." and with that, the two men shook hands before Darrel Todd departed in silence, he turned to Andrea Walker who was honestly a fanatic, she was one who almost hated aliens and only remained in Starfleet because the Human Defense League had converted her to their cause over two decades ago, she was one of the most fanatic of the Maquis, she grew to enjoy tormenting her prey, mostly Cardassian women and children. Walker was not known for being subtle but she was known for her cruelty and her mental instability. "Crewman Walker, I'm going to appoint you as Gamma Watch security Chief, anyone who causes me trouble will answer specifically to you." as he grinned at her, he knew she would get off on what he was offering her.

Andrea Walker smiled back. "I will ensure your enemies are silent on the matter," she commented. "Command me," she added.

"Your new rank is Lieutenant, you know your posting," he commented. "Dismissed..."

Walker almost skipped as she went off of the bridge, on her way to collect her new items. Everyone remaining present watched her leave but none opted to say anything on the matter, which was just as well. Shkreli turned to Sergent Gloria Schmidt, Technical Sergent Alice Ortega and Second Lieutenant Dianne Spencer. "Alright, you three will take over as my Marine Commanding Officer with the rank of Colonel, you will take over as the CAG, also as a Colonel and you'll take over as the Deck Boss with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel." he indicated the three women in order as he shook each of their hands. "Congratulations and you're also dismissed." as he dismissed the three women, who were now very happy with themselves. Before Skherli turned to his next person who was a younger woman who looked something of a ditz as she tended to be clumsy. "Crewman Antoinette Mullins. I'm promoting you to Master Chief Petty Officer and the posting of Chief of the Boat." he smiled. "Congratulations." and with that, he dismissed her to deal with uniform and rank, he moved onto Crewman Wanda Adkins who was almost fighting to keep herself motionless "You, I'm making you Chief of Tactical and the rank of Lieutenant Commander."

"Ooooh, thank you." and with that, he congratulated her and she departed in silence, the rest of the promotions were handed out in sequence. "Now that that's over with, its time I explained myself to the rest of the crew." as Skherli proceeded to sit down in the Captain's Chair, something he felt had been denied to him for far too long. "Attention crew of the USS Solemn Penance, this is the new Captain speaking. By now you will all have heard that there was
something going on, well allow me to explain to you what that was... Captain Brevik was relieved for acting unlawfully, he was preparing a strike against a civilian target and I decided to relive him of his command, under my medical authority, so for now. I am in command until the situation can be resolved, we will maintain our present patrol until such time as we can put this matter to bed... No outgoing communications will be permitted and we will not monitor anything from the outside either. You have my word that this will be resolved as quickly as possible. Shkreli out." he sat back and smiled as he found he liked the feel of the chair.