Lights Out [Backpost]

Posted on Tue Oct 23rd, 2012 @ 9:30pm by Lieutenant Aniela Darvetti

Mission: Episode 1.1 - "MystiQue"
Location: Deep Space 3, Darvetti's Quarters
Timeline: Day -5, 0730

OFF: This is a backpost

ON:
[[Deep Space 3, Darvetti's Quarters, Day -5, 0715]]

Aniela's chocolate eyes fluttered open as she awoke from her slumber. Despite the fact that she had been up late the night before going over the most recent data her department had collected from the Taevon Expanse, she had still planned on being in Astrometrics for her morning shift. As she stretched and slid out of bed, part of her wished she had decided to go in a little late.

Moving over to her replicator she said, "Caffè e latte and two pieces of chocolate almond biscotti." It didn't take long for her colazione to appear before her; Aniela picked up the mug in one hand, the small plate in the other, and carried them over to her desk.

As Aniela sat down, she took a moment to breathe in the aroma of the coffee and smiled. Though she missed being able to share her morning meal with her family, it did serve as a reminder of her time with them. She'd been rather busy lately, but was hoping to be able to return to Earth for a visit in the next month or two.

Tapping her finger on the edge of her terminal, Aniela picked up her coffee mug and started to take a sip as she began reading her messages. Her eyes grew wide and she nearly spat out her first sip as she saw a blinking message marked "URGENT - Transfer Orders for Aniela Darvetti".

Transfer orders? True she'd been at Deep Space 3 for awhile, but she certainly hadn't requested a transfer. She was neck deep in sensor readings and data gathering efforts to help decode the workings of the Taevon Expanse! How could they pull her away?

As the shock faded and Aniela regained her senses, she tapped on the message to open it. Sure enough, inside were orders for her immediate transfer to the Legacy-class USS Yorktown as Chief Science Officer. Further reading revealed that the Yorktown's Commanding Officer was none other than Tobias Naros. Apparently he had received a promotion and his own ship sometime after she last saw him as Executive Officer of the USS Orlando - where she had been prior to her Deep Space 3 assignment.

She sighed slightly, thinking back to her last mission on the Orlando - the investigation into the assassination of Praetor Tal'Aura. It had been an interesting process; Aniela had never done a forensic investigation before. The conclusion, however, was...not ideal. At least, not in her eyes. She had left the Orlando shortly after that and hadn't really seen her former crewmates since.

Regardless, these were her orders. Her eyes skimmed through the rest of the message and she quickly realized that there was no time for reminicsing - the rendezvous location was Starbase 386 and the Yorktown was to leave in under a week. To have any hope of being there on time, Aniela would have to find a ship heading in that direction and leave within the next coupld hours.

As numerous thoughts raced through her mind, the Terran mentally prioritized her tasks. She could send the Chief Science Officer and the rest of the team the information she had gathered while she finished her breakfast. Looking for a ship to take her to Starbase 386 was rather important as well... And then there was packing; her eyes scanned the room, considering how many boxes she would need.

[[Two Hours Later]]

Though she wasn't entirely sure how, Aniela had managed to accomplish all of her tasks in a mere couple hours. Of course, the deadline given to her by the USS Anguirel Commanding Officer was a good motivation... The Excalibur-class vessel would be leaving in the next thirty minutes, so she didn't have much time. Her belongings had already been taken to the ship; all that was left was her.

Aniela's gaze moved slowly around the quarters which had been hers for the last year. It seemed most of her assignments lasted only a year...only her time on the USS Cherokee and USS Cataria had lasted longer than that. She was a little sad to leave the station - and especially her research - behind, but the more she had thought about it, the more she tried to see the good in the transfer.

Being on the Yorktown would, after all, give her the opportunity to study more varied spatial anomalies and particles...perhaps even discover new ones. Though the Taevon Expanse had plenty of mysteries to solve, the chances of a new anomaly appearing were, at best, slim.

Her thoughts on a more positive note, a smile crossed her lips as her eyes took in her quarters once more - trying to imprint the image in her mind. As she turned to leave, Aniela gave a last command, "Computer, lights off."

OFF:

Lieutenant Aniela Darvetti
Chief Science Officer
USS Yorktown

Italian vocabulary:
Caffè e latte = Coffee with milk
colazione = breakfast