Meeting the XO

Posted on Sun Dec 8th, 2019 @ 8:44pm by Lieutenant Timothy O’Riley & Admiral Deela T'Lar

618 words; about a 3 minute read

Mission: Episode 101 - Peace During War
Location: XO Office
Timeline: MD03 0800 hours

James had just finished unpacking and spending time with his family before he decided that it was time to check in with the XO. Olivia had mentioned that Bremer wasn’t on the station, so he decided it was finally time to report for duty. Adjusting his jacket he made his way to the nearest turbolift, “Ops”. As he waited for it to reach its destination he thought about the new challenges that awaited him and Olivia here.

As the lift opened he noticed that OPs was busy, turning he headed toward the XO office and pressed the button to let T’Lar know that their was someone at the door waiting to see her.

"Enter." She again wasn't expecting anyone so when the chime went off, she stopped what she was doing and waited for the door to open.

Tim took a deep breath before entering. He approached the desk before saying Lieutenant Timothy O’Riley reporting for duty sir.

Deela smiled, "O'Riley, oh, you are Lieutenant Olivia O'Riley's spouse. Have a seat." She observed him as he sat down.

As Tim sat he said, “I would have arrived with her, but I needed to stay behind until my last posting was decommissioned, a lot of memories there, really hated to leave her. Of course, Olivia and I wanted to stay in space so we put in transfer to this station. We were both pleased when we were granted our change of station.”

"Good. Glad to have you both here." Deela leaned forward slightly in her chair, "Your wife said that you both have been through some very difficult times but you are trying to make up lost time with your twins. I am truly sorry for what you had gone though."

Tim shifted in his chair a little that subject was hard still, however, Tim nodded, “Yes, I’m sure Olivia filled you in a bit about what happened, however, during my time their I had to act differently to survive. There was a moment when my counterpart helped me to escape that I had to pretend I was him to get by security, I even had to kill. Which is not something a StarFleet Officer should do. It made me question my oath to Star Fleet. I just had to remember that it wasn’t our reality.” Tim looked down before looking back at the admiral.

Deela understood, "I too had some dealings with that universe. It is a cruel world. You did what you had to do to survive. No one can blame you for that." She added, "But you are here now and all that is behind you." She gave him a moment to compose himself.

Tim had been so busy talking that he forgot to hand over his transfer orders. Handing the admiral the PADD he said, “I’ve been assigned as the new Assistant Chief Operations Officer, my background includes engineering and Intelligence.”

"Good. Then you will be working with Lt. Commander Croesus." She looked over the PADD, "Looks like everything is in order. You are good to go." She smiled at him.

“Thank you, sir, I’m looking forward to meeting Commander Croesus and working with him and the rest of the crew. For Olivia and I this is a great change for us and to be able to raise our twins here.” Tim stood to stretch his legs.

Deela smiled as she stood up as well, "You are welcome. If you ever need anything, I am always here for you and your wife."

Tim smiled as well, “Thank You Admiral. We appreciate that.” Tim turned and headed out the door. Happy that this new home would work out.

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