Fleet Opening Mission: To Our Future

[Steve Malloway]

Posting as Lt. Cmdr. Michael Gregrez, incoming Chief Engineer for USS Braveheart

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USS Barbaranne, enroute to Starbase Thrinacia
Engineering Section
1125 hours

"Barbaraaaaaaane, just take my haaaaaaand... Bar-bar-bar-baraaaaaaane-"

"Do you mind? I've told you enough times that gets on my nerves."

Michael grinned, popping his head over the top of the terminal from having being knelt on the otherside. "My apologies Ensign, I just thought the extra lyrical ambience would add to the mood." He mused, watching the younger female Engineer sit up from her own side of the console.

"What mood? I've been assigned to dis-assemble a ruddy dilithium intermix monitoring station." She did not look impressed as she made eye contact with Michael.

"And what fun we're having, eh?" Michael winked, placing his hyperspanner on the top of the console and reattaching the panel he'd removed with a simple click. "I've removed the couplings from this side, hows it looking your end?" He stood, walking around to stand behind the Ensign as she bent back down to continue in her own side. Michael mentally scalded himself and his eyes as they roamed up the lower back of the officer. No, bad man, bad bad man. He laughed internally as he straightened his back, the Ensign moving back from her work to reattach her own side too.

"All done." As she spoke, Michael had moved to pick up one side, mimiced by his accomplice a moment later so they began to walk slowly through Engineering of the Galaxy Class ship. "Commander... mind telling me why you're helping again?"

Michael looked up at the Ensign, narrowing his eyes in amusement as he smiled a little. All he was meant to be doing was offering advice to the young crew on his way through to his new assignment; The USS Braveheart, NCC-95624, Sovereign Class. The name sounded perfect, fit amazingly with the sleek class she was built to spec against. He couldnt wait to start sliding his fingers here there and everywhere in her-

"Sir?"

Michael looked up, shaking his head slightly as he began to reply. "Sorry Ensign, day-dream. Being an Engineer, I cant sit still for long, nor stand back and watch. These hands were made for working, and thats just what they'll do," He grinned as the Ensign rolled her eyes as Michael's voice took up a melody, "AND ONE OF THESE DAYS THESE HANDS ARE GONNA WORK ALL OVER YOU!" He called aloud, laughing in time with some of the other Engineers within earshot, his gaze fixing back on an unimpressed Ensign. "Oh relax, Ensign. Chief's not on-duty and I'm the most senior officer here. Have fun!"

As they placed the console down with a few others that had been dettached, Michael turned when his ears picked up the call of his name and rank 'Lieutenant Commander Gregrez'.

"Yes Commander?" He addressed his fellow rank-ian, taking the offered PADD, reading the short message upon the smaller screen. "Ah, perfect." He smiled. "We should be arriving at Thrinacia in approximately 52 minutes from now." He winked at the Lt. Cmdr as he handed her back the PADD. "Thank you."

"Great, rid of you soon." The Ensign mused, smiling as Michael turned back to look at her with a playful mimed shocked epxression across his face. "Ensign, I feel hurt." He grinned, walking around the console to offer his arm to the officer. "As punishment, would you care to join me for a coffee in Ten Forward?"

With a small nod as she took his arm, both Engineers waltzed from Engineering, making their way for a drink or two before arriving at the Starbase, and later the USS Braveheart for her newly appointed Chief of Engineering.

TAG: No-one? Seeing as I'm not there yet XD Unless someone else is stealing a ride, lol