Private Conversations

Posted on Thu Jun 13, 2019 @ 3:59pm by Fleet Captain Rhea Kennit

116 words; about a 1 minute read

Mission: Plaga Navis
Location: USS Victory

After Lt T’Mora had departed, the Captain turned her attention to another matter. Returning to her desk, she accessed a secure channel and then entered a secondary set of command codes to activate an additional level of encryption. Sending the initial handshake request, she waited.

After a moment, the channel connected. An older man faced her on the screen. Gray eyes, with a narrow face and steel gray hair close cropped against his skull. Admiral Herman Nassau gazed at her silently for a moment, then said “I’ve spoken at length with Bennett. Is it as bad he makes it sound?”

Softly, she answered “Yes sir. At the very least. It may even be worse.”

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