Home is Where Your Mother Runs The Ship

Posted on Thu Jan 30th, 2020 @ 2:09pm by Fleet Admiral Donatella Figueroa & Lieutenant Junior Grade Ethan O'Donoghue

Mission: S01E05 ConQstador
Location: Ships Lounge

Ej was dressed in a black t-shirt, black jeans, and his hair up in a slightly messy quiff. The new lounge was huge, he walked up to bar "Can I have one bottle of Budweiser please" he said as the bartender reappeared with his bottle of beer, walking over to the jukebox in the corner he played some old 1920s jazz. Sat in a booth just by the door, drinking from his bottle, it was almost surreal to be back on this ship, with these people. He hadn't checked in with Shras yet, but that would come tomorrow when they would both be on the bridge and they could clock off together and go and grab food like they always did, he waited for the captain to arrive as he bopped his head along to the jazzy beat bouncing through the place as he smiled to himself.

Typical of Fig, she did not really 'dress down' much. She had gone to her quarters briefly only to end up changing out of her uniform slacks but kept the vibrant chartreuse green command wrap on with slender fitting blue denim jeans. Finding EJ was fairly easy once she entered the lounge which was music to her ear. Old Earth Jazz beats played abut and EJ was at the bar with a bottle that she suspected was beer. Fig was a little more laid back than most Captains. She liked her bar being stocked with alcohol from various worlds. "Well fancy that," she said taking a gander at the bottle. "Someone must have been digging through Earth's beverage history and found that gem. Wonder how close it is to what it actually tasted like back then" commented Fig.

She looked at the bartender. "A glass of a Zinfandel if you have it, planet of origin doesn't matter...just nothing from Tellarite. Their wines are shit" she said shaking her head.

As EJ Spotted Fig he got up and hugged her "Ahh you know me alcohol and alcohol history it's kinda my thing" He said with a wink "It does taste exactly as it would have all those years ago" He said laughing as he looked to the bartender "Tellarite wine is like piss water captain" he said with a cheeky smile " I never did get to thank you for day I found out about Craig dying" He said with a weak little smile.

"To Craig," she said raising her wine glass and connecting it with EJ's beer bottle. "You really have nothing to thank me for, EJ. I just broke the terrible news to you and I hate having to do that to any member of the crew, especially to those I'm fond of. It just makes it harder as a Captain. When you were taken captive by the Sheliak I thought we had lost you. I do not know how I would have been able to look your parents in the eyes and break that news to them because I'd be damned if I was going to have some Admiral send a message to them."

He clinked his bottle with Figs "To Craig" he said with another weak smile, He had missed her at the funeral. Hell, a lot of people turned up just not the ones he truly wanted there "It was a wonderful service though captain" He said looking at her "Was hard not having the crew there to help but I got through as I only could" he said swigging from the bottle.

Fig reached over and placed a hand on his shoulder. "I'm sorry that things did not work out as we had planned with the service and all. Commander Samuels got his own command and oh stars only know what scientific adventures he has gotten himself into. I certainly was not planning on your abduction by the Sheliak, and I had wanted to be there for you at Craig's funeral, but I was being bombarded by legal appearances by brass. Apparently setting one's starship to self destruct and putting it on an automated collision course comes with some scrutiny of judgment" she teased.

EJ Smiled "I understand captain it was a hell of a ride even for me those Sheliak were horrendous and if I ever see one again I will beat the living crap outta them myself," He said drinking his beer "Switched from Whiskey to Beer Craig wouldn't want me loosing any chances of furthering my career within Starfleet by being a drunk mess on his behalf," he said with a slight smile, it still weighed heavy on him Craig's death that is. He twinkled his finger around the edge of the bottle looking to fig "Captain is there any way I can start my command training?" He asked not wanting to really be forward but he wanted to know for the future.

"Hopefully, EJ, neither one of us will have to see a Sheliak again. Our little war with them is over thanks to well, I don't want to say my actions, but definitely the collective actions of the crew and then the diplomatic and legal teams who were able to hammer out the Treaty of Armens with them" she said with a small smile. "You are already in Command Division as Chief Helmsmen, and you held the bridge yourself that one time as an ensign against the Klingon battlecruiser. Given your recent promotion to Lieutenant junior grade, I would be inclined to support your command training and if you truly want this EJ then we can start soon."

EJ smiled as he looked to Fig "They were intolerable captain..." he said choking a little, reflectingon his time spent in there clutches made him feel like crap, but it was over now and he had to remind him self of that "atleast we managed to sort a somewhat peaceful treaty with them not that, they were kind in any way" he said shaking "Of course id like to start it" he said once again smiling at her "will i have to go back to the acadmy to do my tests" he asked looking at his drink.

"Normally, yes" replied Fig though she had things up her sleeve normal Captains otherwise would not. "Fortunately, for you this starship albeit not the Musashi I know so intimately is not a starship of normalcy. Our Chief Science Officer is an ex Admiral who has seen the light and was slapped with a hefty demotion" she said with a smirk. "Between what connections he still has and my past as an Academy Instructor, I suspect we can get your tests and examinations all completed aboard the Musashi without having to set foot in a classroom. The Bridge will be your classroom."

Ej sat and listened intently to Fig, as he always did. She was one of the only women in his life that he would always listen to, she was a like a mother to him, in the vast coldness of space fig had rasied him to be the helmsman he is today "Ahhh our new cheif of science is an ex admiral well that chnages things up a little" he said taking a swig from his drink. His faced beamed as soon as he herd what fig had to say "Well thats a relief id liek to train under you anyway id rather not have to deal with the hoighty toity brain heads at the acadamy" he said smiling at her.

"I'm plenty hoity and toity, EJ" she replied teasing the young man who she had taken care of as though he were her own child. "I'll start figuring out a schedule and academic plan for you. When I am not able to teach you, we can have Essex lecture. He may be an ex admiral, but he's not as terrible as I initially expected. When it comes to any medical courses you'll need, I'm sure Doctor Seleya or any of her medical staff will be able to assist" explained Fig. "Now, I best get back to the Bridge. I have a few things to look over before we venture to Rigel VI" she added.

He quickly hugged the captain "I have to go to the astromecs bay to tinker with the helm controls so i will see you on the bridger after that captain" He said drinking his drink before placing down on the bar as he walked out.