First Patrol Underway

Posted on Fri Nov 13th, 2026 @ 3:50pm by Captain Sheyla {MD} & Lieutenant Commander Ken Kudo {Meji} & Lieutenant Regina "Regi" Green & Lieutenant Griffon Resch & Lieutenant T'Pri & 2nd Lieutenant Jyrranaz "Jaz" Rindo

Mission: Thanksgiving Dangers
Location: USS Diligent
Timeline: Current

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With everyone having been recalled for a short patrol. Captain Sheyla sat in the center of her rather busy Bridge. Not a loud busy, just a crew preparing for an actual duty action, no matter how menial. The way Sheyla saw it was that the USS Diligent had to be seen doing what she is supposed to; protecting M-69 and seeing to the populace through Starfleet service.

With Ejo down in main engineering and an ensign at the engineer's station, Commander Kudo kept his presence to more to that side of the Bridge. Not that he did not trust the younger officer, but he had experience whereas this young man did not. He was one of the officers kept aboard after serving on Diligent as his cadet cruise. His file stated he was a bright officer who normally took extra shift work upon himself, and that left it open for a promotion to Lieutenant JG if the command staff made that decision. So far, Ken was in the positive for promoting the younger man. "Engineering shows us to be ready for full operations, Captain." Kudo announced.

Resch was busy tying in his Tactical post, his mind half on his job, which he could do with his eyes closed, and the other half thinking about Yui. The last couple of days had been brilliant, with them spending a good amount of time in privacy and intimacy. Yui had mentioned a few times the want for children and after a lovemaking session, they had discussed it further. He felt Yui was rushing things but, with how he felt about her, he could see no reason not to have children with her. Plus, his brother Marcus would love to know he was an uncle. So, with his okay Yui had dropped her birth control and the two of them spent another couple of sessions trying to see if it would stick. As of now, he knew not whether he was going to be a father. When he left Yui she was practically bouncing off the walls with excitement at the prospect of being a mother, and that was when she told him gestation was roughly 38 to 42 days. Quazi kits grow in the womb fast, and go through several growth spurts as newborns and toddlers once born. This was all explained to Griffon by his mate. She had even told Griffon that Quazi genetics are always the primary, and no matter what a Catfolk would be born with the ears, tail, and furred hair on their heads. And, that the color of said hair and fur was completely random, covering all colors across the spectrum.

T'Pri was managing her SCI station with her typical Vulcan efficiency. She had worked for the past several days on enhancing the sensors and shield grid. A fast frigate was not normally a very good exploration platform, usually tasked with security patrols and vessel escort duties. However, out here on the fringe and around the Lagoon, sensors were a must. She already had plans to talk to Captain Sheyla and Chief Ejo about doing something to upgrade the entire system when they had the time to sit docked and switch it out. For now, the sensors were as good as they could get.

Regi Green sat at Helm, once again seeing to setting up her station. She had gone through several formats over the last couple of days, and had finally found the one that worked best for her. She had already met the marines and found them to be a load of fun and likeable. It was good to know that Resch had extra hands for Security tasks, and that the Marine officer was also a medical officer. Nothing like ten marines with the know-how for emergency medicine, able to stabilize a patient long enough to keep them alive until the doctors and nurses could get to work.

2nd Lieutenant Jaz stepped out of the port turbolift and onto the Bridge. When first assigned to USS Diligent, Jaz had missed being on the Bridge when the ship left Earth spacedock. Now, she wanted to see the Lagoon in all its glory with her own eyes, through the Bridge viewport and viewscreen overlapping it currently.

"Welcome to the Bridge, Lieutenant Jaz," offered Sheyla, looking towards the Catfolk.

"Thank you, Captain." Jaz responded as she gave a pleasant grin. "Just wanted to look out the front window while we get underway. If you'll allow?"

Sheyla gave a nod even as she too wore a pleasant expression. "You're fine, Jaz. I'm sure you don't need to be told to not get in the way?"

"Not at all, Captain," said Jaz. "I am Operations trained, so I can take a station if need arises." Here yes darted a glance towards the Comm/General use station next to Griffon's work area. "If I can be useful at any time just let me know."

"I'll keep that in mind," said Sheyla, her eyes going forward. "Miss Green, prepare for impulse. Set course zero-four-seven, mark two-eight. We'll skirt the nebulas and conduct scientific scans. Could a be a good time to test other systems and the shuttle bay."

"Shuttle ride?" Jaz asked, her grin becoming a smile. "I volunteer, Captain. A little small craft boogey is never a bad thing."

Sheyla glanced over with a grin. "Being the first to voice your enthusiasm, Lieutenant Jaz, consider yourself assigned to the first shuttle mission. Being a marine and medical, it may become a permanent slot depending on circumstances."

Jaz gave a nod of acknowledgement. "I'll be ready when the call comes, Captain."

Green had been piloting the ship as the two women were speaking, getting the Diligent free of the civilian flight vectors. At last, just over ten minutes later, she spoke up. "Free and clear of all flight vectors, Captain. We are free to maneuver."

"Crank us up to full impulse, Miss Green." Ordered Sheyla as she sat up and more forward in her chair. "Follow the heading previously given."

"Aye, Sir." Said Green, making the adjustments even as the stars outside showed they were moving at incredible speed, just shy of light speed at warp one. Green loved to rev an engine, and Diligent was quite the sports car when compared to larger vessels.

USS Diligent proceeded on its course, looking to add some data to the computer core.

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