[USS Mayhem, Bridge]
"By order of Starfleet Command Vice Admiral Jolias Enor is hereby promoted to full Admiral and appointed as commander of the reconstituted Alpha Fleet whose operations shall encompass both the Alpha and Gamma quadrants." Jeremy read the message with a smirk "the Admiral is ordered to report to Deep Space Nine immediately and assume command." He looked at Jolias "wow you must have REALLY pissed someone off."
Jole stared at the screen a bit dumbfounded; he looked around and then casually shrugged "must have." He fell back into his seat "set course for deep space nine."
[Deep Space Nine, Operations]
"Fleet reorganization? Again?" Captain Maxwell Chambliss slid his fingers across the console pushing the thin layer of dust away "Alpha Fleet?" He grunted and looked across the operations center "someone change the flag- new standard, Alpha Fleet, and someone get the fleet command offices fixed for golly sakes!"
"The technicians have been working overtime sir- the overhaul has them overwhelmed." Lieutenant Vastiff spoke up.
"Well give them more overtime!" Maxwell sighed "what will the new Admiral think if he gets here and everything is in disarray?"
"I don't know." Vastiff frowned "but they're working as fast as they can sir."
"Just tell them to try and be faster, okay?"
"Understood."
"Sir," Commander Wilhelm interrupted "that Keldon that was docked at Pylon two, they've just detached from the station but we're reading an unusual energy signature emanating from their cargo hold."
Maxwell looked at his ops officer nodding "yes, the Hadok right? They were the ones who brought us the spare parts. What do you think it is?"
"Don't know- trying to get a reading but it seems that- oh wait, energy surge! Massive energy surge! We're receiving a distress signal from them now!"
Maxwell took a few steps forward "What's happening Wilhelm? On screen now!"
"Trying to figure it out…detecting an explosion!" Everyone looked at the view screen as a large explosion ripped through the Keldon's hull. Several pieces of debris hurtled towards the station including one of the Keldon's fins. "Oh boy!"
"Raise shields! Red alert" Maxwell ordered. The shields absorbed most of the debris but the fin grazed part of an upper pylon causing the station to shiver and groan. After a few tense seconds everything settled "what the hell was that?!"
"No idea- will have to look at the sensor logs however, the Hadok is gone- no survivors." Wilhelm grimaced.
Several hours later…
As soon as the airlock cycled Jolias was through. Waiting for him was Captain Maxwell "Admiral, it is a pleasure to meet you."
"I wish I could say them same but about three hours ago I received a nasty gram from a Cardassian Gul demanding to know how one of his ships suddenly exploded after leaving this station." Jolias frowned at the Captain "and then not ten minutes later I received another one from the Bajoran First Minister demanding to know what happened. You can imagine how agitated they were- so, what do you know?"
"Umm… well..." Maxwell fidgeted for a moment before he answered "nothing. We still have people combing the wreckage to see what happened. My operations officer is going through the sensor logs but we still don't know much. Our best guess so far is sabotage."
"Sabotage?" Jolias frowned. Any hope that the command and fleet changes would be fluid were now gone. "Keep me informed of your progress. In the mean time is there somewhere that we can locate fleet operations? Also I need to make a statement to the fleet."
"Yes, we still have the Home Fleet offices up but we've been upgrading the station and have not completely finished. You can send your message at station operations however."
"Good, then we will go there first." As the pair walked Jolias studied the station. He had visited Deep Space Nine only one time pervious, many years earlier when he was still Captain of the USS Warrior. There was no debate- the station was rife with history. Several major events had occurred on the station and several important figures once walked her corridors, but it still didn't change Jolias' mind. As they entered the turbo lift he looked at the Captain "I'm surprised they haven't made this a museum yet." Maxwell simply smiled at the dry comment.
When the lift doors open Jolias followed Maxwell out. The Captain led the Admiral to the communication station "here you go Admiral." Maxwell said and looked at the Lieutenant manning the station "the Admiral here needs a message sent to the entire fleet."
The Lieutenant nodded "one moment sirs. There, you may speak Admiral."
Jolias nodded, not being one for speeches he decided to be concise "To all First Fleet vessels and facilities this is Admiral Jolias Enor. I am officially taking command of the reconstituted Alpha Fleet. Fleet Headquarters will be located at Deep Space Nine. Unless otherwise noted you are to continue with previous orders. Enor out." He nodded his head at the Lieutenant who tapped on the console ending the transmission. "Now Captain, where is my office?"
"This way Admiral…but it's not ready…"
[End]
Admiral Jolias Enor
First/Alpha Fleet Commander
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