[Deep Space Nine]
General Tyris stepped back through the airlock onto the Promenade of DS9. His inspection tour of the fleet had allowed him to discretely get in his share of flight time, as well as performing the type of duties as a staff officer that Admirals would smile at. Taking a deep breath and letting it out, he headed back towards his office on the station.
In the hallway Jolias was making great pace followed by his yeoman and Captain Maxwell "Captain" he said as he walked briskly down the hallway "I gave you specific directions to keep the Cardassians out of my hair- not to mention that the destruction of the Hadok occurred on your watch! Ever since then you have been nothing short of flustered and overwhelmed."
"But…but…but Admiral- I am doing my best." Maxwell stammered at first "we are conducting the investigation as thoroughly as we can. Omek was insistent. I didn't see the harm in sending him to see you sir."
"I'm sorry Maxwell. The small research station in orbit Cornucopia Colony needs a Starfleet commander. I have already penned you for the assignment. I think you'll find it a lot less stressful and more suitable to your skills."
Maxwell nodded slowly "I understand sir- but who will you get to replace me? This is very sudden."
As he looked up he noticed the familiar face of Brigadier General Nikkos Tyris, a sly grin expressed itself on Enor's face "Ah, General, wait. It's good to run into you; I hope your tour of the fleet went well?"
Nikkos smiled broadly. "Very well, Admiral, thank you."
"Good, good" Jolias smiled and nodded to Maxwell "since you're here and I'm sure you're not too busy. Captain Maxwell is being reassigned to Cornucopia Colony- but we seem to have a vacuum in terms of a station commander. I want you to take over the role as an interim commander until a replacement can be selected. I also want you to head the investigation into the destruction of the Hadok."
Nikkos blinked, feigning confusion. "Me, Admiral? Station commanding and investigations are a little out of my line of work." He was lying, as Enor knew full well of his command and intelligence experience, but Maxwell didn't.
"You'll do fine, I'm sure." Jolias looked at his yeoman "Lieutenant make a note that General Tyris is now the interim commanding officer of Deep Space Nine and send a notice to Drayson at Starfleet command." He looked at Tyris again "oh, and a fair warning, there's a chubby Gul running loose on the station. Keep him out of my hair okay?"
Tyris sighed. "Who is going to be keeping up with my work while I'm doing this? I have more PADDs than I have desk even now."
"You're a smart guy, I'm sure you can manage. The station and the investigation is your primary priority right now. If you're lucky I'll have a successor named by the end of the week." Enor said. He looked at Maxwell "give the General the details of the current investigation and make sure they don't get tossed in with his other work."
"What details do you have, anyway." Nikkos said evenly, as he was aware of the fat Gul blustering around DS9, and had never been too fond of Maxwell anyway.
Maxwell looked around and then leaned forward whispering "the explosion was apparently caused by an incendiary device. The teams are still analyzing it however…"
"Well you will tell those teams to report to me once they are finished, and I will finish the investigation, Captain. Best of luck to you on Cornucopia." Tyris replied, his demeanor very much that of an intelligence officer rather than of a lanky, awkward pilot.
Enor nodded and then headed off followed by the Captain.
[End]
Admiral Jolias Enor
AFCO
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BGen Nikkos Tyris
ACO DS9 :P
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