Calling Close

Posted on Sun Jun 4th, 2023 @ 1:20am by Captain Dick Sprague

Mission: Albion, on Ice!
Location: USS Albion
Timeline: Current

ON:

{USS Albion, Bridge}

Genno: "Approach control, this is Albion. Ready for docking maneuver."

Spacedock Controller: =/\=Albion is cleared to dock.=/\=

Sprague: "Lock on!"

Key: "Systems locked."

Sprague: "Spacedock, you have control."

Spacedock Controller: =/\=Negative, Albion. You have to press the green button to complete locking procedure.=/\=

Key: "Oh, sorry!" ::presses the green button::

Spacedock Controller: =/\=Thank you, Albion. Enjoy the ride, and welcome home.=/\=

Sprague: "Enterprise, I mean Albion, confirms."

USS Albion enters spacedock...

Florian: "Would you look at that?" ::USS Excrescence comes into view::

Sprague: "My friends, the great experiment. The Excrescence, ready for trial runs."

Andrews: "She's supposed to have excrescence capabilities."

Grexx: "Aye. And if my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a Pinto."

Sprague: "Tut tut, Mr. Grexx. Young minds. Fresh ideas... you never know!"

Spacedock Controller: "Albion, stand by for final docking procedure."

Sprague: "Stand by umbilical and gravitational support systems."

Mack: "Aye sir, moorings activated. All systems standing by."

Genno: "Captain, this is not possible."

Sprague: "Ms. Genno?"

Genno: "I have an energy reading from Deck 13... from inside Ensign King's quarters... again!"

Sprague: "I ordered King's quarters sealed! I think more than once."

Genno: "Yes sir, I sealed the room myself... twice! Nevertheless I am reading a lifeform there."

Sprague: "This entire crew seems on the edge of obsessive behavior concerning Ensign King."

Andrews: "Captain, security reports the door to King's quarters has been forced."

Sprague: "I'm on my way. Commander--" ::skips over Andrews and immediately looks to the helm: "--Key, you have the conn."


(USS Albion, Ensign King's quarters}

Sprague: ::enters the darkened room::

Figure in the Shadows: "Dick... Help me. You left me on Hydra Gamma II. Why did you do that?"

Sprague: ::rushes over and grabs the figure, revealing it to be Townsend:: "Master Chief Petty Officer Townsend... again!?! What the tricorders are you doing? Have you lost your mind?"

Townsend: "Help me, Dick. Take me home."

OFF:

Captain Dick Sprague
Commanding Officer
USS Albion NCC-3020