New Guy

Posted on Thu Sep 28th, 2023 @ 10:30pm by Lieutenant Tracey Walker Jr

Mission: Throne of Glass
Location: Security
Timeline: Current

Trace was en route to Security to check in with his Commanding Officer when he felt the ship lurch. He stumbled into a wall and regained his balance, but several other crewmen weren’t so lucky and went down.

He helped a few of them up and checked them for any obvious injuries but no serious damage was done. No alarm klaxons sounded and the ship didn’t go to Red Alert, but just as he was walking into the Security Office, the Norris did go to Yellow Alert.

For Security, Yellow Alert was a big deal, and standard response was to get armed and get to your duty station as quickly as possible. In most cases, Yellow Alert called for increased readiness, enhanced patrols, locking down access controls, and increased updates. Trace’s problem was, he hadn’t yet reported to his CO and therefore didn’t have an assigned duty station.

He entered the CSO’s office and cleared his throat. “Lieutenant JG Tracey Walker, reporting for duty sir. Where am I needed?”

An impossibly tall older man with brown hair, a short beard and a moustache rose and extended a hand.

“Lieutenant Sokolov. Walker, right? You’re expected.” He said, nodding to himself. “We’ll do a proper greeting later, Lieutenant. For now, arm yourself and report to Engineering. We’ll want double guard until we know more about what’s going on.”

Trace nodded and headed to the Armory with an ‘Aye Aye sir’ over his shoulder.

Lieutenant JG Tracey Walker
Security Officer
USS Chuck Norris