Stardate: 2416.10
Captains Log: In one of the proud moments of DFA Fleet History, one of Cromwell's own, Lt. Tule, was promoted to Lt. Commander and tapped for XO duty on Starbase Phoenix. I will be escorting her there, and at the same time, have the honor of inducting another Starfleet officer into the DFA ranks. With T'Thel, who is becoming acclimated to Cromwell, that will make two I have done so with, although most of my senior crew has ties to the old Federation. Jinx, also newly promoted to Lt. Commander, will take Cromwell to Eridi III to fix the wall while I head to Magdalor after Phoenix to find a pair of missing cadets.
Major Reynolds is rotating the marine defenders of Jinx's Galdalorian wall, while trying to find out why there are still zombies roaming the southern continent. He and Lt Thorn, assisting the Major, found themselves arriving at the height of the third wave attack of the month.
Our two cadets on Magdalor are caught up by a criminal psychologist, and a conspiracy theorist, who believe aliens are secretly landing on his planet. He recruits the cadets to help prove his theory, thereby freeing them from the recognition police. They prove his theories right by beaming Captain Sesgaard off the planet to their runabout. Despite the SNAFU, Sesgaard agrees something unusual is likely going on with the Magdalori, and the three DFA officers begin an investigation with Dr Hathbom about these unidentified aliens.
Yen settles into the crazy ship, and has an immediate full schedule. Who knew? Maybe our last Counselor who fled the situation?
Eric Desson called a staff meeting for the non-crew of Cromwell. They will be put on the front line of diplomacy with the Magdalori. One never knows what to expect on Cromwell. Even Civilians and ex-slaves are asked to contribute.
XO report: As the month draws to a close, we find ourself back in the command chair once more. This time, it is to escort Cromwell to Magdalor, where we will collect our Captain, and the latest additions to the crew, a pair of cadets, and an Engineering Lieutenant. This month, we were happy to bring on board Liaxi Yen, a (telepathic) civilian counsellor, who, we hope, will help Lini in getting settled in to her new life. There was a bit of a rocky start, although we believe that was more Thorn’s fault, Thorn being Lini’s guardian/caretaker. While Thorn is stationed on Eridi III with Major Reynolds, Dr Shran, and half of our marine contingent, Bob and Mary Hoskins are looking after Lini. Hopefully while there they will be able to determine where the extra Galdalorian infected are coming from. The DFA has a new recruit! Lieutenant T’Thel, formerly of Starfleet, has defected to our ranks, after being asked by Starfleet Intelligence to spy on Cromwell. Her moral issues about being ordered to spy on an ally caused her to choose defection over compliance. Good for her, and for us - she has some final pieces of training to do, but we believe that, once done, she will make a fine Chief of Engineering. We are more than a little concerned about Starfleet’s attitude towards the DFA. They seem to see us as reluctant children, who need to be brought home, even though they could not be further from the truth. Commander MarQ was present to help promote Lieutenant Tule before Captain Sesgaard left to escort her to Starbase Phoenix, where she will take up her new role as station XO. Quite a promotion for a beta shift Ops officer, and we wish her nothing but the best of luck. We were also promoted to Lieutenant Commander, probably a good thing since the Captain has been of travelling. Not for much longer though. We are en route to Magdalor, where we will meet up with him, hand him the keys to Cromwell, so to speak, then return to Eridi III to assist with the improvements to the wall.
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