Cpt. Karrod Niac - The Better Part of Valor

[Quentin Beck]

@Karrod Niac making me giggle and inspiring me to write a dumb post

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((Deck 9, Starboard Section R-41, Near Airlock Six, USS Ronin))

In a desperate attempt to get out of his office Karrod had been rounding the ship, stopping to speak with the repair and construction crews that had come aboard from Thirty Three to assist in their extensive rebuild.  He'd made his way from the catamaran to the flight operations center and now found himself in the saucer section near the spot a Consortium boarding craft had been forcefully dislodged, apparently via giant rock.  It had been a brilliant if somewhat desperate way of ridding the ship of a hitchhiker but the structural damage done was extensive and now, nearly a week into their repairs, the full scope of the damage was becoming clear.  

Niac:  Look, I understand your resources are stretched thin but if we don't get the hull braces in this section replaced the structural integrity of three decks is going to be compromised.  Pull people from the teams you've got repairing the port nacelle strut, I'm fairly confident the tape will keep that on for the time being....

Karrod gestured towards his padd but felt a sudden odd itching running down his spots.  His brows furrowed as he looked around, trying to figure out what had tickled his senses.  When no immediate issue presented itself he went back to the padd.  

Niac:  Speaking of the nacelle strut I understand there's a plasma conduit in there that's hanging on by...

Karrod's heartbeat suddenly jumped and his eyes widened.  His spots went from a mild irritating itch to a ghostly sense of burning.  Somehow his ears began to ache.  

Molf:  Sir, are you okay?  

Karrod could feel the walls closing in on him and dropped the padd to the deck.  

Niac:  She's here.  

He looked around like an animal cornered and began jogging away from the startled Chief as he considered his options.  He wondered how long it would take to modify another probe casing so he could fire himself back to Cait spacedock.  Instead he took a hard left, grabbed an emergency supplies kit out of a nearby locker, checked the charge in the hand phaser and dove headfirst into the nearest jefferies tube.  

That would slow her down.  But the burning in his spots told him it wouldn't be long before he had to face his oldest and most vexing nemesis.  

Mother.

[TBC!]

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Captain Karrod Niac
Commanding Officer
USS Ronin - NCC-34523
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