Life In Order or sort of anyway...

Posted on 08 Dec 2025 @ 10:21pm by Lieutenant Commander Remington Dodd

515 words; about a 3 minute read

OOC: This takes place just before Dodd arrives on the Bridge during Departure but just after the briefing.

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Dodd had been back on the ship for a little while. They were departing for the shake-down of the newly refit Tomcat. Dodd missed being the chief engineer and yet he liked being the right hand of the amazing Captain Somers. He knew she would one day be departing the ship but he would learn as much as he can from her until that day.

He was getting back into the groove of his duties. He also had to get the team to work on the new SANS project and get the prototypes in operation to get them fully vetted and released for all of Starfleet. At the time of his next duty shift, Dodd will need to get the communications link established for the Binar ambassadors to have full access to the records for the project one the tests of the prototypes are good to get assigned. Dodd had already set the parameters for his suit and he would need a few days to get Hawksley, the Captain, Benson and three others that he will get permission from the captain to assign. Then it will be about a week of making the adjustments for their bio reading and then they can be used for actual away missions or even external maintenance of the ship.

Dodd had just a few minutes in his refreshed quarters before he had to be on the bridge for the departure from Starbase 51. The review of the refit have been amazing but he still needed to walk the ship and get familiar all over again with the Tomcat. He was so proud of Hawksley for getting promoted to his new position. Dodd is happy to be back with his "family" since all romances have failed lately, he would just be a glorified bachelor for a while.

So Dodd then put aside a PADD he had been keeping some notes on. The display flashed the notes about a monastery on a moon of Risa where the monks are all reformed civilians who have taken a vow of naturalism and devote themselves to promoting living in need of as little material objects as possible and thus they forgo any need for clothing. This moon had a constant temperature of 29 degrees Celsius all year long and the rain cycles are constant so they can plan the best of a nudist lifestyle to anyone seeking refuse there. Dodd did think about leaving Starfleet and the Federation to take up a life on that moon but 95% of the residents there are men and he would miss out on the benefits of having some female romance from time to time.

Well it was time for Dodd to freshen up and get to the bridge. He took a quick sonic shower and put on a fresh uniform and departed to the bridge.

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