Beating the Bounds

Posted on 11 Jun 2018 @ 5:45am by Lieutenant Commander Rafe Cassidy (Jan 2389 - TRNSFR After Gorn War) & Lieutenant Harry Stevens

Mission: Ne Me'e Laua Na Paio - Heroes & Villains
Location: Security Office
Timeline: En Route to XFY

Cassidy tried to keep his gait casual, even indifferent, as he entered the security office. There'd always been a certain quality to security officers he'd found unsettling; on his petty days he called it machismo but in truth it was an intensity of a sort he didn't tend to share. Something about their being trained to expect threats had made him struggle to get on with such officers in the past, while he could afford to leave his professional paranoia at the helm.

Still, he was the supplicant here, or suspected he would be soon enough. That didn't stop him from asking around on where he could find the assistant, rather than Winchester, because he fancied being listened to instead of getting his head bitten off and this would go a lot better if he could woo an ally in the department. It got him pointed to the relevant door in the offices, and along Cassidy sauntered as if he didn't have a care in the world. Instead of something burning in his pocket.

"It's Stevens, isn't it? Rafe Cassidy," he said by way of greeting, sticking a hand out towards the ensign. It wasn't strictly trying to butter the man up that had him not draw attention to ranks; in truth, Cassidy was generally slow to invoke the chain of command.

"Nice to meet you Rafe, and please Call me Harry" replied Harry holding his hand out for the flight officer to shake, He continued" So, what brings you to main Security?" as he asked the question.

"Hate to say it, Harry, but I'm coming to dump more trouble on your plate." Cassidy smiled apologetically, and pulled up the chair. There was no way to pitch his behaviour particularly well to a Security officer. "Look, everything's been pretty mad on board. Double-crossing and tests of loyalty. So I took a quick policy of trusting what I see with my own eyes, and I know Eira Cortez a little, so I went down to the Brig and had a chat with her to see if she'd explain her crazy behaviour."

'Dam, I had completely forgot about her thought Harry as he looked back at Rafe, "Ok, what did you find out Rafe?" he replied as he knew that being short handed this might help and recommend having Rafe seconded to Security to help with investigations.

Either he was being lulled into a false sense of security or the Ensign wasn't going to be as territorial as he'd feared. "So you know that during the meeting with the Wyoming senior staff, she sided with Captain Carson. And that's why she wound up in the Brig. Now, that was a rubbish situation. No easy right or wrong; Carson was the ranking officer, Tachibana's our Skipper, and Carson seemed to be in the wrong, but who knows? It's all politics. I wanted to find out why she did it." Now any mirth about Cassidy faded, and he pulled a PADD out to slide it across the desk towards Harry. "She sent me to her quarters to find this. It was encrypted, she unlocked it, and I viewed it. Someone wanted her to side against the Hawaii, and blackmailed her into it."

"Have you shown this to the Captain?" asked Harry as he picked up the PADD to look at it, He continued" And by the Way Rafe I'm now the Security Chief" as he knew that might put the fear of god in Rafe, He continued" and as I'm stretched here your going to help me run this investigation" he finished " and thanks for volunteering"

"I did, he told me to bring it to Security." Cassidy actually looked relieved at the news. "And, good, my experiences of Winchester suggested he was more likely to threaten to put me in the Brig. I mean, I'll help if you want, but really all I've done is gone and had one conversation. I'm not exactly a trained investigator."

"Then here's your chance to learn a new string to your bow" replied Harry looking back at Rafe," I want you to go over everything we have on this and put it into a time line," replied Harry as he knew that with the Gorn Doctor investigation going on, he thought' Could the two be linked?' as he knew that once he had read the PADD this could be serious."

Cassidy wilted. He'd been prepared for a yelling, for threats. Paperwork had not featured into this little foray into someone else's department. "Sure," he said. "We're in transit, I got time. How's the search for the Doctor going?" He, for one, was satisfied to assume a ship-wide conspiracy.

"Not good Rafe," replied Harry looking back at Rafe, He continued" With the internal sensors offline we can not track him..." then he had an idea pop in his head, He had the K9 Division at his command why not use the dogs to find him. he said" and do you know how bad the damage is to them?" asking the question.

Cassidy shrugged. "You'd have to ask Ops, so long as we can keep flying I've been trying to not push things. So we don't know if the Doctor jumped ship or is still hiding out or what? That's rough. Everything went real weird, real bad, back in Gorn space."

"Then it looks like I'm going to have to Speak with OPS or Engineering," as this didn't sound good to him, He continued" However; this might end up tying in with the Gorn Doctor, but I want everything Clear," He finished "You up for that?"

"I'm up for sticking my oar in. What do you need me to chase up?" Cassidy raised his eyebrows.

"I need you to talk to Cortez and ask her what Stardate did she recive this on and check the Date on the Doctor's to see if they Match" replied Harry as he had n't seen a date when it was recived.

"Timeline, gotcha. You may need to bump up my security access on some of these records and files but I'll go through everything I can with what I have so far in the meantime." Cassidy nodded. "Anything else, or shall I get to?"

"I'll send a request to the Captain," replied Harry looking back at Cassady, "but keep me informed as the Captain is watching this investigation closely" as he wasnit sure how big this was going to get.

"Yeah, no doubt. I was in that conference room when it got tense." Cassidy shook his head, then got to his feet. "I'll get to work and out of your hair, then, Harry. Send you something once I've got it."



Rafe Cassidy, LT, SF
CONN

Harry Stevens, ENS, SF
TACSEC