CEO LtJg. Van "VT" Trieu

[Trieu in Main Engineering]

As soon as Trieu entered Main Engineering, he saw R'Kul waiting for him at the MSD. Van silently laughed to himself, R'Kul was do dependable and punctual you could set your chronometer to him.

"R'Kul, on-time as usual," Van noted wryly.

R'Kul responded dryly, "Those were my orders sir." He then raised an eyebrow. "Did you just receive a promotion without informing the rest of the crew?"

Van nodded and said "It was a rather quick ceremony. Captain McKnight doesn't like to stand on formalities. Besides you didn't have to wear a dress uniform to the ceremony, so consider it a plus. But all of it happened quickly and with this red alert, we can't worry about that now."

Trieu then quickly walked through R'Kul the plan he had briefed the Captain on. When he finished, the Vulcan after a few moments nodded his approval and stated, "It's a solid plan." Van then said, "R'Kul, this is a priority and I'm tasking you with it. Round up the engineering staff you need and use one of the auxiliary workspaces. I need a working prototype ready within 90 minutes in order for mass replication. If you need any help, let me know and I can help you re-modulate the phase discriminator. I think that'll be the biggest issue, but I trust that you can make it work without my assistance."

R'Kul raised his eyebrow and said, "I appreciate the Lieutenant's new-found optimism in my engineering abilities." Van just smiled back and responded, "You have your orders Petty Officer. Dismissed."

Before he left, the Vulcan turned around and asked, "Where will you be sir?"

VT responded, "I'll be at the pool table, running point on all system repairs and allocations. The ship is about to go into combat and the Captain is going to need all the juice we can give him." The pool table was the nickname for the central command and control console in the middle of Main Engineering. Normally he would assist R'Kul personally with the modification of the emergency transporter armbands, but with the Perseus set to go into battle once again, he was needed elsewhere. As the Chief Engineer and someone who had significant combat experience to boot, Van knew his place was at the nerve center of Main Engineering. He silently thought to himself that when all the crises had finally been averted, he'd be sleeping for a month straight.

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CEO LtJg. Van "VT" Trieu
USS Perseus NCC-78168-A
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