Rachel Mayhew

Theemile wrote:

pappilon wrote: or at least an invitation for a pronouncement from on high.

Maybe there is a brand spanking new Francis Mueller in the Haven built ships coming off the line. The first being retired with due honors (being fired off into Yeltsin's Star). And following the Manticore trad it gets set on the permanent recycle list of names.

If the Mueller gets a Haven replacement, it will probably be one of the first ships off the line and be replete with a litany of bugs and gremlins which never seen to be fixed, With Manticorian technology patched into Havenite tech, with French language command consoles popping up at random.

<captain>“What just happened to port fire control?”
<tactical>“Sorry sir, it looks like someone in Hydroponics turned off that light switch again.”
<captain>“Well, have them turn it back on and recycle the radar controller. Helm - do we have starboard aft thrusters yet?”
<helm>“Yes, sir, Johnson is back in his seat and life support occupancy sensor A896786j sees him again.”
<captain>“I though Engineering fixed that?”
<helm>“No sir, they report they have not yet identified the connection between the systems, but service notes state that they did have a work around in place.”
<captain>“So why did it fail again?!”
<helm>“Johnson reports that the toilet paper tube covering the sensor had fallen off and was lying in his chair when he returned from the head.”
<captain>“Not the aft port head? <opening communications> “Captain to Damage Control – send a team prepped for zero-g to the Aft port head – someone flushed it again.”

jtg452 wrote:

Theemile wrote:If the Mueller gets a Haven replacement, it will probably be one of the first ships off the line and be replete with a litany of bugs and gremlins which never seen to be fixed, With Manticorian technology patched into Havenite tech, with French language command consoles popping up at random.

<captain>“What just happened to port fire control?”
<tactical>“Sorry sir, it looks like someone in Hydroponics turned off that light switch again.”
<captain>“Well, have them turn it back on and recycle the radar controller. Helm - do we have starboard aft thrusters yet?”
<helm>“Yes, sir, Johnson is back in his seat and life support occupancy sensor A896786j sees him again.”
<captain>“I though Engineering fixed that?”
<helm>“No sir, they report they have not yet identified the connection between the systems, but service notes state that they did have a work around in place.”
<captain>“So why did it fail again?!”
<helm>“Johnson reports that the toilet paper tube covering the sensor had fallen off and was lying in his chair when he returned from the head.”
<captain>“Not the aft port head? <opening communications> “Captain to Damage Control – send a team prepped for zero-g to the Aft port head – someone flushed it again.”

That's when the chaplain breaks out in prayer- over the 1-MC - praying for the safety of the crew venturing out into the cold vacuum of space by calling on the Tester to protect them from a whole laundry lists of ways, which are covered individually, in great detail, that they could die. Right?

Now throw in a misfit Havenite crew led by a Legislaturist captain that was so incompetent that even Randsome and St Just didn't see the need to replace him, a harmless 'political officer' that was so bad at his job that he was never recalled after the restoration of the Republic and, maybe a bloodthirsty, 'wound a little too tightly', junior bridge officer that still lapses 'Citizen this' and 'Citizen that' when stressed and is rumored to even sleep at attention.

Now, imagine putting them up against a SLN force led by an officer that has heard the reports of how good the Manties, Graysons and Havenites are and he believes them, maybe, even a little too much. Maybe an Honor Harrington fanboy with a contact in Solly intel (maybe an in-law with a sick sense of humor) that has been telling him, informally, about the war in the Haven Sector for years- with the occasional 'embellishment' thrown in here and there.

Theemile wrote:
Tweak that with a Manty first officer with PTSD (not from battle, but some odd childhood experience) and Tourette's, and a Ship's doctor nicknamed "fumbles" (who did NOT play American Rules Football growing up), and I think we have the makings of a proper replacement for the Mueller.

jtg452 wrote:

Theemile wrote:
Tweak that with a Manty first officer with PTSD (not from battle, but some odd childhood experience) and Tourette's, and a Ship's doctor nicknamed "fumbles" (who did NOT play American Rules Football growing up), and I think we have the makings of a proper replacement for the Mueller.

Not a Manty 1st officer, maybe a liaison officer to smooth the way between the Havenites and the Graysons? The Manties really haven't been in a situation where they could have someone this bad on a command track. Liaison officers, on the other hand, are a different story. You can pull them from anywhere.

But Tourette's? That's just evil.

I like it.

Annachie wrote:A thread that has drifted so far off topic that the off topic discussion has drifted off topic.

Annachie wrote:A thread that has drifted so far off topic that the off topic discussion has drifted off topic.

saber964 wrote:

Annachie wrote:A thread that has drifted so far off topic that the off topic discussion has drifted off topic.

And this is a surprise???

pappilon wrote: We could make Duckk go crazy and reprise the dead horse topic.