This is not a prank call

Posted on 28 Oct 2016 @ 3:00pm by Commander Paul Toddman
Edited on on 28 Oct 2016 @ 3:38pm

Mission: Episode One: Back on the Highway to Hell
Location: Toddmans's Office
Timeline: MD 3: 14:25hrs

It had taken a while for Paul to figure out what channel he needed to contact in order to speak to the space station. The distance had not made it easy as the signals were weak, encrypted and did not route directly but via several relay stations. It seemed this was a deliberate effort, most likely to make it harder for an enemy to trace, track or listen in on communications. After having tapped into the network, Paul opened a channel to what he ascertained was the OPS room of the starbase.

“This is station ops” the fuzzy image of a human began, “... who are you? I don’t recognise your encoding or yourself!”

“This is Commander Toddman of the USS Arizona, can you patch me through to the commanding officer?” Replied Paul confidently

“Arizona? She went back to the Alpha Quadrant before the conduit was destroyed. So stop yanking my chain and clear this channel!” She sounded quite angry and scowled at Toddman.

“I assure you, this is no hoax. I have been instructed to contact your CO in order to setup a line of communication between them and my Captain.”

“Listen, schmuck, get off my line or I will trace your call and report you to whomever is in charge on your boat” The officer spat, the image still fuzzy on Toddman’s screen.

“Go ahead. Trace my call. I’ll wait” Paul said as he leaned back in his chair and folded his arms.

The woman on the other end of the fuzzy line scowled again and started furiously tapping at her console. It beeped a few times then rang out a tone that was frequently associated with success. The woman's face dropped like a brick. She looked at the screen towards Toddman again, this time looking like a deer caught in the headlights of a vehicle.

"OK, you're telling the truth then. Right then, I'll patch you right through, Commander!"

"Thank you" Paul said, with a smug grin on his face.

The starfleet logo appeared on screen as the call was put through to the base CO. Paul took this time to route the call to Cowell's Ready Room. The El-Aurian pounced on the notification as if he knew it was coming.