"I want shields up in twenty seconds otherwise we're toast!" Montgomery snapped at her Chief of Operations. "Battle stations."
"We were only commissioned a month ago, Admiral," Lieutenant Commander Enreily reported from the ops station. "And we're not some big ass starbase. We only have minimal defenses."
"Make them not so minimal, Commander!" Montgomery gripped the closest station on Ops as the outpost received another volley of Son'a torpedoes. "I'll be in the launch bay. Tell the Peregrine's crew to report for duty."
"But Admiral..." Enreily futilely protested.
"You have Operations, Commander!" Montgomery barked loud and sternly, ending the debate, before stepping into the turbo lift.
Montgomery stood in sickbay as the Chief Medical Officer used a dermal regenerator to repair a deep cut on the Admiral's forehead. Commander Saru, First Officer of the Outpost, entered quickly to present a report.
"What've you got, Number One?" Montgomery asked literally shoving Doctor Mannis away and returning to her duties.
"Weapons are off line and gravity has been disrupted in several sections of the station," Saru reported as he and Admiral Montgomery walked out into a corridor. "Commander Enreily is coordinating the repair effort as we speak."
"How long have I been out of it?" Montgomery asked her Executive Officer as she reviewed a PADD of damage reports.
"Seventeen hours," Saru told the Admiral. "After two hours the Son'a got tired of dealing with three Delta Flyers and a Peregrine and retreated from the Serenity system."
"Hell!" the Admiral exclaimed. "When I signed up for Command of this station I did not expect to have to put up with those damn Son'a."
"It's a risk we took when we took an assignment so close to Son'a space."
"Has the Commodore reported in?" Montgomery asked.
"Affirmative," Saru replied. "And no, they haven't encountered a Son'a attack." The XO had a knack for anticipating the Admiral's questions and orders.
"I want to speak with Mister Hunter immediately," Montgomery ordered as the two split up, Montgomery heading for her quarters.
"Aye, Captain," Saru ordered, heading for Operations.
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