Did you know that Frontier Fleet is filled with juicy rumours? Some of them are true, and some of them. . . aren’t. But that doesn’t matter. It’s the rumour that counts! So, without further ado, let’s see what’s –supposedly- happening in Frontier Fleet!
USS Calhoun
On the USS Calhoun, people have started switching bodies. What is up with that? Didn’t they like it in their own bodies? Well, apparently not, since the teenager Ray Callahan is now in the Captain’s body. He must like it in there: what wouldn’t a hormone infested young man like in the Captain’s body? Still, rumour has it that this has caused tension between him and his girlfriend, who happens to be in a sturdy security officer’s body. Poor Ray. He is an attractive woman, and his girlfriend is a manly man. Let’s hope for his sake that the situation gets resolved quickly, so that he can once again ogle at his girlfriend, instead of at himself.
But there are other strange things happening on the Calhoun (believe it or not). For example, the Chief of Operations now suddenly found herself with a slug in her belly! That’s right, she woke up in the body of the joined Trill Dr. Leal. Think of all the juicy details she could now find out about the good doctor. She would know what kind of men the doctor likes, -rumour has it Leal was in love with the ship’s Second Officer-, what she likes to eat for dinner, and of course most importantly. . . all the embarrassing situations Leal has undergone. Hmmm, maybe we should have a talk to Chief of Operations Keening once they this situation is resolved. . .
USS Odyssey
And then what about the USS Odyssey? What’s up with those guys? They have a crewmember there –CONN Greystone, who got promoted because the previous CONN, Alex Davis, left the Odyssey to go to the Valkyrie: a rather interesting choice to say the least, but we’ll discuss that later-. Anyway, Mr. Greystone has been reported to walk around with only one arm, after his artificial arm was destroyed by a Romulan disruptor blast. And with only one arm, he got promoted to Chief of CONN? What was the Captain thinking? Let’s hope Mr. Greystone gets a replacement arm soon, otherwise he might have to pilot the Odyssey with one hand and. . . his nose? Or should he use his feet?
There have been a great number of transfers to and from the Odyssey lately. One cannot help but wonder why. Commander Denebris –the ship’s former FO- has been promoted to Captain of the Valkyrie. Lieutenant Davis, previously Chief of CONN of the Odyssey, has also transferred to the Valkyrie, as Chief of Operations. Commander Jalando, previously First Officer of Pandora Station, has been transferred –supposedly against his will!- to the Odyssey to be First Officer there. Together with him were transferred a new Chief of Operations, Lt.Cmdr Arquette –did Mr. Helfrump not do his job correctly?-, a Communications Officer, and a Xenologist. Lose an FO and a Chief of CONN, and gain a FO, Chief of OPS, Comm-officer and a medical expert. Sounds like a fair trade to me. . .
The aforementioned Commander Jalando is supposedly not happy about his transfer. He just keeps saying that he liked Pandora so much, and rumour has it that he wants to return there as much as he can. Naturally, that means bad news for the Odyssey. After all, one of the reasons for the Intrepid class Starship to return there, is to undergo repairs. Get it? Will Jalando actually sabotage the ship, so that there will be damage? Only time will tell. . .
And then there’s Lieutenant Helfrump, who was replaced as Chief of OPS. Why? What did he do wrong? There’s something there that Starfleet’s not telling us. Okay, most things we do not get from Starfleet, but still. . . why has Helfrump suddenly be assigned as Assistant Chief Engineering Officer, under the new CEO, Lt.Cmdr Dirk Pitt? Could this have something to do with that ‘seminar’ Mr. Helfrump had followed on Risa, a couple of months ago? Since nobody goes to Risa just to visit a seminar, we suspect that there’s more to Lt. Helfrump than meets the eye. . . has his behaviour on Risa been unbecoming a Starfleet officer? We don’t know. But we’d like to! If you have any information about this, please contact us!
USS Valkyrie
Ah, the USS Valkyrie. The ship of misfits. That nickname alone makes it a worthy subject to gossip about. It could also be called the ship which loses its Captains. What is it. . . 4 Captain’s in less than a year? 5? We lost track. Let’s just hope that Captain Denebris won’t get bitten by the Curse of the disappearing Captains. . .
But why transfer to the Valkyrie anyway? On board that ship, things do not go as they should. Rumour has it that there is a trial going on. Charges against the entire crew, or something like that. Seems as if the crew chose two crewmembers to act as a scapegoat. Lieutenants PaRel and Schofield. They’re almost certain of losing their jobs at Starfleet. Good! When they’re done there, they can come and work for us. Think of all the rumours they’d have for us!
USS Atlantis
And then over to the Atlantis: the senior crew of the Akira class Starship has been ordered to take command of Deasian convoy ships. A nice detail to know is that each commanding officer of one of those ships can name that ship whatever they like to. Some sort of Deasian ritual, apparently. Some names are just strange though. For example, why did Commander Paul Velden name his ship the “T’rinna”? Rumour has it, that this was the name of one of his former girlfriends. Unfortunately for the Commander, that relationship broke up. Now let’s just hope that the same won’t happen with this T’rinna. . .
Did you also hear the rumour about the Ambassador on the Atlantis, ‘Von Kinky’ as we call Ambassador Von Klinkerhoffen? Apparently she has been kept out of the loop, deliberately. Or that’s what the rumour tells us, anyway. How the Captain could get away with that without igniting Von Kinky’s wrath, is still a mystery to us. It’s also a secret which, no doubt, other Starship Captains want to know as well. Ambassadors, after all, can be a nuisance. . .
A murder has been committed on board the “Remember Edan”, which is commanded by the Atlantis’ Second Officer, Ms. Andersson. Not recently though, but still. . . a skeleton has been discovered in one of those closets! Details about this discovery are vague at this point, but either this was some sort of strange burial ritual –do those Deasians always burry their dead in closets?- or this was some sort of hero worship. Maybe being locked in a closet means you’re a hero? As we said, the details about this are very vague. Maybe it was just a skeleton used by a scientist on board that ship, to see how the Deasian skeleton looked like. Still, it’s a strange place for such a skeleton, if you ask me. . .
Pandora Station
And finally, we go to Pandora Station. Since most of the staff was transferred to the Odyssey, it would seem that there is a shortage of personnel over there. No OPS personnel? No Security staff? What is that station coming to? And then there’s the new Captain: Captain Denorian Berann. Not the most pleasant man around. No wonder there is a shortage of personnel!
Did you also hear about the monster in the Jeffries Tubes? That station seems to be haunted! Several crewmembers have reported strange sounds and sightings. A green monster seems to be lurking in those never-used parts of the Station. And why is it never used? That’s right, the monster is there! It would seem that this monster moves between crew quarters and the Engineering decks. Watch out Engineers!
Well, that’s it for now. See you next time! And if you hear any rumours, don’t hesitate to contact us!
