[I/OOC] Incidental Bits

[robkelk]

Arc 2, once Starfleet gives the Crystal Millennium a couple of starships

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They walked into the USS Brattain's captain's cabin, which was just as clean and tidy as all of the other cabins had been. Too clean and tidy in Rob's opinion, considering the ship's history.

"Well," Rob commented, "this is your new home away from home." They both looked around - all things considered, it was a pretty nice place. But Starfleet had always been generous with the size of their ships' crew quarters, Defiant-class ships notwithstanding.

Even the captain's safe was open and empty. Instead of a tumbler knob, there was a small keyboard inset in the bulkhead above the door.

"I suppose I should put the commissioning paperwork in here, Misaka Hoshi comments." She did so, then tried to close the safe's door. It closed, but wouldn't stay closed.

The computer - who of course sounded exactly like Majel Barrett - announced, "Type in a pass phrase to lock the safe."

Hoshi thought for a moment, then typed in ten keystrokes. The safe's door locked.

Rob smiled. "And of course everybody in the Misaka Network knows that combination now."

Hoshi nodded. "It was Misaka Nana who suggested it, Misaka Hoshi replies. Correction: Misaka Hoshi-Issa replies."

"Ah, yes - congratulations on assuming command of the CMSS Brattain, Captain Misaka. I don't suppose you'd be willing to share the combination with me in my capacity as consort-apparent to Sailor Mercury, would you?"

She looked at him flatly. "That is insufficient need-to-know, sir. But Misaka Nana says you should be able to figure it out yourself, Misaka-Issa adds."

He thought for a moment, remembered that Nana was the first of the Misaka Sisters to develop a sense of humour, then remembered a rather famous SNL sketch. He walked over to the safe and said the characters as he typed them in. "G-E-T-space-A-space-L-I-F-E."

The safe opened.

He re-closed the safe, turned back to Hoshi, and commented, "You really should pick a password that isn't so easy to guess." Then, after a moment, he added, "And make sure commander-in-chief Aino or somebody on her staff knows what it is."