Duty Log | Engineer | Lt JG. Hober Mallow

Posted on 241708.03 @ 2:33am by Lieutenant Hober Mallow
Edited on on 241708.03 @ 2:39am

Mission: Reconstruction and Refocus
Location: Transport Shuttle en route to Enterprise

"Rooosen crow."

"Not even close, you are saying it wrong. Rowsin Crew."

Hober watched his friends lips with a furrowed brow. He looked back at the Captain's name written on the PADD held gripped within his hands.

"Are you sur -- Rareskin Cow."

"Now you're not even trying. I'm pretty sure I got it right the first time." Ellena Jammer shifted her gaze away from Hober's PADD and stretched her thin arms.

"Rose in Coo." Hober grinned. "Coo like a pigeon? Wait! That's a human name?"

"Yes it's human." Ellena grabbed the tablet out his hand and turned to the next page of the roster with a flick of her finger.

"At least you can avoid screwing up the XO's name," She said pointing.

"Cooper Williams. Yeah that's pretty standard. Human right?"

"Yup, but that was an easy guess," Ellena said handing the PADD back to Hober.

Hober put the PADD down in the empty seat to his right. Stretching his legs he looked over to Ellena Jammer, fellow Engineer, to his right. She was pretty enough, but wore a permanent look of distaste. She held her lips together firmly as though she had just spit out a rotten piece of fruit.

The transport shuttle en route to the Enterprise was empty save themselves, the pilot, and a couple civilians. Hober was enjoying the ample leg room and kicked each leg into the air one at a time.

"Rozen Coo and Cooper Williams. The captain and first officer of the Enterprise!" He said beaming to Ellena.

"Yeah, and?"

"What do you mean and? It's the Enterprise! The flagship? Are you not the least bit excited?"

"It is just another ship with another basement. Its the same job. Same shift different ship." Ellena said, deadpanned.

Hober stared at her blankly. "Really? Not even a shred of nostalgia?"

"Nope. It won't be exciting until I make chief anyways."

Hober landed both of his feet on the floor of the shuttle with a loud snort.

"Oh is that how it is? I'm going to be reporting to Chief Jammer am I?"

"Yup," A grin appeared on Ellena.

"Yeah, okay. I bet YOU'll be reporting to Chief Mallow," Hober said pointing to himself.

"Are you challenging me?"

Hober smirked, "Challenge is a bit of a strong word."

The shuttle rocked slightly as it landed in the Enterprises shuttle bay. Ellena and Hober got up to gather their things.

"So is the race on?" she asked coyly.

Hober hefted a hard cased satchel over his shoulder and started towards the rear of the shuttle. Ellena followed behind with similar baggage.

"You're talking big for an ENSIGN." Hober turned around and pinched the single pip on Jammer's collar.

Elenna slapped his hand away from her neck and pushed him lightly forward. "Keep walking Lieutenant Marshmallow"

Hober frowned at transformation of his last name, turned around and carried on out the back of the shuttle with Elenna. He stepped into the large hanger of the Enterprise and took a moment to take it all in. This was the flagship of the fleet! What adventures awaited them he wondered.

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Lieutenant JG Hober Mallow
Engineer
USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-F