Weclome to Flight Ops (Hanger & Flight Deck)

[Akirapryde]

Stardate: 53834.29
USS Thunderchild, NCC-63549
Deck 13, Hanger Deck
The Dragon's Lair
Lieutenant Paxton and Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Noonia

The human in purple waved towards the entrance as they took notice of Lt(jg) Noonia as he took notice of him when he entered the hanger deck. It was clear that the human in purple wanted him to stand near the hatch entrance. The Human male stood about six foot and had a ruggedness that one would expect working in a place like this. His brown hair was neat and his face was cleanly shaved, but he was not overly attractive. In fact he had this kind of goofy look to him. As he motioned to the female wolfen, he placed a large metal PADD under his arm as they started to walked towards Lt (jg) Noonia. Like the female standing walking beside him, he too wore a green armored EV suite. The phaser on his hip was hard to miss nor was the Marine patch on his shoulder.

The Wolfen female also wore a phaser on her hip but no Marine patch on her shoulder. While the actually name of her race in their native language was M'bwa M'witu. Most humanoid races often referred to them as Wolfens as taken from the English language meaning "of" or "pertaining to wolves". However based on their physical appearance only, they appear more closely kin to foxes rather than wolves. She had a short snout that had a very slight raise from her lower jaw giving her a mild over bite. Her lower parts of her chin and neck were covered by a white fur while her upper head and back of her neck were covered by a brownish fur. Her thick bushy tail flipped about from the back side of her EV Suit as she moved. Surprisingly she had thick long reddish colored fur along the top of her head and down her neck. She had this 'hair' pulled tightly in to a pony tail that ran down inside her EV Suite while the top flopped of her hair flopped about. She only stood about five and a half feet and clearly smaller than her human male counter part.

The common knowledge of the M'bwa M'witu (AKA: Wolfens) was that their fleet of ships carrying hundreds of thousands of their species washed up in the Boreal system in 2367. It was discovered that their home worlds had been attacked and destroyed by the Tholiens during a sector wide invasion. While the M'bwa Mwitu had created stable Republic with a sizable military they were incapable of stopping the Tholien threat. All that had remained of their once proud Republic that spanned only two solar systems was not reduced to this refugee fleet. When they arrived in the Boreal system, their fleet of refugee ships had been in space for over a year. Many of their ships were not designed for such long space travel. While all of their ships were warp capable, their most advanced were only using twenty third century technologies. Others were no where as advanced. When compared to Starfleet the M'bwa M'witu were considered primitive, but to the Boreal they were more than a match.

The leaders of Boreal III were concerned about the M'bwa M'witu and their handful of warships that had come along with their refugee fleet. The Boreal demanded that the fleet hold its position at the edges of the system with the promise of welcoming arms and supplies. However in secret the Boreal readied their own military in hopes of driving the refugees off. Even though they were in desperate need, the M'bwa M'witu honored the request as they didn't seek hostile engagements with the Boreal. Instead of aid, the Boreal met the fleet of refugee ships with a number of warships. A brief battle was joined that ended with the Boreal being tossed back by the determined defending M'bwa M'witu warships. During a critical point in the battle, the M'bwa M'witu were able to capture a number of Boreal ships after daring boarding operations.

Of those ships that were captured was an aging refitted Constitution class starship which the Boreal had bought from the Federation many years ago. With their home guard fleet scattered, the Boreal prepared for a second engagement much closer to home. No longer honoring the request to remain out of the system, the M'bwa M'witu fleet closed on Boreal III. An armed stand off began as the situation became desperate on both sides.

Within days of the first M'bwa M'witu ship's arrival, the Boreal were out numbered nearly three to one. With their most powerful ship was in the hands of the M'bwa M'witu, the Boreal called on the Federation for help. The Boreal demanded that the M'bwa M'witu leave their system. The M'bwa M'witu claimed that they needed supplies and time to rest before moving on. Both claimed that the combat was the other's faulted and each claimed that they were only defending themselves. After months of intense negations, the M'bwa M'witu were allowed to resupply in return for the release of most of the Boreal ships and their crews. The peace that was brought through the Federation was bitterly accepted by the Boreal and by many hardliners of the M'bwa M'witu, who saw the cowardly attack as an open invitation to lay claim to the system as their own.

After they resupplied and with the help of the Federation the refugee fleet was able to travel to the Federation. Their months travel finally came to an end on a Federation world near New Xendus. Here on this new world the M'bwa M'witu were able to rebuild their culture. However other families choose to continue deeper in to Federation space. Once more, the M'bwa M'witu thrived and elected to join the Federation in 2371. They called their new home, Nyingine Nyumbani which translates in to Other Home. During much of the time they rebuilt, their new home was protected by their small fleet of warships headed up by their new flagship, the Kuongeza Matumaini or Raising Hope (the refitted Constitution Class they took from the Boreal). Even with their new home, this never diminished the dreams of many M'bwa M'witu of returning and reclaim their original home worlds from the Tholians.

With the situation as it was, the vast majority of the M'bwa M'witu saw the Federation as their only hope for the future of their people. Still, hardliners continued to push agendas regarding building a more modern fleet that could oppose the Tholians and reclaim their homeworlds. The M'bwa Mwitu in general could be classified as hard working, law biding citizens of the Federation. Their concepts of no gray issues give them a pure black and white outlook of the universe as well as of the Federation. Despite even the most stubborn of the hardliners, the M'bwa M'witu view loyalty and service as life long commitments. They can be easily angered over slights and have a all or nothing out look on combat. They are not held to any measure of a code of honor when it comes to war. They will fight without end or limits till the war is over. This made them vital allies during the Dominion War.

During the Dominion War hundreds of M'bwa M'witu answered the Federation's call to arms and fought along side Starfleet. Though most only held honorary ranks and returned to their home fleet after the war. Some M'bwa M'witu did actually officially join Starfleet, most only transferred to Starfleet's ranks during the war. The Kuongeza Matumaini and her fellow M'bwa M'witu warships fought along side Starfleet's ships and all but three were destroyed during the war. The Kuongeza Matumaini met her fate during the second battle of the Chin'toka system. The M'bwa M'witu see death in the service of the Republic as a means to cleans one self of any crimes or sin that one had committed. Because of this, all M'bwa M'witu have no fear of death in combat.

As the pair worked their way under the wing of a passing Attack Fighter they continued their way over towards Noonia. Neither of the pair were wearing their helmets, but their helmets were hanging by straps that went over their shoulder. They closed on Lt Noonia and he was able to see that both wore lieutenant ranks. The pair walked up to Lieutenant Noonia as the male spoke, "Welcome to the Hanger Deck, Lieutenant" he said holding out his hand. "I am Lieutenant Arron Duncanson. This is Lieutenant Rebbecca Paxton." He added as the pair shook hands. Lieutenant Duncanson handed Lieutenant Noonia a life support belt, "you will need this during our tour. However before your next shift here you will need to speak with the Quarter Master and have a pair EV Suites issues to you." He motioned to Lieutenant Paxton so that she might speak now.

"So Lieutenant, you are the one that has impressed the CAG so much" she said in surprisingly fluent English. Her voice had this kind of growl to it that could be heard over the sounds of the hanger deck. She moved closer to Lieutenant Noonia as to ensure that she was easily heard. "I am dying to see if you live up to your reputation Mister Noonia" she said looking up in to his eyes. She twitched her nose from side to side as if she was sniffing him. The whiskers at the end of her snout twitched with her nose. "I want you to understand something Lieutenant. These are my decks! I do not compromise my rules!" she said poking him in the chest. Her canines flashed at the end of her snout as she continued to speak. "So for you to even be here with the understanding that I have to cut you loose before your shift is over should tell you something. You have a lot to live up to Lieutenant" she said as she looked him up and down once more, "I expect you to live up to this" she added then motioned to Duncanson. "Duncanson, lets show Mr. Hollywood our home" she said as she turned and started to walk away.

Duncanson nodded and motioned for Noonia to walk along side. "Make sure you turn your belt on" he said motioning for the belt and added, "Look Lieutenant Paxton is beyond intense, but you would never find a more loyal senior officer." Then lowered his voice greatly to a whisper as he leaned in close to Noonia, "Oh and no dog jokes. She takes real offense to them."