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Subject: [ASCEM-S] NEW TOS "On to the Next Thing" U/C [PG] 1/1
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Title: On to the Next Thing
Author: Farfalla the Butterfly-Kitten
Email: blueberrysnail (at) yahoo.com
Website: http://cosmicduckling.com/spirk/roseandgold
for the U/C archives!
Pairing: U/C
Rating: PG, vignette
Summary: Uhura gets promoted to captain after Star

ON TO THE NEXT THING

"We're promoting you to captain, Nyota," said the
Starfleet admiral seated behind the desk.

The one in the leather chair swiveled towards her.
"Your service for the past several decades has been
exemplary. You're probably the best communications
officer Starfleet has ever seen, and of course, not
many people can say they've helped save the world."

"More than once," Admiral Desk piped up.

"More than once!" Admiral Chair echoed.

"You've done so much in your life," a third admiral
who'd been hovering in the back of the room by the
coffee and donuts. "You're quite an amazing woman!"

"Thank you, gentlebeings," Uhura replied. What a
wonderful thing to come home to after the
Enterprise-A's final mission was completed. It hadn't
been entirely unexpected, of course. Sulu had been
promoted long ago, and Scotty was probably in a
similar meeting right this very second.

"You get some well-deserved time off, of course,"
continued Admiral Desk, "and then we put you back to
work!"

"We actually have two choices of posting for you,"
said Admiral Chair.

"Federation Starship Cook starts her first mission in
three weeks," said Admiral Coffee-and-Donuts, walking
over to the rest of them. "Her mission will be
primarily to deal with cultures new to encountering
the Federation. Since your background is in
communications--which includes anthropology--and since
you've been present for many first-contact situations
during your years with the Enterprise, your name
naturally came up when discussing a choice for
captain."

"Or," said Admiral Chair, "you can take over my
position as head of Starfleet Intelligence when I
retire in two months. The traversable galaxy just got
a whole lot bigger thanks to you and your shipmates
saving the peace process, and it's going to be real
important to keep ourselves informed of any new
developments."

Uhura sipped her coffee, thinking. The eyes of all
three admirals were on her intently. Finally she
answered. "I think I'd like to head the intelligence
department. I've been traveling through space for
thirty years, and I want to try something new."

"Excellent! That settles that." Admiral Chair stood
up, and everybody else followed suit. He walked over
to Uhura and shook her hand. "Congratulations."

"Thank you." Uhura smiled warmly and met his handshake
with a firm grip. "If you have no objections, I'd like
to take Commander Pavel Chekov with me. He's served in
space nearly as long as I have, and has shared in all
our heroics."

Admiral Chair looked at Admiral Desk with questioning
eyes. "He has a background in weapons, science...
speaks several languages," Admiral Desk offered.

"He's also Captain Uhura's 'special friend'," Admiral
Coffee-and-Donuts piped up.

Three pairs of eyes swiveled towards her. "Are you
asking that he be posted to Starfleet Intelligence
with you because he's an exemplary officer, or because
you're sleeping with him?" Admiral Chair asked
bluntly.

She could have gotten indignantly offended. Instead,
she replied coolly and calmly, "Would I be sleeping
with him if he weren't an exemplary officer?"

The three admirals looked at each other, their
expressions mellowing. One of them commented, "That's
right, I forgot, they're Enterprise officers."

//

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