Re: [JMC_Blue_Dwarf] **Action** \"Executive decision pt1\"

Why does the karaoke have to stop, I was just getting into it.
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Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 7:20 PM
Subject: [JMC_Blue_Dwarf] **Action** "Executive decision pt1"
> **Action** by David Ball and Andrew Bowers
> J.M.C. Orbital facility
> Orbiting Jupiter
>
> The Blue Dwarf slowly swings around the massive red giant ball of swirling
gas that was the largest planet in Earth's solar system. As it approached
the station, James Johnson recieved a message clearing them to dock.
>
> The station was huge, it was larger than the blue mining ship, just. Due
to the constant gas eruptions and the JMC's low budgets, the station was
looking worse for wear. It's once clean and shiny metal surfaces were now
either corroded or just covered in general space dirt.
>
> The Blue Dwarf slowly pulled up alongside one of the four arms of the
station and very slowly edged toward it. The station did most of the work.
The huge arms were built specially so that they could extend a few hundred
metres outwards. The entire station seemed to tremble as the arms stretched
outwards and pressed themselves firmly against the Blue Dwarf's hull,
fitting perfectly into mining ship's air locks.
>
> After a few minutes of engineers checking the seal was correct and quite a
lot of hissing sounds like pistons of a steam engine letting off steam, the
air locks opened providing a long passageway from the Blue Dwarf to the
station.
>
> The crew had two weeks shore leave. Some of them would stay on the station
and find the best pubs, bars and arcades. Some would return home to Earth to
see their families or to visit the modern-day wonders of the world, like
Alton Towers, Blackpool pleasure beach and the only MacDonalds in Abu Darbi.
>
> Some had more imporatnt duties though, General Mark Anders of the Space
Core and Chairman William Eckerslike of the Jupiter Mining Corporation were
expecting a meeting with Commander Niples and Captain Cannon concerning
Cannon's recent actions.
>
> None of the crew were really bothered about the Captain's apparent recline
from any kind of social presence. They hardly ever saw him anyway, sometimes
he might have been spotted alone in a bar skulking off into the shadows as
soon as others came, but now he never left his quarters. Maybe he was only
hurting after the death of his family, after all he was only human. Maybe
the Commander shouldn't blame him, maybe a second chance was in order.
>
>
> ****The office of Chairman Eckerslike, JMC.****
>
> "The man is a lunatic." Said Niples.
>
> "When we said brief, we wanted a bit more explanation than that." said
General Anders. His voice booming with authority. Chairman William
Eckerslike was sitting at his desk, his fingers steepled. The general was
stood next to him, dressed in full uniform, he General seemed to loom over
everyone, even though his height was only 5'11.
>
> Chairman Eckerslike started to talk next. He was a quieter man, he wore
round glasses and a sleeveless jumper, the kind which he heard was coming
back into fashion again.
>
> "But the Blue Dwarf missions so far have been fairly sucessful. I mean,
you havn't yet found the Red Dwarf- but you have experienced more unusual
oddities that the universe has thrown at you than any of the space core's
best-equipped Destroyers."
>
> General Anders tutted to himself.
>
> Niples ignored the General's rude gesture. "We have a.......unique crew
onboard the Blue Dwarf. Most people can think for themselves, but we need a
leader that pulls them all together as a team, and that leader is not Will
Cannon. I have tried my best to lead the crew, especially when Cannon is
unfocused. But there are things that are impossible for me to do because
they need special orders from the Captain....."
>
> "....And the Captain is not able to do them for himself?" Asked the
General.
>
> "Sometimes we do not see eye-to-eye." said Semour.
>
> "And you think Cannon is a bad Captain?" asked William Eckerslike.
>
> Niples stood up and slammed his fists on the table. "Yes, of course I
bloody do!"
>
> "And do you feel it is the sudden death of his wife and daughter that has
caused him to be a bad Captain?"
>
> Niples sat down again, claming down. "He has always been incompetant. It
was the recent loss of his family that caused him to do some..... things."
>
> General Anders stroked his bushy moustache.
>
> ***An hour later***
> ****The office of Chairman Eckerslike, JMC.****
>
> Captain Will. D. Cannon walked into the room.
>
> "Please, have a seat Will." said Eckerslike.
>
> "Thankyou Will." said Cannon. "It's been a long time my friend"
>
> "Yes, so how's life?" said Willy Eckerslike, pouring the Captain a drink.
>
> "Not too bad." smiled Cannon.
>
> Chairman Will Eckerslike grinned at his old friend.
>
>
> ****2 hours later****
> ****Cmdr Niples' personal quarters onboard the Blue Dwarf****
>
> "A tribunal?!!!!!" shouted Niples after reading his latest mail. This >one
was from the Jupiter mining corporation board of governers.
>
> There was going to be a court battle in weather or not to remove Captain
Cannon from command of the JMC Blue Dwarf. Niples was to go to the JMC
Headquarters in Grinsby, Earth.
>
> The location of the HQ was again because of the JMC's budget cuts. The
space core had their Headquarters in Washington, USA. But the JMC had to put
up with Grimsby, England. Not that it was a bad location for such a highly
established and well run company such as the Jupiter Mining corporation...
well the location actually sums up the JMC quite accurately in the name.
>
> Grim.
>
> The tribunal was ordered to take place in several days time. There would
be a shuttle provided to transport some members of the BD crew to Earth.
>
> "This is so dull" said Niples to himself.
>
> Grim, said a voice in his head.
>
> ***The boarding gangway leading to the Blue Dwarf****
>
> The newest crewmembers that were joining the Blue Dwarf had managed to
make their way through no end of security checks, baggage checks,
fingerprint tests and even an unpleasant unine sample test which seemed to
take forever because Tore Sunline had just gone.
>
> But now they were free to board the luxury dwarfstar mining ship. As a
word, 'luxury' may have been pushing it a bit, but the dark, damp and rusty
quarters on the JMC Space Station were an experience they were more than
happy to see the back of.
> As the newbies D'Arcy-Jada Longwood, Tore Sunline, Jacob Stone and Joe
"The Eyes" Schweeble (If I missied anyone out I do apologise) walked the
final few metres down the long empty tunnel to their new ship they were
surprised when they were suddenly hit by a tidal wave of happy Blue Dwarf
crewmembers running towards the Space station wearing bermuda shorts,
holding surfboards, pulling party poppers and shouting "shoreleave" and
"woohoo."
>
> <<OK guys and gals, here's the happenings of the next week to come. The
kareoke will have to wait I'm afraid. But now you all have chance to do
whatever you want for two weeks around the solar system. Make sure everyone
is at Earth for the Tribunal though, even though you may not play a major
role- we can still have a booze up afterwards, Niples knows a few pubs
around Yorkshire!>>
>
>
>
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