Personal Log 001 - Jason Tanner (Blackwidow)

Posted on Sat Sep 23rd, 2017 @ 8:31pm by

Merchant Ship Seven Hills (This happens before Academy Life 1)
Cargo Hold

Sitting amongst a load of supplies which were to be taken to Starbase 332, newly appointed Marine XO Jason 'Blackwidow' Tanner, sat on a big bag of beans marked Academy 332, and looked at the pile of bags, crates, boxes and cryostasis chambers, basically everything was marked the same Academy 332, looking at some of the names on the items, she could imagine what was in them, given she knew Winter, Wytara, Cascade, and Canioba, and knew of Mad.

Picking up her PADD she logged into it and choose Personal Logs and activated the recording device.

“I'm sitting in the cargo hold of the merchant ship Seven Hills on my way to my new post, Starbase 332, Marine XO with the 14th Battalion UFP Marine Corps under one Major Parker Jacobs, looked him up and took some information from my contacts, he's 5 10, he blankets his appearance and knowledge with a mischievous smile, long red hair and talks with a English accent. He, like me is constantly armed, though his Tactical Knife could hardly be classed as armed given what I carry. Marine from birth, partly creative at finding loopholes to get out of trouble. Protective of his people. Highly competitive, stubborn, impulsive, first to jump in feet first with little thought to the consequences sometimes. This is somewhat in thanks to his unpredictability as well, Parker can come up with things from nothing, doing something at one time, then the next do something completely different.” Jason had the man's record, acquired through contacts, he was a direct opposite of her. “He's a perfect marine, I'm a perfect mercenary, and killer, some of our skill sets match but most don't. I'm told by more than half a dozen black marketeers, that he is a man of his word, wonder if he likes a cold slushie?”

Beep Beep Beep.

Ending her personal log, she looked at her personal PADD and read the message, giving it a simple location where they would be landing, before logging it off.

“So BW, what's in the cryostasis chambers?”

“Peters, they're marked to go to Wytara Barlow, what do you think they are? Piles of mashed potatoes?” Jason asked in reply.

“Are we carrying Borg?”

“I thought Barlow was dead?” Another crewmen asked.

“The Contract was withdrawn.” Jason gave them a smile which wasn't pleasant. “Just don't drop anything that has my name on it or miss anything going to the Academy, I wouldn't want to have to come looking for it, or get the contract reallocated to recover what's missing.” She knew how the game worked.

“Would we do that?”

“You bet your tanned arse you would.” She answered. “Question is, is your life and your ship worth it.” It wasn't a question. Watching them head back front side, she grinned. “That's what I thought. And that's why Barlow has security, two legged and four legged.” She may now work for Starfleet Marine Corps, but she hadn't given up her contacts.