Episode 1 — The Watch 1.6 — The Chair The official report listed the incident as: localized maintenance relay failure. Nothing more. No sabotage.No unauthorized transmissions.No armed suspect moving through restricted sections of the ship. Just another engineering malfunction aboard a Constitution-class starship operating far…
THE WATCH – final
THE WATCH – pt6
Lockdown The first indication something had gone wrong wasn’t the explosion. It was the sound the ship made immediately before it happened. A subtle shift in the deck vibration beneath Mercer’s boots. Tiny.Wrong.Almost subconscious. Then— WHUMP. The deck shuddered hard enough to rattle the tribunal…
The Watch – pt5
Signals The maintenance corridors beneath Deck Eleven smelled like overheated circuitry, coolant leaks, and bad decisions. Hale moved ahead with a scanner in one hand while Rainer casually walked backward down the corridor watching the rear approach like somebody taking a relaxed evening stroll instead…
OX
Crewman — Security Division Officially, Briggs is listed in personnel records. Nobody calls him that. To the entire Security Division, he is simply: Ox. The nickname fits immediately and permanently. Ox is enormous even by Security Division standards — broad-shouldered, farm-built, and physically intimidating in…
HALE
Petty Officer Second Class — Security Division Hale is young, ambitious, and smart enough to know exactly how dangerous that combination can be inside Security Division. Sharp-minded and highly disciplined, Hale has already developed a reputation for competence well beyond his years. He studies everything…
The Watch – pt4
RED SHIRT WATCH Episode 1 — The Watch Mercer quickly discovered tribunal security consisted primarily of standing still while important people ignored you professionally. The corridor outside Observation Deck Three had been transformed overnight into a fortress built entirely around paperwork and anxiety. Security personnel…
The Watch – pt3
Mercer hated walking into rooms late. Especially rooms full of Security Division personnel. The corridor outside the duty room was already thinning out as teams split toward assignments across the ship. Boots echoed against polished deck plating while voices bounced through the passageways in overlapping…
KANE
Sergeant Major — Security Division Kane is a career enlisted Security Division veteran and survivor of multiple wars, border conflicts, and shipboard actions spread across decades of service. Long years inside Security Division have stripped away anything unnecessary. He speaks little, notices everything, and carries…
RAINER
Petty Officer First Class — Security Division Rainer is charming, unpredictable, and considerably more dangerous than most people realize during first impressions. Relaxed and socially fearless, she moves through Security Division with an ease that makes officers nervous and enlisted personnel immediately lower their guard…
The Watch – pt2
The lieutenant junior grade droned on for another six minutes about deck assignments, restricted access routes, tribunal overflow procedures, and updated security rotations while most of the room slowly died inside. Mercer tried to pay attention. Really. But half the room clearly treated morning briefings…