“Erhm…” The senator struggled to regain his train of thought. Captain Derrish looked at his XO, who pushed the ‘mute’ button on the imaginary remote and the captain immediately went silent as first, an ambulance and then a police car drove into the scene. The lieutenant mimed picking up a remote and called the captain’s attention with a discreet cough. The blue-car finger-person assaulted the red-car driver who ended up on his back before the blue car’s engine was turned over and it loudly sped off from the scene. The gestures involved suggested that they were arguing over which one was to blame. The two finger-people faced off against each other and engaged in a heated murmur argument. The attention of the room turned to Captain Derrish as the two cars crashed loudly into each other and a two-finger person was introduced from the drivers side of each vehicle. “Please keep your statements relevant to the case in point.” That is a medical issue and will be handled by medical professionals, not elected officials.” The Fleet Admiral stated calmly. “Senator, this Tribunal is here to assess the validity of the charges against him, which are: ‘a disgrace to the fleet and a danger to his crew.’ Not his need for medication. I demand that this man is stripped of his commission and interned in a facility that can accommodate his needs for medical treatment.” But somehow the Terran Fleet has equipped him with, not only a ship, but also a crew of fifty four sailors. This man is clinically deranged and in no way, shape or form fit to command anyone, let alone himself. “A complete and total disregard of proper proceedings. “This is what I’m talking about” The senator burst out. “Yellow.” Hansen said after a short breath. Hansen looked at the captain, who was driving two small cars in an increasingly smaller spiral pattern on the carpet accompanied by excited tire squeals. “Lieutenant, how does the captain respond to the charges?” The lieutenant looked slightly uncomfortable as he paused. “And how does the Captain relate to the charges against him?” “Has the Captain been informed of these charges?” “Captain Derrish is facing charges of being ‘a disgrace to the Terran fleet and a danger to himself and those surrounding him’.” She looked at the Lieutenant. The Fleet admiral cleared her throat and proceeded. He then opened the seat compartment of the walker-car and took out two toy cars and began driving them on the carpet. “Right, sorry.” Captain Derrish muttered and took a seat on the small carpet that had been laid out next to the table. Lieutenant Hansen rose from his chair, held up an apologetic finger and proceeded to grab an imaginary fragmentation grenade from the captain’s chest and place it on the pile. The captain successfully mimed extracting and discarding the following: a rifle, slung over his shoulder, two repeater pistols from his belt, a back-mounted rpg, a rapier, two small crossbows, a knife from his boot shaft, three hidden blades from his sleeves, one small machine gun from his left thigh and a longbow with arrows, after which he stood straight and looked at the tribunal. “My apologies.” He mumbled as he put the imaginary weapons on the table in front of him, then he proceeded to draw an invisible pistol from his nonexistent hip holster and placed it on the table. I was the Chief security officer and responsible for the safety of everyone present.Ĭaptain Derrish looked at me, then at his empty hands, still held in the shape of finger guns and then at the tribunal members. “No weapons in this hearing, Captain.” I heard myself say. He nimbly drove the child sized vehicle to the table, where Lieutenant Hansen sat and parked it, then he proceeded to the far end of the table where he stood behind the chair and finger gunned the tribunal members. No, an actual toddlers walking wagon, shaped like a small fire truck. The doors on the far end of the room opened and Captain Derrish rolled into the room on a pushcart walking wagon. “This hearing is in session,” the fleet admiral leaned into the microphone as she spoke. This was not my first Tribunal hearing to determine whether a captain was fit to hold his position or not, but it definitely was the most interesting one. The audience seats were mostly empty, the few seats that were occupied were taken by the senator’s entourage and three of the Tricard’s safety officers. Which was currently occupied by First Lieutenant Hansen, The newly appointed XO of the TEV Tricard. It was a tribunal setup, with Navy high-command seated at the long-table, facing the room and the senator seated at a desk on the right side of the room, facing the tribunal. That was not how I’d imagined a senator’s hearing, but then again: With Captain Derrish as the subject, I guess nothing should be ‘as usual’.
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