A New WIP Boldly Post

"We're going to be partners sooner or later, and I'd expect to see you often, considering you're from the Intelligence department," Hamza answered, "and I'm from Operations... you know, managing the ship, communications, logistics, general steward job. By the way... Archer, I certainly don't mean to be rude or whatnot, but may I know what happened to your legs?"
"Its not exactly hidden," Archer resisted the urge to shrug as he didn't want to throw the pair off balance, "I got caught in an explosion," a slight glance towards where Violann was taking point, "a Kiel overloaded his pistol and the blast set off other power cells.  That was..." a pause as he worked out the math, "almost twenty years ago now.  Surgeon didn't catch all the nerve damage when removing the bone fragments."
"HELP HELP! HEY DON'T LEAVE ME BEHIND!"
Archer turned his head in the direction of the shout, it interrupting the conversation before he could respond to the part about working together, catching sight of Hamza's face as he did.
"This group hasn't exactly made any effort to be quiet," Nathan pointed out to the Operations officer, "but I do wonder if we're really moving that fast...."
He let his voice trail off as Pierre addressed the new arrival.  When the marine went to confer with Violann, Archer  studied the now quieter arrival.  It was hard to tell with the imperfect torch light, but he was pretty sure he caught sight of the distinctive reddish skin of the officer.  A slight tweak at the corner of one eye, something he could pass off as caused by the mud he hadn't fully cleaned from his face, was all that externally betrayed his reaction to the Federation native species.
"How could someone be so panicked over a VR simulation?" Archer commented off-hand as he watched Luga go running off, "He didn't even report in."
A nod of the head was his silent acknowledgement of Aula's shout about moving out.
"Whenever you're ready, partner," Nathan gave Hamza a friendly smile.
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