Dear Daddy, #38: [Official Transmission: Starfleet Command]
Title:Dear Daddy #38: [Official Transmission: Starfleet Command]
Author: jessofthebugs
Disclaimer: O, I have bought the mansion of a love, /But not posess'd it.
Pairing: Kirk/McCoy, Jo/Savas
Rating: All ages
Type: Series #38/? of the Dear Daddy series
Warnings: An excited nine-year-old
Word Count: ~1700
Summary and Notes: The Enterprise receives new orders for a very special diplomatic mission. Thanks to kadollan and arcane_lark for the beta. Archived at awfully_clever
Dear readers,
I would like to show you evidence of my devotion to this series and my devotion to you. I was driving through Georgia on my way home from looking at dead bugs in Florida and I literally drove miles out of my way because I was so close to Peachtree City. I then suffered Atlanta rush hour traffic that, frankly, is of the Devil. I did bring you guys back a souvenir, though.
This is as far as I got to go, but I went to Peachtree to get a picture for you guys.
♥ -Jess
---
[Official Transmission: Starfleet Command]
Report #: SC-β995487632
Reporting Officer: Admiral Pike, Christopher J.
Mission Type: Diplomatic
Stardate: 2260.96
Attachments: None
Summary: Upon receipt of verbal confirmation, the USS Enterprise, NCC-1701, is to proceed to the Vulcan Colony to retrieve the following dignitaries for transport to Earth:
Minister T'Pau
Ambassador Sarek
Sartor, Attaché to Minister T'Pau
Selar, Attaché to Ambassador Sarek
Savas, son of Varin
You are to extend the most generous hospitality the Enterprise has to offer and to provide appropriate quarters and accommodation. Additionally, you are authorized to dock at Starbase 15 for supplies and a period of R&R not exceeding forty-eight (48) hours. The Enterprise is to return to Earth before stardate 2260.103
[End Report]
[End Transmission]
---
[Official Transmission: USS Enterprise NCC-1701]
Orders received.
Confirmation: Lt. Uhura, N. Serial #558-9682A
[End Transmission]
---
Jim,
I waited as long as I could to get you back to Earth and made a personal apology to Jo's mother for the delay, but there's only so long a man can hold up against a woman like that. I'd rather shove a wolverine up a Klingon's ass than piss her off. She's a shrewd woman. I like her.
I could only manage forty-eight hours of leave, but you'll have another week when you get home. I only wish there was more I could do, but Ambassador Sarek specifically requested the Enterprise and the brass can't say no to him, so, as per your orders, get them back here before the week's out.
My regards to Joanna and Dr. McCoy.
Be safe out there,
-Pike
---
Dear Mama,
Guess what!
I'm coming home! I'm so excited 'cause it's great being with Daddy on the ship and everyone's been so nice and all, but I miss you, Mama, and I miss Hippo and Saturn and my tree and I can't wait to sleep in my own bed and to see if Earth smells different now that I've been gone awhile and it's springtime so there's flowers blooming and we can plant stuff in the garden like we do every year and maybe this year I can help with canning tomatoes 'cause I sure miss your cooking, Mama, I even miss your chili and I don't usually like chili, but I'd rather have your chili than any of the stuff in the mess hall. Do you have any idea how often they serve meatloaf? 'Cause I'm glad I'm a vegetarian and don't have to eat it, but I'm about tired of veggie burgers which are dumb 'cause it ain't meat, so why'd anybody want to pretend it's something it ain't? I'm vegetarian! I don't want meat! And you know what else? We're gonna go get Savas and we'll get to spend the WHOLE WEEK together! Well, actually, it's only five days 'cause we're going to go to a starbase for a couple of days to load up on fancy stuff for having Miss T'Pau over like fresh food and I don't know what all else, but Daddy and Uncle Jim say that I can go to the important dinners and stuff since I'm already acquainted with the minister (is what Uncle Jim said exactly). And you know what? Uncle Jim says that there's this Chinese restaurant on the starbase where they've got this dessert that's a chocolate cake that they set on fire before they serve it! I gotta see that!
Oh, Mama?
Do you reckon Savas could come over? I mean, if it's okay with Miss T'Pau? We could have a sleepover and he could learn a lot about our culture while he's there. There's a few weeks before the Starfleet summer program starts and he won't have any kids to play with that he knows. Peas and carrots, Mama? I'm making my please face with the big eyes.
Uncle Jim says to write it like this:
O.O
Love you,
SEE YOU IN A WEEK!
-Jo
---
Dear Jo,
I knew that Admiral Pike was a good man and would get you home as soon as he could. Bless his heart, he's put up with all my worrying and carrying on these past few weeks and now you're going to be home in a week! I'll have to send him a thank you for being so helpful and considerate. You should send him a thank you note, too.
Of course Savas can come visit, sweetie. I'm anxious to meet this young man who has taken up so much of your attention lately. I'll fix up the spare room for him to sleep in and we can go to the Universe of Coke museum in Atlanta while he's here. There's to be an Earth Day celebration up in Tyrone next week and Mr. Phillips and I were going to go anyway, so we'll all go together and it should be lots of fun for everybody. I don't suppose Vulcans have fun as such, but if nothing else, he should find it interesting. You said he wants to learn about Earth cultures, so I'll try and think up some other things he can do while he's here.
Mr. Phillips had an idea that I thought you might like. Instead of having a barbecue when you get back (and to welcome your little friend, of course) we could have a veggie roast. If you don't want to, we can just stay home and not make a fuss. It makes no difference to me, I just want you home safe.
I love you, baby, and I'm counting the minutes 'til you come home.
Love,
-Mama
---
Dear Uncle Chris,
Mama said I should write you a thank-you note even though I was gonna see you when we got back anyway. I'm glad to be getting back to Earth, though, 'cause I feel like I've been off planet forever. Thanks for everything and even though Cerberus was awful, I made some friends and I had a good time on the Enterprise and I got to be with my daddy. I might have changed my mind some about being on a starship. Once I got used to it, it was a lot of fun.
See you soon,
-Jo
---
Dear Savas,
Guess what!
We're coming to get you to take you back to Earth for the summer program, but we're gonna get there early so Mama said you could stay over at our house 'til it was time to go to San Francisco. There ain't a whole lot to do in Peach Tree, but there's stuff in Atlanta and an Earth Day thing up in Tyrone (which ain't too far). Sometimes we have picnics in Fayetteville and you can see my school and the place by the pine trees where I meditate during recess and I can show you my tree and my room and you can meet Hippocrates, our dog, and Daddy's horse, Saturn. Sundance is real pregnant by now and she's meant to have her pony in August, is what Gram says. Gram is gonna love you. She's way more logical than I ever could be, you'll like her.
Anyway, we gotta ask whoever is in charge of you if it's okay. I reckon that's Miss T'Pau and since it's a cultural exchange program, I don't see any reason she'd say no to it. You let me know what she says, okay?
Ll&p
-Jo
P.S. We're at Starbase 15 right now and Daddy and Uncle Jim are gonna take me to a Chinese restaurant where they've got this chocolate cake they set on fire before you eat it. I'll let you know how it goes. Also, I made a washrag for you. It's green.
---
Dear Jo,
I am most grateful for your hospitality and I would certainly prefer to stay in Georgia in the interim between our arrival to Earth and the commencement of the the summer program, but I do not think it is appropriate for me to write to Minister T'Pau. I could contact one of her aides, perhaps, but I am not confident that my skills in formal writing are sufficient for such a task. I will think of a way in which to achieve our goal and present my contingency plans to you when I have formed them.
I am compiling a list of questions to ask the various crewmembers of the Enterprise in anticipation of our voyage, and I await more information as regards to this cake so that I may enter it into the database of human food I have constructed. "Comfort food" is a fascinating concept and I am curious as to whether there is a correlation between nutritional content of a particular food item and the emotion associated with that food item. I have insufficient data to perform even a preliminary analysis, but I hope to compile a more comprehensive list, given the cross-section of cultural associations on the ship. Would you be willing to assist me?
I am prepared for the trip and shall see you when you arrive at New Vulcan.
Live long and prosper,
-Savas
---
Dear Savas,
Don't worry, I'll write Miss T'Pau for you. There's no reason to be nervous about it, she's real nice.
See ya real soon!
-Jo
---
Dear Miss T'Pau,
How are you? I'm doing just fine. I got your frequency from Miss Uhura and Uncle Jim said it was okay, considering the nature of my business. I was wondering if it would be all right if Savas stayed at my house in Peach Tree, Georgia (which is near to Atlanta, in case you don't know) until it's time for us to be in San Francisco. He's doing research on human cultures and we both figure that he can do better at it if he stays with a human family and sees what we're really like at home. My Mama's got an extra room all fixed up for him and we're already thinking up cultural things we can do that he can analyze if he wants to.
Live long and prosper,
-Miss Joanna McCoy
---
Miss Joanna McCoy,
Minister T'Pau wishes to inform you that she has read your letter and, after careful consideration, has found your proposal agreeable. As head of the New Vulcan Science Academy, she holds the pursuit of knowledge in high regard and seeks to uphold the idea that wide experience increases wisdom. We have notified Savas of the change in living arrangements.
Live long and prosper,
Sartor
Aide to Minister T'Pau
---
[UNN News feed: 9 April, 2260]
>Twenty-nine miners dead in Coridian disaster. Tellarites deny involvement, Mine Safety and Health Administration investigates history of safety violations.
>Capellans deny topaline mining rights to Federation. Negotiations underway.
>Janus VI continuing to experience equipment failure. Pergium extraction to cease until MSHA gives green-light.
>Halkans still refusing to negotiate with Federation for dilithium rights.
Part #37: Hey, bro
Part #39: Personal Log
Author: jessofthebugs
Disclaimer: O, I have bought the mansion of a love, /But not posess'd it.
Pairing: Kirk/McCoy, Jo/Savas
Rating: All ages
Type: Series #38/? of the Dear Daddy series
Warnings: An excited nine-year-old
Word Count: ~1700
Summary and Notes: The Enterprise receives new orders for a very special diplomatic mission. Thanks to kadollan and arcane_lark for the beta. Archived at awfully_clever
Dear readers,
I would like to show you evidence of my devotion to this series and my devotion to you. I was driving through Georgia on my way home from looking at dead bugs in Florida and I literally drove miles out of my way because I was so close to Peachtree City. I then suffered Atlanta rush hour traffic that, frankly, is of the Devil. I did bring you guys back a souvenir, though.
This is as far as I got to go, but I went to Peachtree to get a picture for you guys.
♥ -Jess
---
[Official Transmission: Starfleet Command]
Report #: SC-β995487632
Reporting Officer: Admiral Pike, Christopher J.
Mission Type: Diplomatic
Stardate: 2260.96
Attachments: None
Summary: Upon receipt of verbal confirmation, the USS Enterprise, NCC-1701, is to proceed to the Vulcan Colony to retrieve the following dignitaries for transport to Earth:
Minister T'Pau
Ambassador Sarek
Sartor, Attaché to Minister T'Pau
Selar, Attaché to Ambassador Sarek
Savas, son of Varin
You are to extend the most generous hospitality the Enterprise has to offer and to provide appropriate quarters and accommodation. Additionally, you are authorized to dock at Starbase 15 for supplies and a period of R&R not exceeding forty-eight (48) hours. The Enterprise is to return to Earth before stardate 2260.103
[End Report]
[End Transmission]
---
[Official Transmission: USS Enterprise NCC-1701]
Orders received.
Confirmation: Lt. Uhura, N. Serial #558-9682A
[End Transmission]
---
Jim,
I waited as long as I could to get you back to Earth and made a personal apology to Jo's mother for the delay, but there's only so long a man can hold up against a woman like that. I'd rather shove a wolverine up a Klingon's ass than piss her off. She's a shrewd woman. I like her.
I could only manage forty-eight hours of leave, but you'll have another week when you get home. I only wish there was more I could do, but Ambassador Sarek specifically requested the Enterprise and the brass can't say no to him, so, as per your orders, get them back here before the week's out.
My regards to Joanna and Dr. McCoy.
Be safe out there,
-Pike
---
Dear Mama,
Guess what!
I'm coming home! I'm so excited 'cause it's great being with Daddy on the ship and everyone's been so nice and all, but I miss you, Mama, and I miss Hippo and Saturn and my tree and I can't wait to sleep in my own bed and to see if Earth smells different now that I've been gone awhile and it's springtime so there's flowers blooming and we can plant stuff in the garden like we do every year and maybe this year I can help with canning tomatoes 'cause I sure miss your cooking, Mama, I even miss your chili and I don't usually like chili, but I'd rather have your chili than any of the stuff in the mess hall. Do you have any idea how often they serve meatloaf? 'Cause I'm glad I'm a vegetarian and don't have to eat it, but I'm about tired of veggie burgers which are dumb 'cause it ain't meat, so why'd anybody want to pretend it's something it ain't? I'm vegetarian! I don't want meat! And you know what else? We're gonna go get Savas and we'll get to spend the WHOLE WEEK together! Well, actually, it's only five days 'cause we're going to go to a starbase for a couple of days to load up on fancy stuff for having Miss T'Pau over like fresh food and I don't know what all else, but Daddy and Uncle Jim say that I can go to the important dinners and stuff since I'm already acquainted with the minister (is what Uncle Jim said exactly). And you know what? Uncle Jim says that there's this Chinese restaurant on the starbase where they've got this dessert that's a chocolate cake that they set on fire before they serve it! I gotta see that!
Oh, Mama?
Do you reckon Savas could come over? I mean, if it's okay with Miss T'Pau? We could have a sleepover and he could learn a lot about our culture while he's there. There's a few weeks before the Starfleet summer program starts and he won't have any kids to play with that he knows. Peas and carrots, Mama? I'm making my please face with the big eyes.
Uncle Jim says to write it like this:
O.O
Love you,
SEE YOU IN A WEEK!
-Jo
---
Dear Jo,
I knew that Admiral Pike was a good man and would get you home as soon as he could. Bless his heart, he's put up with all my worrying and carrying on these past few weeks and now you're going to be home in a week! I'll have to send him a thank you for being so helpful and considerate. You should send him a thank you note, too.
Of course Savas can come visit, sweetie. I'm anxious to meet this young man who has taken up so much of your attention lately. I'll fix up the spare room for him to sleep in and we can go to the Universe of Coke museum in Atlanta while he's here. There's to be an Earth Day celebration up in Tyrone next week and Mr. Phillips and I were going to go anyway, so we'll all go together and it should be lots of fun for everybody. I don't suppose Vulcans have fun as such, but if nothing else, he should find it interesting. You said he wants to learn about Earth cultures, so I'll try and think up some other things he can do while he's here.
Mr. Phillips had an idea that I thought you might like. Instead of having a barbecue when you get back (and to welcome your little friend, of course) we could have a veggie roast. If you don't want to, we can just stay home and not make a fuss. It makes no difference to me, I just want you home safe.
I love you, baby, and I'm counting the minutes 'til you come home.
Love,
-Mama
---
Dear Uncle Chris,
Mama said I should write you a thank-you note even though I was gonna see you when we got back anyway. I'm glad to be getting back to Earth, though, 'cause I feel like I've been off planet forever. Thanks for everything and even though Cerberus was awful, I made some friends and I had a good time on the Enterprise and I got to be with my daddy. I might have changed my mind some about being on a starship. Once I got used to it, it was a lot of fun.
See you soon,
-Jo
---
Dear Savas,
Guess what!
We're coming to get you to take you back to Earth for the summer program, but we're gonna get there early so Mama said you could stay over at our house 'til it was time to go to San Francisco. There ain't a whole lot to do in Peach Tree, but there's stuff in Atlanta and an Earth Day thing up in Tyrone (which ain't too far). Sometimes we have picnics in Fayetteville and you can see my school and the place by the pine trees where I meditate during recess and I can show you my tree and my room and you can meet Hippocrates, our dog, and Daddy's horse, Saturn. Sundance is real pregnant by now and she's meant to have her pony in August, is what Gram says. Gram is gonna love you. She's way more logical than I ever could be, you'll like her.
Anyway, we gotta ask whoever is in charge of you if it's okay. I reckon that's Miss T'Pau and since it's a cultural exchange program, I don't see any reason she'd say no to it. You let me know what she says, okay?
Ll&p
-Jo
P.S. We're at Starbase 15 right now and Daddy and Uncle Jim are gonna take me to a Chinese restaurant where they've got this chocolate cake they set on fire before you eat it. I'll let you know how it goes. Also, I made a washrag for you. It's green.
---
Dear Jo,
I am most grateful for your hospitality and I would certainly prefer to stay in Georgia in the interim between our arrival to Earth and the commencement of the the summer program, but I do not think it is appropriate for me to write to Minister T'Pau. I could contact one of her aides, perhaps, but I am not confident that my skills in formal writing are sufficient for such a task. I will think of a way in which to achieve our goal and present my contingency plans to you when I have formed them.
I am compiling a list of questions to ask the various crewmembers of the Enterprise in anticipation of our voyage, and I await more information as regards to this cake so that I may enter it into the database of human food I have constructed. "Comfort food" is a fascinating concept and I am curious as to whether there is a correlation between nutritional content of a particular food item and the emotion associated with that food item. I have insufficient data to perform even a preliminary analysis, but I hope to compile a more comprehensive list, given the cross-section of cultural associations on the ship. Would you be willing to assist me?
I am prepared for the trip and shall see you when you arrive at New Vulcan.
Live long and prosper,
-Savas
---
Dear Savas,
Don't worry, I'll write Miss T'Pau for you. There's no reason to be nervous about it, she's real nice.
See ya real soon!
-Jo
---
Dear Miss T'Pau,
How are you? I'm doing just fine. I got your frequency from Miss Uhura and Uncle Jim said it was okay, considering the nature of my business. I was wondering if it would be all right if Savas stayed at my house in Peach Tree, Georgia (which is near to Atlanta, in case you don't know) until it's time for us to be in San Francisco. He's doing research on human cultures and we both figure that he can do better at it if he stays with a human family and sees what we're really like at home. My Mama's got an extra room all fixed up for him and we're already thinking up cultural things we can do that he can analyze if he wants to.
Live long and prosper,
-Miss Joanna McCoy
---
Miss Joanna McCoy,
Minister T'Pau wishes to inform you that she has read your letter and, after careful consideration, has found your proposal agreeable. As head of the New Vulcan Science Academy, she holds the pursuit of knowledge in high regard and seeks to uphold the idea that wide experience increases wisdom. We have notified Savas of the change in living arrangements.
Live long and prosper,
Sartor
Aide to Minister T'Pau
---
[UNN News feed: 9 April, 2260]
>Twenty-nine miners dead in Coridian disaster. Tellarites deny involvement, Mine Safety and Health Administration investigates history of safety violations.
>Capellans deny topaline mining rights to Federation. Negotiations underway.
>Janus VI continuing to experience equipment failure. Pergium extraction to cease until MSHA gives green-light.
>Halkans still refusing to negotiate with Federation for dilithium rights.
Part #37: Hey, bro
Part #39: Personal Log