Star Trek: Terra Alpha

"And it's a lovely face to boot." Peter said with a smirk. "Admiral, Commander, i'm going to remain on the bridge easier to coordinate the teams from here. We didn't install a console just for Marine Ops because it filled that space nicely." "Of course." Angel said with a nod of her head. "Just remi...

"That's why we have copious amounts of alcohol when we do our tattoos." Captain Matau said with a wince. "Bloody awful part of it is, it wasn't even you that decided to do it." he held up a padd. "Marine readiness, fighter squadron is ready when you need it, so are our ground pounders. Granted you s...

"Nice that you didn't call me a Kiwi." Matau said with a smile. "Not that I find offense at it, I can be a little round furry fruit at times. Or so my old Drill Instructor used to say. I'll admit, I'm impressed at the diversity here. And the celebration of the old Earth cultures. Rarely got that in ...

"True enough. Still, gotta say, the leadership on the Kitea... it's the best our boys and girls have had. Y'treat us with respect and like we're not just disposable grunts. Doesn't hurt that you and the Admiral are easy on the eyes. Some of these lot have had grizzled old farts like me with more gre...

"They are all equally worthless in the eyes of the Drill Sergeant." Matau said with a grin. "By the way ma'am... the boys wanted to invite you to movie night on the Kitea's flight deck. I'd say yes, the only way half of them will actually clean up is if you're on deck. They like impressin' you and t...

"And those Frag heads are a beauty when you see them in action, small enough to weaken shields in a particular point to the point where we can eventually punch a hole through and unshielded they chew through phaser banks, disruptors and torpedo launchers. Stop 'em firin' at us, so we can actually ei...

"Oh tell me about man... it reminds me of home too. Parts of New Zealand are right mucky too." Peter said with a smirk. "After all, if we need to liberate a village, never know where it'll be or what the conditions will be like. I spent ten rain blasted weeks in a jungle tryin' to root out some Impe...

"General! Colonel!" A tall man with a deep tan complexion said as he jogged toward him and came to a stop, snapped a crisp salute to them. "Captain Peter Matau, TAS Kitea Marines. Wanted to thank you both for letting use your facilities for training my men and Admiral Ryder told me to tell you that ...