T'Mar
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Post by T'Mar on Jan 11, 2006 21:19:42 GMT
T'Mar was sitting in her readyroom enjoying some herbal tea when the comm panel announced a high priority coded transmission. It was admiral Magellan who told her about a secret mission. The Scavenger was to take a diplomat on board and travel to a planet near cardassian space. It would involve taking a route around the border of the cardassians. Magellan urged that she kept secrecy. "Naturally admiral. This is sensitive information which must not get into enemy hands. I'll prepare the crew but don't breef them on anything specific. I believe extra training will be a good cover." The admiral nodded. "The ambassador will be arriving on a shuttle in a few hours. Good luck!"
Half an hour had passed as the dayly meeting was taking place and T'Mar announced the arrival of the diplomat and the orders for their destination. Tactical officer Spiro advised to increase alert status while near cardassian space. He would start right on it. The crew was curious about this strange diplomat and why they were going so far away. T'Mar would not divulge on anything.
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Post by ambassadorrela on Jan 11, 2006 22:42:52 GMT
She had gone on board the shuttle at that time, and she wasn't sure about this mission. She felt like something was off, but she couldn't figure out what. Rela had never been good at leaving the ground and going off into space, and she wondered if the doctor would know about her motion sickness. She was usually good at hiding her sickness, and she hoped it wouldn't cause any trouble this time. The shuttle took off without any problems, and she had felt every move.
She realized she hadn't been off a planet since she left her homeworld and went to serve on earth. She also realized how much she already missed being on the ground. It wasn't easy leaving her comfortable assignment, and she had hoped she wouldn't have had to. She realized how important this was, and she just hoped she wouldn't be gone too long.
It hadn't been too bad of a ride, considering the pilot was a rookie, and she was very tired. She had felt every move and change, and now she was ready for some sleep. She hadn't looked out the window, but she knew she was headed for a starship. She hoped the ship's pilot was a better pilot than the shuttle's pilot. She didn't even know how he had passed the academy.
"Yang man, cume hur. I had huped fer a more seasuned pilut, and I du wush you wald practeese mure oftin in the futor." She said not wanting to be rude, but felt he should hear about this. She had hoped he would take her advice, but he didn't say anything, instead he went back to work. She grabbed her only bag, and even though she didn't feel very well, she walked as straight as possible to the bridge. She knew the commanding officer would want to know she had gotten there safely, or at least she had hoped the captain would want to.
She didn't like the turbolift ride any more than the shuttle ride, but decided not to mention it. She noticed a woman sitting in the center seat, and she went straight to her.
"Hyllo, I am Ambossadur Rela, and have bin tuld tu cume hur so you and yur feen crew cald escurt me tu my destanashun. I look furward tu thas little adveenture." She said trying to be as polite as possible, since she felt that she was a bit of an inconvince to this crew. She knew no one wanted to escort anyone let alone an ambassador. She didn't want to be a burden, and she hoped the crew wouldn't think of her as one.
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Post by tintagel on Jan 11, 2006 23:13:25 GMT
After the meeting Illito walked back to sickbay alone, thinking. They were going to Cardassia. Well, not quite, but fairly close. Which made Illito very curious about what would be going on, since it affected her on at least two levels. However, she felt that she was not being told much about the actual mission.
Illito shrugged to herself as she entered sickbay. She sighed, and walked into her office, after checking no one needed her, to fill out some very important forms, which it would be best to have done before they left. Commander Dunsmore had transferred off the ship, and she was supposed to fill out a form with his medical information. Illito understood somewhat that he had felt uncomfortable on the ship after being in a coma for a day, and that he hadn’t recovered as well as the others on his team had. Although his second-in-command of Engineering had transferred off as well, although she had transferred to a planet-side position.
Illito worked on filling out the form, then reached the place where a counselor was supposed to write their bit. But the Scavenger didn’t have a counselor, Illito was supposed to do that in the absence of one. Illito didn’t feel that she had really talked to Commander Dunsmore to know enough to be sure of what to put, but she had talked to him some, and he had been one of the few people to welcome her on the ship during her first mission here, so Illito felt that she could fill out the form fine. Although it might help to talk to some of the crew who had served under him.
Illito finished what she could about Commander Dunsmore, and found that she had another form to fill out, this one for 1st Lieutenant McLeod, the Senior Marine Officer. After finishing that one, including copying all the medical records to it, she put her name at the bottom, and sent it to Assailant.
Illito looked through her records, and noticed that she was still missing a lot of medical data on a lot of the crew. And that there was still some time before the Scavenger would leave. =/\=This is Commander Tintagel to Lieutenants Anderson and Hirao, and Commanders Cavit, Apirana, Gray, and Vassiliou. If this is a convenient time for you, I would like to have you come down to sickbay for your physical. If you’re busy, don’t worry, just remember to come down sometime in the next week,=/\= Illito said, since the Captain was the only one Illito had done the yearly physical for yet. Illito was giving the senior staff plenty of time, since she knew otherwise some of them might just try to ignore her, and she didn’t really like having to make people stop doing important work. And Commander Gray was now a member of senior staff , with all of the worries of a department.
Illito realized that due to the events of the last mission, she hadn’t done as many of the physicals for the rest of the crew that she wanted to have done. They were at staggered intervals generally, but there had not been an actual Chief Medical Officer for quite a while, Lt. Avel had been rather busy just trying to keep everyone injured healed. So physicals were overdue for everyone.
=/\=Commander Tintagel to Lieutenant Okalani, please report to sickbay as soon as possible.=/\= Illito then called, and waited for someone to show up in sickbay.
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Paikea Apirana
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Post by Paikea Apirana on Jan 13, 2006 4:06:52 GMT
After the time spent with Illito, Paikea had decided to have his own personal time. Something that he had not done in a very long time. He talked to the flight controller and convinced her to let him borrow a shuttlepod. Paikea hadn't felt that alive in months and he could practically feel the adrenaline pumping through his veins.
"Danger, exceeding safety protocols."
Paikea heard the computer's warning, but he didn't want to stop what he was feeling. The danger and the excitement was just intoxicating to him.
"Danger, exceeding safety protocols. Danger, ex..."
"Computer ignore safety protocols," Paikea said as he increased the speed once more. It wasn't until the ship started to shake violently enough to throw him off his seat.
"Computer bring ship to quarter impulse speed, direction Starbase Assailant," Paikea said as he got back to his seat.
Twenty minutes later
"Assailant to USS Horatio, you have a message from Commodore T'Mar." The next thing he saw was a short, concise message telling him to report the Scavenger. They had received their orders from Admiral Lin.
"Thank you Assaliant, I will dock the shuttle in fifteen minutes," Paikea responded. The rest of the trip was uneventful and boring.
~On the Scavenger~
The meeting had troubled Paikea, he didn't like the fact that they were being kept in the dark. He understood that it was concerning Starfleet security, but he thought that they deserved a bit more information.
"Okay people, the Ambassador will arive in a couple of hours, so I want everyone to get ready to depart as soon as he or she arrives," T'Mar said.
"Commodore do we know where we will be going?" Hirao asked.
"No I do know that its close by Cardassain space, but that is all," T'Mar responded," the Ambassador will give us the coordinates. So if there ins't any other questions you are dismissed."
Everyone filed out of the conference room and headed towards there purspective station. Katie went to operations, Hirao went to helm control, Spiro took the tactical station, Doctor Tintagel went back to sickbay, T'Mar and Cavit took the center seat, and Paikea took his station. They were all ready to begin there next mission, but they knew that things were different. Commander Dunsmore and 1st Lieutenant McLeod had left them. Paikea had hoped them well, but he knew that there lost would affect the ship. They could not be replaced buy anyone.
While Paikea waited for the Ambassador to arrive he started working on some of the most recent star charts of Cardassain space. Since they were going near it it would be best to find all the information possible.
=^=This is Commander Tintagel to Lieutenants Anderson and Hirao, and Commanders Cavit, Apirana, Gray, and Vassiliou. If this is a convenient time for you, I would like to have you come down to sickbay for your physical. If you’re busy, don’t worry, just remember to come down sometime in the next week.=^=
=^=Commander Tintagel this is Paikea, I will be down to sickbay in thirty minutes, I first have to make sure prelaunch procedures are completed.=^=
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Post by tintagel on Jan 13, 2006 23:25:27 GMT
When Lt. Okalani entered sickbay Illito smiled to try to reassure him, and gestured for him to sit down on the edge of a biobed. “When was the last time you were in sickbay?” she asked.
“Three months ago,” he replied
“Why were you here?” she asked, as she got out her tricorder to begin scanning him. Illito could have gotten a lot of this information just as easily from the records, but she preferred to hear some of it from the patients themselves, because it let her know a great deal about how the patient dealt with injuries.
“I wasn’t sick or injured, I was just visiting someone who had Ankaran flu, but they were in an isolation ward, so I was really just leaving flowers and a get-well note.”
“Who were you visiting? If you don’t mind my asking…?” Illito asked.
“No, I don’t, not at all. It’s hardly confidential information,” Lt. Okalani replied, smiling. “It was Ensign Yamill.”
“Thanks,” Illito replied. “When was the last time you were in sickbay because you were sick or injured?” she asked.
“Oh, I hardly ever get sick, and rarely injured,” Lt. Okalani said. “I attribute that to being Napean.”
Illito laughed quietly. “I never saw anything that suggested that that would make you more healthy, and certainly wouldn’t cause you to avoid being injured.”
“I’m lucky. But the last time I was in a sickbay, and not for a routine check-up or visiting someone was four years ago. I had broken my finger while I was skiing planet side.”
Illito finished scanning the Lt. with the tricorder. “I just have a few more questions to ask,” she said. “Have you been feeling at all sick lately?”
“No.”
“Been in contact with anyone infected by a contagious disease?”
“No.”
Illito smiled. “Then you’re done here. Thanks for coming down.”
“No problem,” Lt. Okalani said, leaving.
Illito didn’t call anyone else to sickbay yet, since Commander Apirana had told her a while ago that he was going to come down soon.
Illito filled out the physical form for Lt. Okalani, and then greeted Commander Apirana as he entered. “Hello Commander,” she greeted him. “I appreciate your coming down here,” she said.
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“Please, sit on the biobed,” she instructed him, and started the basic scans. “How have you been feeling?” she asked him, referring to the guilt Paikea had felt from being captured by the Romulans, but Illito kept the question open-ended to give him an opportunity to say if anything else seemed wrong.
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“Do you have any allergies or other illnesses that it would be important to note in your medical record?” she asked.
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Post by Paikea Apirana on Jan 15, 2006 18:05:56 GMT
“Hello Commander,” she greeted him. “I appreciate your coming down here,” she said.
Paikea had finished his work a lot faster than he had expected and he slowly made his way towards sickbay. He didn't like sickbay, but Illito was the only doctor that ever made him feel comfortable in that type of atmosphere.
"Doctor don't call me commander, I thought I had only been promoted to Lt. not Lt. Commander, I don't feel as I deserve this," Paikea said responding to Illito's greeting,"plus you don't have to thank me to come down here." In fact Paikea almost got into a heated argument with Commodore T'Mar. He didn't feel as he deserved the promotion, but all she did was dismiss him.
Seeing as he wouldn't get demoted by Commodore T'Mar, he went on to take things with stride. He quickly promoted Ensign Zach Calbert to Lt. JG and made him his second in command. The recommendations of the officer on the planet made this decision very simple and easy.
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“Please, sit on the biobed,” she instructed him, and started the basic scans. “How have you been feeling?” she asked him, referring to the guilt Paikea had felt from being captured by the Romulans, but Illito kept the question open-ended to give him an opportunity to say if anything else seemed wrong.
"No I have been feeling great actually," he responded knowing what she was referring too," I have had no problems with the guilt and I have talked to a counselor." Paikea hated lying to his friend, but he didn't want her to worry about him. He hadn't had any attacks since the last one, but he also didn't want anyone to know what happened.
“Do you have any allergies or other illnesses that it would be important to note in your medical record?” she asked.
"No I'm not allergic to anything," Paikea said surprised that he was asked this question. He thought that his record would of said that, but it seemed that it did not." Hey Doctor what if I was sick when I was young, would that be important?"
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"Here are your coordinates Sethe."
"Are you sure that the Hekaran is going to be here?" Sethe asked of her in formate. She couldn't allow her to share her information with her enemies. If she did her plans were ruined, her work would of been for nothing.
"Yes, she will be on this ship."
"A Vagabond class, we can easily take care of that," Sethe said with distaste in her voice.
"Do not become arrogant Sethe, she is commanded by Commodore T'Mar, the Hekaran will be well protected."
"I am not arrogant, T'Mar and everyone who protects Rela will die. I will not let them stop our war, they will not stop our war," Sethe said as she crumpled the PADD in her hand and gave an about face.
"Hey Commander," Sethe said getting her in formates attention," tell me father that I will not fail him."
"I hope that you don't fail him Sethe or he will personally kill you," the man said before being transported to a ship in orbit.
"Sethe to Zaire beam me up and head towards Starbase Assailant, maximum speed," Sethe said.
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Post by ambassadorrela on Jan 15, 2006 19:05:43 GMT
Having been welcomed, she noted that someone took her bag away, and she guessed that it had been taken to her quarters. She didn't ask, and she didn't really care as long as she wasn't dismissed that easily. She found that while she was allowed to stay on the bridge no one was paying her any attention, and she liked that. She walked over to the helm.
"Hed to Sectur 21503, fastist worp pussible. The soonar we arreeve the bettor." She said only to the helmsman. She looked around and wondered if anyone would care that he was give an order.
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Post by tintagel on Jan 16, 2006 18:09:27 GMT
“I have no doubts, I’m sure that you deserve your promotion,” Illito said, then turned to continue the physical, as she really didn’t want to get into an argument over this.
Illito smiled upon hearing that Pai had talked to a counselor, since he might not get a chance to for a while now, and it would likely help him with the events of the past mission.
"Hey Doctor what if I was sick when I was young, would that be important?" Paikea asked.
“It would depend on how sick,” Illito replied. “If it was a minor illness that healed quickly, I probably don’t need to know about it, although I don’t think that it would hurt to have it on your record, since that may affect other diseases you are susceptible, as well as how you may react to the same virus if you came into contact with it again.”
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“Ah, thank you,” Illito said, remembering it. One of the advantages of having an eidetic memory was that it meant she didn’t have to write things down on PADDs while talking to people, which was a good thing because taking notes would likely make people feel like she was examining them.
“Well, you seem to have a clean bill of health,” she said, after Pai was finished.
<Tag Pai>[/color]
“But before you leave, I’d like to ask you a question. Do you know if the ambassador that we’re supposed to be taking has arrived yet?”
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“I see, thank you,” she replied, wishing slightly that she could be told about this by people other than those she just happened to have in sickbay. But she was sure that people on the bridge were usually quite busy.
“Do you happen to know the Ambassador’s name?” Illito asked, since Illito figured that she should call the Ambassador down at some point for a physical, and to help the ambassador adjust, see if there was anything she should do, and this might go better if Illito knew the ambassador’s name.
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Aeryn sighed as she heard the call from sickbay, but her policy on medical physicals was to get them over as soon as humanly possible. With a nod to her second-in-command, a move for Aeryn that was still hard for her to make, she had troubles thinking of herself as the officer in charge of Engineering.
=/\=This is Commander Gray to Commander Tintagel, I’ll be right down there.=/\=
=/\=I’m happy to hear that, thank you=/\=Illito replied.
As Aeryn was leaving Engineering, a recently-assigned ensign asked her a question. Aeryn then found herself explaining to the ensign how the Vagabond class differed in design, because the ensign had gotten a little confused by the layout and some of the systems, and Aeryn didn’t want him to accidentally make any mistakes. Aeryn sent a message to sickbay, saying that she would be a little late, and moved to help the ensign.
By the time she left Engineering the ship was about to leave Assailant, but since the repairs from the Starbase seemed to be work fine, Aeryn wasn’t really needed, so she walked down to sickbay for her physical.
She arrived in sickbay a more than a little late, and saw Lt. Apirana leaving. Aeryn glanced at his rank pips as she saw him, out of habit, and noticed that they were different than what they had been when she had seen him last. He appeared to now be Lt. Commander Apirana. “Congratulations on your promotion,” she said, smiling.
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Aeryn shrugged, a little puzzled by his reaction, and continued into sickbay. “Commander Tintagel?” she said.
“Ah, yes, Commander Gray, right?” Illito replied.
“Yes, I’m here for my physical.”
“Thanks for coming down. Now, can you please sit down on the biobed?” Illito asked.
“Not a problem,” Aeryn replied, then moved to sit down.
“How have you been feeling?”
“I’ve been fine.”
“Did you enjoy your leave on Starbase Assailant?” Illito asked, starting to run the tricorder over the chief of engineering.
“I didn’t take leave,” Aeryn replied.
“Oh?”
“I had to oversee the repairs from Engineering, to make sure that everything got put back together correctly,” Aeryn answered, wondering how the doctor was able to make her feel guilty for doing work. She shrugged off the feeling.
“When was the last time you were in sickbay?” Illito asked.
“Seven months ago, I was repairing a conduit.”
“And when were you last here, or in any medical facility, when you weren’t fixing anything or for a routine sickbay?”
“Nine months ago, I had hurt my hand while fixing a replicator.”
“Did that heal okay?”
“Yes, it was fine within a few hours.”
“Have you been feeling sick at all lately?” Illito asked.
“No.”
“Have you been in contact with anyone with a contagious disease?”
“Not that I know of,” Aeryn replied, getting a little worried. All these questions were making her think that the tricorder readings showed her to be sick.
“Do you have any allergies or illnesses that aren’t in your record and should be?”
“No.”
“I can give you a clean bill of health then,” Illito finished. “You seem to be fine. Although next time we have shore leave, or time at the Starbase, I want you to relax a little, take a break from work.”
“I’ll try,” Aeryn replied, then nodded to the doctor and started to leave sickbay.
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"Hed to Sectur 21503, fastist worp pussible. The soonar we arreeve the bettor."
Jagat Hirao undocked the Scavenger from Assailant, using thrusters to distance the ship from the station, then locking in the coordinates. He had been told that he would receive the coordinates from the Ambassador, and she was giving them to him, so he directed the ship to where she had indicated, at warp seven. Engineering had told him that with the repairs to the warp core they shouldn’t have any troubles sustaining this speed until the Scavenger arrived at the coordinates
Jagat felt the ship beneath him, and smiled. He rarely had anyone else take the Scavenger out of dock and into warp, and it wasn’t because he feared they would scratch her paint job. He just liked the feel of controlling the ship, when she seemed to come alive, after sitting in dock for a while. Just sitting at the helm, even when the bridge was a chaotic mess, which it fortunately wasn’t very often, relaxed him. He felt like he was all alone with the ship.
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Paikea Apirana
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I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.
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Post by Paikea Apirana on Jan 18, 2006 22:10:07 GMT
“It would depend on how sick,” Illito replied. “If it was a minor illness that healed quickly, I probably don’t need to know about it, although I don’t think that it would hurt to have it on your record, since that may affect other diseases you are susceptible, as well as how you may react to the same virus if you came into contact with it again.”
"Well I somehow contracted yellow fever while my family went deep into the forests of Africa," Paikea said remembering his trip. No one had ever thought of yellow fever since it had been extinct now for centuries. Luckily for him, there was a vaccine which is the only reason that he is alive today.
“Ah, thank you,” Illito said, remembering it.
“Well, you seem to have a clean bill of health,” she said, after Pai was finished.
"That is great news," Paikea said glad to hear that he had been given a clean bill of health. Paikea slowly made his way towards the exit, but was stopped by Doctor Tintagel
“But before you leave, I’d like to ask you a question. Do you know if the ambassador that we’re supposed to be taking has arrived yet?”
"She arrived about ten minutes ago, but unfortunately that is all that I know," Paikea said hoping that he would get more information about the diplomat.
“I see, thank you,” she replied.
“Do you happen to know the Ambassador’s name?” Illito asked.
"Her name is Rela, Ambassador Rela," Paikea said as he left sickbay. He didn't want to be rude, but he wanted to know more about this women as soon as possible.
“Congratulations on your promotion,” she said, smiling.
"Thank you Commander Grey, but I don't deserve it," Paikea said half heartly. Paikea left the puzzled looking commander and headed back to the bridge.
Once he arrived on the bridge he realized that the ship was already on course.
"Lt. Hirao where are we heading?" Paikea asked of their helmsman.
"I'm sorry Commander, but I cannot tell you that, I'm only flying the ship, but not in control of the course," Jagat responded.
"What do you mean you cannot tell me?" Paikea asked.
"He doesn't know Commander, only I have that information," Ambassador Rela said finally speaking.
"And why is that?" Paikea asked a bit annoyed.
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Paikea couldn't believe that they didn't know where they were heading. He knew the general direction, but space was immense and a general idea wasn't going to help. Paikea looked at the Ambassador with distruct. He didn't like classfied missions, they always meant trouble. So he just made an about face and went back to his station.
"Katie, how are all systems?" Paikea asked of his old friend.
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Post by bubblesdelight on Jan 19, 2006 19:07:51 GMT
"Katie, how are all systems?" Paikea asked.
Katie had been off in her own little world as she made sure everything was working before the ship departed, Katie was so envolved that she almost didn't hear Paikea's question.
"Sorry, uh...everything looks good." Katie replied.
Feeling more than a little embarassed Katie tried to get back to work.
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Post by ambassadorrela on Jan 21, 2006 4:53:24 GMT
Rela walked away from the helm and up toward the center of the bridge. She wanted to watch everyone in action, and then she noticed a male enter the bridge. He went over to the helm, and she felt she should be closer to hear what was said. She overheard the last part the male said.
"He dusn't knuw Cummandor, unly I hov thot infermashun." She said, once she noticed his rank, and speaking up to help out the helmsman.
"I be zee unly un thot knuws, becuz I am pert ov zee sulushun. Evraytang ez on a ned ta knuw busos." She said hoping that he wouldn't ask her any more questions. She knew she couldn't risk compromising this mission. She also knew that people could be inquisitive in nature, and she hoped that this would be more than enough to satisfy his curiosity.
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Post by T'Mar on Jan 21, 2006 21:30:36 GMT
T'Mar had greeted the ambassador formally when the guest passenger had entered the bridge. T'Mar had wanted to welcome ambassador Rela at the shuttle bay but the ambassador had beat her to it by arriving on the bridge unannounced. The shuttle pilot had neglected to report that as well but as he was a rooky, he got off with a reprimand.
Rela gave orders to the helmsman. T'Mar's acute hearing did not pick up everything but she understood it was a heading. "Yes, lay in that course and speed and engage." Then she took the ambassador aside into her readyroom and tried if she would reveal more of this mission. But Rela repeated that she would only give the commodore the flight information and no more. T'Mar reminded her that this course led to a fairly dangerous territory and that it would be useful that the crew of the Scavenger was informed of the inportance of this mission. Rela replied that this was T'Mar's problem. T'Mar appeared unrattled but felt the responsibility on her shoulders. "But I will remind you ambassador that I will not endanger my crew unneccesarily." "Thot I knuw" Rela replied and left the room. T'Mar thought this woman was even more arrogant than some Vulcans. She decided to have a chat with Dr Tintagel. Her daughter was due for a regular checkup.
While Ilito was examining T'Mar's child, T'Mar went over the crew reports. Several had come in for their regular physical checkup today. "It appears my crewmembers are reasonable healthy." "Yes indeed sir, and so is little T'Nala" Illito smiled. "She's growing well and very responsive. She's got her eyes on everything potentially interesting." The girl was reaching for the scanning device Illito was holding. "She has reached the age where infants start to examine their surroundings" T'Mar said. "I am gratified that she is developing as she should, growing up in a comfortable home." T'Mar remembered the cold cave where she had given birth. At the time it did her good to have her crew near. Although she was not able to lead them, they still remained a solid team and looked after their commanding officer. "Where are we going exactly? Illito asked. "Somewhere near Cardassian space. I cannot reveal much more than that, but be prepared for trouble. I'm sending my husband and daughter to Deep Space 9 to stay there until our return so they'll be safe. I do no know for certain if we will face great danger, but there is a chance. The last few missions we have been attacked when we did not expect it. Now I can choose to be ahead of it. They will be safe until our return." The doctor nodded. "I wouldn't want to be away from my children but I can understand the need for having them safe."
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Post by billi on Jan 22, 2006 0:22:48 GMT
Lianna had been on board the USS Scavenger since it left the Starbase and she was bored. There wasn't a whole lot she could do except sit in her quarters. What else could she do, being blind did indeed have its hang-ups. Her guide dog, a shepherd/wolf mix by the name of Phantom, lay by her feet. The two were inseperable, she'd had him since she was small and they'd grown to know each others feelings and emotions through tough more than anything.
"What do you say we explore the ship Phantom?" she said as she stood up, her hand instinctively going to where she knew his harness would be, he constantly wore it during the day, usually staying close by her side even in familiar territory. Her hand wrapping around the grip as he stood up, a whine all she got as a response but she could feel his tail beating her leg as he moved into position to lead her, wherever she wished. In her other hand the PADD which carried the information that would be needed for her to remain on board and not be tossed onto the next shuttle home.
The ship was a new experience for both of them but one which they both relished. This was their first journey away from home and alone. She'd begged her parents to allow her to do something and not let her disability to hold her back, her parents had encouraged her. She allowed Phantom to take the lead and have his head, as it's refered to. He led her from her quarters, the door closing behind them. "Don't forget where we live Phantom." Lianna said as she patted the dogs head.
He pressed against her leg to guide her in the direction she remembered they'd come from when they came on board. "Where should we go?" she asked the dog as they walked. She was oblivious to any others in the corridor and hoped that they would realize that she was blind if any did pass by. Soon the dog stopped and he barked in a low bark. "Where are we boy?" her hand rising as he took it in his mouth and stood on his hind legs, letting her hand go to rest on the console on the wall which she recognized as belonging to a turbolift.
"What do you say we pay our respects to the Captain?" She said as she tapped the console, touching the buttons from memory. The door opening and Phantom leading her inside. "Bridge." she said as she settled against the wall, Phantom sitting down in front of her. She could feel the emptiness of the lift and realized she was alone. Meeting new people, especially those who don't understand her disability made it hard sometimes. What made it worse was that she was Betazoid, and her abilities were amplified due to being blind.The lift began rising slowly.----------- Please read her Bio for more information. In this post she is not wearing her sensor net so is totally blind and dependant on Phantom. <TAG anyone who wants to help her get to the bridge>
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Post by tintagel on Jan 23, 2006 1:38:18 GMT
As Lt. Commander Gray was leaving sickbay, Illito remembered that there were a few questions she wanted to ask the Commander. “Before you leave, can I ask a few questions?” said Illito.
“Sure,” Aeryn replied.
“How well did you know Commander Dunsmore?” asked Illito. Aeryn looked a little puzzled about the question, so Illito explained that she was filling out the medical form, and wanted the opinion from someone who knew the CEO more than she had.
“Not all that well, we worked together a lot, but that was about all. He was very good at his job, and the ship will really miss him,” answered Aeryn. “Is that all, or do you want more?”
“That should be fine,” replied Illito, she had been hoping for more, but the information that Commander Gray had given her would do.
After Commander Gray had left, Illito finished up Commander Dunsmore’s medical transfer form, sent it to Assailant, and tapped her combadge. =/\=Doctor Tintagel to Ambassador Rela=/\=
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=/\=Would you mind reporting down to sickbay? You’re not required to, but if you can spare ten minutes, I would appreciate being able to do a physical=/\=
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=/\=Understood=/\= Illito hoped that the Ambassador would come down, because Illito also wanted to welcome her onto the ship, as well as the fact that it might be beneficial to have a physical on file. But Illito was aware that Ambassadors could be…particular, and Illito wanted to avoid inconveniencing anyone.
After Illito had talked to the Ambassador, Commodore T’Mar brought her daughter down to sickbay for a checkup. Illito was relieved that T’Nala was fine, Illito didn’t like having to care for children because she didn’t like seeing them be sick. After T’Mar left, Illito didn’t have anything immediately pressing to take care of, but seeing T’Mar and her daughter made Illito send a word to her brother. She wished that she could see him, since they would be apparently be going right near Cardassian space, but the Scavenger was on a mission, and Illito had work to do.
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In Engineering, Aeryn studied the diagnostic of the warp core. The repairs and improvements from Assailant seemed to be doing their job, and the ship was able to sustain a higher warp than they could going back to the Starbase. Aeryn wondered where the ship was going in such a hurry, but she had gathered from the mission briefing that it was confidential. Not that she would likely have been told even if it was mostly common knowledge, she didn’t need the information to do her job, and while she was curious about important parts of the ship, since she wasn’t on the bridge she missed out on a lot of information.
Aeryn noticed that there were small adjustments that needed to be made from the bridge because of a few new upgrades made on the Engineering system, so she assigned herself to make those repairs, but right after she noticed that they wouldn’t be able to sustain a high warp for much longer since a lot of power seemed to be being drained.
=/\=Commander Gray to Lieutenant Anderson=/\=Aeryn called the Chief Operations Officer.
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=/\=A lot of power that should be going to the warp core doesn’t seem to actually be reaching it. Would you mind looking into that?=/\=
<Tag Katie>
=/\=Thank you. If it turns out that it is an engineering problem, then we can take care of it from down here=/\=
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After the conversation, Aeryn walked over to the turbo lift. She noticed that there was already someone in it when she got in. “Bridge” she ordered, then turned to the person. “Hello,” she said. She noticed that the other person wasn’t in uniform, and looked rather young. “I’m Aeryn Gray,” she introduced herself, since she didn’t think she had seen the young woman around before. Aeryn also noticed the dog, and thought that was a little strange, since animals were allowed on most ships, but most people didn’t take them in turbo lifts.
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Post by billi on Jan 24, 2006 7:41:56 GMT
Lianna felt Phantom stiffen just slightly against her legs, letting her know that someone else had entered the lift. She knew this already, hearing the doors open and the footfalls Aeryn as she entered and stopped. Then her voice as she ordered the lift to the bridge.
. “Hello,” “I’m Aeryn Gray,”
Lianna placed a hand on Phantoms head to calm him as she spoke, turning slightly towards the other woman. "Hi, I'm Lianna and this is Phantom." Aeryn could tell if she took a good look at Liannas eyes that they were completely white, indicating blindness.
"Phantom is my guide dog and helps me get around in new places." Lianna explained as the lift rose towards their destination. Her tone showed her nervousness but overall her outward appearance was that of calmness. Her hand absently patting Phantoms shoulder as he leaned forward to sniff at Aeryn and Lianna allowed her empathic abilities to broaden so she could tell just enough about Aeryn to identify her again if they were to meet. She grew silent as the lift continued on its way.<tag Aeryn>-------------- Please read her Bio for more information.
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Post by bubblesdelight on Jan 24, 2006 22:53:12 GMT
Katie caught herself looking across the bridge at the science station and found herself wondering what went wrong. A rift had been formed between Paikea and herself since their arrival on the USS Scavenger and she couldn't figure out why. Katie longed for those long talks they used to have as well as the almost too realistic holodeck programs.
=/\=Commander Gray to Lieutenant Anderson=/\=Aeryn called the Chief Operations Officer.
"This is Lt. Anderson." Katie replied.
=/\=A lot of power that should be going to the warp core doesn’t seem to actually be reaching it. Would you mind looking into that?=/\=
"I will get right on it."
=/\=Thank you. If it turns out that it is an engineering problem, then we can take care of it from down here=/\=
Katie frowned as she scrunched up her nose. She had to be honest she was enjoying the slow work day and was looking forward to getting off so she could try and spend some of her free time mending the cracks in her relationship.
Katie began her scans of the ships systems to see what was going on exactly. It took only a matter of moments for the computer to complete it's scans and report the information back to Katie at her station. She found that all the systems checked out as operational. Which was normal, but she saw more than the normal amount of power being transfered to two systems, the long range sensors and the shields. It seemed to make sense because of the area they seemed to be heading in.
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Post by tintagel on Jan 25, 2006 3:11:32 GMT
"Hi, I'm Lianna and this is Phantom. Phantom is my guide dog and helps me get around in new places," Lianna answered Aeryn.
Aeryn felt instantly as if she should apologize...for just what she wasn’t sure, maybe for making an assumption. But she felt that to do that would be even more awkward. The silence grew, and Aeryn felt a need to say something to fill the silence.
“I’m the Chief Engineering Officer,” she filled in, since the color of her uniform wouldn’t be something that Lianna could see. “Which feels a little weird for me to say...until recently I was in a fairly anonymous position,” Aeryn explained. She shrugged, a natural gesture for her, but the emotion in the shrug, the slight cheeriness and overall contentment, was carried through in her voice. “But as long as I’m in Engineering, I’m happy.”
It occurred to Aeryn briefly that she had felt so nervous that she had talked to fill the silence, she had talked simply to talk. Which would probably make the young woman in front of her an excellent counselor, as long as she knew how to listen, if Lianna was interested in that field. “Are you interested in a specific area?” Aeryn asked.
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Soon after, the turbolift arrived at the bridge. “This is the Bridge,” Aeryn said, in case that would be helpful, and left for the area of the bridge she would be working from, muttering just out of hearing range about Starbase Engineers who didn’t do their jobs right. Aeryn didn’t actually feel that they didn’t do their job right, but she did feel that if they had taken the opportunity to adjust the parameters before handing the ship back for another mission, things might be a little better off.
Aeryn worked on the problems some. =/\=Lieutenant Anderson to Commander Gray=/\= she heard, as the operations officer finished the diagnostic and started to tell Engineering the results.
“I’m right here,” Aeryn answered from the back of the science console, where she was currently tinkering. She finished up what she had been doing there, and walked over to the operations console.
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“But even if a larger-than-normal amount of power is being transferred to those areas, it shouldn’t be using that much power. As it is, we may not be able to sustain our high warp, and that shouldn’t be happening,” Aeryn replied, not quite sure why this was happening, but hoping Lt. Anderson could help her figure this out.
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Post by billi on Jan 26, 2006 3:13:45 GMT
(Joint post between Paikea Apirana and Lianna)Lianna listened as Aeryn chatted in the turbolift and politely responded. "I really haven't thought about it. I don't know what I can do blind." She let out a sigh as the lift stopped and the two departed onto the bridge. “This is the Bridge,” Lianna heard Aeryn say before she moved away. Lianna stood uncertainly, Phantom at her side, his ears high and alert. He pressed his body against her leg feeling her nervousness.
Paikea had seen some strange things during his short career in Starfleet, but he had never seen a guide dog on the bridge. The dog was clearly the eyes of the young women next to it. Paikea hadn't of heard of this person, so his interest was peaked.
"Hello, miss I'm Lt. Commander Paikea Apirana, the CSnO of this ship," Paikea said getting a bit closer to the women. When he did so the dog stood at attention and Paikea thought that he was about to start barking.
Instead of barking Phantom sniffed Pais hand. Lianna turned slightly now semi-facing the new voice. "Hello Commander, my name is Lianna and I thought I should let the Captain know I was aboard." He could tell she was nervous and unsure of what to do. "I wasn't sure if I was going to be allowed up here. I've never been on a starship before." she placed a hand on Phantoms head, who settled down at her feet while the two talked.
"There is no need to worry Miss Lianna, I know the Commodore won't mind you being here, but I think her Vulcan nose might," Paikea said as he faced the women. "If you please follow me, i will lead you to the Captain's ready room."
Lianna frowned. "Vulcan nose?" she questioned as she reached for the harness, Phantom standing without any vocal command and taking his place at her side. "Phantom will follow you Commander. Please, lead on." She spoke softly as Phantom moved forward slightly.
"Yes Vulcan females are known to have sensitive noses and I don't think Phantom here will please her nasal cavities," Paikea said laughing at his own joke. He saw that Katie and Aeryn smiled, but did not laugh.
Paikea stopped laughing and touched the Commodore's panel. He quickly heard the word enter and he led Phantom into the room. Commodore T'Mar was surprised at what she was seeing, but stayed silent. "Commodore T'Mar, this is Lianna, who is...." Paikea started to say, but realized he didn't know anything more than her name.
Lianna was about to say she'd just go back to her quarters but the door to the Commodores office opened and Phantom led her forward before she could. Her heart was thudding in her chest as she heard the Commander pause. ".... a civilian, requesting permission to remain on board your ship Ma'am." She trembled and Phantom rested his head against her leg in an effort to calm her. She knew she had been given permission already to be on the ship but knew too that she was to report to the Captain or whoever was in charge and had the final say.
She paused briefly and continued. "I .... need the dog ... I'm blind and he's my guide dog." She went on to explain, hoping they both didn't end up on the first shuttle back to the starbase.
"No problem Lianna, I have never had a dog on my ship, but I see know problem with it," T'Mar said," I know my daughter would of enjoyed your friend here."
"Thank you Ma'am." She grew silent for a minute not sure what the Commodore meant but decided not to question it. "I'll keep to my quarters and out of the way of your crew." Lianna wasn't sure what she would do while on board the ship.
"There is no need for that, Lianna, if you find something that interest you, please speak to my officer here and he would be more than happy to help you," T'Mar said.
"I don't want to be an imposition Ma'am. I was sent to learn to cope on my own." Lianna frowned, it had been more her idea than her parents and one that had not been totally taken well.
"Well, Lianna if you are going to be here you are will be a productive member of my crew," T'Mar said," you may be disabled by your sight, but I know that your mental eye can tell out some shapes and shadows."
"I will do my best Ma'am." The Commodore was right, her abilities had advanced to allow her to see shades of gray and some shadows if she extended them enough although it was not something she did often due to interfering with others thoughts and emotions.
. "That's what I like to hear, and now if you could excuse me, I have some work to do," T'Mar said hoping that they would take the hint and leave her to her work. Paikea quickly understood this and touched Lianna's arm. "Please follow me."
"Yes Ma'am, thank you." Lianna said as she touched Phantoms shoulder, he rose from his sitting position at her side and turned towards Paikea. "Whenever you're ready Commander."
"Please follow me, Miss," Paikea said as he exited the office. He made his way back to the bridge. "Katie will you please make sure that their is a combadge waiting for Miss Lianna in her quarters?”
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“Right behind you Commander.” Lianna said, with a slight smile as Phantom led her from the Commodores office and back to the bridge. She stiffened hearing she would be getting a combadge. At least it would allow her not to get lost if she ever was separated from Phantom and wasn't wearing the sensor net.
"So Miss Lianna have you given thought to what Commodore T'Mar said?” Paikea asked.
“Yes Sir, I am just not sure what I can do blind. I need special consoles to use in my quarters and most things are voice activated for me so that I don’t have to worry about learning where things are. Most of the PADDs I use are made special and in Braille for me so that I can read them without needing a translator.” She pondered this a moment. “What would you suggest?”
"Well I do know that in the field of warp mechanics or theory based propulsion, you don't need eyes for that," Paikea said hoping to be nice and not insulting at the same time.
Lianna frowned. “I haven’t had much training in anything though due to being blind. I’d have to start at rock bottom and not sure I am cut out for that.” It bothered her that she had no formal training in any field.
"That does not matter, we would be more than happy to help you," Paikea said.
Lianna thought about this for a few minutes. “I always did have a knack for reprogramming things so that I could use them. Even blind I have learned how to take apart tricorders and PADDs to tweak them to fit my needs.” she laughed a little. “Much to my parents dismay.”
"That sounds wonderful, in fact that is great news," Paikea said realizing that they might need something like that to help them this mission.
“You mean you wouldn’t mind me possibly wrecking a couple PADDs or tricorders?” she laughed as a hand fell to pat Phantoms head, he’d stood and moved to sniff at Pais hand once more.
"Please you can have mine, I brought plenty from the starbase," Paikea said leading Phantom out of the bridge. He would try and find the women a nice work station to work at.
Lianna smiled as Phantom led her onto the lift behind the Commander. “Thank you Commander.” She was beginning to get a good feeling from him, the fact that Phantom had started to relax around him was a good sign.
"One thing please stop thanking me, we are all here to help you," Paikea said as he entered the turbolift. Phantom quickly followed and they were on their way to finding Lianna a work station.
Lianna shook her head and leaned against the turbolift wall once they had entered, Phantom sitting at her feet. “Yes Sir.” She absently scratched the dogs head as he nuzzled her hand. “How many funny looks did I get on the bridge?” she queried with a slight smile crossing her features.
Paikea laughed at the question and responded truthfully."Just one, and it was from me," Paikea said.
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Post by ambassadorrela on Jan 27, 2006 1:08:28 GMT
She had just remembered the ship's doctor had wanted to meet with her, and she wasn't sure she wanted to head down there. She never did like talking to doctors, and even worse she hated her medical history. She had to have the worst luck to have to go down there at all. She didn't want to, but knew it would come back later and bite her in, what she remembered as a human phrase, the butt. She told the turbo lift to take her down to sickbay, and it complied too easily for her liking. She felt every stop and start as the turbolift picked up and dropped off other members of the crew. Finally her stop came, and she gladly got off.
She walked straight into sickbay, and looked around to see where the doctor was. "Hyllo, ductar, ez unyane hur?" She said, and found a young woman come forward from what looked like an office.
(Illito)
"Vary woll, ductar, shell wa stort thus?" She said trying not to show her irration, and she felt she had succeeded. She sat down on the nearest biobed, hoping this wouldn't take long.
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Post by tintagel on Jan 27, 2006 3:01:05 GMT
As Illito waited to see if the Ambassador was going to come down or not, she heard a beep coming from her console. They appeared to have new crew-a civilian. Illito decided that she would wait for a bit before calling the civilian down to sickbay, she wanted to give them a chance to settle in-nobody liked having to go to sickbay as soon as they got onboard a ship.
“Hyllo, ductar, ez unyane hur?" The Ambassador asked Illito.
“I certainly hope not,” Illito replied. “I just wanted to call you down for a physical, to make sure that there is nothing to worry about and to assess your condition.
"Vary woll, ductar, shell wa stort thus?" She said.
“Of course.” Illito took out her tricorder and started scanning Ambassador Rela. “When was the last time-if ever-you had a Starfleet physical?” Illito asked.
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“Or a non-military one?” she asked, in case that had been more recent, although Illito didn’t think that the civilians generally did as good a job in medical physicals as Starfleet, since they weren’t required to do them.
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“When was the last time you were on a Starship?”
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“I see.” Illito paused, examining the results of the tricorder. “Well, you seem to be about as healthy as can be expected. Have you had any serious diseases or injuries that it would be important to know in order to treat you, if necessary?”
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“That’s all then. Remember, sickbay is open to you, if you get injured certainly, although hopefully that doesn’t happen, but also if you just want to talk to someone. I can spare the time.” Illito smiled friendlily at the Ambassador.
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Post by ambassadorrela on Jan 28, 2006 1:00:41 GMT
"I seppuse thot wald hov bin whan I arreeved on Arth, abut feeve or sith yars agu. I hovn't rullee neded a chick ep sance thun, su I deedn't wurry abut it. If you ned my recards, I soppuse I cald get aksiss tu thum fer you. The lost teeme I wos un a steershup wos thun uz woll. I hov neevar neded tu lave Arth bafur." She said, and took in what the doctor was saying about her being in good health.
"No, ductar, I hovn't hud any huelth prublams." She said giving the update, and listened some more, she sat quietly as she wondered if she should get something to help her not feel every move made by the ship, if that was even possible.
"Thar ez ane thang thugh, ductar. I hov thees lattle, ok muyba beg, prublam, und I wes hupeng you cald hulp me. The reesun I hovn't lift Arth ez bacouse I hov jest guttan used to the muvemant. I cun feal avary muve thees shop mukes, und I wes huping you cald geeve me sumethang to canteruct thise uffocts." She said looking for some help.
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Post by tintagel on Jan 28, 2006 21:09:44 GMT
“I cun feal avary muve thees shop mukes, und I wes huping you cald geeve me sumethang to canteruct thise uffocts." She said.
“I’ll see what I can do, Ambassador,” Illito said, using the tricorder to scan for what might work. “Do you have any allergies to medication that you know of?”
<Tag Rela>
“Then I can suggest a slightly modified dosage, consisting of mostly Promethazine,” Illito said, and began to prepare the 25 ccs of the dosage, then paused a little, double checking the dosage. She inserted it into the hypospray, then pressed the hypospray up and released the medicine.
<Tag Rela>
“That should do the trick, but I would suggest returning to sickbay every other day, to keep it in your system and make sure it’s still working.”
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Post by bubblesdelight on Jan 29, 2006 0:28:15 GMT
“But even if a larger-than-normal amount of power is being transferred to those areas, it shouldn’t be using that much power. As it is, we may not be able to sustain our high warp, and that shouldn’t be happening,” Aeryn replied, not quite sure why this was happening, but hoping Lt. Anderson could help her figure this out.
"I wish I could be more helpful Commander, but I'm not a fully trained engineer. But I will do the best I can to help out." Katie replied.
Katie's response didn't seem to be what the Commander wanted to hear but Katie had to be honest with the chief engineer. She didn't want to find herself in a position she couldn't handle.
It wasn't long before Paikea came walking by with an officer Katie hadn't seen before. As they walked by Katie tensed up as she noticed the dog walking along side the new officer.
"Katie will you please make sure that their is a com badge waiting for Miss Lianna in her quarters?”
"Of course Commander." Katie replied.
Katie noticed Paikea turn around and give her a weird look. Katie looked down at her station trying not to look back at Paikea. She was mad at him and she felt that distance was the best way to get over the bad feelings she was having toward the man she not so long ago fell almost too hard for.
As requested Katie made up a communication badge for the new officer. During the process she managed to remember her name, hoping that it would be a good icebreaker when she dropped it off. Katie walked off the bridge and headed toward the quarters of the new officer to drop off the communication badge.
Pressing the door bell Katie listened for somebody on the other side to welcome her in. Once she heard something she proceeded through the doors and let out a loud gasp. Billie’s dog had been sleeping by the door and poked it's head up as the door slid open.
"I...uh...here is your com badge." Katie said from the doorway.
Paikea came around the corner and sent Katie a confused look as Katie kept looking down at the dog as if it was going to attack her.
"I'm sorry...but, here." Katie said tossing the badge to Paikea.
Katie turned around and walked away as fast as she could. Her shoulders shivered as she tried to shake off the horrible feelings she had just been feeling.
Paikea didn't know what was going on with Katie, but he would figure it out right after he helped out Lianna. Things hadn't been the same for them, since that fateful decision. Paikea knew that Katie had forgiven him, but he thought that the trust wasn't all there.
Paikea quickly helped Lianna and made his way back to the bridge. He was having a hard time with Katie, but he still cared for her and he wanted to know what made her act so strangely.
"What was all that about " Pakea asked surprised to see that Katie was still in the corridor and not on the bridge.
"Nothing." Katie shot back standing with her back to Paikea.
"Nothing, come on Katie, give me some credit, I know you better than that," Paikea said trying to get closer, but not invading her space.
Katie crossed her arms trying to let Paikea know she didn't want to talk but he continued to advance more until his arms gently touched her shoulders. At first Katie began to shrug off the contact but found the comfort she thought she had lost with the conclusion of the last mission.
"Pai...Commander, I can't talk right now. I'm still on duty." Katie finally said.
"Lt. I'm giving you an order, never, never call me commander when we are alone," Paikea said feeling hurt at the formality.
"You met me as Paikea, and that's how I want it to stay."
Katie could hear the hurt in Paikea's voice and turned around to face him. She had tears building in her eyes but was still able to keep a strong look on her face.
"Yes sir." Katie replied coldly then turned around and walking away.
Paikea was stunned, he didn't know how to react to what Katie had just done, but he wouldn't let this end like this. He wouldn't let her walk away like this.
Paikea quickly ran after her and got in front of her. "Katie, you are not going to leave like this, you don't have to tell me what spooked you, but don't walk away," Paikea said knowing the despair on his face," look I know I messed things up, but I can't stand you not trusting me anymore."
"It's not that." Katie replied.
"Then what?" Paikea asked quickly
"Pai...your reckless. During our training mission and our voyage to this ship you took risks that shouldn't have been taken. I care too much for you to watch you die because you did something with out thinking it through."
Katie's words stung Paikea in the heart. They stung because her words were the truth. Paikea had taken a chance with his life and that of people he cared about. He didn't know why, but it was something that he was doing.
“Katie I know, I know that I put your life in danger, and if I could I would change everything, but I can’t,” Paikea said,” it’s just that I.”
"Just that you what?" Katie asked.
"Don't you get it, haven't you ever wondered why I haven't spoken of my family at all," Paikea said tears running down his cheeks," I'm lost, my people have deserted me and I don't know where to turn. I have never been so alone in my life, ever since I have come the Academy I have only have had you and I just knew that you would leave me like my family left me. Knowing this I acted without a care in the world, I let my feelings flourish, but deep inside I was lost and I don’t know how to get back on the right path.”
Katie listened and let Paikea's words sink in. She had never really wondered why he had never talked about his family but what he said made sense to her. It was then that she realized that they were venting their problems in the middle of the crew quarters section of the ship.
"Can we talk about this later?" Katie asked.
Paikea didn't understand Katie's question, but he saw her eyes. Paikea quickly noticed where they were.
“Yeah, we can talk about this when ever you want,” Paikea said.
"Good, I should get back to the bridge." Katie said looking around for any onlookers.
As she had her head turned she felt Paikea's soft lips press against her cheek. Katie closed her eyes and enjoyed the soft touch. When she opened her eyes Katie looked around and noticed Paikea was already on his way back toward the turbo lift.
OFF: Bottom part is a joint post with myself and Paikea.
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tintagel
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Post by tintagel on Jan 29, 2006 1:58:23 GMT
"I wish I could be more helpful Commander, but I'm not a fully trained engineer. But I will do the best I can to help out." Katie replied.
“That’s what we all do,” Aeryn replied. “I understand, I’ll tell you if I can think of anything specific that you could help with, but for now I guess that I’ll try to figure out the answer to this mystery on my own.” Aeryn hoped she could find the answer to why power was being drained soon, but since she wasn’t sure, she tapped her commbadge.
=/\=Commander Gray to Lieutenant Jael, can you please decrease our warp to warp five?=/\= Aeryn asked.
=/\=Yes, we’ll do that right now=/\= Jael replied.
=/\=Thank you=/\= Aeryn sighed softly. The Ambassador wasn’t likely to be very happy about this, but she would probably be less happy if they pushed too hard and the ship had to drop out of warp. Aeryn hoped that she could get the ship working at top condition as soon as possible, but it was more for the joy of having a working ship than to please anyone.
Having finished with the adjustments to the science and tactical consoles, Aeryn headed to the often left empty Engineering station at the back of the bridge. It had readouts identical to the ones available in her office, but she wasn’t comfortable being the CEO and having the office of one. Plus, it was useful to be on the bridge at times.
Aeryn ran a diagnostic, and frowned. Nothing unusual was showing up, which was generally a good thing, but something unusual was happening, and it was worrying that the diagnostic wasn’t showing the problem.
Aeryn then decided to run a much more in-depth scan, which would unfortunately take much longer. She walked back to Engineering while she waited for the results. She arrived before the diagnostic was finished, but there was no shortage of things that had to be done. Aeryn stepped into the CEO’s office, and heard the beep that meant that the diagnostic was now complete.
She read the results that had appeared on the screen, and was rather puzzled by them. Apparently the tractor beam emitter was draining power, which would be normal, if the tractor beam were holding something, but it shouldn’t be.
=/\=Commander Gray to Commander Vassiliou=/\=
=/\=Commander Vassiliou here=/\=
=/\=Are you aware that the tractor beam appears to be activated?=/\= Aeryn asked.
=/\=No, I am not. I don’t understand why it would be.=/\=
=/\=Nor do I=/\= Aeryn replied, a little abruptly. =/\=But what’s important is that it’s turned off.=/\=
=/\=I agree=/\=Commander Vassiliou said, then went to deactivate the tractor beam. =/\=It should be off now.=/\=
=/\=Thank you=/\= Aeryn answered. She was worried about why the tractor beam had been activated, even if she hadn’t shown it, and she was relieved that Commander Vassiliou was also worried, since it was possible that the activated tractor beam was a sign of a security risk.
The ship couldn’t immediately return to its higher warp though, because the power flow had to stabilize for a while first. But after that had happened, Aeryn was able to order the increase to warp seven, and go work on other systems that needed fixing or adjusting.
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billi
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Post by billi on Jan 29, 2006 21:02:00 GMT
Lianna spent time learning her station once Commander Apirana left her. It would take time for her to get used to actually having something to do and having her own work area. This is where Phantom would come in handy, helping her learn where things were. The console was not made for a blind person so she had to learn much of what was on the console by touch, trial and error, lots .... of errors.
Between Phantoms gentle nudges and the computers ... patience she managed to figure out most of what would be her station on the ship. She would need engineering to help her reconfigure some of it so she could access it easier and add braille buttons instead of the standard flat consoles which most starships had.
She ran a hand through Phantoms fur as he sat beneath her station, her knees brushing his side as she sat, her other hand running over the combadge which graced her outfit now. At least help was only a tap away now, if Phantom could not help her.
"Phantom, what do you think of the ship and crew so far?" she asked as she stood, her hand reaching for the harness. "Come on, lets go home." she knew Phatom was hungry, she was as well and they had missed a meal with getting to know the ship and meeting with various members of the staff.
Phantom knew the way from her work station to their quarters, he learned things the first time due to having to be her eyes and knowing that Lianna would not always remember things, especially in a new environment. It didn't take them long to make it back home, the door opening and they entered. The silence welcome.
Lianna reached down and unhooked Phantoms harness standing and stretching as he left her side. This was the one area of the ship they both felt safe enough to be seperated. She'd already learned the layout of her quarters like the back of her hand and was able to navigate with no problems.
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