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“Welcome to the Challenger cadet! I’m Lt Dael Stadi, the new Chief Engineer, Sapeth has been kind enough to help out a bit with the paperwork and new cadets as things get settled.” He grabbed a PADD from the pile on the table and gave it a few taps. “Cadet Kiasees Las, right? So, what brings you to the Engineering deck of a Starfleet vessel today?”

Lt jg Dael Stadi, CE

“Oh I was hoping to get a look around before coming here but alas, I stumbled to where I’m told I was supposed to check in. This is only my 2nd Star Fleet craft, if you include the Runabout. Are you my CO now?”

OOC: sorry I took so long!
-Cadet Las

OOC: Glad to have you back! This is also a good chance for me to touch on snipping, like I did above. When threads start to get overloaded with posts, to avoid scrolling through so many to see a new reply, we snip them! When you feel a thread is beginning to get long, just go back a few posts to leave for context (good rule of thumb is two or three unless the have critical information earlier than that), delete the old stuff earlier than those and write “<snip>” in their place so we know what happened to them.

IC:
“Yes I’m the new head of Engineering. Sapeth was a great mentor but every now and again on Academy ships, department heads are reassigned after a time, giving cadets a chance to learn leadership roles and an experienced officer to the Fleet.”

Dael looked at the young cadet, remembering when he was back in her shoes. He tapped the PADD in his hand rhythmically on the desk as he continued. “But don’t worry, we’ll get you a tour sorted out after you’re done checking in, and access to the ships specs. Can’t be a good tech without those. But what I’m curious about is what brings you into Starfleet, and the field of Engineering specifically?”

-Lt jg Dael Stadi, Chief Engineer

The cadet thought for several moments before responding. “I scored high enough to qualify for both Science and engineering. I had intended on science but after I joined with my symbiont, I was greatly discouraged from it by the Symbiosis Commission. I enjoy taking part in Engineering though. Often the question has a yes or no answer. In science, its almost always maybe.” she responded, relieved to no longer be tied to the plant.

-Cadet Las