Posted by Ensign Ashlyn Trenton (Security Officer) in Goodbye: The Last Report
Ashlyn couldn’t be more satisfied with herself, she graduated from the academy and had her first ship posting. Sure it wasn’t a direct to Starfleet Intelligence that she had hoped for, but after careful consideration she wasn’t ready for that just yet. There was still too much for her to learn and much growth she needed to make before she could join the ranks of the men and women that preserved the Federation out of sight of the common citizen. After several postings and challenges, she had compiled a final report that she was taking to Lieutenant Rainns. A complete list of common hiding places where she would find random contraband, the places the cadets like to break rules while unobserved, and a compiled list of secondary skills for the Night Watch that Rainns could make more tactical use of. Did he need this report, probably not, did he want it, also probably not. Why go through the effort then, mostly to show that she is paying attention and plans to use the skills she learned on this ship on her next.

Standing outside his door for the final time, Ensign Trenton presses the chime for access to Lieutenant Rainns’s office.

• Ensign Ashlyn Trenton, Security

Rainns stared at a datapadd, reading a report. His mind was elsewhere, Fayth’s coming departure was almost entirely taking up his focus. He had to stop every other sentence and reread it just to comprehend what he was looking at. This, for the young man, was a highly unusual phenomena. His chime rang, and Rainns looked up startled, he had no appointments and was not expecting anyone. Still, he could use an interaction to break the monotony and melancholy of the day. “Come in.” he exclaimed.

Lt. Jg. Joseph Rainns- COS