Posted by Captain Emmeline Davis (Commanding Officer) in Main Sim - CO’s Ready Room

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Hilo (Counselor) in Main Sim - CO’s Ready Room

Posted by Captain Emmeline Davis (Commanding Officer) in Main Sim - CO’s Ready Room
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Assuming that the counselor would be shortly behind her, Emmy made it to her ready room in record time. They were barely inside the door and it had only just swished shut behind them when she turned to the commander, expectantly.

Davis, CO

Just as she the door swished shut, junior Lieutenant Mika’s voice came over the comm unit. =/\= Sickbay to Captain Davis, I’ve got a little more info here. Unfortunately, it’s not good news. The Ensign was dosed with benzodiazepines, a class of anti-anxiety sedative that would easily put someone to sleep. It would’ve had to have been gotten from Sickbay, but that still means the entire med team and commanding officers would have access. =/\=

~ Lt JG Mika, CMO

Hilo looked off in thought before his eyes swept back to the captain. “The security feed in Commander Holmman’s hot tub chamber was also tampered with. So whoever is responsible has both access, and skills.”

The counselor cleared his throat, obviously uncomfortable with the report, considering that his personal suspicions still lied with Holmman, despite his hope that someone else was responsible. “Commander Holmman maintains that he has no memory of the ensign’s death, and that in fact he has no memory of the last twelve hours before her death was reported. He says his last memory was around 20:00 last night, when he was informed that he received a call in his quarters, which he went to answer before backing out.” He paused to comb his memory of the conversation. “Commander Holmman claims that he and Ensign Pay weren’t acquainted before last night. He also said that he hasn’t had blackouts like this before, and there’s no indication in his file of violent behavior or neurological episodes.”

Hilo sighed through his nose before stating his final opinion plainly: “The evidence currently provides no alternative suspects. Commader Holmman has access to both the security feed and sickbay, and has been the only person connected to the crime scene. That being said, an outright… murder seems uncharacteristic of an otherwise upstanding Starfleet officer. And there’s no motive.” Putting on his counselor cap for a moment, Hilo added, “He didn’t strike me as being dishonest during our conversation, and seemed to be earnestly interested in solving the case for reasons greater than simply clearing his name.”

(Lt. Cmdr. Hilo, Counselor)

Emmy acknowledged the communication from the CMO and turned her attention to Hilo, listening attentively to his report. “With the information about the benzodiazepines, was a blood panel run on the Commander?” she enquired, not sure if Hilo would have an answer, but he had been with the XO for the last immediate time.

Davis, CO

Hilo shook his head. “I agree that it’s a good idea to scan him for drug and alcohol levels. We could send someone from medical to do that, although not alone of course.” The counselor chewed on the inside of his cheek. “I’d offer to talk with other suspects, but it doesn’t seem that we have any at the moment.”

(Lt. Cmdr. Hilo, Counselor)

Emmy’s eyes narrowed just slightly as she considered the counselor’s words. “While I agree that the situation seems obvious, Commander, let’s remember that Commander Holmman is a career Starfleet officer. I may not be the one with psychology training here, but from what I know of Holmman, this is completely out of character for him. Something else is going on here and figuring it out starts with a complete medical evaluation for him. I may not be a doctor, but even I can run a medical tricorder over him, which seems to be something you all neglected to do.” She stood up abruptly and made her way around her desk. “You can accompany me if you would like.” Her angst didn’t seem to be entirely directed at the counselor, although she certainly found that there were holes in the investigation so far.

Davis, CO

Hilo knew that stress was running high, of course for the captain too. But he had said in his initial report that he knew the behavior was uncharacteristic and had ended his thoughts by considering the context of Holmman’s service. The statement that there were no other suspects was nothing but the concrete truth of the moment. So despite the irritation he felt at the captain’s dig at his specialty, the counselor held his tongue. Hilo also didn’t mention that he had immediately suggested a medical scan for alcohol levels and other such information when they were in the chief of security’s office, a suggestion that wasn’t followed up on. Creating divisions within the crew right now was not a good idea, nor was playing a blame game.

Instead, Hilo simply nodded and moved to follow the captain to the executive officer’s quarters. For now, it seemed that talking wasn’t getting Hilo anywhere. So maybe he should just focus on listening, and see what he could piece together by letting the others take the lead.

(Lt. Cmdr. Hilo, Counselor)