Posted by Fleet Captain Drudoc Andone (Commanding Officer) in pre-sim - Fayth Reports for Duty - CSO Office
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Nodding the NLtjg ordered two waters. Sliding the glass across to her he sat back then, “..So how was your last posting? Excited to move up to a bigger ship?” he said jovially with a wheezing nasal tone to his speech.

NLtjg Bort

Sharah thought about her time on Europa. “Well, I liked it. I learned a lot from Dr. Zarath, the CMO, I as a medical JO there. But I also worked with Lt. Marsh, the CSO and took over the redesign of the Arboretum. There was always plenty to do. But I guess it was a short tour. I spent a few months away for some research I was conducting. But it was good tour. Good people on board.” She thought about his second question. “Well Europa as a discovery class ship. Only 13 decks. Ark Angel is…” she looks around the office and thinks about all the back and forth she has done so far today, “she’s an intimidating ship. I don’t know if the word ‘bigger’ really describes the move from Europa to here, accurately.” She picks up the glass he passed to her and sips at it.

En Fayth, Science - Botanist

Sitting back in his cheer with a nasal wheeze, Bort nodded. “..That’s for sure. These Mythology class ships even top out over the older Galaxy class in size. Personally if you ask me the deck designer was covering up for an ego boost to have the ‘biggest ship’ stroked..” he said jovially laughing which made his nasal wheezing even worse.

Quieting then he continued. “..Fleet Captain Andone is a good CO though. She’s seen us through thick and thin. I’m proud to say I’m one of the lucky ones who got to serve with her aboard the Mjolnir class Ark Angel back when she was a carrier with a fighter and marine arm. We made history back in 2387 not long after she took command by holding our entire fighter compliment in our warp bubble, dropping out of high speed warp and deploying in ambush on a bunch of Orion pirates who gave an outpost some trouble a few days before. Took those green buggers down quicker then you could believe and off guard!” He said with a throaty wheeze and laugh again.

Sharah was slightly embarrassed by the innuendo, but she understood what Bort meant. She was glad to know that the Captain was fair and that there were officers on board who had served with her for some time. Sharah felt that was an indication of the capabilities of a captain. She wasn’t tactically minded, and it was only recently, while she was on Earth, she had managed to get her type 1 phaser certification. But she could see how being able to manage such a feat would make a huge advantage from not having to deploy the fighters after arrival. The captain was creative and Sharah could appreciate that.

”..But at her core Fleet Captain Andone is someone who loves adventure, part of that whole old Romulan ‘pathway to the stars’ ideal they used to have before more military elements took over I guess. You won’t find anyone more dedicated to ensuring the safety of her people.....whether that her ship’s crew, or others regardless of race and culture, then Andone..” He said nodding. “..Be glad you’re not in security, I hear tell they’re working up a whole squad specially trained to handle the hellion children that her daughter leads when no ones looking when they go off getting into bits of trouble in the hide holes around the ship they got. Word I heard from NE Carl is he got bopped on the head by a plastic doll in the Jeffries tubes when he went after a group who got off hiding from their parents. The Captain, she punishes her daughter of course, so do the others for that matter, and they’re not quite as bad as I make them out to be for sure, but truth is I’d rather be in science division then dealing with kids in normal duties..” he grinned.

NLtjg Bort

Sharah sat back and listened to NLt Bort talk. As he described the antics of the children, Sharah took a sip of her water at the wrong time and covered her face just in time to not snort water everywhere as she began to laugh. “I have,” she paused to breath through the laughter, “family and a close friend in security. I can see them now chasing after the children.” Andrew, her brother, probably wouldn’t have any problems with it. He used to chase her all over ships when they traveled. She often ran away when things were too overwhelming. Sometimes he had helped her run away to a quiet part of a ship. She could see his mock-stern face now as he chased the children, and then pretending to be defeated and falling down dramatically as he got hit in the head by a doll. Ashlyn, her best friend, of course would find the children and help them wreak havoc on the entire ship. She’d turn them into a veritable fighting force. Joseph, not Joseph was a different story all together. He’d told her many times how much he wanted children of his own. And of course that little incident with the cadets showed how good he was with redirecting behavior, but that had been young adults. He fancied himself a disciplinarian. She wasn’t sure how he would stand up to the cuteness of a little girl, masses of curly hair, whispering to him that he had to help her hide from ‘it’ when he found her where she shouldn’t be, as she clutched a baby doll. The picture in her head made her heart turn over a little and she pulled herself out of her contemplation with a smile. “Well, I wish them luck. Perhaps I could turn one of the smaller arboretums to be themed for children. I could certainly give them plenty of places to hide, climb, and explore. And, with any luck it might contain them to one area.”