Posted by Lieutenant Commander Ciaran Donoghuei (Executive Officer) in Side Sim - Ready Room - XO Meeting

Posted by Commodore Drudoc Andone (Commanding Officer) in Side Sim - Ready Room - XO Meeting
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Drudoc nodded leading the way to a nearby turbolift, she was about to call out for deck 1 when her comm badge chirped, =/\= Tel’eck to Mom =/\= came a younger toned female voice.

”..One moment Commander..” she said to Donoghuei, tapping her badge she replied, =/\= ‘Mom’ here Tel’eck, I’m currently about to check in with our new XO. What do you need? =/\= she said.

=/\= Yeah I know you said that a bit ago, well I’m sorry to interrupt, but Susan and Bella’s folks need your permission for us three to go use holosuite 1 to run that new holo-horror program. That ok with you? =/\= She asked.

Donoghuei could see Drudoc’s stoic look stifle a sigh from coming out, =/\= Are they on this call? =/\= She asked.

=/\= Yes Commodore, we’re both here listening in, we don’t see a problem with our girls running the program, but we wanted to make sure you were ok with Tel’eck running it with them. =/\= A man’s voice said.

=/\= Alright, then I don’t see the problem, but Tel’eck if you end up scared again like the last horror-sim you ran with them this will be the last time for some time alright? =/\= Drudoc said.

=/\= Pish! Yeah ok Mom, thanks, Tel’eck out! =/\= she said closing the comms.

Barely missing a beat to her daughter closing the comm line, “..That as you may have guessed was my 13 year old half human daughter Tel’eck, you’ll probably get to meet her at some point in the near future.” Then she said, “..Deck 1, Bridge.” said to the computer and the lift began to move. As it rose and moved, Drudoc inquired, “..So Commander, is this your first posting to a Mythology class vessel?” she asked.

Drudoc Andone CO

Ciaran tried not to laugh at the Commodore about the Mythology class vessel question but then he responded, “No ma’am. This is my first experience with the Mythology class vessel’s. I have an engineering background and it seems rather impressive. I look forward to working with everyone on the ship and getting to her. How long have you been the commanding officer on the Ark Angel, ma’am?” He waited for a response. He did not want to come across cold, as he could from time to time. This is why he choose to be an engineer so he did not have to deal with people often but apparently he was better at it then he had understood from himself. If he did not, he would have never gotten past being a department head and been offered to be an executive officer. He knew asking questions about people helped with not coming across cold. He had understood the commodore had been the commanding officer on the Ark Angel for a long time but he was not 100% sure how long which is why he asked this question.

Lt. Cmdr. Donoghuei Executive Officer

As the lift slowed to a halt emerging onto the large bridge of the vessel, Drudoc stepped out, with the NLtjg at one of the rear auxiliary consoles calling out, “..Commodore on the bridge!” she said, while not jumping to attention, the crew there gave their attention in her direction, including the NLt filling the center chair rising to address her, “..Ma’am! All quiet up here, nothing to report..” he said.

Nodding, Drudoc gave an idle gesture of her hand for the NLt to remain in charge of the bridge while in dock, “..As you all were, just showing our new XO about.” She said, entering the Ready Room, Drudoc gestured for him to enter. “..Take a seat if you prefer, Commander. Need a drink or anything?” she asked as the door shut and she went around to behind the work desk, “..Forgive the sparseness at the moment, I’m in the middle of redecorating things since our last mission.” She said indicating the various packed up boxes nearby to the side room, and that there was only the work desk, two guest chairs, and a small empty side stand present.

Taking her seat, she picked up their conversation from before the lift opened. “..I have been the Commanding officer of the Mythology class Ark Angel for about 12 years, prior to that the name was carried by a Mjolnir class dreadnought carrier. Prior to that I was the Commanding officer for 3 years of the Maverick Mark I class dreadnought USS Rogue and where I served as a junior engineer and its chief engineer before assuming command. Back then I served as part of the Federation-Romulan officer exchange program before political events and even later the Hobus incident ruined the program. So you know I hold a commission of Commodore in Starfleet and a Sub-Admiral in the Romulan Star Empire and since the formation of the Romulan Free States their navy as well..” she said. After a pause she continued, “..Like yourself as I mentioned I served as an engineering officer during the Dominion War for the Star Empire, particularly aboard the RSE Re’tchek an older early 24th century scout warbird from the S-11 class heavy scout vessels. Then post-war participating in the Exchange program as I said. Eventually due to this, and due to.....internal family matters making my eventual return to the Empire just prior to Hobus threatening I was able to petition and gain admittance formally as a Federation Citizen and gain a equal rank in Starfleet. I briefly aided in rescue and resettlement efforts after Hobus hit the the home worlds and used my influence to keep several.....dangerous elements in the Empire from making matters worse. Since then and assuming command of the Ark Angel in both its forms, this is now my home with my daughter Tel’eck.” She said.

Taking a sip from a chilled water glass she then spoke setting it down, “..What of your own service so far? While I am content in my duty as an officer, I do still miss working in engineering related matters at times..” she asked.

Drudoc Andone CO

OOC: Hell of a post. Not sure if my post will be as good. But here goes nothing.

Ciaran looked at the commodore and said, “I will take a glass of water, temperature of 3 edgrees, please.” He then sate down as the commodore has motioned. Ciaran was not expecting a huge explanation the commodore’s service but he got it anyways. He was just trying to make conversation while on the turbolift and though asking about how long she had been on the ship would have been more simple. He did not expect a full explanation of the commodores background but he got it. He had to gather his thoughts for a few minutes before responding to the commodore, “I could only image how hard it is to previously been a member of the Romulan Star Empire and now being part of Star-fleet. The technology has to be significantly different so understanding both of them could only be hard. I have only been on two ships previously. Freshly out of the academy, I was assigned as a engineering officer on the USS Glenn. I spent 8 years as a junior officer, reaching rank of lieutenant before being promoted to the position of Chief Engineer when the previous chief retired. I was then the chief for the next 6 years. I started the command staff training at 36, which would have been 4 years ago. I had a brief stint on the USS Memorial before getting assigned to the Ark Angel. So this leads us up to where we are now. I am not 100% sure why I was re-assigned after being the executive officer of the Memorial for such a short time but I hope to perform the duties of the executive officer to the best of my duties and be able to help keep the moral and everything else on the ship running as smooth as possible.” Ciaran did not want to sound annoying but wanted to tell the truth. So he waited for a response from the Commodore.

Lt. Cmdr. Donoghuei
Executive Officer

While waiting for the commodore, Ciaran looked around the ready room. He enjoyed the way it looked. It had stuff in it but not too much and nothing seemed out of place. There was enough room for a few folks but not for a massive party of anything. He was just admiring things while sitting.

Lt. Cmdr. Donoghuei
Executive Officer