“Quite alright, Ensign. I usually remember to lock the door if I’m in session.” Returning to the seating area, he placed the two coffees onto the coasters on the table. He took his seat in the chair opposite Waryn.
“I’m sorry, Ensign, I haven’t had the chance to review your file yet. Why don’t we back up a bit and you tell me about yourself.” He invited to give the Ensign a chance to settle before addressing what had brought him here.

Counselor Alex Cross

Izak took a sip of his coffee and leaned back in his chair. The familiarity of the heat and bite from the extra-strong coffee settled his nerves somewhat. “Well, my family is from Brekka, but they left when things got bad. I grew up on a freighter since I was really young, so I don’t really remember my home world. I got pretty good at ship piloting and repair, though. We kind of had to.”

ENS Waryn took another sip of his coffee before continuing. “We came across another damaged freighter… one that we apparently didn’t have the equipment to help. I was staring out the viewport, thinking about all those people who were trapped, but then Starfleet showed up. The U.S.S. Mandel. It saved everybody on the freighter.” Izak smiled at the memory. “That’s when I started thinking about joining Starfleet.”

“I left my parents’ freighter and stayed with my sister as I applied for the Academy. She worked at a repair shop on Tendara. Once I got accepted, I only went back a couple of times. There was always so much to do at the Academy… even when the semester was over, I found additional courses to take.” He slowed down here, knowing he was getting to the part he really didn’t want to talk about.

“That brings us to Year 3. The Warp Core Dynamics midterm. It was a practical lab… timed against other groups of cadets. My group was falling behind and… and I took a shortcut.” ENS Waryn cleared his throat before continuing. “Somebody got hurt. Badly. She could have died. I was reprimanded and put on Academic Probation, but they let me stay.”

“I made sure that everything I did after that was above board. Following the instructions to a ‘T’.” He looked at LT Cross, and gave him a look meant to express that he’d overcome this issue and that he wouldn’t be a liability onboard Ark Angel.

OOC: I put some “Academy Counselor’s Notes” up on my bio for reference.

ENS Izak Waryn
Engineering Junior Officer
U.S.S. Ark Angel