Posted by Fleet Captain Drudoc Andone (Commanding Officer) in Pre Sim - Arboretum 1 - Vronclon’s Check In With The CO
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Drudoc looked displeased to say the least, “..Ensign. I find it highly inappropriate for a Starfleet officer or any race to attack another. Especially when they are among my senior staff. Personal grudges I expect are left at the airlock when one comes aboard this ship. We all have our differences and varying views but to openly attack someone without cause is......troubling to say the least. Especially when that person is charged to lead security aboard my ship!” She said.

“He did have just cause Captain. I provoked him and plucked the right chords like a master violinist in a solo concerto to goad him into stabbing me. Actually I wanted him to kill me. To ease my pain and suffering. But he is good with a knife and stabbed me in the chest where it would do the least harm. Not by chance or luck, but by skill. I went to sickbay. Had them remove the knife and heal me. I then took the knife back to my quarters and changed shirts and to clean the knife. I then brought it back to the CoS and presented it back to him. We will be having drinks later together. As you can see Captain, it was entirely my fault and not his. If you need to punish someone then let him stay out of this.”

”..Ensign such behavior may be.....appropriate to judge ones strength on a Klingon vessel. Perhaps even within the Star Empire when challenging ones superiors motives or choices. But this is a STARFLEET vessel ran by STARFLEET rules and regulations..” She said then rubbed her nose with one hand in frustration. “..I’ve had a long service with the Star Empire. I served in the worst years in the Dominion War. I lost good friends and comrades, and had to make many difficult choices. Including challenging the motives and actions of my superiors..” She said then looked to Vronclon again, “..The actions you took were however, inappropriate, no matter their eventual outcome. Further, while I am certainly no stranger to loss, both personally and with our home world throwing your life away is not a solution. What has the counselor had to say over this matter?” She said, leaving unsaid the outcome of what if any punishments the chief of security might take too.

“I understand what you are saying Captain. The counselor and I are meeting regularly right after work and are discussing ways to help. If you wish I will give you permission to have a chat with him about me and he can tell you everything. I do not want to mix his words up as I do not fully understand what he is saying. But the short of it is that the aim is to talk, find the root cause or causes, address them, process them and then learn how to move on. And like you, I too was in the worst years of the Dominan War. I was in the whole damn thing! I was present at the very start at the Talks at the Antwerp Conference in 2372. I survived the bombing but the other Romulans did not and that is why half my face and side have burn scars on them. So don’t stand there and tell me how far superior you to me. Show me how you adapt and manage and overcome so that I too don’t hurt as much....... please?”

Catt was tending to a flower bed over by the swing, she was aware she wasn’t alone in the arboretum but wasn’t paying attention to them. She looked up when she heard running and the sound of the swing. The child was a girl and Catt would of thought she was Vulcan if the child had been showing less enthusiasm in her play. She nodded to the girl and said “Hello.”, in her soft voice. Catt generally liked children but she let the girl decide if she wanted to talk or not.

Ensign Catt Bennet. Science.

Tel’eck meanwhile looked up to Catt a bit, “..Oh wow your white fur is so pretty!” She exclaimed.

GM CockRoach / Drudoc Andone CO

Catt giggled, “Thank you. It’s not a natural color you’seen often on Caitans.”, and she snipped a dead leaf off the flower she was tending. “Do you come here often?”, she asked speaking softly, “You seem to be a very charming young lady yourself.”, and she gathered the dead foliage and bagged it before standing and facing the girl on the swing. “I an Catt.”, she said as she brushed off any thing that might marr her blue and black uniform. Catt was only four feet tall so she was almost at eye level with the child seated on the swing.. Catt pulled the hem of her skirt down as it rode up a bit when she bent over or got on her knees to garden. Catt, as was typical of Caitans, was bare foot pawed. Catt tended to talk to much sometimes so she made a point of letting the young seemingly Vulcan? Girl speak.

Ensign Catt Bennet. Science.

”..Why isnt it common among Caitans?” The girl asked swinging in the tire again.

GM CockRoach

Catt smiled though she was careful not to show teeth. “Fur patterns vary by region. So usually the fur coloring and pattern look like the local vegetation so that our ancestors could hide better from predators and enemies. Though solid tan and solid black also exist. But white tends to make you easier to notice. So people with White fur did not tend to survive. That’s called genetics. The people who hid better survived to pass on their genes. Of course this is true of everyone in all species. But This is sort of like school lessons and I don’t want to interrupt your play. Any other questions?”, Catt said softly, biology and xenobiology were two of her specializations but she didn’t want to get too complicated and maybe confuse the girl.

Ensign Catt Bennet. Science.

Tel’eck furrowed her brows some, “..Yeah ok I get that. So does that mean you grew up in a snowy environment? Hence the white fur?” she asked.

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