Posted by Captain Sara Kiernan (Commanding Officer) in Deck 6 - Captain’s Dining Room

Posted by Commander Shara Calloway (Executive Officer) in Deck 6 - Captain’s Dining Room

Posted by Captain Sara Kiernan (Commanding Officer) in Deck 6 - Captain’s Dining Room
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Shara chuckled. “It’s called life balance, Sara,” she teased. “It sucks doesn’t it? And I’m not going to pretend that I’m at all good at it either. But I’m leanring, and you will too.”

“Life balance? That’s news to me.” Sara laughed.

She looked at the remnants of their lunch and then studied her friend. “We should do this once a week- both for a break but also to touch base in a way that isn’t just another standard meeting with reports.”

~Shara Calloway, XO

“You’re right, we should do this more often. Consider yourself invited in for another meal in a week.” Sara thought for a second about how lucky she was to have Shara as her XO. “It’s been nice to have some company for once.

-CO

“Agreed,” Shara said with a wide smile. “Especially as your roving XO with no formal office, I find myself in unexpected places to get a bit of quiet work done. If I’m not careful, I’ll go back to my covert ways,” she added, a gleam appearing in her foggy blue eyes. She of course had a secured office set-up in her and Micah’s quarters, but that meant she was hiding away. It was a bit contrary to the demeanour of the approaching first officer she was trying to cultivate.

~Shara Calloway, XO

“That’s such a strange oversight from the designers of the ship.” Sara chuckled. “They had to know the ship would have an XO. Then again I can’t really talk, I didn’t catch on your office was missing until you told me.”

-CO

Shara chuckled. “Ahh, it’s fine. I don’t mind all that much. We have meeting spaces and I have my quarters. Micah and I have a secure set-up so we can both do classified work without getting in each other’s way. And to be honest, it’s probably for the best. It forces me to move about the ship and I tend to roam and visit with the departments when I’m not on the bridge.”

~Shara Calloway, XO

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“When you take my job, at least you know there’s an office for you then.” Often Sara wondered if Shara wouldn’t be a better Commander for this ship and its crew. Especially in its new intelligence oriented mission. But all she could do was hope for the best. “You’re welcome to use this room if you need it. Just let me know you’re in here.” She offered a kind expression.

-CO

Shara arched her brows as she smirked. “I appreciate the offer and I’ll let you know if I take you up on it. But uh, just because I accepted being your first officer, doesn’t mean I’ve caught the command bug. I have no intention of moving up the ranks and what not.” She had this momentary flash in her mind of her in an admiral’s uniform and suppressed a shudder. Nope, she’d retire long before she got to that point.

~Shara Calloway, XO

“You never had the dream? Didn’t want to be a CO someday?” Sara asked with a mild laugh. Even though it made sense, she had a hard time imagining someone striving for anything else.

-CO

Shara shook her head, her expression frank. “You have to remember that I was forced into a Starfleet life. I chose to accept a commission, but by that point I had been on a Starfleet vessel for seven years, and well, we weren’t exactly your typical ship on your typical assignment. And then when we returned to the Alpha Quadrant, Intelligence came a-calling. I was deep undercover most of the next twenty years until that mission when Faye fell into my life unexpectedly.” She inhaled deeply and swallowed, the trepidation from this new chapter sitting closer to the surface than she had allowed it outside of conversations with Micah. “I was only ever promoted because I did great work and they wanted me to have the air of authority to be a trainer. Which I did. I wasn’t climbing a ladder for an end goal. My only goal was to complete each mission. Hell, Sarah, my goal wasn’t even to survive. I knew each time I went out that there was a very good chance I wouldn’t return.” She shrugged. It seemed such a simple reality in her mind but perhaps it really was truly strange. “And then I came here. But I didn’t even know yet if I could do a standard duty assignment. Then we had our mission, and yes in the aftermath I agreed to be your first officer, but it’s all serving a purpose. I have no ultimate goal. Hell, I’m not sure I should even tempt fate that way, given I somehow am still alive after all these years.”

She offered a soft smile. “I’m okay with this reality. In fact, in many ways my simple life on Tracken with Edward and Faye prepared me to try to be content in the moment, even if there was always a small part of me that was restless.”

~Shara Calloway, XO