Posted by Fleet Captain Alexander Cochrane (Commanding Officer) in side - sim: Out of the Frying Pan

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Cochrane laughed at the mention of McKenzie. “You know, I don’t know if she would appreciate it or not. I hope she would… anyway to keep shots from being fired is a good way in my book.” He then thought for a moment and then said “Start with what you are most familiar with first. Learnhow to learn about your opponents. Klingons, Romulans, Cardassians… even Orion pirates… once you have a process for analyzing the ones you know about, move a little further afield. And once you are comfortable there, we can work on the Delta Quadrant together. As you progress in your studies, I’ll work some specific ships into the sims. We can see how you are at recognition and ‘negotiation’.” and he chuckled.

Cochrane, CO

“I think Mrs McKenzie would agree whole heartedly with you. I think she would appreciate out thinking someone to weapons.” Shedda’s face darkened slightly at the mention of Orion pirates. She wasn’t angry just dark memories. She thought about it. Who was she most familiar with. “I think I’ll start with Ferengi and Cardassians. The Dark Sea and Santiago operated in those areas. I’ll pull up mission logs from when we encountered them, and start there.” She glanced around the simulation. “Tomorrow?”

Mal’athar, XO

“Tomorrow. And… find someone else to accompany you. Let me know who it is before the sim. I want to see how you handle directing real crew in a combat situation.” Cochrane said. He stood up and said “Just want to get a baseline. And it will be good training for anyone on the ship really. Your pick, doesn’t matter to me who it is.”

Cochrane, CO

Shedda nodded, she would give it some thought. “I will let you know who.” Shedda had someone in mind already. Alex said it would be good training for anyone. She left the holodeck but it was a couple of hours before she was able to stop by Sair’s office. She rang the chime on the door.

Mal’athar, XO