Posted by Lieutenant T’Shain (Counselor) in CNS Office- New crew reporting for boarding pysch eval

Posted by Lieutenant Marcus Kane (Chief Intelligence Officer) in CNS Office- New crew reporting for boarding pysch eval

Posted by Lieutenant T’Shain (Counselor) in CNS Office- New crew reporting for boarding pysch eval
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Not long after leaving Sickbay after his medical where he met the delightful Doctor Doctra , he mused to himself that she was someone he wouldn’t mind seeing again perhaps as friends or even maybe something more.

He then realised he was outside the door to the CNS office, this was the last thing he had to do before reporting to the XO to officially be considered ready for duty, he did one last check of his uniform and pressed the door chime.

Lt Marcus Kane
Chief Intelligence Officer
USS Manhattan

Counselor T’Shain had heard her come go and nodded. She looked up. “Enter”. She said as she stood up from her chair behind the desk.

Lieutenant T’Shain
Chief Counselor
USS Manhattan • NCC-88000

With that Marcus entered the room and stopped a few steps in at an appropiate distance from the the counsellor’s desk

“I’m Lt Markus Kane , I’m here to report for my intial boarding pysch evaluation before I report to the XO to be officially cleared for duty”

Lt Marcus Kane
Chief Intelligence Officer
USS Manhattan

“Please have a seat. Let’s discuss some stuff and then we’ll get you on your way afterwards.” She replied.

Lieutenant T’Shain
Chief Counselor
USS Manhattan • NCC-88000

“Thank you”

Marcus said taking a seat, he had no idea how this was going to go, even though he was open and honest, there was also his career as an Intelligence officer, he sat waiting for the Vulcans first question , he had no intention to lie.

Lt Marcus Kane
Chief Intelligence Officer
USS Manhattan

She sat across from him. “So Lieutenant. Tell me some of the recent past that may or may not cause you to perform your duties as a Starfleet officer?” She asked.

Lieutenant T’Shain
Chief Counselor
USS Manhattan • NCC-88000

Marcus considered the question for several seconds before answering. His expression remained composed, though his gaze briefly lowered as he gathered his thoughts.

“My recent past is relatively uneventful in terms of anything that would prevent me from performing my duties,” he began. “There have been difficult assignments, certainly. Intelligence work tends to expose you to situations that aren’t particularly pleasant to think about after the fact.”

He folded his hands loosely in his lap.

“I’ve spent the last several years working counter-intelligence and regional threat assessment. There have been occasions where the information available to us wasn’t enough to prevent something from happening, and there have been situations where the wrong interpretation could have had serious consequences.”

He paused.

“I’d be lying if I said those experiences didn’t stay with me. They taught me to be more careful, though. Not fearful—careful.”

Marcus looked toward the counselor again.

“I suppose the greatest lesson I’ve taken from them is that being responsible for information can be almost as difficult as being responsible for people. You can make a perfectly reasonable assessment with the information available to you and still reach the wrong conclusion.”

His expression softened slightly.

“I’ve never lost sight of the fact that there are people behind the reports and statistics. That’s probably the part of the job that has affected me the most. It reminds me that decisions made from a console can have very real consequences somewhere else.”

He took a quiet breath.

“But I don’t believe those experiences interfere with my duties. If anything, they’ve made me more deliberate. I know when to step back, when to ask for another perspective, and when I need to acknowledge that I don’t have enough information to make a responsible decision.”

Marcus gave a small, almost self-deprecating smile.

“Which, admittedly, is probably an uncomfortable thing for an Intelligence officer to say.”

He settled back slightly.

“So no, Counselor. There isn’t anything in my recent past that I believe compromises my ability to serve. There are things I’ve learned from, certainly. I think that’s different.”

Lt Marcus Kane
Chief Intelligence Officer
USS Manhattan