Posted by Lieutenant Commander Ciaran Donoghuei (XO) in Cargo Bay 1

Posted by Commander BJ Janzen (Chief Science Officer) in Cargo Bay 1

Posted by Ensign Amoni Zacharya-Alars (Aza) (Security officer) in Cargo Bay 1
Posted by… suppressed (1) by the Post Ghost! 👻
BJ sat at the back of the crowd. As a department head he should be at the front. But today was not the type of day he wanted to be there. Today was the annual day of mourning. The list of names always seemed to get longer. Some he knew; some he didn’t. There was one name missing. Or at least to him it was missing. Someone in his past that meant something a little more than just the mention of a name.

He simply sat at the back waiting for ceremony to end. It was the typical ceremony. The playing of the last post; the remarks by the captain and counselors. All of it BJ disliked.

Janzen

Aza, with a heavy heart, observed BJ sitting at the back of the somber crowd during the annual day of mourning. She could sense the weight of his emotions, even from a distance. It wasn’t difficult to understand that today held significance for him.

As the ceremony continued, Aza decided quietly to approach BJ. She walked up to him, choosing her words carefully. “BJ,” she began, “I couldn’t help but notice that you seem preoccupied today. Is there something specific on your mind, or someone you were hoping to see honored here?”

Aza, Security

He didn’t know who this was. But BJ barely knew many of the crew outside his own department. But he did appreciate that she approached him. “Just seems the list gets larger every year no matter what ship you’re on. It’s worse when you’re the leader. You know them all.”

Janzen

Ciaran had heard there is something going on down in Cargo Bay 1. He had been sitting in his quarters after the last mission was over but needed to do some thing for the time being. It was too early to go to sleep and he had already eating. He got up from his couch and put his uniform back on. He then left his quarters and wondered down to Cargo Bay 1 to see what is going on. After a few minutes of walking and riding in the turbolift, he arrived at Cargo Bay 1. He noticed a large amount of activity here so he knew something was going on. He found a seat to sit down at and just watched.

Lt Cmdr Donoghuei
XO

KT had heard about something going on in cargo bay 1 but she wasn’t sure entirely what it was. So she had decided to head down. When she had reached the cargo bay, she slipped in silently to the back of the room and observed the room. It reminded her of her own peoples day of sorrow, where they celebrated their victory but also mourned and remembered all those who had died, organic and synthetic alike, in their quest for freedom.

While she could process something similar to KT had never really managed to emulate true sorrow or mourning, but she knew that it was a key part of the organic healing process.

Lieut KT-QT (CMO)