[snip]

OOC: Just cleaning some stuff up.

The chief engineer entered 10 forward, looking around the room. He looked at multiple tables, including empty ones, not sure where he would sit, or who he would sit with, in the event he didn’t sit alone. One immediately noticeable thing about his appearance was the dirt all over his uniform. He’d just finished doing some quite dirty work in engineering and it would seem he was here to rest from that.

Lieutenant Bol Th’arhosren (CE)

Ciaran looked up and saw the chief engineer entering 10 forward. He looked at his uniform and knew immediately the engineer had a very hard day being that dirty. There had been many times that Ciaran had been that dirty as a chief in the past. He knew the need to relax after a shift like that. He then said outloud, “Lt, why don’t you come over here and sit with us. We were just having a casual discussion. I can tell you have had a hard day and some relaxing is needed.” He then waved to the seat next to him for the Lt to come sit down when he was ready.

Lt Cmdr Donoghuei
XO

Tyr looked around and visibly tensed for a moment, a few months ago he’d been on Earth as a cadet, although technically he’d graduated it was a part of his extended training agreement that he wasn’t given the rank of Ensign until he finished flight school so it was still instinct for him to stand at attention when faced with a superior officer, having the ships first officer and engineering chief made the hair on the back of his head rise “Uhm right” He turned back to his meal, grabbing some with his fork and eating a larger than usual amount, chewing quickly and swallowing, he’d almost forgotten being hungry.

Ensign Tyr, Sec

From all the years of being on ships and watching people, Ciaran noticed that Tyr seemed nervous. He noticed the oddity in his voice when he replied with Uhm right. He wanted to make the ensign feel more at ease. He said to Tyr, “There is no need to be nervous. We are off duty. Ranks normally matter but we are in a causal setting. It will take some time to get use to relaxed depending on the setting. We are not here to judge. Just general conversation after duty.” He then smiled at Tyr and took a bite of his food.

Lt Cmdr Donoghuei
XO

Tyr laughed out loud at that “With all due respect, sir. I just finished my Marine Starfighter program, It’ll take a while until I’m used to eating lunch with the senior staff” He did seem more relaxed at the commander’s words though “But thank you, I’ll try to relax”

Ensign Tyr - Sec

Ciaran laughed to himself but did not do it out loud. He was always happy to see the properness of young ensigns but knew it would get more relaxed over time. He then responded to Tyr, “There is no need to apologize. I am just trying to help you relax as this is a relaxed setting. We are just men chit chatting at this point.” He waited for Th’arhosren to respond or sit down.

Lt Cmdr Donoghuei
XO

OOC: sorry bout that, life got away from me.

IC:

Bol turned towards the table Tyr and Ciaran were at and sat down. “Having a good day?” He asked as he sat down.

Lieutenant Bol Th’arhosren

Ciaran looked up at Bol and said, “Yes, its better now we have a little downtime. I was getting hungry and rather tired. How is your day going Bol?” He was hoping everyone was ready for some relaxing time.

Lt Cmdr Donoghuei
XO

Tyr took the opportunity to scarf down some food as the two senior officers spoke, he supposed this was a good chance to get to know the Memorials chief staff.

Ensign Tyr, Sec

Ciaran was happy to see more folks coming and going from 10 forward. It was normal times on the ship. He was worried about the moral of the ship but it seemed, at least from what he could see, everyone seemed happy. He was hoping to get some information out of Tyr and Bol. Just to see how things were going. After Bol sat down, Ciaran said to Bol, “Welcome lieutenant. How are things going down in engineering? It seems the ship is running well. When was the last time a full diagnostics was ran? Just curious.” Ciaran could never fully step away from being an engineer and it was his favorite. he was always excited to be able to chat with the chief engineer about engineering.

Lt Cmdr Donoghuei
XO

bump

“The intermix ratios seemed a bit off all day, and I spent the better part of the day fighting it to get back to normal levels. The last diagnostic was run about three days ago, I have one scheduled once every five days, so I’ll be running another in two.”

He realized the ship could run well if the intermix ratios were ‘a bit’ off for longer than a day, but he also knew his job wasn’t to make the ship ‘good enough’, rather ‘as good as possible’. And that’s why he fought it as hard as he did. He figured the XO would understand this as well.

Lieutenant Bol Th’arhosren

Ciaran laughed to himself because he knew specially what Bol was speaking of. Being an engineer, most of the time, being better than the minimum required by Star-Fleet is what all the best engineers aimed for. He then said to Bol, “This is a good idea. I always liked being above the minimum requirements of Star-Fleet.” He smiled and continued to listen.

Lt Cmdr Donoghuei
XO

[bump]

Nearby the doors to 2-Forward hissed, peeling back to admit Beckett. Stepping through, she slid to her right unconsciously, out of the way. Gone was the tactical gold uniform, instead replaced with black pants, black boots, a deep wine shirt of some kind under a black or charcoal colored jacket. Her hair was down, falling in loose waves and curls to her shoulders, clearly ‘off duty.’ Not that it mattered much for somebody in her field or position.

She made her way over to one of the replicator stations, got herself something hot and steamy to drink. With it was a bowl of something else steamy and something that at a distance resembled bread. With her spoils on a tray she made her way across the space, heading for the upper level, where she found a small table and perched next to the massive observation window.

Beckett

Ciaran saw Lt Beckett show up in the 2-Forward and she was sitting alone. He then said to Tyr and Bol, “Do either of you care if I go invite Maria to join us?” He then stood up and walked over to Maria and said, “Hi Maria. I see you are sitting alone. You want to come join us over at this other table?” He pointed over to the table where Tyr and Bol were sitting. He then continued, “We are just discussing non-ship things and no need for you to sit alone if you would like to chat.” He then smiled at her and waited for a response.

Lt Cmdr Donoghuei
XO

Tyr resisted the urge to stand at attention when Donoghuei called for his boss to join them. He’d of course noticed her entering the room, he was still stuck in the habit of watching the comings and goings of the people around him but he’d hoped yet another department head wouldn’t be added to the table. Discreetly he put his hand under the table and pinched his thigh, making sure not to winch due to the pain, just to make sure that he wasn’t having a nightmare.

Ensign Tyr, Sec

OOC: Thank you for the posting Tyr.

[Bump for Beckett]

Lt Cmdr Donoghuei
XO

Bol took the opportunity to look around 2-Forward while Ciaran was gone. He hadn’t actually been here yet in his time aboard, so he figured it he might familiarize himself with it.

Lieutenant Bol Th’arhosren (CE)

After speaking with Lt Beckett, Ciaran went ahead and returned to the table where his food was and where Bol and Tyr were sitting. He was curious what was being discussed if anything while he stood up and walked over to Lt Beckett sitting by herself. He was hoping it was going well.

Lt cmdr Donoghuei
XO

“Welcome back.” Bol said politely as Ciaran returned. He finished looking around for a moment more and then realized he didn’t have food. “I’m gonna get up and go order something for myself.”

Lieutenant Bol Th’arhosren (CE)

Ciaran laughed a little and responded to Bol, “Food is always good and important. Feel free to sit back down with us when you finished.” He then watched the chief engineer walk to the station. He then looked over at Tyr and said, “See, when we are off duty, we are relaxed. No need for you to be on the edge just because you are around department heads and your executive officer. Are you learning alot?” He then waited for a respond from Tyr.

Lt Cmdr Donoghuei
XO

Tyr laughed, it started as a nervous reaction but quickly turned confident, relaxing as told “Well I’d been on the ship for less than a month when we had the encounter with the Cardassians, they kept warning me that you couldn’t know what sort of pilot you’d be until in actual combat and they were right” He seemed more relaxed, although not completely so. “And patrolling’s an interesting new experience” He spoke genuinely, he did honestly think patrols were interesting.

Ensign Tyr, Sec

Ciaran was glad to see the young ensign relax a little. Ciaran did not want to scare the young ensign and wanted to show him we were just normal people, especially when off duty. There was no need to not speak freely or not be concerned when off duty. Separation of work and home life was important, especially on a starship. It was sometimes hard to separate the two. He then responded, “You will learn the more you are on the job, the more you will be able to put things to practice and get more use to things rather than just understanding them from a book standpoint. You are always welcome to ask myself or your department head if you have questions. The only questions which are bad are the ones which you do not ask.” Ciaran smiled and laughed on the inside.

Lt Cmdr Donoghuei
XO