Posted by Captain Arialla Bovar (Captain) in Bridge - Meeting the Captain

Posted by Ensign Elemirre Serinde (Engineer) in Bridge - Meeting the Captain

Posted by Captain Arialla Bovar (Captain) in Bridge - Meeting the Captain
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El took the aft lift up to A Deck. Imagine, a starship with four decks! She had not been on one this large in training yet and this was a heady experience. She would have lots to tell Zeffie later about that. She was nervous, however. This had not been in her ‘orders’ per se regarding onboarding. Medical yes, as well as her chief. Maybe this was something that everyone did here? She was only a very junior officer. She was proud of that much, though it was daunting to think of her seeing ‘the’ captain. As she came onto the bridge - thankfully without the sea bag this time (that would have so not looked good!) - she peered about and took it in. It seemed smaller than she had thought it would be - the training simulation buildings with mock models of bridges tended to have no roof on them making it look bigger. With a ceiling it felt a bit more claustrophobic.

Quickly pulling herself away from the assessment of the architecture she keenly gazed about to spot the Captain. She knew it was a she. Noting the rank on one who looked .. well, she looked lovely. El felt a stab of jealousy that she pushed back. Approaching, El came to attention and saluted in a very ‘British’ fashion. “Ma’am, the chief engineer suggested I check in with you.” She made her tone to be such that it sounded entirely like it was a normal thing, though her stomach had a full battery of butterflies in them.
El, Eng

Ari was sitting in her chair, Padd in one hand, cup or tea in the other. As the JO came up and saluted, she looked up with a slightly confused face. The woman was wearing an engineering uniform and the Ensign pip meant she probably had no clue what was going on. Trying to make her face less confused looking, she set the PaDD in her lap. “Forgive me, Ensign. But did you say the Chief Engineer sent you up here? You had your boarding orders, I presume. Medical, then Engineering Chief then settle in your quarters. I don’t recall my presence being some place you needed to be. Are you sure he said for you to come see me?” She was a bit stimied why the Chief would send a JO up here unless it was to man a station. She glanced over her shoulder and another NE was sitting in the Engineering spot, glancing this way with equal confusion. Obviously they weren’t expecting a relief.

Ari went back to the woman’s face to await the answer.

Captain Arianna Bovar
CO

A flash of confusion crossed her features that ended in furrowed brows before seemingly coming to a conclusion. “The Chief didn’t say why, ma’am. I presumed it to be that you wanted to see any new officers. I do have a schedule for the medical set up.” A slow flush was growing on her cheeks. That was what El had thought; there couldn’t be ‘that’ many officers on a ship of this size with the bulk of the crew being, well, crewmen.
- El, Eng

Ari smiled and waved off the concern. “No worries. It’s a pleasure to meet you. Since you are here, feel free to take a look around. But please don’t log into anything yet till you have shadowed someone up here, please. And consider yourself checked in with the Captain.” She smiled.and took a sip of her tea. “If you need anything, feel free to comm me. I’m usually in my ready room. If you find I’m not, message the duty Officer of the Deck and they’ll get me. All right?”

Ari
CO

El took a quick look around, her heart beating quicker and she unconsciously chewed her lower lip. Inwardly she wanted to roll her eyes as a wash of pride ran through her at the thought that she couldn’t handle a console - certainly the Engineering one. After all her simulations and study she wasn’t about to break anything. Certainly not relating to her engineering knowledge and her engines. “Thank you, ma’am,” El said. She stuttered on the salute and instead took a smart step back and turn. El didn’t stay long but made a cursory look about including at the engineering station. It was a little different from what she had been trained on but one can only do so much with a console.
- El, Eng