Posted by Fleet Captain Ghubari Koraia (Captain) in Ready Room: Meeting the Captain

Posted by Commander Luka (Executive Officer) in Ready Room: Meeting the Captain

Posted by Fleet Captain Ghubari Koraia (Captain) in Ready Room: Meeting the Captain
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“Well, I stopped trying to guess at Command’s motivations a long time ago,” Ghubari said with a slight smirk that softened her intense features. “As for your other questions, let’s deal with them in turn. I want to know about you. Whatever you think I need to know for us to work together as best we can. Strengths, weaknesses especially. Share yours and I’ll share mine.”

Fl. Captain Koraia, CO

Luka nodded. “Well, as for my strengths, I’ve always been told I have a great sense of humor!” She started with a small grin. “On a more serious note, I am a very curious person with a love of learning. I believe my experience outside of Starfleet gives me a unique point of view. I’m able to think outside of the box because of that different experience. I’m fairly organized and I am a people person, as they say. I do my best to make sure everyone is doing their best! Hehe. As per my weaknesses, I’m not much of a tactician. I’m also lacking in language skills… I’m still struggling a little in Federation Standard even after nine years among your people,” she let out a small sound similar to a whine. “I’m not the greatest at reading humanoid emotions. Like, body language and facial expressions. You all are for me like what the vulcans must be like to you. Except, the vulcans don’t actually have emotions, so in retrospect that’s not a very good comparison. Ah… I also have a habit of rambling. My last Commanding officer, Captain Shore, called it word vomit.”

Luka, XO

“You’re not the first I’ve met,” Ghubari said wryly. “And be cautious, Vulcans do have emotions, they just are incredible trained and adept at containing to the point they have little bearing on their experiences. But they do have emotions, they just don’t experience them as others so.”

“I meant they didn’t show any emotions,” Luka hastily corrected her own wording, embarrassed.

Ghubari simply gave a nod of acknowledgement. Mistakes happened. Better to clear the air and make sure understanding had been achieved.

“I also don’t require you to be tactically-minded. You’ve got me and several others who are that way and we’ll all balance each other out.” Ghubari audibly exhaled slightly. “You have to understand that the old Athena was a small tactical destroyer. We purposefully needed to be able to think and fight ourselves out of tough situations. But this new ship is one of peace and exploration. It’s got a large contingent of civilians, including families and children. Hell, we’ve got schools and nurseries on board. It’s been a really big change for those of us that came from the Athena-C. Not only did our ship change, but the entire mentality behind its mission profile.”

Bracing her chin with her arm on the top of the sofa, she turned to look out at the stars. “I’ve been fighting for something for most of my life. And probably one of the greatest lessons I’ve had to learn is when to simply surrender.” Ghubari looked back to Luka. “But there are things I won’t compromise on. Loyalty is important to me; loyalty to Starfleet and to shared values. To the things that we are in Starfleet to uphold and defend, with our lives if necessary. I don’t ask my crew to take risks I would not, and so I then ask them to trust me”-she gestured to the both of them-“to trust us to make the best decisions we can. My strengths are those things, but also compassion and my personal Faith. The beliefs of my tribe are sometimes the only thing that keeps me centred in my life.”

“But I certainly have my weaknesses. I’m stubborn, Luka, sometimes to a fault. I don’t like being wrong, but if proven otherwise, I will admit it. And my tendency to fight as long as I can if great at times and fuels my tenacity, it can be my undoing too. I’m a proud woman, who has been typically private in the past. I’ve had to…adjust that in the face of my crew and all that we’ve been through. I couldn’t hold my pain secret while theirs was to evident to me. And so we have all learned to share just a little bit more.” She smirked. “Well… most of us anyway.”

Fl. Captain Koraia, CO

Luka listened to the Captain’s words and nodded silently. “I’m glad I haven’t been put on a tactical-heavy ship,” she chuckled slightly. “I read up on the ship’s logs. Or at least… The ones I was given access to. It seems this ship has some classified history. I wasn’t even told exactly what happened to the previous holder of my position, just that he is no longer with us…” She glanced away.

Ghubari said nothing, but the shift in eyes simply said it wasn’t open to discussion.

She fumbled a bit, trying to think of the right word. “My crew is my pack,” she finally managed to come up with. “My… Family. And no group is more deserving of loyalty than family. I swore an oath when I transferred to Starfleet, to uphold the values of the Federation,” she assured Koraia. “I’m not a particularly private person, although I know how to keep my mouth shut when the situation calls for it. The Laleri are a social species, even more so than you humans, and require friendship and trust, so I understand the importance of those things,” she added with a smile.

Luka, XO

Koraia smiled sincerely, almost in relief. “Family… yes, this crew is definitely a family. Sometimes quite literally, too. I’m married to our Chief of Security, Our Chief Intelligence is married to one of our counsellors and that same CIO is my chosen brother. Family is apt.” She dropped her arm from the back of the couch and leaned towards the XO. “I suspect we’re going to get along just fine, Luka of Galdori. it may not always be smooth, but I have a feeling we’ll find out way.”

“I doubt I’ll be finding interspecies romance like all of you,” Luka said with a small smile. There were reasons for that, but they were a lot to get into in a short conversation like this. “And it’s, um… It’s Galdor, captain,” Luka hesitantly spoke, eyes wide for a moment. “Galdori is the term for a native of the planet Galdor…”

Sitting back up again, the CO nodded. “Okay, you have a lot of settling in to do and we’re not going to be able to answer every question in this meeting. I suggest we meet later, maybe for dinner? What sort of foods do you enjoy?”

Fl. Captain Koraia, CO

“I would most certainly enjoy a meal. I’m not picky when it comes to food. Anything you can digest, I can digest as well. I’m willing to try anything you put on my plate,” she said. “I have, however, found myself particularly fond of this human food which is called… Pizza. It is… Fascinating,” she spoke.

“In the meantime, if you want to know more about, well, what I am, you can read the information on my species provided on the PaDD, or, erm, you can ask me anything you’re curious about.”

The PaDD provided basic information on the Laleri, and info about their planet and the five intelligent species native to said planet.

Luka, XO