Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade James Rowe (Scientist) in Ens Donivas CSO Checkin (Deck 13 General Science Lab)

Posted by Ensign Khiryn Donivas (Scientist) in Ens Donivas CSO Checkin (Deck 13 General Science Lab)

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade James Rowe (Scientist) in Ens Donivas CSO Checkin (Deck 13 General Science Lab)
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The Athena was exactly what Khiryn was expecting when he made the decision to leave academia and transfer to his first ship. Serving on a deep space explorer would round out his resume and help him make rank.

His brief stint… doing intensive starship familiarization… opened his eyes to the possibilities associated with exploration and dealing with the unknown. Now Ensign Donivas was ready to get to work… which was why his first stop was the General Science Lab. It seemed to serve as the hub of the Science Department and the Chief Science Officer’s private office was attached to it.

After stepping into the lab, Khiryn took in the quiet energy of the room. Multiple people were manning consoles and reviewing various types of data, while others debated a specific reading or display. Ensign Donivas waited for a moment until he could catch the attention of a lab assistant that wasn’t busy. “Excuse me, is the CSO available? I’m checking in.”

OOC: I wasn’t sure if you were more likely to be working in the lab or in your office, so I left it open ended.

Ensign Khiryn Donivas - Science Officer - U.S.S. Athena

OOC: Welcome aboard! Hope you don’t mind me hopping in momentarily for an IC greeting!

Rowe sat quietly at a workstation pouring over the the latest results from the long-range sensor telemetry diagnostics, he frowned as yet again the data came back inconsistent. There were too many minor subspace distortions… some inconsistent gravimetric readings… and a couple of signal echo discrepancies. The new voice roused him from his foxhole and he looked up at the man. He gave the new officer a quick glance and got the impression that shipboard life was also new to him. Rowe welcomed a break from number crunching to walk over. Placing a hand on the assistant’s shoulder, he gave a polite nod sending him on his way.

“The Chief should be back around pretty soon.” James extended his right hand in greeting. “I’m James Rowe. First time this far out in the black?”

• Rowe

Ensign Donivas looked over as the other Scientist approached. The man seemed a bit older than him, and had the pips of a Lt J.G.

Khiryn was an Akaali, with a medium skin tone and notably defined anterior crests symmetrically located on either side of his forehead. The younger man had a spare build, a prominent nose, and a mop of dark brown hair on his head.

He also wore glasses, wich had been fairly uncommon for a couple of centuries now.

“Is it that obvious?” Khiryn let a rueful grin show. “This is my first real ship posting, but I did just go through some pretty intensive familiarization training on Starbase 17. Hopefully it was enough to keep me from embarrassing myself.”

Khiryn extended his hand. “Ensign Khiryn Donivas… nice to meet you, Sir.”

OOC: Not at all! I tagged the science dept because I thought there might be a chance other people would be in the general lab when I arrived.

Ensign Khiryn Donivas - Science Officer - U.S.S. Athena

James gave a reassuring smile as he tapped his own temple, “I’ve only seen glasses like that on academics. Too much time pouring over data and text.” His tone was light and teasing. “And you can relax with all of that Sir stuff with me. There’s a time and place to be formal, and there’s a time and place to be social.” Rowe smiled genuinely and clapped the younger man on the shoulder, “Don’t worry about embarrassing yourself… it comes with the territory for all of us. We’ve got our different backgrounds and expertise areas… I’m relatively new to the science department myself… and my expertise tends to lean more into the practical, so how about I lean on you when things get too academic for me and you lean on me in some of the application areas. That way if we embarrass ourselves, we do so together?” Rowes smile reached his eyes which wasn’t always the case.

Rowe

Khiryn laughed. “Oh, the glasses do help with all the ‘data and text’, though I must admit they are about half affectation, since I like the way they look.”

At the invite to be casual, Khiryn relaxed a bit. He’d gone into this thinking like he was dealing with very senior, and very opinionated, academics. That did not seem to be the case with Lt Rowe. “Easy enough. I’m Khiryn… do you go by James?”

Ens Donivas liked the offer to share experiences, especially the way Rowe phrased it. “So we’ll be partners in humiliation then! I can deal with that.”

Khiryn took a beat to absorb what James had said, and then paused briefly before deciding to broach the subject. “If you don’t mind the personal question… why the shift to Science? I mean, I shifted from Medical to Sciences, so I’m not throwing stones… but it seems like you may have made the decision a little later in life than I did.”

The comment about being more experienced with the ‘practical’ side of things suggested this was a fairly significant shift from his previous field.

Ensign Khiryn Donivas - Science Officer - U.S.S. Athena