Posted by Captain Freja Andreassen (Commanding Officer) in Captain’s Ready Room

Posted by Lieutenant Colonel Krin “Hannibal” Lardel (Commander, Air Group (CAG)) in Captain’s Ready Room

Posted by Captain Freja Andreassen (Commanding Officer) in Captain’s Ready Room
There were few things going on with the ship that Freja didn’t know about. It was her training, her first fighter squadron CO had taught her that he always expected everyone to do their job, but that one needed to keep an eye out just in case things fell off. Pretty much ever since she came into department head roles, she put a priority on ensuring she knew everything about whatever was in her scope of responsibility, whether she needed to actively address something or just let things play out.

She had inwardly smirked when she learned her XO had gone down to greet the marine fighters, having served with Lt. Colonel Lardel on the Chimera before, she was pleased when the powers that be announced he’d be returning. It was good, she knew what to expect of him and his fighters, nothing but excellence.

It would be interesting to see what came of the meeting between the two men. While she was never a marine, she had flown fighters as part of strictly starfleet operations. There were stark differences, of course there were, but both marines and starfleet fighter pilots tended to dislike involvement from non-fighter personnel. The good ones were able to tolerate involvement to a point, but they definitely would assert their boundaries early and without filter.

It was something she felt her XO would need to learn on his own without her direct involvement, she would be available for advice when needed, but personnel management was something better learned by simply doing and learning from one’s own mistakes. So instead, she sat in her office, dusting off more paperwork and enjoying a caramel coffee.

~Freja Andreassen~

The computer chirped as in incoming text-only message arrived. It was from Lardel.

=/\=He’s. In. My. Office.=/\=

And then another a few seconds later.

=/\=He. Was. On. My. FLIGHT. DECK.=/\=

The last one had a small laughing face symbol behind it.

Lardel, CAG

Anyone walking by the CO’s Ready Room then probably heard the cackle that left Freja’s mouth as soon as she read the message. At least she hadn’t been taking a drink of her coffee when she got the message, it would’ve been somewhat embarrassing to explain to the quartermaster why her computer terminal was coated in coffee.

=^=Hopefully he didn’t express an interest in learning to fly one of the fighters. Though if he did, I trust you’ll set him straight. Welcome back to the Chimera Lt. Colonel,=^= She typed a reply back, her shoulders still shaking a bit from laughter.

A personnel management, it could be both a challenging and amusing aspect of command.

~Freja Andreassen~

After auditing the personnel files for the Chimera crew, Keitah noticed it had been some time since the CO had a mental evaluation and couldn’t help but wonder if it had been intentional. Nonetheless, the encounter should be interesting as Captain Andreassen was Betazoid herself. Grabbing her PaDD from her desk as she stood, Keitah wondered about Freja’s telepathy skills and if the session might be communicated telepathically. Duty calls. Time to attempt to pry into the personality of our CO. she thought as she headed for the exit.

After stepping off the tubolift onto the bridge, Keitah approached the Captains Ready Room. Before entering she paused for a quick listen. There was laughter coming from behind the door. A smile spread across her lips and she ranged the chime. “At least she seems to be in a great mood,” Keitah said out loud.

Naisyr, Counselor