Posted by Captain Zachariah Cobb (Commanding Officer) in Side sim: Knox checks in with Cobb
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Posted by Lieutenant Commander Theodore Knox (Chief Medical Officer - Incoming) in Side sim: Knox checks in with Cobb

Posted by Captain Zachariah Cobb (Commanding Officer) in Side sim: Knox checks in with Cobb

Theodore smiled calmly. ”Im afraid sir that I can’t discuss anything further regarding that unless you have the correct clearance. You were part of the war, I’m sure you can understand the need for such documentation to be classified” he sipped his drink and watched the man, dark yes over the rim of the glass. ”I have however been working with some genetic materials and reanimation of limbs for those who suffered amputation.” he sipped. ”Bio-synthetic of course.” he added with a small laugh.

Dr Knox

“Aye, of course,” Cobb replied, although internally he was seething. Damn the ARU for sending him these reticent, self-important, blowhards! As if the mysteries of McHarrie’s and Nakuto’s laboratories weren’t already sufficient to deny his mind of sleep most evenings, but now he’d have to start wondering on the nature of the medical labs as well?

“Well, it’s of no consequence to me, of course,” the captain added, testily, as he sipped at his drink. “As long as you keep my crew healthy and provide medical assistance in containment where needed, then you can get up to whatever the bloody hell pleases you in your own labs. As long,” he sat forward and locked eyes with the Medical Chief, “as what is inside your lab stays inside your lab. We’ve had enough trouble recently with anomalies escaping and running rampage throughout the ship!”

Zachariah sighed and ran a hand through his long hair. Clearly the memory of this last escape weighed heavily on him still.

Theo watched him with interest and fixed a look of concern on his face. ”I wouldn’t dream of adding any issues to your already stressful situation Captain. But please be assured I will do everything in my power to ensure that your crew is healthy and cared for medically when needed.”

“So, do you have any questions for me?” he asked, before adding to himself, or is it irrelevant to you what the bloody captain of this ship thinks about anything, eh?

• Captain Zachariah Cobb

”Only a million.” he chuckled. ” You of course will always be welcome to come tour the medical labs any time you wish.” he smiled. “After all it is your ship! I’m just the keeper of the medical supplies.” He sipped from his drink.

“The ship presents a challenge medically, many different species and potential accidents. I’d be interested to hear your take or concerns on that situation.”

Dr Knox

“And I will be sure to take you up on that offer once you have your experiments up and running,” the captain accepted gleefully. He had learned very quickly to never pass up a peek into the hidden and restricted places on this ship.

“As for my take on the ship’s medical challenges,” he supped at his own drink with far less decorum than his companion, “that, my dear Doctor, is what the ARU pays you for. My own professional involvement ends at the clearing of one, such as yourself, for the role. Or maybe not clearing, as the case may sometimes be,” he winked. “Of course, as the captain of this vessel I stand by to provide assistance or guidance to all of my crew, yourself included. But just as I would not look to you for strategic direction in battle, so you would be wise not to ask me the difference between a sprained ankle and a broken leg.”

Theo smiled slightly as he listened to Cobb speak.

Cobb paused and studied Theodore intently once again. On the surface the man seemed perfectly amicable. Pleasant, even, at that. Perhaps his own immersion in this curious world of anomalies had led him to see monsters lurking in the depths of every soul? No, in truth Zachariah had harboured such refined misanthropy long before the ARU ever turned up at his door.

“I would be interested in your take on the subject though,” he reflected the question back to its asker. “I would imagine for many of the research staff here it might sometimes feel as if they are pulled in different directions - protection of the crew to the left and preservation of anomalies to the right. I am fortunate that no such dichotomy haunts me - I would give my life for the men and women onboard this starship. And I would give your life if you ever appear to forget that.”

• Captain Zachariah Cobb

The man thought a moment and seemed to choose his words carefully. “I believe there is much challenge on a ship such as yours, many different species and hidden dangers lurking around every corner. But i was never one to back away from a challenge. I simply meant that I’d love to one day hear your take on any concerns or areas of the crews health that may bother you Captain.” He considered Cobb. “ Or perhaps of your own health.” He added with a smile.

He nodded at the last comment.” Spoken like a true leader sir, i would expect nothing less.”

Dr Knox

Zachariah snorted. “The crew’s health? Well now, I’m not one to sugarcoat things and you’ll see for yourself soon enough, at any rate. So I’ll answer that one straight. They’re bloody exhausted. Pushed to their absolute limits and beyond. You might find this difficult to believe, Doctor, but our current orders are to return to HQ from our very first mission.”
He paused to let that sink in, as a contrast to the frantic activity around them.

“Truth be told, ever since we set out, it’s as if these bloody things have been following us! We’ve plunged from one anomaly attack to the next with barely room to come up for even a lungful of air.”
He shook his head and then drained his glass. The thought of a refill briefly appealed but, Knox’s comment on his own health had reminded him that he was in the presence of his new Chief Medic and the one man who could make the captain’s downtime very uncomfortable indeed. If he so chose.

“And I don’t sense any improvement on the near horizon,” he concluded, “so…you will either sink to the depths with the rest of us, or make a swim for the next available assignment.”

• Captain Zachariah Cobb

OOC: Bumping just to get this back on the board