Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Achilleas Petrakos (Chief Science Officer) in Side Sim: Exhausted and Bedraggled

Posted by Commander Dira Myqian (Executive Officer) in Side Sim: Exhausted and Bedraggled

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Myqian considered him for several long moments, her ebony eyes gazing curiously. “Why are you in Starfleet, Achilleas? Why did you join, and why do you stay?” They were perhaps a simple questions and a common ones during evals and check-in, but that wasn’t what this was and she had her reasons for asking.

Commander Myqian, XO

Achilleas gazed back at Myqian unflinchingly. “Starfleet was an opportunity to leave Earth. I could’ve gone to a research institute or stayed at the Academy, but getting out into the unknown and having the opportunity to see so many unexplained phenomenon satisfies my curiosity. If you want to narrow the inquiry further and say why the Ogawa then, it was available and had a science lab. Any ship would have done really but Starfleet sent me here. I must admit that I like it here and that is as much as any reason why I’m staying though.”

CSO Petrakos

“Hmmm,” Dira said, nodding slowly. Whatever else she thought, she kept to herself. There was a time and place for everything and right now her other input wasn’t needed. “I’d simply suggest then that as you interact with your staff, any and all of them, that you figure out their why, even if it’s different than the one they might tell you. When you understand that, it makes guiding them easier.

Commander Myqian, XO