Posted by Captain Dira Myqian (Commanding Officer) in Arrivals, Org Charts, and Pips… Oh My

Posted by Commander Dr. Royal Sinclair (Executive Officer) in Arrivals, Org Charts, and Pips… Oh My

Posted by Commander Dira Myqian (Commanding Officer) in Arrivals, Org Charts, and Pips… Oh My
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Dira inhaled deeply and let it out before she nodded. “I’m usually a pretty open person, and I don’t expect another pip to change that.” She was used to being the sounding board and she had no problem letting others be that for her, but it had been a bit disjointed lately. “I appreciate you being up front about it. Any other expectations you have?” Best they got those on the table right away.

Captain Myqian, CO

He leaned back and nodded. “Aye. I expect you an’ I ta not always get along. Just how the nature of sentient beings in close confines for extended periods works. But in front of the crew, guests, and anyone outside you an’ I? We back each other up and are a united front. One, I believe that will ease the level of apprehension the crew faces right now with the significant changes they just had; and two, it will mean that when I say something the crew will know that it comes from both of us. Not gonna lie, that will make my transition much smoother. But outside ‘a that… it means that there is one Commander. You. I am simply an extension of that authority. If we have a problem, we settle it in private, behind closed doors. That way we don’t even unintentionally undermine one another.”

Sinclair, XO

“Agreed,” she said with a soft smile. “It’s how it’s worked around here for the last three years, so business as usual there at least. I will also add that a pet peeve is finding out about an issues ages after it was first noticed. That makes it hard to sort out before it blows out of proportion. So we’ve been pretty adamant that department and senior staff meetings are the time to bring things to the table, even if they are minor. It’s not that anyone else needs to act on it, but that at least we have the information for context should the issue develop further. It saves a lot of running around and hearsay.”

Captain Myqian, CO

Royal nodded and said “Absolutely. Mitigate at the beginning, respond as needed after.” He folded his hands on the table and said “Now… questions for me, Captain? Anything I should know about the ship, crew, mission… anything that I need to set as a priority?”

Sinclair, XO

“Yes,” she said with a nod. “A few things, actually.”

“First off, there are some outstanding engineering issues from a recent event, but the bulk of the damage in the shuttlebay was repaired, as you will have seen. What remains is nothing that would affect the functionality of the bay but we don’t want to test it if the ship is under any stress. Similarly related are the security issues. Lieutenant Haven is working on nailing down all the details but the forensic investigation involved in both the computer programming, interference with GALEN, and even the crew access and identity theft are taking time to sort out. We don’t believe there’s anything that can be overtly exploited as we have the PADD used as the main interface, but… we’re cautious and double checking even standard security processes as we go.” Dira delivered this in a perfectly matter-of-fact tone.

Captain Myqian, CO

Sinclair had a PaDD and was taking notes as she spoke. “I will follow up with Lt. Haven tomorrow so they can bring me up to speed. Is Security working with Science and Engineering on the forensic analysis? And has a full audit been done of procedures and training leading up to the event? I’m not looking to blame, but we need to know where any deficiencies are so we can address them.”

Sinclair, XO