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“Very good,” Came the chipper reply. “I’ll inform Commander Locke, he is our chief maintenance officer, to meet with your chief engineer and science officer. Admiral Mcginnis wants to see your XO and CO as soon as you have docked.” There was a pause. ” I’ve got you lined up for docking procedures, frequency 121.85.” She said

-GMT

=/\= Great, thanks. We’ll begin docking manuevers. Europa out. =/\= He had no real desire to keep talking to such a… chipper… personality. Though with the Europa docking that gave him another chance to evaluate his executive officer.

“You’ve piloted a starship into dock before, right Commander?” he asked Avik.

– Johann Dvorak, CO

Avik was relieved she hadn’t overstepped her role’s boundary. She took a calculated chance to step in, judging the CO’s mood and experience to prevent a recurrence. Her head turned toward the CO when he asked if she had ever docked a starship.

“Yes, when the USS Janus’ Captain had prior engagements. My experience isn’t fully what it should be, but I can manage if necessary,” Avik truthfully admitted.

–XO, Avik, Lt. Cmdr

OOC: I don’t know what the plan is here so I don’t know that we actually need to play this out, if we’re just meeting some Admiral in a bit, but it’s something to do if we want.

OCC: I apologize if things seem slow, I am attempting to get some characters established, this flight controller being one. However, I shall endeavor to speed things up.

IC: Dvorak seemed to look Avik over and assess her words carefully. It seemed as if it was the first admission she ever made that she might not be fully ready to do anything, that there would be any relative weakness. I wonder why… he thought. Maybe I should read that file again…

“Practice makes perfect,” he said, getting up from the Command chair. “Why don’t you take us in?”

– Johann Dvorak, CO

IC: As the the ship prepared to dock, a light started to blink at the security station, indicating a possible security breach in the computer system.

-GMT

Avik’s eyebrow raised at the blinking at the security station’s alert. Her eyes turned to the CO, unsure if security could handle the breach in the computer system. Usually, this was the CE’s department rather than Range’s. The bad part was their new one hadn’t even arrived onboard and couldn’t deal with the issue until he or she did.

“Captain, computers indicate we have a Security breach in the computers,” Avik pointed out.

“Our new Chief Engineer hasn’t arrived onboard. My recommendation is to inform the dock and ensure our Chief Engineer is ready to board quickly. I can attempt to supervise the current Engineers until the new Chief Engineer arrives. We should also inform Range to be on alert because someone might’ve tried to board without authorization.”

It might’ve sounded a bit extreme, but Avik was being cautious. It struck her as odd that the moment they began to dock, a sudden security breach would’ve occurred. She hoped she wasn’t the only one that found it strange.

–XO, Avik, Lt. Cmdr