Posted by Ensign Ashlyn Trenton (Security Officer) in Ensign Ashlyn Trenton: On-boarding Check In, Chief of Security

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Cassidy Abrams (Chief of Security) in Ensign Ashlyn Trenton: On-boarding Check In, Chief of Security

Posted by Ensign Ashlyn Trenton (Security Officer) in Ensign Ashlyn Trenton: On-boarding Check In, Chief of Security

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Trenton shook her head clear of her thoughts, “Yes, of course. I promise I’m not usually this bad. In most cases, I would have come in paranoid and suspicious of everyone, so this is an incredibly good day if a little doe-eyed and love-struck.” There was a long pause before Trenton convincingly slapped herself hard enough to shift herself in the seat. “Yeah, okay, shouldn’t have said that. Only minor regrets. Moving on, how do you do the shift schedule on the ship? Three shifts of ten, four of eight?”

• Ensign Ashlyn Trenton
  Security, USS Europa

Oh boy, she had her work cut out here. It was clear the ensign either was terrible with boundaries or had not had people enforcing them particularly well. But she would learn and Cassidy would have to be firm. “We do the standard four of eight, unless there are extenuating circumstances that require us to do longer shifts. I do a biweekly shift schedule but with an overall monthly rotation that keeps people from getting too bored.”

Cassidy folded her arms on her desk, doing her best to seem firm but casual. “What sort of things were you doing on your shifts during your cadet cruise?”

Abrams, COS

Ashlyn saw that her lack of self control for attraction wasn’t helping this at all, she needed to get back in control or this whole meeting would spiral away from her. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, forced her neutral mask back in place and pulled back against her less professional interests. Another deep breath and she exerted as much control as she could muster before opening her eyes again. The young ensign was stiff and uncomfortable, but to her this was better than where things were going just a moment ago. “I was assigned to the third shift under Ensign Bough. During my regular patrols I engaged in intruder responses, emergency fire alarms, decompression warnings, critical power failures and other such alarms. They were discovered to be the result of a prank caused by a few Engineering cadets that had gotten drunk at a recent birthday party. Further investigation showed the parents of the cadet celebrating his day of birth had brought onboard some celebratory alcohol under the condition that any left over was to be removed from the ship. They forgot and the alcohol had been circulating the ship resulting in several incidents that we had to respond to. Eventually the crate of Andorian Ale had been located and confiscated.”

“Fun times,” Abrams said witha grin. What part was the fun side, she left vague. Trenton didn’t know her well enough yet to know her personality, but Cassidy was happy to socialize and party (lightly), but quick to keep things from escalating when she could. She was a free spirit in comes ways who understood restraint.

Trenton placed a PaDD in front of Lieutenant Abrams, detailing everything she was discussing. The PaDD was clearly a note book to organize the thoughts, observations, and details of any situation encountered for reports later. “There were a few jealousy fights that had to be sorted out, no one got hurt but it was an issue for a while. I was also asked to lead weapons training for other cadets in all sections.” Later in the notes are references to system limitations and tactical notes for counter boarding operations.

• Ensign Ashlyn Trenton
  Security, USS Europa

“And what was the most important thing you think you learned on the Challenger,” the COS asked, tilting her head slightly as she appraised her new (possibly troublemaking) ensign.

Abrams, COS