Posted by Captain John Tiberius Glen (Captain) in Captain’s office

Stanley stood outside of Glen’s quarters in full uniform. His navy blue, long sleeve top bore on his chest campaign ribbons from his previous postings. on the left side of his chest. On the right were two badges. One for Starfleet medical psychiatric and beneath that his division badge of Earth Defense Forces division of Starfleet. He wore black slacks that were bloused into his black boots that were polished so bright you could use them as mirrors. On his epaulets were his insignia of a Major.

He looked extraordinarily different on this day. With the uniform he stood ramrod straight hands clasped behind his back and with a stern face seemingly set in stone. His short black hair had been treated with something to make it as well seem to stand at attention. He rang the buzzer to the captain’s cabin and then went still as a statue as he awaited an answer.

Captain Glen answered the chime (more of a chime than a buzzer) with a call to enter. He had no idea who was outside, but he was wearing only a regular shirt, and in any case, his own dress uniform wasn’t anything in comparison to what he would see when his office door slid open..

Stanley did everything but march into Glen’s office. He came to stop in front of the captain’s desk his hands clasped in front of him. He finally smiled a bit then and nodded his head at Glenn. “Captain it’s good to see you again! I had heard that you were ill. You are well, I hope? What was it a bad headache? “

“Yes, I was indisposed for a while,” Glen replied. Why does every conversation with this man seem like an interrogation? Glen thought. Unsure of how to reply, he thought, Are there headaches that aren’t bad? Then he added, “It’s okay! Doctor Cross gave me a shot for it!”

Verity approached the Captain’s office and saw he was already occupied. She peaked her head in to let him know she’d stop by and when he was free she’d like a word with him. “Captain, I do not mean to interrupt your conversation with um....” she held her hand out to prompt the man for his name.

Stanley saw the woman at the door and seeing that she wished to see the captain he smiled at her and motioned for her to come on in. “I am Major Stanley Wong temporarily attached to the Merrimac for a field trial of a proposed counsellor program. If you need to see the captain, come on in, I can come back later I simply had a very boring report which he probably didn’t want to hear at any rate.”

Glen didn’t want to talk about his headaches with Stanley Wong, however he had heard about it. Discussing it would only lead to a discussion about the cause, the Ancient’s Worm, and ultimately to those extremely top secret subjects that Glen had told Wong expressly not to investigate. So, Glen was extremely glad of the interruption by Verity, whatever the mundane reason might be.

“Yes, please do come in,” Glen added. “This is our visiting psychiatrist,” Glen said, emphasising the word ‘visiting’, “but he is just leaving.” The idea that Wong could be a Counsellor almost made the Captain laugh. A Counsellor had originally been the idea of Dr. Cross, but they needed someone with empathy and the ability to understand and share the feelings of another, not someone who would take their heads apart and likely put them back together incorrectly.

Stanley then turned to Glen and said, “I shall see you shortly captain. So, beware! You have been saved by this lady, but we must talk later. ”

“Yes, …well you can schedule a meeting with my Yeoman, Faith Hopkins,” Glen replied to Stanley.

Turning to the new CSO, Glen said, “Hello! Verity Aphelion, isn’t it? I’m sorry we haven’t met properly yet, but we got some new orders during the night and we had to call that DH meeting at short notice. I generally do like to welcome and get to know any new crew before they begin work. I apologise that didn’t happen. Anyhow, you are here now. Please won’t you take a seat?”

• Glen, CO

Verity smiled and nodded at Dr. Wong as he left then she turned to the Captain and said, “Thank you sir,” as she took the seat the Captain offered her. “Again it was not my intention to interrupt your conversation with Dr. Wong, I just wanted to let you know I was able to successfully complete my medical evaluation and I am all set to join the away team.” Verity briefly looked toward the door and back at the Captain, “This is the first ship I have been on with a psychiatrist aboard. I am intrigued. Is he here to evaluate the whole crew or just you Captain?”

V. Aphelion, CSO