Posted by Captain John Tiberius Glen (Captain) in After Sim - Captain’s Ready Room - Lt. Mullins
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Max had returned to the Merrimack after being on the away mission and he was a little split on how he felt about the captain asking him hide the idea of there being dilithium on the planet and stretching his report about not specifically including it. Max had determined the “sun crystals” were dilithium but not reporting this was very difficult for him. He was having second thoughts about this ship and how it was being ran. He wanted to have a discussion with the captain and he understood why he needed to stretch his report but it was very against who Max was at heart to do this. He hit his pad on his desk and said,

=/\= Lt Mullins to Captain Glen. Can we schedule some time to have a discussion about the mission we just completed and the required report to send back to Federation? =/\=.

=/\= Certainly, my diary is clear all day! My door is always open! =/\=

He did not want the captain to think he was leaving but he wanted to be open about how he felt. He did not care if this put an odd or bad light on himself by the captain but he did not like it at his core. He was hoping he could have this discussion sooner rather than later.

Cross knew the responsibility,obligation and duty as the CMO after such a dismal,harrowing, not to mention demoralizing of how the crew felt when nothing they said had convinced the Ascended to leave the inhabitant’s live ,it had affected her and she had seen in it in Hunter ‘s demeanor which shocked her on realizing the toil it had taken on him.

She closed her eyes for a brief moment then pressed the chime of the Lt Mullins’s office .

Max was happy the captain was available to speak right now. He wanted to get it over with. He then responded and said, =/\=Very well. I will head down there shortly to speak with you.=/\=

Glen was writing his report, and still having difficulty putting his thoughts into words, when the knock came at the door.

“Come in!” Glen called.

• Glen, CO

Lt Mullins had arrived at the Captains office when he heard a come in. He assumed it was for him so he went ahead and walked in and said, “Hello Captain Glen. Do you have a few minutes to chat about our previous mission?” He then went ahead and took a seat by the captains desk and waited for a response. He was nervous about this discussion because he felt very uneasy about lying in his report about not stating what they had found out about the sun crystals during their last mission. Max wanted to make sure the captain knew how he felt but he did not want the captain to think he was doing it out of spite or anything. Max knew he followed orders but needed to speak his mind.

Lt Mullins,
CE