Posted by Captain John Tiberius Glen (Captain) in Pre sim - Lt. Saark reporting in - CO’s office

Posted by Lieutenant Saark (Chief Medical Officer) in Pre sim - Lt. Saark reporting in - CO’s office
Lieutenant Saark had just been transferred aboard the Merrimack. In fact, he’d just barely arrived. The very first thing he’d done was head straight to the CO’s office to report in. He didn’t see much point in delaying - he hadn’t really brought anything along with him, and he saw reporting in as the most important thing to get done. He knew he’d also have to stop by Sickbay.

He’d been asked many, many times why he chose to go into medicine in Starfleet. A lot of people couldn’t wrap their mind around a full-blooded Vulcan wanting to do such an emotionally involved job. But for him, it was a way to study what he was interested in - the body. It had taken him some time to be promoted above the rank of Ensign, and all of his department heads back then, had… concerns about his bedside manner. He certainly wasn’t known for sugar-coating things. But he had improved in that aspect… marginally. For him it was a matter of just doing - regardless of how illogical he saw it to be.

Arriving at the CO’s office, he knocked, and asked, “Permission to enter, sir?”

~ Lt. Saark, CMO

OOC: No Ship’s Counsellor for him to see, so I’ve removed that part. They are a crew position that haven’t been invented yet. Last year, during a particularly fretful time aboard the Merrimack, the medical department did toy with the idea of having a Ship’s Counsellor to improve our mental health, and to deal with all our personal daemons. It never happened, but you could say that we invented the idea right here. So, maybe you can develop upon the idea and create a post. However, I can’t see us ever going down the road of having the Counsellor involved in crew hiring and performance reviews (that’s far too 1980’s a concept.) - Dave

IC: Captain John Tiberius Glen was in his ready Room reviewing the Star Fleet personnel file of the new Chief Medical Officer; a position they seemed to be turning over at a striking pace recently. He couldn’t understand why, but it seemed they were unable to hold on to their medical doctors for any length of time. Was it the stress of working out here on the very edges of the Federation? Those new worlds, new civilisations, brought with them new diseases, new aliments too. Glen wasn’t sure about a Vulcan as a CMO. He had never heard of it before, but maybe a Vulcan at least would be able to deal with the level of stress. As for the lack of bedside manner, well, how could he be any worse that the rather shouty and erratic Dr Cross, or the gruff and scornful Dr Grunch? So, if this Dr Saark was as good as his references said he was then he would fit in just fine.

Glen had intended merely a quick scan of the personnel file before meeting Saark, but he found that he became engrossed in the comments made by senior doctors and academy instructors. Saark had not had an easy time to get promoted above Ensign, but Glen respected that tenacity and that was a quality that he admired. So, he was barely half-way through the file when Saark arrived at his door.

“Yes, please come in,” replied Glen. “Do take a seat!”

-Glen, CO

OOC: Whoops, sorry about that. Can’t believe I immediately forgot, aha.

IC:
Saark entered, promptly seating himself. “Lieutenant Saark, reporting for duty, sir. You are Captain Glen, correct?” He said, looking over the Captain. He believed first impressions were often the most important, and so far, the Captain gave a good first impression. He caught a glimpse of his own name on a file he recognized as a personnel file. A logical choice, by his standards. Since his promotion, he made a point of getting to know his junior officers, more accurately, their shortcomings and strengths.

His current goal was to understand emotion better. Of course, he did not agree that it was necessary, but he had been advised that if he could at least understand the human side better, he could improve greatly as a doctor. New diseases and ailments, as well as new races, were quite an interest to Saark, and that was why he had accepted an assignment to the Merrimack. It was right up his alley, in fact, and the reason he’d become a doctor. To better get the chance to study these kinds of things. He also liked the cause and effect of diseases and medicine.

~ Lt Saark, CMO