Posted by Lieutenant Commander Sharah Fayth (Chief Star Fleet Medical Officer) in Plaza Exchange - Skipping Class

Posted by Major General Charles Tenkiller (Vice-Commander, Colonial Customs and Defense Agency) in Plaza Exchange - Skipping Class

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“No they hired the Director of medical and social services. She’s political and runs policy and the wider resources. She doesn’t run the day to day at the hospital. That would be the chief of staff, but they left, and I was asked to fill in until they were replaced. Dr Helaky is the assistant chief of staff and he does a lot. Dasca knows, I told her at our first meeting.” Sharah shrugged, “Honestly I love it. I love heading up the hospital and running that side of it. If I were asked to choose, I would honestly choose Sacred Heart over Star Fleet right now. At least I think I would. I’ve met with the new colonial director once. She will handle policy and resources and what not I guess, but honestly she scares me.”

Sharah

Charles looked at her directly. “Scares you? Why? Is there a problem?” he asked. It wasn’t just his concern for her speaking, either. It was his protective streak he had for the colony and its people.

Tenkiller

Sharah sighed and listened to make sure none of the staff was near enough to hear. “She is…misguided. Dr Helaky and I were trying to explain the dynamics on Oed to her and she’s, for a Star Fleet officer who says she’s seen a lot, timid. Or comes off that way. That isn’t what scares me though. We were discussing the arrival of the Vren and she was saying she had told Hysrushi she would hold a medical symposium to share medical knowledge. Which I think is a really good idea. Then she started talking about how we needed to use this as an opportunity to ‘sneak scans of the Vren’ so that we can learn how to hurt them and defeat them if necessary. That bothers me on so many levels Charles, but I get it, even if I don’t agree. She goes on to say if we can get them to agree to scans then they will want to scan us. Then she asks us,” she looked at him and the deep concern and revulsion was plain on her face, “which species is the smallest demographic on the colony so the Vren can scan them.”

Sharah paused letting that sink in. “Helaky lost is cool. Honestly I don’t think she understands how bad that request was. I volunteered. I’m not afraid. She refused because I am the same species as the governor and her priority is the safety of the governor and the colony and she can’t allow that.” Sharah shook her head, “I told her we aren’t spies or soldiers, we are doctors. Our goal is supposed to be collaboration and learning, not sneaking around like spies. That we can’t make strides forward if we are tying to undermine the efforts before they start. After a lot of argument and discussion we did agree that any information gathering should be left to those hired to do such things. I don’t think she is a bad person, but her ideas…the way she expresses them…”

Sharah

The rolling waves of disgust and anger were palpable, but Charles held his temper. “That’s not only disgusting, its f~<king criminal. No way we’d let her do that. Hell, Colonial Intelligence would be pissed if they heard that. Which I think they should, so they can keep an eye open for trouble from that office. Gods above… revolting.”

Tenkiller

Sharah nodded, she felt the same way. “I told her if she was concerned about that type of thing, she should go talk to Dir James about it and let him handle it. I hope he set her straight. She was quite angry when we were offended by her idea. Can you imagine…being that person, some every day citizen, come to Oed to start over, alone, away from your people, someone very little known, and then asked, and I doubt it would be a request, to allow the boogie man to give you a medical exam? Instead of one the people who are supposed to protect you, volunteering so no one else has to? Just the…” Sharah’s voice shuddered and she shook her head. “Helaky is threatening to quit over it. I haven’t spoken to the woman since, but I won’t let her do it. It might ruin relations between Fleet and the colony, but I can’t let her do it.”

Sharah

Charles shook his head and said “8 haven’t been here a whole long time, but I don’t think you doing that would jeopardize anything. But what you say she is suggesting sure as hell would.” He shook his head again and then said “Hey. Let’s go to lunch. And then we’ll go home and see if the house is still standing.”

Tenkiller