Posted by Ensign Tonav (Science Officer) in department head check in science office

Posted by Lieutenant Darklis Castle (Chief Science Officer) in department head check in science office

Posted by Ensign Tonav (Science Officer) in department head check in science office
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ensign tonav walked his way through the halls of the wolverine. he had seen starships like this one before, neve did he think he would be called to inestigate romulans. suddenly his mind shook him awake he had been so lost in his thoughts that he barely missed the science labs. steping into the lab he made his way to lt castles office before knocking on the door.

Tonav science officer uss wolverine

Alas, in this design, there was no office for the CSO or really, much segregation for the science lab offices at all. Just one room, somewhat rectangular with what looked like regions where walls could come in or shift to form modular work areas. Surrounding much of the lab’s perimeter were narrow rows of plants. Much of it was floral and evidently from more than one world. The mixing scents were mild and non specific, but it did take away a lot of the strict ‘lab’ atmosphere. Several people milled about the lab, notably a pair of twin humans, probably the shortest Klingon Tonav had seen, and a Ferengi. A Vulcan woman in civilian garb was at one of the module areas as was a young human woman with tied back auburn hair bearing Lt pips. She was puzzling over something on a screen that was not easily visible to Tonav. A slim finger came down at one point and tapped at the screen embedded in the lab table.

As Tonav approached she looked up, blinking back what thought she had to study Tonav with a slight tip of her head. Glancing down then back up quickly she said, “Ensign Tonav? I heard you were aboard. How did you make out in medical?” Turning she slid off the stool she was on. Brushing her hands from imaginary dust she reached out her hand to shake hands but then stopped half way when she caught the sight of his ears. “
- Darklis, CSO

“I have been cleared for duty still have to do my pysch eval though. but being in the sciene labs reminds me of the ones back home on vulcan iv. much different research though.” he said “astrology and astrophysics are my strong points if you have any projects there or romulan tech as i have studied some”

Tonav science officer

“I’m surprised you didn’t do both at the same time as the doctor does double as the counselor,” Darklis said. She did express some surprise at his remark. “Truly? You have such a green thumb there in your labs?” She closed her eyes and shook her head just a touch back and forth. “Green thumb. Sorry, inadvertent pun.” Turning to one side she gestured to a nearby stool. “Please, sit. Let’s chat.”

She stepped back and slid back onto her stool. “Astrology. Astrophysics. Romulans. That is quite a mix. Tell me, how did those disciplines come together? The stars are pretty vast. What do you want to accomplish when stargazing?”
- Darklis, CSO

“its a long story my parents were starfleet however I was raised on vulcan iv by the ambassador so I learned from the best vulcan scientists.” “i also traveled to the romulan homeword on research assignments and to ensure peace between our homeworlds basically make sure they were not building planet distroying weapons” he said “but as for starfleet its what my parents wished for me to do”

Tonav science officer

Darklis listened. She wished she had learned from the ‘best’ or felt capable of this. Pushing that depressing thought aside she perked at his travels. He was very well traveled. “How did you ensure peace?” she asked “That seems more something an ambassador would do. Are you part of those corps?” she inquired, but then caught his last statement.

Something his parents wished him to do. That was a touchpoint for her, though if she had done that she’d be at home with the clan essentially being techno-gypsies. Which, in her estimation was kinda fun. She could do that, had learned it, and with her computer skills could enhance it. Her parents and extended family wanted her to do that for the betterment of the family. And it would have been right to do so. So why did she leave? Well, more than to be a black sheep anyway. “But is that what you wished to do?” she asked. With such a past it seemed Starfleet and astrophysics was a step down. A big step down.
- Darklis, CSO

“as far as keeping the peace it was part of my training with the ambassador.” ” and starfleet brings pride to many vulcans ever since the early days of the fleet.”he said ” i hope I can be of some help on this ship”

Tonav

“That seems like quite the step down in excitement,” she commented. “Peace keeping. Daring do on Romulus. Top notch education. And you’re here.” She waved about. “In a one room schoolhouse by comparison.” Darklis paused and gazed into the distance to a ‘one room schoolhouse’ now a museum that had once been in operation in the first days of the settlement on Wolf 359. They even had an original computer station that they had used, as archaic as that was - almost slate chalkboards and inkwells. “What would you like to do on this ship? What goal do you have in your life that you are pursuing?”
- Darklis, CSO

“well realistically my main goal is to stop the romulans from whatever they are doing” he said “but as far as starfleet who knows”

Tonav science officer

“Oh,” Darklis said. That wasn’t quite what she had expected. Idly scratching at her temple she tipped her head in thought. “I’m sorry, I don’t understand. You have such a quest for peace between your disparate peoples that, pardon my phrase, you seem excited about, and yet you are here.” Tonav was an enigma, a Vulcan with self determination and a passionate quest and history and yet was here. “How can you bridge this divide from here?”
- Darklis, CSO

“I joined the woverine with the hope that my knowledge might help to uncover some of the mistery behind the tech and finally give us a clear understanding of their intentions” he said ” and it is the pride of any vulcan to join starfleet i guess you could say its almost expected”

Tonav science officer

Darklis leaned back though the stools were not exactly backed by much more than a tentative back support. “So how do you intend to go about this, if I can understand better. You research the tech that you know of in the hope it reveals .. what kind of intent? How?” She could see some possible ideas around that however Darklis wanted to see it more clearly and not put words into Tonav’s mouth. “What comes first, the intent then the tech, or the tech and then the intent, with regard to Romulans?”

Pausing she pondered that. “What a difference a century makes then? Not that long ago Vulcans considered Starfleet to be a large step down in their pride to join.”
- Darklis

” its more we have wondered as vulcans if we would see another war” he said “im too young to remember the last one but i have heard stories” “indeed time does certainly change things”

Tonav

This was bridging into socio-political nonsense and she wrinkled her nose as she thought of that. Politics was just that. As one old earth entertainer had once said ‘hand in hand exchange the lie, pretend to make the clasp’. It was all pretend to her while everything that mattered happened in the back room hammering out the agendas of whomever held the strings for the puppets. Yes it was a dismal view of how things operated. Her father had drilled that political pessimism into her through her years. As she listened it seemed that some of it had actually rubbed off. If one wasn’t the puppet master then one was a pawn. That made everyone a pawn when it came down to it and people would do what they wanted.

“Since Shinzon has not the Romulans been more fragmented making a war most unlikely? A war with Vulcan would mean one with the Federation. It isn’t like we have been lacking in wars. The Borg. The Dominion. Most of what Starfleet has now is top of the line after most of anything legacy being destroyed or replaced. It would not be .. logical .. to start a war?”
- Darklis