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Side Sim - Ang gets more than she bargains for ((Alt check in))

Posted March 3, 2023, 11:32 p.m. by Captain Aaron Foley (Commanding Officer) (Steve Johnson)

Posted by Lieutenant Ang’er To’kar (Chief Engineer) in Side Sim - Ang gets more than she bargains for ((Alt check in))

Posted by Captain Aaron Foley (Commanding Officer) in Side Sim - Ang gets more than she bargains for ((Alt check in))

Posted by Lieutenant Ang’er To’kar (Chief Engineer) in Side Sim - Ang gets more than she bargains for ((Alt check in))
((So since this is a teaching ship, I thought I’d show you that not all CHECK INS needed to be ‘knock on office door’ formal. Get creative. Remember, sometimes your character can’t just shuttle in or transport up from ‘the surface’. Sometimes, they’ve been there all along (obviously not really cause you just joined) but they aren’t arriving like others. Just remember, if you are going to do something radical, commit to it. THEN PLEASE!!!!! Make sure you clear it with those involved and your CO and GM (if they aren’t already directly involved. You don’t wanna barge in on the XO while he’s in a dinner date, or arrive on the bridge in the middle of a fire fight.... grins or do you? Just make sure you get permission. Please direct questions and comments to separate OOC thread or to Discord channel. Remember, this is an RP thread))


She’d had it!

Ang’er shoved the wrench in her back pocket and shook her dark brown tresses. “This is getting ridiculous!” Rising up from the panel she had been working on, she stormed out of engineering and headed to the bridge calling back over her shoulder, “I’ll take care of this!”

On the way, the day’s events unfolded in her mind. A hand rose to stroke the forehead ridges that noted her as most definitely not human. The Klingon ridges weren’t defined enough to hide she was a half breed, but they were certainly defined just enough to keep both Human and Klingon races from claiming her as their own.

The morning had been great. She had finished supervising the third shift and was looking forward to some sleep. But then she was told the Chief Engineer, that had been called away a few days ago to help on a nearby Space Station, wasn’t going to be coming back. Ang had already been running the third shift AND making the rotation schedule for the week when Jamerson had left. For the last couple days, as Senior Engineer, she had also been dealing with all the usual stuff the Chief dealt with. That meant little sleep, and lots of anger.

=^=Computer, location of Captain Foley!=^= the half Klingon growled into her comm badge.

=^= The Captain is in the Officer’s Mess Hall.=^= The voice chirped back, unaware of the anger seething in the woman’s voice.

After the answer, she called out the deck and waited for the lift to get her there. The Captain was going to have to get them a Chief or she was gonna end up hurting someone.

    • -

A moment later, the Lieutenant stormed into the Officer’s Dining Room and glanced around. Seeing her target, she took a deep breath and marched over to the man having breakfast. “Captain, we need to talk. Engineering can’t go on like this.” She was upset, obviously. And sadly, she was also oblivious. The small handful of folks breaking their fast were suddenly silent and listening to the Shift Supervisor who had just stormed in like it was her personal space, and demanded the CO’s attention. This was going to be an interesting day, indeed.

Ang’er To’kar
(soon to be… with luck) CE
(though perhaps after my brig time hehehe)

“Good morning to you as well Lieutenant,” Aaron said as he sat his coffee cup back down on the table. He had always been an early riser, and usually it gave him a chance to get some of the necessary paperwork out of the way first thing in the morning in peace. This morning though, it looked like the paperwork was going to have to wait.

Staying calm he folded his hands on the table in front of him. “Would you like to have a seat? And what can’t keep going on in Engineering?”

Capt Foley - CO

She blinked a moment then say down. Her posture was almost rigid. She’s gone down to give the Captain a piece of her mind. But the face of the man before her actually sobered her a moment before she continued in a less growling voice.

“Sure, good morning. Sorry. But not having a Chief in engineering isn’t working. I’m running third shift, and doing rotation roster, and dealing with issues from all three shifts because I’m senior engineer.” She jaw clenched and unclenched as she spoke, again unaware her precarious the line of insubordination was that she was walking.

“I can’t keep running all three shifts like this. I don’t have the clearances and am constantly contacting the Bridge Watch to grant permissions, I can’t discipline anyone who’s being a meat head because I’m not their supervisor, and I can’t take a shift off, much less a day, because… Well because they keep coming to me with their problems.” By this time, her hackles had raised once more and she was leaning on her elbows with severe intensity in her voice and posture. The ridges on her forehead deepened with the rage and her fingers but into her palms as her fists tightened. “You haveto do something!”

It didn’t occur to get that the request came out sounding like an order.

Ang
(Hot water) CE

Aaron’s eyes narrowed as he stared at Ang. “I have to do something?” His voice had taken on an edge, his posture tensed slightly as he worked to keep his own temper under control.

“Lieutenant, as the next most senior member of the Engineering team here on the Challenger, and the supervisor on 3rd Shift, you have already been given the authority as acting chief at this moment. If you are having issues with maintaining discipline in Engineering, perhaps I should be reconsidering the leadership position you have been granted here on the Challenger.”

Aaron took a deep breath before taking a moment to take a sip of his coffee. “This is a teaching ship, that means there is going to inherently be more discipline issues. The cadets don’t have our experience, they are still learning how to behave on a ship. It is our JOB to show them how to behave on a ship, and how we go about solving issues, such as with orders given by their superiors. Because I’d expect members of my senior staff to come to me if there is an issue in a reasonable manner. Just as I would expect them to problem solve an issue, such as managing their time appropriately.”

Picking up his cup again he watched her over the lip as he took another sip.

Capt Foley - CO


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