Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Kitiuas “Kit” Thenis (Chief Science Officer) in Deck 23 - Conference Lounge: ARU Shipwide Training [Tag All]

Posted by Captain Iphigenia Henao (Captain) in Deck 23 - Conference Lounge: ARU Shipwide Training [Tag All]

Posted by Lieutenant Than Osedi (Chief Engineer) in Deck 23 - Conference Lounge: ARU Shipwide Training [Tag All]
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After much planning with Lieutenant Commander Vrenek, Iphigenia sent out a shipwide communication to the crew and asked everyone to report to the main conference lounge. There was nothing more important than getting the crew prepared for any future battles since there was a significant number of new crew aboard the ship and everyone needed to be trained on the protocols of the Anomaly Recovery Unit. She had spent hours reviewing the files that the previous Commanding Officer of the ship had left behind.
A few extra chairs were brought into the conference room to accommodate everyone, even though some would still have to stand if they had not arrived early enough to claim a seat.

Henao, CO

Chief Tactical Officer Mown Gworl, the Catian Lieutenant, rushed from his quarters to the conference lounge upon hearing the communication from the Captain. His plan was to see the others arrive and enter when a group of the others was heading in.

He paused before the door–best not to appear too overeager the first time meeting everybody–and sidled into a corridor, watching the conference room door. His left ear twitched and he scratched it with his paw, quietly jangling his earring.

-CTO Mown Gworl

Kit grabbed her PaDD and headed to the conference room. As she was rounding the corner towards the conference room, she saw a Caitain watching the conference door. She sidled up to him, “Hello, stalling out here is going to make you have to stand in the conference room, plus it will not get you out of the briefing.”

-Lieutenant j.g. Kitiuas Thenis, CSO

Mown yowled and jumped a little, surprised. He’d been so focused on the door that the officer had surprised him. His whiskers bristled and smoothed as he collected himself to meet his fellow officer.

“Good point,” he said. “I just didn’t want to be first in, you know? Chief Tactical Officer Mown Gworl, by the way. Would you like to enter together?”

-CTO Mown Gworl

A voice sounded behind the two officers “Military Tradition Lieutenant” Somehow there was always a shadow in a corner or somewhere on the Leviathan where the ships Intelligence officer could hide, as if he messed with the lights just to step from them in a dramatic fashion… That of course was a ridiculous thought and anyone having them should feel silly for having them. “If you aren’t early you are late” The diminutive officer said as he walked past them, hands clasped behind his back. His tone was almost conversational for him, but for those that didn’t know him it sounded wooden and emotionless.

CIO

Amparo left command of Sickbay to a Lieutenant physician before departing for the nearest turbolift with a PaDD clutched in their hand and a neutral look that stuck with them until they emerged on Deck 23.

In a few short minutes, they found themself within metres of the Conference Room and the officers gathered outside. They greeted them with a smile before stepping inside to find an open seat.

— Amparo Álvaro-Byrd

Kit smiled “Pleasure to meet you, I am Kitiuas Thenis; Chief Science Officer. Let’s get on in there, and by the way you will eventually get used to Lieutenant Commander Magnusson and his appearing act from the shadows. Strange man.” She then headed towards the room, “Come on before we end up standing.”

-Lieutenant j.g. Kitiuas Thenis, CSO

“Pleasure to meet you, too,” Mown said, thinking out luod. “I believe the Lt. Commander is the CIO.”

He followed Lt. Thenis towards the conference lounge, his tail bushing languidly behind him.

“I don’t mind standing, but hopefully we can snag seats,” he chatted as the two entered the room. “I’d like to take notes if I need to.”

-CTO Mown Gworl

After receiving the assembly call from the Skipper, NEng Meylan patched Ensign Little for watch duty at the Main Engineering. He, representing enlisted crews in yellow, was expected to show up. He was hoping he could arrive before the Chief Engineer, even though he probably knew how ‘combat ready’ those chairs might be in the conference lounge. After he saw several staff officers in, he did the same himself seamlessly.

NEng Meylan, Master Chief

“Welcome Master Chief, looks like you beat Lieutenant Osedi. Good job.”

Lieutenant j.g. Thenis stepped into the conference and found a seat. She pulled up information on her PaDD to take notes and know exactly how to assign her crew in the science department to the task at hand.

=Lieutenant j.g. Kitiuas Thenis, CSO

Mown took a seat and was careful to keep his tail out of the way of the floor and coiled it carefully behind him. The last thing he wanted was to feel a crunch and bolt into the air in front of everybody.

-CTO Mown Gworl

As people arrived Iphi paced around the table where they all sat. She took note of those who had not shown up yet before she began her speech, “Exploring and mitigating. That is the crux of what we do on the Leviathan. We are not like the thousands of other Starfleet ships. In fact,” she raised one palm in the air as she continued, “we are one of seventeen who are highly specialized to go into the unknown, encounter creatures and monsters that no one else in the universe believes exists and our task is to contain, study or if we must, destroy these anomalies if they prove to be too dangerous for containment so that they do not make their way into some galaxy and destroy the population there.” She stood for a moment to let them all think about what she just said.

Henao, CO
Fixing split
Ash had been sat at the head of the table with Lieutenant Magnusson for some time, furiously scanning through the endless PaDDs filled with pages and pages of data on the ARU. As both Chief of Security and the head of the Recovery Task force, the young Trill thought it prevalent to know everything she could about her new role on board the Leviathan, bringing what she could remember of her previous host’s command experience along the road ahead with her.

-Lieutenant Ashara Mavix: Chief of Security-

It was at that moment that the door opened and the Chief Engineer walked in, still wearing his tool belt and with conduit lubricant on his sleeves. Holding a large coffee cup, he paused just after he stepped inside and looked around the room, his eyes resting for a moment on the Master Chief before moving to the Captain. He was clearly in no hurry nor in any way ashamed of being late.

“Apologies for arriving after you began, Captain. Engineering is in the middle of Warp Core Containment realignment and not all of us were at leisure to leave at that particular moment. I prefer not exploding today.” The very edge of his lips might have twitched in a smirk, but it was maybe too fast for many to catch. “Let me find a seat.”

Adjusting one of the few remaining extra seats, Than sat down, rested his eyes and attention directly on the Captain and took another sip of his coffee.

Lt Osedi, CE

“A valid reason for arriving late.” She said with a smile.”I too prefer the ship not explode and we all die in the middle of an ARU training. Definitely one of the most unwelcomed ways to go…in my opinion. I assume Ensign little stayed behind to hand cleanup and deal with the residual aftermathof the incident.” After the CE took his seat she continued her lecture.

Today is going to be long boring and tedious day. It cant be avoided because you are all here to learn the proper protocols when you are face to face with a creature who wants to enter your body and explode you from the inside out or take over your mind and every part of you that is…. you. It is not my intention to frighten you.” She covertly looked for any frightened faces or a change in reactions. Those that showed fear probably were not fit to serve on the ship. There was a security Ensign who looked around quickly and nervously. Really? Iphigenia thought, A security officer. He definitely should have wits about him. She made a mental note to hold him and Lieutenant Mavix back after the end of the training.
“I only wish that you increase your understanding and emphasize the danger you placed yourself in when you joined the crew so that may grow in your role here on the ship. Of you, I hand-picked I, and I know you are fearless, and I know you are ready to commit yourselves to this cause as I have done. This is my first command as a Captain, and some say I have gotten the short straw. To Captain, a ship such as this is a potential death threat more so than Captaining any other ship in Starfleet.” There was a pause, “I do not see it that way. I see it as an honor because only the most capable crew are assigned to ships like the Leviathan and to Command any Federation starship always comes with the threat of death. For when you are Captain you are expected to sacrifice yourself for your crew if you have to. On your PaDDs you will find ARU procedures for anomoly containment, breach, defenses, scientific analysis, and medical care.”

Henao, CO

Kitiuas gave a quick smile when the captain said her intentions were ’not to frighten you’, she knew damn well the captain was trying to weed out those who showed their fear openly. Fear was a good thing, but only if you kept it under control. To not be afraid was insanity defined; for only the insane claimed not to be afraid. She looked at her PaDD and the data that was on it; and began assessing whom in her department might not be fit to serve on the Leviathan and those who could, but should never be assigned to an ARU team.

-Lieutenant j.g. Kitiuas Thenis, CSO

Leaning back in his chair, Than rested his right ankle over his left knee and finished the coffee in his cup, before placing said cup on the ground beside him. In his own mind, he recounted the time he was trapped, along with the Saracen in a subspace rift between realities while a hostile AI from the Mirror universe tried to take over the ship and eliminate them. Or the time Romulan made terrorist synthetics attempted to hijack the Saracen to commit genocide against the Federation in the hopes of starting a war, and when the Broadsword had encountered something dubbed the ‘Space Kraken’ that wanted to use the ships warp core to feed her babies.

To Than, the truth was that space was full of mystery and the unknown and many ships encountered these dangerous unknowns and despite the odds, lack of specialized equipment and specialized training, survived and successfully resolved those encounters. Of course, some didn’t. The Leviathan was a ship and crew built specifically to deal with these threats, to him it was a waste of energy to be scared until something happened that they couldn’t handle. He let his eyes move around the faces of those present, most he had yet to meet.

Lt Osedi, CE