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Side Sim - CSO's Office - Now Is The Time (Tag Naim)

Posted Nov. 10, 2020, 5:25 p.m. by Ensign Kaia (Engineering Officer) (Riley W)

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Posted by Lieutenant Kiama Naim (Chief Science Officer) in Side Sim - CSO’s Office - Now Is The Time (Tag Naim)
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Cochrane smiled and said “The promotion is necessary, Lieutenant. Because you have earned it.” He looked at her collar and said “You’re out of uniform, Lieutenant. Might want to fix that before you come out of your office. Department overview on the XO’s desk by 1600 hours today, ok?” and before she could answer, he turned and walked through the door.

Cochrane, CO

As the doors closed behind the Captain, Kiama sat back down onto the chair she had just risen from. This was definitely an unexpected turn of events that left her with a number of things to process. For a few minutes she just sat there, lost in thought, before finally opening the small box in her hands. As she switched the hollow pip for the solid one, she couldn’t help but chuckle softly. Not even in her wildest dreams would she have even thought of being promoted to the rank of full Lieutenant so soon after graduating from the Academy. Rising to her feet again, she quickly, but carefully placed the last remaining items of K’sang’s belongings into the box before settling down behind the desk to quickly write the report for Cmdr. Creed, before focusing her attention back on their current mission.

~Lt. Naim, CSO

Kaia burst into the office unexpectedly. “Lt. K’sang,” she blurted, then stared at the face sitting at the desk. “Oh, you’re not,” then her eyes snapped onto the golden pip. “Did you?” The little Alien officer looked around the room, made the connection, then jumped up so that she was basically perching on the edge of the table. “Kiama, is that a Lt. Pip? Where’s all K’sang’s stuff? Are you the CSO now?”

Kaia, Eng

Kiama looked up startled as the doors to the … her office door suddenly opened. Yet almost instantly the surprise on her face was replaced by a wide and warm smile. “Hello Kaia,” she greeted her with a soft, good-natured chuckle. “Lieutenant K’sang was called back to the Alpha Quadrant, but the Captain told me that he couldn’t go into more detail. And yes, I got promoted about an hour ago and am now the new Chief Science Officer.” Shaking her head a little, she added, “I certainly didn’t see that coming.” Becoming more serious again, she looked closely at her friend and asked, “Is everything okay? Can I be of assistance in some way?”

~Lt. Naim, CSO

Kaia jumped fully up onto the desk, only to leap across it and catapult herself into her friend, giving her a tight hug around the neck. “Congratulations, Kiama, you deserve it!!”

Kiama was a little surprised when her friend flung herself at her, but she instantly hugged her back and smiled at her. Even if she wasn’t an empath, Kaia’s sincere delight and happiness was so palpable.

She pulled back after a moment, sitting back on her haunches and looking up at Kiama. “Oh, yeah. There was a biomechanics thing I was working on with my CRIT training, trying to cross train myself. K’sang had offered to give me a hand with it. I’m trying to develop more finely controlled but less mechanically complex prosthetics for hands and arms.”

Kaia, Eng

With her head tilted lightly to the left, Kiama listened closely and then said, “If you like, I’d be more than happy to help you as best as can. Do you want to tell me more out it and where I might be able to be of assistance?” Her own curiosity was certainly peeked and while she wasn’t an engineer, she had an idea where and how her own training might be helpful.

~Lt. Naim, CSO

“Um, sure! Maybe you can find K’Sang’s notes?” Kaia looked at the messy office. “Or he might have taken them with him when he left… We’ll see.” She lifted an arm and fiddled with her U.R.I., producing a holographic projection of her current model. The current model of the U.R.I. was pretty advanced compared to previous models, containing data storage, a personal UT, communications relays (it contained the functions of a combadge), remote interface capabilities, a transport beacon for Galdori “Teleporters”, and more. The big upgrade this time was the update to the holographic projection system, updated to copy a little from Federation holographic technology in making the projection out of a solid light interlace, which meant that Kaia could touch the projection, physically feel it against her hand, and move it around. Kaia rambled something about how cool the new URI was before her attention turned more to the projection. “This is what we had as of the last time we talked. It’s kinda a big collab between Engineering, Medical, and Science, since it kinda fits in all three categories.”

Kaia, Eng

“I will look for them,” Kiama replied with a smile and then shifted her attention to the U.R.I. and what Kaia was showing her. Nodding thoughtfully and replied, “I think I see what you were doing and as I said, I’d be happy to help in any way I can. Could you send me what you have so far so that can have a closer look at it?” While she talked, Kiama had started to lean slightly forward to get a closer look without consciously noticing what she was doing. Her dark eyes wandered slowly and methodically over every inch of the projection, taking in as much as possible.

~Lt. Naim, CSO

Kaia squinted at her diagrams, then nodded slightly and tapped a few things. “Send schematics to Kiama Naim,” she ordered her wrist-mounted computer, then looked back at Kiama. “Do you know of anyone in medical who might be interested in this project? Some of their insight might be helpful. Maybe I should ask the Crit leader about it…?” she looked thoughtful for a few moments as she considered her options.

She zoomed in on one of the sections of the hologram, showing Kiama one of the joints. “One of the toughest parts of the project is figuring out how to transfer physical input from the user into movement in the prosthetic without too much circuitry. My main hope is to make a prosthetic that could be created without the use of computers and used in places where the need for computation is not good. Like if there’s a survey team who needs to blend in with a low-tech civilization but one of the people needs a prosthesis!”

Kaia, Eng


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