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Counseling Suite - Ensign Astor Check-In

Posted May 17, 2022, 8:40 a.m. by Lieutenant Junior Grade Janna Kingston (Counsellor) (Lindsay B)

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Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Janna Kingston (Counsellor) in Counseling Suite - Ensign Astor Check-In

Posted by Ensign Noah Astor (Doctor) in Counseling Suite - Ensign Astor Check-In
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She grinned. “Oh you just wait Noah, I don’t know how much you’ve heard through the grapevine, but the Athena has a history of unusual and dangerous missions. Galaxy saving stuff, and no that’s not an exaggeration,” she said with a wink. “I think it would be wise for you to prepare for more of that and also for what that reality can mean.”

“What’s the most intense medical situation you’ve dealt with so far?” Kingston asked.

~Janna Kingston, CNS

Noah couldn’t help but grin back, “I haven’t heard much of anything through the grapevine yet, but galaxy saving stuff sounds like it could get pretty exciting. Can’t wait.”

Pondering her question he thought back to his brief history of practicing medicine. The cadet cruise had been fairly uneventful, certainly no galaxy saving stuff. A few scientific surveys and some systems tests and back to Space dock. Of course he had been through all sorts of situations on the holodeck to prepare for “real life”, but knowing that your holocharacters can’t really die adds a sense of training wheels and takes off some of the pressure.

“Honestly, outside of the simulator, there hasn’t been a lot of notable situations,” he mused. “Actually, there was one thing that happened: one of the science cadets on our cruise was doing an exobotany experiment and managed to cultivate a mold from some moon, I can’t remember which one. Anyway, the details are a little fuzzy, but somehow the containment field on his experiment wasn’t calibrated correctly and the whole science department was breathing in these mold spores for their whole shift. Turns out these spores really like humanoid GI tracts. It was a rather… messy situation for a few days before I could synthesize the right antimycotic to clear out their systems.”

-Ensign Astor, Medical

Her eyes widened a little. “Oh, I can imagine! How do you feel you handled the situation?” Janna asked. She wasn’t looking for anything, just trying to get a better feel for how he thought about himself and the things that happened. Whether it was important now or not remained to be seen, but for the most part she saw it as important for if he needed her support at a later time.

~Janna Kingston, CNS

“I actually think it went pretty well, all things considered,” he replied. “It was certainly a stressful situation for all those involved. When the first case came in and then the second I remember being a little excited to think I could have an infectious disease type situation. As more cases rolled in it became a little bit more intimidating, especially given the nature of the symptoms. I think my training kicked in pretty well after that and it was just a matter of keeping everyone hydrated while I did all the diagnostic work to figure out what we were working with and how to counter it.”

-Ensign Astor, Medical

Kingston nodded. He had a reasonable and measured view on the situation and that boded well for how he might handle whatever the Athena might throw at him. “Is there anything that you want to discuss specifically, or have questions about?”

~Janna Kingston, CNS


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