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CSO's Office - Iyun Reporting for Duty

Posted May 6, 2020, 9:43 p.m. by Lieutenant Junior Grade Achilleas Petrakos (Chief Science Officer) (Matt Evans)

Posted by Ensign Iyun Riani (Scientist) in CSO’s Office - Iyun Reporting for Duty

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Achilleas Petrakos (Chief Science Officer) in CSO’s Office - Iyun Reporting for Duty

Posted by Ensign Iyun Riani (Scientist) in CSO’s Office - Iyun Reporting for Duty
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Achilleas nodded again as Ria detailed her plans. A thought occurred to him that he decided to voice, “Then since you plan to finish your Doctorate first, I’ll help coordinate an appropriate research project that you can use in your dissertation. This way you gain some practical experience while also using what results from the project in your dissertation data. As for biology and all, one of our fellow scientists happens to be a xenobiologist. Wouldn’t hurt to see if he’ll do a workshop for us. I wouldn’t mind sitting in on that.”

CSO Petrakos

Tilting her head to the right, Ria looked confusedly at Achilleas. After all, she already had a research project and was quite a way into her PhD thesis. Hadn’t she made that clear? Yet not wanting to cause any trouble, she simply nodded and said softly, “Sure.” She didn’t know what else to say, so she dropped her gaze to her lap and looked at her hands, looking as shy and uncomfortable again as she had at the beginning of their conversation.

~Ensign Iyun, Science

Achilleas noticed the confused look followed by the rather non-committal answer and abashed body language. “Uh, forgive me but it seems like we’re not on the same page here. I haven’t had the chance to read your file, what with the aftermath of the Ogawa’s last mission and all, so I’m going off of incomplete data here. What am I missing?”

CSO Petrakos

Ria’s cheeks turned a bright crimson as she stuttered, “It’s … it’s just that … that I already have a … a research project for my … my thesis and … and I’m a fair bit into … into writing it. B-but if you’d rather I … I can switch or … or do both. I don’t want to cause any trouble.” Staring at her lap, the young woman wished that the floor would open underneath her and just swallow her.

~Ensign Iyun, Science

Achilleas was stunned and confused for a moment, “No!” He started rather loudly then took a breath and said more calmly, “No, I’m afraid there’s a misunderstanding. See I don’t mind what project you do as long as you have something productive to work on. If you didn’t have something then I’d help you figure out a research plan and get you going. It’s great that you’re already in progress! That’s less work on me in the end. So we’ll get you setup with what you need to continue your project and if you need anything then just let me know. Questions?”

CSO Petrakos

At his loud “no” Ria looked at him rather startled, almost like a deer in headlight. Yet by the time Achilleas had finished talking, her face had returned her normal, less frightened expression. “Oh, okay. Thank you, Sir,” she replied meekly. “Not really … or rather … I’m not sure if you can answer the few questions I have as they concern the Ogawa,” she added after a pause. Insecurity still written plainly all over her.

~Ensign Iyun, Science

“Oh please, ask me whatever you want. If I don’t know it I can definitely help you find out.” Achilleas responded enthusiastically.

CSO Petrakos

Taking a deep breath, Riani asked, “I’m just wondering how long it will be till the Ogawa is repaired?” She also thought of asking what had happened to the ship in the first place, but decided that - at least for the time being - she really didn’t want to know.

~Ensign Iyun, Science

Achilleas shook his head with a sad smile, “I don’t know honestly, though the Captain says we’ve been assured priority on repairs as quickly as possible.”

CSO Petrakos


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