Posted May 17, 2020, 1:04 p.m. by Captain Willow Taylor (Commanding Officer) (Calé Reilly)
Posted by Commander Dira Myqian (Executive Officer) in Side sim: After the ceremony
Posted by Captain Willow Taylor (Commanding Officer) in Side sim: After the ceremony
Posted by Commander Dira Myqian (Executive Officer) in Side sim: After the ceremony
Posted by… suppressed (5) by the Post Ghost! 👻(snip)
Willow considered her. “I need someone to call me out when I’m going in the wrong direction. I need someone who will offer advice even if Unasked for. But I need someone who will support me even if what I decide to do isn’t what they want or would have done in my stead.”
Myqian gave a subtle nod. A perfectly reasonable request.
She smiled. “I also need someone who I know I can trust to mind the store and not come back to find it all on fire.” She then looked thoughtful. “I also need someone who knows that we have some…strange crew members and won’t shrink away from that.”
Again she sipped. “Are you my woman Commander?”
Willow Taylor
CODira grinned and leaned forward. “Indeed I am. I think my experience and career path will actually be useful, under the circumstances. Trust me when I say there isn’t a ton I haven’t seen when it comes to people’s behaviour. Above all, most people want to know they have choice, that they get to carve their own path, even when the forces and variables around them want to suggest otherwise. I’m not afraid of what the Ogawa might thrown at me, at us,” she said resolutely. “And you can always be assured you will get my honest opinion, at appropriate times, of course.”
Commander Myqian, XO
Willow held her glass up. ”then here’s to a new partnership.” she said as if in toast. ”i think I’ll need the back up, from the looks of it We are going to be on the starbase for a little while as repairs are carried out. Keeping our people busy might prove a challenge.”
Willow Taylor
CODira sipped her drink in a silent toast and nodded. “Oh, I wouldn’t worry too much. There are enough changes that it’ll be a good opportunity for me to get to know people under less than ideal circumstances. Trust me, that’ll actually be pretty useful. But what about R&R? When ‘s the last time the crew had any real opportunity for it? From what I read it didn’t look like there was time for it very much. You might all be overdue.”
”we are way overdue.” Willow nodded.
“But I was thinking of calling departmental meetings. We’ll have use of some of the conference rooms, I’m sure. Should be doable to get groups together and do some meet and greet situations.” At least for Dira, it would give her a good idea of what they were dealing with. It was a small enough crew to be able to get to know each and every person, but that would still take time. And it looked like time was something they had plenty of.
Commander Myqian, XO
”sounds like a plan. I have a meeting first thing tomorrow morning at 0900 hours with the base commander and Admiral Davies, perhaps you’d care to join me?” she asked.
Willow Taylor
CODira nodded. “I’ll be there,” she said before knocking back the rest of her drink. Eyeing Willow, she smiled. “Well, I should turn in. I’ll see you first thing in the morning, and I’m planning on inviting the department heads over to whatever my temp office is to say hello. And I’m sure we’ll have plenty of opportunities to get to know each other better.”
Commander Myqian, XO
Willow nodded. ”Tomorrow morning it is.” she agreed and standing made to show Dira out like a good host, she smiled. ”Normally id say welcome onboard but I guess welcome to the team will have to suffice for now.”
Willow Taylor
COMoving to the door, Myqian paused as the door slipped open. She gazed deeply at Willow for a moment and smiled softly. “These are rather unusual times, but from what I’ve managed to figure out so far the Ogawa has very adaptable crew and captain. But do me a favour?”
Commander Myqian, XO
Willow raised her eyebrows. ”certainly if it is within my power to do so.” she said and waited for the woman to continue.
Willow Taylor
CO
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