Posted Nov. 10, 2018, 12:52 a.m. by Lieutenant Junior Grade Teller Graham (Chief Science Officer) (Luke Hung)
Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Teller Graham (Chief Science Officer) in StarBase 257: Knight and Graham
Posted by Captain Dante Knight (Commanding Officer) in StarBase 257: Knight and Graham
Posted by Captain Dante Knight (Commanding Officer) in StarBase 257: Knight and Graham
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Stepping out of the docking tube from the Saracen, Dante looked around the large station that housed the command functions and personnel of the Meridian Fleet. He wasn’t in uniform, instead was wearing civilian clothing with his high necked jacket and a light scarf tucked into the neckline. Heading into the star base he had one particular purpose here today and he had set aside some time specifically for this around authorizing the various repairs and upgrades, and almost all of the crew was disembarked for those repairs.Walking straight to one of the stations wall consoles, he entered his authorization and asked the computer what he needed. =/\=Computer, locate Lieutenant Junior Grade Teller Graham =/\=
Captain Knight, CO
=^=Lieutenant J.G. Graham is in the Arboretum.=^=
OOC: Presuming he is going there…
Teller would be found on a semi grassy knoll seated with his back against a tree. For a person with a tactical eye would note that despite the ‘comfort’ of the position, Teller had sight lines of the path in both directions and likely could hear any approach from any other direction. Teller held a PaDD in one hand as he scanned the screen he stole a look up at the tall man out of uniform walking down the path.
Graham. CSO
“Good morning Lieutenant” Dante said as he came along the path, looking up at where Graham was seated. “I hope I’m not disturbing you at all? I wonder if I could have a few moments of your time?” He approached the knoll but paused at the edge of the path at the bottom. He might be in command of a star ship and this mans Captain, but right here and now, Dante was off duty and aware that he had sent most of his crew, most of his senior staff reluctantly, on leave after the last mission. He only wanted to intrude for good reasons.
Captain Knight, CO
Teller stood up abruptly when he was addressed, on duty or off a Captain was a Captain and a Lieutenant JG certainly wasn’t. He subconsciously wiped the dirt and grass of his pants as he stood. “My time is your time Sir.” Graham gave a half hearted smile as he turned off his PaDD. If Knight was nosy and quick he would see some of the upgrade schematics for the ship on the screen before it dimmed to off.
Graham.
“Thank you Teller” he said as he made his way up the short distance to the man, then glanced at the PaDD and smirked. He didn’t need to see what was on it to guess at the Officers reading material, it seemed a common theme among department heads to keep working when they were told to take a break by their Captain, heavens knew Dante himself had never listened to his CO’s when that ‘suggestion’ was given and he was inwardly pleased that his DH’s now had the same work ethic. That was much of why he was checking in with them.
“Do you see any issues with the Starbases schedule of repair and supply?” he asked casually. “I was rather interested in the tweaks to the deflector they are doing to give us better resolution of long range scans using the tachyon emitter to focus signals with less distortion of data.” Without glancing at him, Dante simply sat down near to where Graham had been sitting himself, and straightened out his trouser legs.
Captain Knight, CO
Teller shook his head. “No, the schedule is fine. The problem isn’t the builds, its our testing time, they don’t really give us any. Certainly not enough for me to be comfortable with all the changes. The more they tinker with the plumbing the easier it is to stop up the drain, Captain.”
“Frankly I want to put in my own reverse build to go back to the old system if this emitter focusing needs the technological equivalent of glasses.”
Graham CSO
Dante grinned and nodded, “Fair enough, I can’t argue with that. Once we are out of range of the station and on our own, lets schedule some time for you to go over the systems and try and make what we are getting work like it is supposed to. If we have any problems, we can always go back. Our upcoming missions are going to need our systems working right, I need to be confident our people have the right tools for the job and if they aren’t, I need you to fix it or request that roll-back.”
Teller tilted his head, he wasn’t in love with doing it after they left space dock. There was a bad tech upgrade on his last ship and that is what got him lost in space for five years. It also made him a CSO by 22 so, there were compensations.
He looked out over the grounds for a moment and then back at Teller. “We have a new Science Officer joining us, you may have seen her file in the crew rotation list. Ensign Kalani Kane. I expect her to be checking in with you tomorrow, she’s rather interesting.” His grin turned into a wide smile as he gestured for the CSO to take a seat.
“Interesting is an, interesting euphemism.”
“She came to see me about her personal experiment she is running, a vivarium. Now I am not going to pretend to understand anything about it, but, she has been instructed to pass this over with you first. Should you consider this worth her time to pursue as part of our studies, and even as a personal project that we can make use of if needed, I have authorized the conversion of a small cargo room on Deck Four, near your labs, as space for this Vivarium. I think it may have potential as a R&R area for the crew, any children on board as well as guests and diplomatic visitors that are in the rooms on the same deck. This is all pending your approval, should you decide the benefits are worth it.”
Captain Knight, CO
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“It’s probably more aggravation than it’s worth in direct measurables, but that is the question with almost every recreation system on the ship. Is it worth the space, power, distraction.”: He exhaled. “The problem with this is how much this is going to effect her duties. They always think it won’t but it always does.”
CSO
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