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Security Office - Meeting with the CoS

Posted Sept. 5, 2022, 9:24 a.m. by Lieutenant Junior Grade Cassidy Abrams (Chief of Security) (Lindsay B)

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Stephen Stous (XO) in Security Office - Meeting with the CoS

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Cassidy Abrams (Chief of Security) in Security Office - Meeting with the CoS

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Stephen’s check-ins finished and his first (albeit restless) night on the Europa complete, he decided to start doing some actual work apart from his onboarding. What that work should consist of he wasn’t fully certain, since, well, he hadn’t finished his onboarding. But he figured it couldn’t hurt to meet the DHs he’d be working with, the first being the CoS, one Cassidy Abrams. So he arrived at the Security Office and rang the bell, his left foot tapping the ground to express his nerves.

~ Stephen Stous - XO

Standing in from of the wall display with a PaDD in hand, the tall blond turned at the hips, her clear blue eyes fixed on the door. “Come in,” she said with a light voice.

Long hair pulled back in a tidy ponytail, Cass cut a tidy and fit figure as she took him in. The division colour, the pips told her a lot but she had perused his file in granting automatic security clearance when he boarded, so she recognized the man. “Commander Stous, welcome to the Europa. I’m Cassidy Abrams,” she said, stepping forward and offering him her free hand.

Abrams, COS

The surprise that may be expected to result from a stranger knowing one’s name did not occur to Stephen - he had been relatively well known across his previous postings, though for a different reason. He took Cassidy’s hand in his own and gave it a hearty shake, noting that he had to look up slightly to meet her gaze - a bright one, remarkably different from his own despite them sharing those two same recessive genes.

“Thank you, Lieutenant,” he replied, dropping her hand. “It’s been a nice welcome so far, but I thought I might be able to introduce myself better than my file can.” He glanced at the PaDD. “Oh, I’m not interrupting, am I?” The query came quite meekly, as if he was truly apologetic.

~ Stephen Stous - XO

She waved off his concern. “Not at all. Just working on the duty schedule for the next couple of weeks. Got a wave of drills and other training and trying to balance out the shift requirements.”

She gestured to the chair in front of her desk. “Please, have a seat,” she said before moving to her own chair and settling in. “So, files are files, as you mentioned. Tell me more…”

Abrams, COS

Stephen looked visibly relieved at Abrams’ reassurance, and even a tad excited by what she was up to. “Thank you,” he replied, grabbing some seat. “And, well. What I suppose you know is that I’m a Lieutenant Commander, fairly recently promoted, just transferred into my first command position. That’s all right.” He paused for a moment, thinking.

“So let’s see. Entered the fleet ten years ago, this is my third posting. I’m used to working inter-departmentally, though command’s new to me. There’s a whole lot of things I’m in the process of learning, but working with others isn’t one of them.” Getting close to others, on the other hand… but that was for another time.

“Oh, and I speak Norwegian, though I doubt that’ll be of much use here.” He offered a smile. “Please, ask anything you like. I want to be as transparent as possible.”

~ Stephen Stous - XO

Well, it wasn’t an interview but some people preferred that approach at times and it wasn’t like Cassidy couldn’t find something to ask. “How do you view the security department and what are your expectations as first officer of me?” Better to get that out of the way sooner rather than later.

Abrams, COS


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