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Starfleet Complex- Senior Staff Meeting

Posted Nov. 4, 2022, 1:35 a.m. by Lieutenant Commander Tiberius Cattaneo (Chief of Star Fleet Security) (Clayton Strong)

Posted by Captain Eela Dasca (Lt. Governor) in Starfleet Complex- Senior Staff Meeting

Posted by Lieutenant Sharah Fayth (Chief Star Fleet Medical Officer) in Starfleet Complex- Senior Staff Meeting

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Markus Woods (Chief Star Fleet Science Officer) in Starfleet Complex- Senior Staff Meeting
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Fayth and Woods had been on Oed a month longer than some of the people in the room, and they had seen it. The attack was most clearly on her mind. She was still dealing with the people who had been injured in that attack and would be for awhile. “Adding to that, there is a lot of animosity towards Star Fleet here. I’m not going to argue whether it’s deserved or not. That won’t fix the problem. What are we going to do to fix that relationship. Sacred Heart is probably the only place where all the different groups actually willing work together, but when patients come in…I’ve seen patients refuse treatment because they don’t want a fleet doctor or a civilian one or someone who is new to Oed and wasn’t born here. But the animosity towards Fleet personnel is thick enough to cut.”

Lt Fayth, CMO

Dasca nodded. “I know,” she said, her tone softening. “And those are excellent concerns.” Her left index fingers tapped the top of her cane as she gathered her thoughts. She as not a woman whose thinking was rushed where she had time to actually ponder. She was decisive in a crisis, but when given extra time, she always took it. “And I can understand that on the surface it seems that Starfleet isn’t needed. That you see it that way Commander Woods is actually a good thing, believe it or not. It demonstrates just how far things have progressed here. See, it wasn’t all that long ago that the Governor of the colony was actually a Starfleet Officer. Then things shifted and they were civilian but the Lieutenant Governor was Starfleet, and it was that way ever since until I showed up. I’m Starfleet, but I’m also not. Keep in mind that I was appointed by the Federation to be here, which means they are seeing the need to continue the transition. But it’s just that, a transition.”

“The reality is that while many things are shifting, we’re not there. The CCDA is still relatively new and while they have everything in hand as far as ground forces are concerned, Starfleet is still required to protect the planet and the system. But we are more than just hired muscle, yes?” Dasca’s hazel eyes lit up as she smiled. “So that brings us to Doctor Fayth’s very good point. We do we do about this tension? I want you all to think about your career thus far and your assignments. If you’re fortunate, you’ve had at least one assignment that was truly great. One that you really felt a part of things and that if you happily revisit, even for a short period of time. What was it about that assignment that made it special? Was it the people? Was it something about the work you did? What made it meaningful? I want you to hold that in your mind and then in the next few days I want you to look around this colony, and at this Complex. What’s different? Now, I don’t fully know the answer yet as I’m still pretty new as well, but after forty-five years of service to the Federation I have my suspicions and I’m going to share them with you.”

Dasca shifted uncomfortably for a moment until she found a slightly better posture and continued. “Starfleet has given a great deal to the colony. Sometimes it went over well, other times not. But all this tension lately speaks to a basic lack of appreciation. Has Starfleet Command always made the best decision in regard to Oed Five? Hardly. But Starfleet isn’t perfect. It’s a fallible organization, just like any other, but it’s not too much to expect at least a tiny bit of gratitude for the service the officers and crew have given to Oed over the years. And on the flip side, the civilian colonists and their government are asking Starfleet and the Federation to stop treating them like children who can’t think or make decisions for themselves. That is partly why I believe I was chosen for this role. My job is to help untangle the unnecessary Starfleet threads and allow the civilians to do their own thing with confidence in their ability to handle the tasks at hand. It’s also my job to shift Starfleet’s perspective here to be one of encouragement and support.”

She shifted her attention to Woods. “Medical is probably the most integrated department we have so far, but I fully believe the most potential is with the Scientists. The Terraforming group is actively working on the next phase of the process. But how many planets are terraformed while there are nearly four million people living there? I can’t think of any off the top of my head. So what we have is an incredible opportunity for joint projects. Especially interdisciplinary projects. The way we shift this tension between us and the civilians is to be a part of things here. Get involved in the community on your down time, get out of the Complex. Talk to people. We’re not going to change perceptions overnight, but one by one we can show that we’re here to help them how they need us to help. And to know that, they have to have the opportunity to tell us what they need. So ask, listen and then let’s build a more cooperative way of operating. And I know that’s easier said than done, and that there will be officers and crew that aren’t on board or don’t quite get the memo. Captain McBride and all of you handle the day-to-day operations, and my focus is on the big picture stuff. We’ve identified an issue and now I’ve given you the prescription. It’ll be up to each of you to not only set the example for your teams but also correct misconceptions and weed out the crappy attitudes. We’re far enough away from Black Rock and Starfleet Command that we need to be quick to react to issues. If there are people under your command that are disinclined to adapt to what I am asking you to do here, they don’t have to be here. Simple. This is not a Starfleet dumping ground for uncooperative and malcontent people. This is a thriving place full of possibilities. We have the ability to correct the course here- we just need to decide to do so.”

Dasca blinked, and looked about the room before she settled her gaze on Captain McBride. “Good gods, I normally never talk that much. I really have become a politician, haven’t I?” she said both intense miffed but also amused.

~Eela Dasca, Lt. Gov.

Jonathan gave a wide grin. “Don’t worry, ma’am, we won’t hold it against you,” he said sincerely even if he too was amused.

He looked about the room and nodded, more to himself than anything. “Okay, we have our marching orders. Your first task is to do an audit of your department. Personnel, supplies, project requests. Let’s identify all the issues and all the potential. I will be meeting with each department head in the coming days, so any issues, I want to hear about them. But I also want to hear your ideas for solutions. Also, probably as early as next week we’ll be doing drills as we discussed. This will include patrol runs with the Centurion. I will give you advance notice so you can make adjustments to you schedule, but I want everyone in this room out there for the first run. This is a chance for us to get to know one another and how we think and operate so we can work out any operational kinks there might be.”

“Any final concerns or questions before we get to work?” McBride asked.

Captain McBride, Starfleet CO

Fayth shook her head, but reached across the table and handed McBride a PaDD. “Medical audit.” Sharah had been sitting on that for a day or so. It was also something she’d started working on the moment they had checked in on Oed. A good DH always did an audit. Maybe not to change things, but to get a feel for what was going on. She’d been there long enough to complete it, even with all the ‘excitement’ at the hospital.

Fayth, SFCMO

Mark fished a PaDD out of his pocket and tapped at the screen a few times, then swiped upward meaningfully. The files selected synched to the computer and Sharah’s Padd. “Science department audit.” Every posting he’d been to since becoming a department head, performing an audit was the first thing he did. It helped get the lay of the land, find out what was missing, what was needed, and to get to know who he was working with. Joining the Viking had been particularly annoying as half the lab equipment was missing, and the rest was destroyed or malfunctioning. He’d had to replace or personally repair so much of it. Even then, a year after and three crew rotations he still didn’t feel like it was quite up to par.

It wasn’t as bad here. But… It was still under-equipped.

Lt Cmdr Woods, SFCSO

OOC: Fixing Split

Tiberius was looking around strangely with being new and all, he was not sure what was going on. He then asked, “Forgive me, but being new, I am a little confused on what happened however long ago to cause such animosity between the colony and Star-fleet? Being a colony of the federation, would they not want the help, support, and oversight of Star-fleet?” He was a little confused on why there was a rift when it was probably in everyone’s best interest to have a Star-fleet crew to help oversee the development of the Federation colony.

Ensign Cattaneo
SFCOS

Fayth looked over at Cattaneo. She had a bit more insight into the feelings of the colonist since her department was the most integrated at the moment. “Hardly. Oed is an independent colony. Star Fleet is an exploratory space fleet and occasionally military force when needed. This is not a penal colony or a hostile system we are keeping an eye on, this is not a starbase or outpost for only Fleet personnel and the occasional attached civilian. These are fellow citizens of the Federation. This is their home. Star Fleet is not the government, we don’t over see anything but ourselves. But that is what we have done, or what the residents of Oed feel Star Fleet has done. Come in and pushed their ways and their desires onto the colony. We don’t help, we order, we don’t support, we take over. They feel we have no regard for them as individuals or as a whole. I can’t speak on the specific events that have created that feeling, but the feelings are there none the less. They don’t trust us.”

“Example. I have two patients in a secure ward and under heavy guard. No one in or out unless approved. CCDA is handling that. THe patients are NOT Star Fleet. I get some admiral that flew out here from SF Medical Academy, attempts to walk right past the guards, tells them she’s an admiral and the patient is a friend and former Star Fleet and she’s here to ‘assist’ with his care. Let her through. Tells me she knows there is security measures in place, but after all, this person is her friend and she’s known him for ever and by the way she is an Admiral from the Academy, she will be helping and she would just bypass the approval process and have me let her in.” That whole situation made Fayth angry. “Her little display ruined weeks of cooperative work. And might I add if I was anyone else I might have caved for the Admiral rather than risk loosing my job. Luckily for my patients, they come first and not the brass.”

Fayth, SFCMO

Dasca offered something of a dangerous grin. “Don’t think for a second that that sort of thing is just going to slip on by here. And believe me, I hear all about it. I’m not afraid to have words with the Admirals if I need to. As to the situation that created that feeling Doctor Fayth mentioned, keep in mind that for a long time the Governor of the colony was a Starfleet officer. So what we are dealing with are drastically shifting expectations. What Starfleet’s role was before is not what it is now. On any given day there are twenty-five to thirty thousand officers and crew here. The people in this room are responsible for a lot of lives. But those people are in turn responsible to the people of the colony. ”

She blew out a breath. “My job here is a complicated one but one I am very clear about. I’m helping move forward in whatever direction best helps Oed achieve its goals. We can’t ask the people of Oed to forget some of the transgressions of the past or how they’ve felt let down by Starfleet, but we can decide today that collectively we’re going to do things a bit differently. The Governor and I are here to execute the vision of this colony that the people help us create, and I personally believe that that does still include Starfleet. I will use my extensive experience to help guide me here and Captain McBride and I will work to make sure you all have what you need to be successful. But we can’t do it alone. So here’s my agreement I want to make with all of you: starting today, each of you will approach your role here as one that is collaborative with the civilians. Look carefully at the opportunities available. Go request meetings with the civilians government members that you are supposed to be helping. Talk to them. Let them tell you where things need improvement, what their hopes are for the near and distant future. And then together the group of us here will readjust our own expectations and carve a new path. Cooperation, not conflict. That’s our goal.”

Tiberius thought for a second and then said, “The first place I believe I am going to start is the office of the CCDA and I would like to speak to the lead from that team. I want to understand where we can fit in and help out and show we are available to help them out if needed. I am then just going to get a feel of the land of the colony. See where the major amounts of people like to congregate and just a general understanding of everything and speak with any number of folks, both colony folks as well as members of Star-fleet. I feel the more I can get under my belt, the better I hope I am able to help manage the security going on.” Tiberius was hoping the better people could see the presence of Star-fleet security, the better it might help with the feel of the colony towards Star-fleet people. As cheesy as it may sound, Tiberius wants to talk to the normal folks around the colony to see the general feel of everything, including how they actually feel about Star-fleet. He then waited for some additional information from the Lt. Governor.

Lt Cmdr Cattaneo
SFCOS


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