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Joseph: I was wondering if you have any NPC's you're not fond of. <G> I think Redaso's the kind of person who would get an accomplice(so he could blame someone else), and Flight Control and Engineering would be a good match of departments. | Joseph: I was wondering if you have any NPC's you're not fond of. <G> I think Redaso's the kind of person who would get an accomplice(so he could blame someone else), and Flight Control and Engineering would be a good match of departments. | ||
<h3 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">USS FEYNMAN: Just Before Entering the Sack</h3> | |||
<h4 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">by | |||
Melanie Pocknall 7-22-1996</h4> | |||
SD: 80722.0600<br> | |||
MD: 4.0608<br> | |||
Place: Bridge (just before entering the sack)<br> | |||
Lt. Meleah watched out the viewscreen while they entered the 'Sack. | |||
She was curious as to what they would find in there, at the same time as | |||
hoping that her science staff were getting along with each other. During | |||
one second, she remembered her meeting with Ens Loth, who appeared to have a | |||
chip on his shoulder about something. He was currently seething about | |||
Meleah starting her shift early because of the early time going into the | |||
'Sack. He had been very nearly openly hostile towards Meleah, as had been | |||
evident by his words. | |||
"An android is replacing me!" he had said with disgust. "I | |||
don't see why, I'm perfectly capable of doing the job." | |||
"I do not doubt that you cannot do the job. But I have more | |||
experience in the science field than you do." | |||
"That remains to be seen," Loth said snidely. "What are you | |||
doing about the roster?" | |||
"I have checked over every crew member's record and decided to | |||
make a few changes. Lt(jg) Swanson is shown to be better | |||
qualified to have the position of ASCI. You have the option | |||
of being the XO for any of the shifts or the CO for GAMMA shift." | |||
"You're joking!" Loth exclaimed. | |||
"No, I am not." | |||
"Well, I'm not working with you, that's for sure. Nor am I | |||
working with Swansen. So I suppose I'll take the GAMMA shift," | |||
he said grudgingly. "Who'll the XO be?" | |||
"MCPO Richards," Meleah stated without even consulting the | |||
computer. | |||
"Hmph," was all Loth said to that. | |||
Meleah had found Loth to be fairly disagreeable unlike her new ASCI | |||
who should have probably been a counselor. Nali Swansen had a knack for | |||
getting along with people, and Meleah had decided that she would make a good | |||
assistant, especially with the reports she had been doing each day. Right | |||
now, Nali was working with some engineers on the DELPHI array, just in case | |||
a subspace bubble needed to be initiated to protect the ship from any | |||
damaging warp bubbles. Meleah had read a few weeks ago about a mission | |||
which the USS GAUSS had undertaken into a similiar coal-sack, and the | |||
technique initiated by the XO and CEO to prevent structural damage. There | |||
was no way Meleah was going to be under-prepared for this. | |||
Unlike her job as press agent. The press had had a field day when | |||
they found out who was the SCI, and had asked her questions to which they | |||
expectedan answer to because they thought that an android couldn't lie. | |||
They were right about that, but they didn't know that Meleah had been told | |||
which sort of questions to avoid so the press hadn't got any 'dirt' yet. | |||
All of this Meleah reviewed in one second. Part of her was still | |||
concentrating on the readings showing up on her console. For another | |||
second, Meleah reviewed the meeting with Ens Allard about the phaser drill | |||
test. He had sort of seemed pleased with her keeping her qualifications up, | |||
but had seemed surprised that she had gotten 100%, one of the few to do so. | |||
He had thought, what else would you expect from an android, but he hadn't | |||
said anything. | |||
Meleah also remembered her first meeting with the rest of the staff. | |||
Lt Jenn had seemed pleased to see another female as part of the senior | |||
staff, and although Meleah has only basic emotions and not always good | |||
character judgement, she thought that Krysa could become a good friend. Lt | |||
Jerral had seemed a little hostile, and until Meleah was quietly told that | |||
she had beaten his score on the phaser test, she did not know why the | |||
Lieutenant might be feeling that way. | |||
The FEYNMAN was now a couple of seconds closer to the 'Sack. Meleah | |||
hoped that Crysta, a part Bajoran, part Betazoid physics specialist who | |||
looked after the child during ALPHA shift, had Cadence strapped in for the | |||
trip. She had found the child to be an expert in escaping whichever room | |||
she was in, and yesterday, had to pry her away from engineering where Ens | |||
Jared had not been too pleased with a small child trying to investigate the | |||
warp core. | |||
The ship was now only a few seconds away from entering the 'Sack. | |||
Meleah held onto the console with one hand while the other continued to | |||
record information from the sensors. | |||
<<SNIP>> | |||
MD: 4.0612 | |||
The crew on the bridge watched as the shuttles were launched and | |||
proceeded to their designated positions. After a few minutes, Zane asked | |||
Lt. Jenn whether the readings were any better. | |||
"Yes, sir. The gas and dust is not providing us with much | |||
interference any more." | |||
---- | |||
NRPG: | |||
(I couldn't think of anything else to add!) | |||
Just giving everyone an insight into how Meleah works. I figured a back | |||
post would put people out of sync with the rest of the story, so I | |||
incorporated it into the current post, the first part of which is set just | |||
before Joseph's post. | |||
BTW: Lt(jg) Nali Swansen is the new ASCI, with Ens Loth (does he have a | |||
first name?) relegated to 2SCI. Swansen will be a registered NPC, as will | |||
MCPO Calab Crysta (female Bjrn/Btzd) who is in the physics science | |||
department in BETA shift, and Cadence's babysitter in ALPHA shift. | |||
Joseph: I hope Meleah getting 100% won't put Jerral's nose out of joint. | |||
Kristen: We might try to see how Meleah and Krysa get along <G>. | |||
Sincerely yours,<br> | |||
Lt. Meleah, SCI, USS FEYNMAN, Silver Fleet.<br> | |||
Melanie Pocknall. | |||
<h3 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">USS FEYNMAN: In We Go!</h3> | <h3 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','Arial'; color: royalblue; font-weight: bold;">USS FEYNMAN: In We Go!</h3> | ||
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