Stardate:2406.05.18 (U.S.S. Nimitz - Deck 12, Ensign O'Neill's quarters - Ensign (jg) Miles O'Neill - 10:00)   ~Well, I got this far. Hopefully I won't screw up here.~ Miles thought. He had just arrived on the Nimitz a few hours ago, and was unpacking all his things he had brought with him. Among those were some books, a PADD with some 21st century computer programs that Miles liked, some models/props from a 21st century show Miles liked, some anti-grav star-fighters that flew around his room and fired beams of light at each other, and a holo-picture of his girlfriend, Amy. He decided to take a walk around the ship, to see what she looked like on the inside. Miles had commented on how good the ship looked on the outside, and he hoped she would look as good on the inside.   He walked around the various corridors, seeing that most were empty, and remembered that most of the crew were on shore leave on Betazed. He kept wandering through the corridors and found himself at Engineering. He opened the door and was very impressed at what he saw. ~Man, I'm going to love working here!~ He thought. He walked around the warp core, looking at the various LCARS screens. Afterwards, he went to the holodeck, and flew a fictional star fighter around. He didn't notice that he lost track of time. (U.S.S. Nimitz - Deck 8, Holodeck 3 - Ensign (jg) Miles O'Neill - 11:45)   When he left the holodeck, he suddenly realized it was 11:45, and that his meeting with the captain was taking place in 15 minutes. He sped to the captain's ready room, where he was going to meet the captain. He barely got past everyone in the way but he arrived at the ready room at exactly 12:00. He went into the room and said to Capt. Sash, "Ensign Miles O'Neill reporting for duty, sir." (Reply Capt. Sash) (Posted by mattkirk03) Stardate:2406.05.18 (USS Nimitz – Nearby Engineering – OPS Ensign Tannasg - 1300)   Tannasg made his way to engineering. He wanted to meet Lt. Zzt and talk about their ... differences. Just as the turbolift stopped at the right deck, he received a message from Sash.   "There will be a staff meeting in conference room 1, at 1600 ours. All senior staff and department heads are required to be there. I would also request the presence of all new crew members. Have your department reports ready."   The Romulan sighed. Then he’d have to talk to this Gerratlian another time. He’d better return to his quarters and work on a report. Perhaps he could also contact Ensign Kateb, the other Chief Operations, so they could work together.   He opened a commlink to Kateb.   (USS Nimitz – Crew Quarters – OPS Ensign Kateb & OPS Tannasg - 1300)   Onyx needed some time to recover and also retrieve her Bath'Let from security center. Some of those men didn't believe that she was this adept with the weapon. Her ego had the upper hand and in the holodeck she showed, some even were interested to exercises with her. After, a moment, she said yes.   The warm up was ruff, but in the end she manage to reach the second level of her fighting program. Once it ended, she rested and knew that soon she would need to get to the bridge. At 1300, after a shower, and some food in her, she decided to go on duty when a message came through.   =/\=Ensign Kateb, this is Ensign Tannasg. Do you have a moment?=/\=   "I do... What's on your mind Ensign Tannasg?"   =/\= Do you have time to assist in making a department report?=/\=   "I have time.... Where are you right now?"  Onyx stop in front of the turbolift who's door open up. =/\= I'm just outside engineering, but am on my way back to my quarters.=/\=   “Where do you want do meet? Because I am at the turbolift right now.” =/\= Perhaps the Operations office is the best option.=/\= “It's on deck 6... I will meet you there. Kateb out!” (USS Nimitz – Deck 6, Operation office – 1305) A few minutes later, Tannasg entered the office, noticing Ensign Kateb was already present, sitting behind the desk. "It is ... good to see you out of sickbay." he started. “It's good to be out of sickbay... I manage to get out before that Doctor help out the First officer out of her coma. And you how are you? Please sit down.” "I am well." he replied, taking a seat on one of the other chairs in the office. He wasn't sure how to continue, since it was normal to have 'small talk' first. But they also had to finish their report for the staff meeting... “Good... So you said you needed help with the department report.” Onyx relax in her chair giving her full attention to the Ensign. The Romulan nodded. "Yes, since I am new here, I do not have very much experience with federation staff meetings, and federation reports. And because you are chief of operations also, I hoped you could assist me?" Tannasg never was very good at asking for help. “The report is straight forward. It states, what was done, what you are doing right now and what will be done and what needs to be done and also projects. Considering that you are like me chief OPS, that is about it... We will classify the project and see with the resources we have if they are feasible, taking in notes what the others will say. Usually, everything is recorded and is put in text. Has OPS, we are a bit everywhere on this ship.” Tannasg nodded, he had made thousands of reports in his carreer in the Romulan navy. But those had been fixed on the objective results, and as he had learned, it was easy to tamper with them. But now on a Starfleet vessel, he had to learn to make the reports. “Yesterday, there was a situation, and many lacks in this. Where was security, the brig warden and such. That was investigated early this morning, computer info and such. I have received reports from each concerns. Sanction will be made for the 2 security officers who left me alone in Ten Forward when there job was to assist me and arrest the alternate Fickett. The brig warden, well, he was sick and the security officer that was replacing him, got knock out by one of the alternates. Time index, visual records, medical reports to state what was the status of are First officer at the time. The case is right here, and I will give it to Captain Sash. We coordinate everything to make sure we have a smooth salling in here and it's not easy.” Tannasg simply nodded as he carefully listened to everything Onyx said. "Anything else I need to know about the operations department? What if there are changes in the ships systems. Upgrades or other things?" “We have some heavy duty modification to the cryptography program and communication. Internal sensors must be also check and that will take at least a week, maybe adding some in certain sectors of the ship. Communication through out the ship, some of the crew complaint about it recently, probably because of the incident of the alternate reality. It might have had a side effect, so all of it must be checked out. That's it for the projects and upgrades. All of it are on this file right here.” She gave him the padd containing the report. “Anything to add to it?.” "A question, how did these alternate characters get on this ship?" “When we detected the anomaly we first send in a probe which we lost, with a shuttle we had the possibility to do more. We send an away team, there was problems and we lost them for a few hours until they came back but how that is something else. We retrieve them not knowing that they were not the away team that we send, only later when they try to take over the ship. There was no way for us to detect that they weren't are crew, medically anyway. The only one who knew was Lt. Troi.” "The betazoid." Tannasg nodded,listening to Onyx's story. “Yes... she is betazoid. So many things happen at the same time, and with the Alternate Sevant having shut down communication and paralysed command... Well, it was a big mess.” "And I've seen the result of that 'big mess'" Tannasg said. He looked at Onyx for a moment, wondering if he should ask what he was about to ask. "May I ask a more personal question?" “Some was accident and some could have been prevented, but now it's in the past and we just have to learn from it. Has for the personal question... go ahead.” "How do you feel working with a Romulan?" “I don't have any problems with Romulans. I'm ok with it, you are someone like all the others on board, working and trying to make things go forward and learn. If the others have a problem they will have to grow up, you were not the one who hurt them. Also you will need to adapt, it will not be easy.” "Adapt? How?" “Work wise and socially... it's another way of doing things here. You can put a bit of your experience into the mixe of this little ship. Socially, your presence will break barries and walls that should have been dust a long time ago, it's what you will say or do that will do that.” The Romulan nodded. "I think you are corre.. right. Romulans aren't that good in the presence of other races. I suppose I should change the way I talk as well, if I don't want to be mistaken for a Vulcan." “I don't mean to change... I would never ask that to anyone. But, maybe smile a little, it's a start as any. I'm not really big either in social and in are work, we are all over the place.” Onyx hope that she didn't make a mistake by saying what she said and pray that her next statement would put things right. "Romulans rarely smile...though I understand." Tannasg sighed, he didn't expect it to be so difficult to 'blend in'. “It will take has much time for everyone here to get use to you and then you to them.” "You are right ofcourse. I could have forseen these ... problems earlier, and prepared for them." he nodded at Onyx. "Thank you." “Good, now before we go to the meeting, we have time to do a bit of work... What do you think?” "Very well." Tannasg picked up the PADD Onyx had given him earlier and started reading. (Reply from none and anyone) (Posted by Laurence & Maik) Stardate:2406.05.18 (USS Nimitz - Sickbay- Captain Devan Sash & Ensign BigWill Kincaid- 1430) With all that has happen in the past few days, Kinkaid was feeling a bit stressed as news of a staff meeting with the captain came through to his computer console on his desk. The meeting was his first since coming abroad the USS Nimitz, but it would not be his last, either. Kinkaid was trying to finish up his medical reports, but was press for time. He called Nurse Janet Sanders to his office. Janet entered the office. "Yes, Doctor, is there something you need?" She said. Kinkaid felt a bit better knowing that his trusted colleague was willing to take her time to assist him. "Aahh, Janet. Come in. Come in. I'm still having trouble compiling these reports into the ship's medical log and I do not know what to bring or do for the captain's staff meeting at 1600. Can you assist me, please?" Kinkaid pleaded, almost shedding a teardrop. Janet looked astonished by the pleading that was being made to her by her acting boss. "I'll be glad to help you, Doctor. Trust me the first meeting is always the worst with all the mistakes and mess-ups. Here, Sir this is how to do it…” Janet said as she showed Kinkaid how to put the remaining reports into the system. As Sash walked through the sickbay doors he could see that everyone was busy. He knew that they were probably getting Kincaid ready for his first ever staff meeting. He was sure the doctor must be a little nervous. Scanning the room he saw the big man in his office. It looked like someone was leaning over his desk trying to show him something. As Sash crossed the room he stopped to have a look in at Fickett. His life signs looked pretty stable, but he also looked far from ready to return to duty. Of course, he was not a doctor. Fickett's breathing seemed a little ragged, but had a good rhythm to it. He kept moving and made his way to the doctor's office. He could hear the frustration in the nurse’s voice, as she appeared to be showing the doctor how to do something on the doctor's computer. Sash smiled. "Can I interrupt?" he asked. Kinkaid looked up and said, "Why, Captain Sash, I did not know you were in sickbay, Sir!" The nurse looked relieved to be able to get away. "How are things going?" Sash asked. Kinkaid replied with hesitation, "Well, Sir, things are going fine except for all the request PADD's and medical supplies recently received from Betazed that keep piling up." "Don't worry you'll get it," Sash assured him, smiling at the thought of all of those medical supplies piling up. "How is our star patient doing?" Sash indicated to Fickett. Kinkaid was prepared for this question and showed the captain the medical PADD with Fickett's bio readings. Kinkaid explained that his treatment for Fickett was keeping him stable, but the antibiotics for the infection for some odd unknown reason were reacting to Fickett's replacement lung causing his body to physically weaken, which almost prevents his real lung from working resulting in shallow breathing. Sash frowned at the diagnosis, but wasn't surprised by it. He had just hoped that Kinkaid was wrong. "I have already made contact with Starfleet Medical. I plan to leave Dr. Fickett here on Betazed until he fully recuperates. How do feel about that?" Kinkaid felt that he had done something wrong when Sash had already contacted Starfleet Medical and planned to leave his colleague and patient on the planet below, Betazed. Kinkaid not knowing what was going to happen next answered his captain. "I'd feel better, Sir, if I could be there for the recuperation period to documented my medical findings on Dr. Fickett's recovery, but at least I do know that the Betazoid doctors would be more efficient with their telepathic senses of healing than my constant hypospray application of antibiotics and vaccines." Sash chuckled a little. "I'm not casting any dispersions on your medical abilities doctor. In fact, quite the contrary. Frankly, I need a doctor who is ready for action now. And I believe that you are that man." Kinkaid paused for a moment, not fully realizing what was going on, and asked, “Captain, if we leave the Chief Medical officer on Betazed then who will take charge of the medical department on the Nimitz Is there a replacement coming from Starfleet Medical? Kinkaid inquired. "That replacement has already arrived,” Sash said with a straight face. "You are Dr. Fickett's replacement." Kinkaid was a lost for words when Sash replied. He could not fathom the notion of what was happening. Kinkaid's life was turning circles before his eyes almost to the point of passing out. Kinkaid caught his breath and started to calm down before acknowledging his captain. "I'm certain you'll do a fine job, Doctor," Sash reassured him. "And remember if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask." Kinkaid responded after his breathing was under control, “Aye, Sir” Sash was glad to hear that reply and continued, "Then I will let you get back to your," he looked over the doctor's shoulder, "reports. I have a meeting to prepare for. See you at 1600." At that Sash turned and left sickbay to the mercies of it's new CMO. “I’ll be there, Sir.” Kinkaid said, as the doors to sickbay closed. (Reply None) (Posted by Al Muir & Nathan M.Williams) Stardate:2406.05.18 (USS Nimitz - Science Labs - 1st Lt Richard Ian Lee & Lt(jg) Zachary 'Shades' Falthgood - 1599) "You do realize," Rich said without moving a muscle; "That we are going to be late for the meeting." The scientist, a Reverse Engineer and theoretical astrophysist by trade, only grunted as he fiddled with the Inchon sphere he had been working on since he had come on board. It was the only piece of technology he had brought with him from Cochrane, when he had first been transferred, and it continued to be stubborn in yielding its mysteries. ~Of course, knowing my luck...~ the scientist thought as he attempted to slip the nanite probes in, ~This is a high-tech piece of mobile waste-management glory.~ He looked up after a moment, and quirked an eyebrow. "Have you ever known a meeting to start on time, especially with a newish CO?" The Marine grunted at that, "Upon occasion." Rich chuckled as he flipped a tricorder open and scanned the object that the Marine was holding. Rich had noticed this thing in Zach's quarters once long ago, during a drinking binge. He had made mention that it looked like an oversized photon-grenade. And, if there was anything that Zach had figured out over his years dealing with paranoid military forces... It was that they were entranced when faced with the possibility of acquiring a new weapon. Therefore, Zach had let slip that he thought it *could* be military technology, and the Marine Commanding Officer had nearly been putty in his hands ever since. ... Not that he would ever say as much to Lee, of course. Zach closed the tricorder and frowned, the probes he had inserted had deactivated on their own and nothing was being relayed... And he STILL couldn't get a sensor scan in. He tossed the tricorder over his shoulder in thought, then bent back down to fiddle with the sphere. After a few moments, however, he shook his head. "Put it away, we are late for the meeting after all." (USS Nimitz - Conference room - 1st Lt Richard Ian Lee & Lt(jg) Zachary 'Shades' Falthgood - 1604) "Thank you all for being so prompt," said Sash. "I will give us another moment to wait for MCO and CSO to arrive before I begin." "Oops," Zach said in a whisper as he ducked his 7'6 frame through the door (no door in the fleet was large enough to admit him comfortably), "Sorry we're late, we were.... Detained." Right behind him walked the equally tall MCO, complete in standard SDU. Rich ducked his head to the assembled officers, and took the closest seat. Zach, on the other hand, made a point of sitting as close to the Giant Teddy as he could, stopping briefly to poke Zzt and hand him a Greatly Oversized pair of shades, exactly like the ones he was wearing even at this moment. "You forgot those earlier, Fuzzy." (reply: Zzt, any, all) (posted by Trout) Stardate:2406.05.18 (USS Nimitz - Conference room - aCONN - Ensign Simbel Asoru - 1600) Simbel had finally been relieved so he could attend the meeting that the captain called for. He had rushed over to the conference room and was entering just after some commotion the big Kragon had caused. He walked over to a seat as they were talking about the Kragon's entrance and sat down. He waited to see what the captain had to tell them about their next mission and as he waited he thought of Katie. He had not been with her all day, but, he knew that she had been busy with her friend and the FO. He looked at the FO, which, to him she looked as if nothing was wrong with her. He knew though that if Katie had been worried there had to have been something. He wanted the day to end so he could go back to see how she was fairing. He had to make sure that she was alright. He then noticed that the captain was about to speak. (reply any in room) (posted by frank) Stardate:2406.05.18 (USS Nimitz - Conference room - CO - Captain Devan Sash- 1600) Sash waatched as his staff slowly came into the room and took their places. A big smile grew across his face as he saw Nessa come into the room. He could tell that she was working hard to maintain herself, but she was still here. He wanted to go over to her, but she was with Mias. He saw her stiffle a yawn and there was a quick look over at the doctor, who was apparently there to monitor her. There must have been some telepathic communication going on. Finally she took her seat beside Sash. Sash looked at Nessa and smiled openly. He reached over and put his hand on top of hers and patted it gently. Hopefully she was getting the positive waves that he was sending her, lettingher know how glad he was that she was there. Suddenly there was a disturbance at the door. Sash looked up just in time to see something large barreling across the table towards him. At first he thought that someone had fired a large missile at him, then he realized that it was his Chief Engineer. He could hear the table creak and crack as the Gerratlian continued towards him. Zzt finally stopped, his claws almost touching the captains chest. There was something odd about Zzt and it took Sash a moment to realize what it was. then he noticed that the CEO appeared to be headless. Looking inside his uniform he saw the Gerratlian's eyes peering out. The PADD he'd been carrying dropped on the table in front of Sash. "Engineering readiness report," Zzt said, sheepishly. Then there was a burst of applause from around the table. Sash looked up to see that it was Dema, the new science officer. "Now that guy knows how to make an entrance." Dema said. Sash looked over at Nessa and frowned. Th FO retuurned his look of equal disdain. "Please take your seat, Lt. Zzt." She said very kindly. "Thank you for being so prompt." And Vanyssa leaned over and patted Zzt on the arm, smiling kindly at him. She gave Dema a dirty look. "Ensign, that is not appropriate behavior to show to a superior officer." Vanyssa chastised. She tempered it with a smile. "Please take your seat also." Sash fought back a smile as he watched the CEO manage to work his way off the table. For several moments he thought that the table would collapse, crushing his legs underneath it. "Thank you for your report Lt.," Sash said nonchalantly, as if every day he was nearly crushed by several tons of bear. Sash lopoked around the room. He looked into the faces of all the people there, the new and the old. He had not been with this crew long, but he appreciated being with them. They were good people sho had been through a lot lately. Then he looked at the new people wondering if they had any idea what they were in store for. And if they did would the go running of liked freightened Tarilian Rabbits. He was still waiting for the MCO and his chief science officer to arrive. He hated to start a meeting late, but he also wanted everyone ther before he began. "Thank you all for being so prompt," said Sash. "I will give us another moment to wait for MCO and CSO to arrive before I begin." He looked over at Nessa and saw her sway a little. "I'm so glad you're here," he whispered in her ear. (reply Falthgood and Lee, Winters) (posted by Al Muir) Stardate:2406.05.18 (USS Nimitz - Conference room - Lt(jg) Falthgood - 1605) "Sorry we're late," said Falthgood, "we were.... Detained." "Indeed," the captain said without any amusement, "I would appreciate speaking with the two of you after this meeting to more thoroughly explain the cause of your "detention"." Zach ducked his head. That would be an easy situation to deal with. "An Mr Falthgood, you may remove your eye protection. I prefer to be able to look into my crews eyes." Zach turned his face to the Captain once he had given Zzt the shades, his eyes behind the shades quite unreadable. He had fought with every CO he had ever served under since his time out from under Doenitz's thumb, he was perfectly willing to do it again. It would wait for a moment though, this Captain would be dealt with in a few. He pushed the Shades up with an expressionless face, then proceeded to lean back in the chair and pointedly ignore him. Truth be told, Zach was already missing Rivers, she at least knew enough to leave him alone... He thought better with those shades on. NRPG: Time jump... RPG: Zach's shades slipped back down to his nose after a few minutes of turning his attention back and forth to look at all the new officers. He mentally shrugged, the CO could blow as gasket if he wanted, the shades were staying put. Besides, 'Mad Scientists' were *supposed* to break the rules at every opportunity. "And just recently we have had two new additions in Ensign Jason Dema, our new ACSO and Ensign Miles O'Neil, our new ACEO. I'm not ceratin if the two of you have had a chance to meet with you department heads. Lt. Falthgood is our acting CSO and Lt. Zzt is our CEO." Zach inclined his head to the person in Science blue that was pointed out, and said nothing more then that. He would deal with inter-departmental things later, he hated being head of department like he was.. After having it just thrust upon him. He had left command a long, Long time ago. "Thank you gentlemen, please be seated." Captain Courageous said a few moments later "With the intoductions out of the way I have the highlight of this meeting to perform. That would be several promotions that I would like to give out, and public recognition." Zach sat back in the chair, with one hand in his lap and the other laying flat on the table as Mr. CO gave out promotions to the crew. He responded properly where needed, he wasn't cold hearted. He himself wasn't much interested in promotions anymore, as long as he was left alone to his work. He had already been a Captain once, and held more power then most Admirals. One taste was quite enough, he planned on finishing his years and dying because he finally miscalculated about some obscure piece of alien technology. "With that done lets have any updates and reports from department heads." Zach jumped in immediately, "Science is quiet. Some of the sensor grids could use an overhaul, we've abused this ship a lot in the last year, eventually the jury-rigging we've done will fall apart... Rubber bands only last so long, after all." His shades slipped fractionally as he turned his head to look at the CO. He made a point of looking over the shades so the Captain could see his eyes, "Much as I happen to like combat, it beats up on our systems. If you want to continue counting asteroids and gaseous anomalies well into next year, Captain Courageous, we will need a few day overhaul within six months." (reply: if desired) After a couple more people had spoken, Zach turned his head to look at the Marine CO. Rich looked patently uncomfortable, he usually did in staff meetings. Lee said, "We could use a few replacements in the marines, both for losses taken previously and for people we had let go just before... The break with Starfleet. We are at three-quarters strength." The Marine shrugged, "But what we have is well trained, highly motivated and ready to kick some more a$$ if need-be." Falthgood half-grinned as he pushed the shades up his nose slightly to cover his eyes from the glare. It was always good to see someone who enjoyed their work. (reply: any) (posted by Trout) Stardate:2406.05.18 (USS Nimitz - Conference room - CO - Captain Devan Sash- 1605) Sash frowned as the two, extrememly tall, fianl expected members of the crew entered the room. "Sorry we're late," said Falthgood, "we were.... Detained." "Indeed," Sash replied, "I would appreciate speaking with the two of you after this meeting to more thoroughly explain the cause of your "detention"." NRPG: Ooooo, you guys are gonna get it. RPG: "An Mr Falthgood," Sash said as the men sat down, "you may remove your eye protection. I prefer to be able to look into my crews eyes." Wiht that Sash stood and looked at his crew.He smiled again, his crew. "Okay then. I want to thank you all for attending, especially those who should probably still be in sickbay." He looked over at Nessa and winked at her. "I'd like to start this meeting by welcoming our new crew members and invite them to stand so that we can all meet them. Most of you have had a chance to meet our new Aops officer, Ensign Tannasg. Please Stand Ensign." (reply Tannasg) There was a little silence as he stood up. Sash could feel the tension in the air. "Now I understand that this ship has had a recent run in with the Romulans, but I want to assure you all that Tannasg is part of our crew, and as such I have complete faith in him. If there is a problem with his being here, then I would expect to hear about it directly, rather than "through the grape vine." Am I clear." He waited for a moment and then went on. "You may also have met our new Conn officer, Ensign Simbel Asoru." (reply Asoru) "Several of you have also had the opportunity to met our new ACMO, Dr BigWill Kincaid." (reply Kincaid) "We also have a new ships concellor in Ensign Lorenzo Salahari." (reply Salahari) "And just recently we have had two new additions in Ensign Jason Dema, our new ACSO and Ensign Miles O'Neil, our new ACEO. I'm not ceratin if the two of you have had a chance to meet with you department heads. Lt. Falthgood is our acting CSO and Lt. Zzt is our CEO." (reply Dema, O'Neil, Falthgood and Zzt) "Thank you gentlemen, please be seated." Sash continued. "With the intoductions out of the way I have the highlight of this meeting to perform. That would be several promotions that I would like to give out, and public recognition." He took a breath and opened the box in front of him. "I'd like to start with Ensign Tannasg. Please come forward." (reply Tannasg) "Ensign Tannasg," Sash announced, "in recognition of your outstanding efforts in dealing with the recent insurgance by the alternate universe crew I hearby promote you to Ensign Senior Grade, and bestow upon you the rights and responsibilities of your new rannk, congratulations Ensign." Sash exchanged the black pip in Tannasg's uniform for a gold one. (reply Tannasg) After Tannasg returned to his seat Sash began again. "Dr. Kincaid, please come forward." (reply Kincaid) "Ensign BigWill Kincaid, in recognition of your efforts in sickbay, since your arrival I hearby promote you to the rank of Ensign Senior Grade, and bestow upon you the rights and responsibilities of your new rank." Sash replaced his black pip with a gold one and shook his hand. (reply Kincaid) "This is a bitter sweet moment for me and for Dr Kincaid I'm sure. Due to the nature of his injuries, I feel it is in the best interest of Dr Fickett, and the ship, to leave him here with the Betazed healers while we go onto our next mission. Hopefully after he recovers Dr. Fickett will rejoin us. However, that makes Dr. kincaid our resident Chief Medical Officer. Congratulations Doctor." (reply Kincaid) When Kincaid returned to his seat Sash went on. "Ensign Onyx Kateb, please come forward. Sash could see the look of surprise on Katebs face as she stood and came down. "Ensign Kateb, in light of your recent efforts, especially in trying to keep your captain on the right path, I hereby promote you to the rank of Ensign Senior Grade, with all of the rights and responsiblities of that rank. Congratulations Ensign." Sash replace her pip and shook her hand. (reply Kateb) He looked at the final pip in his box, and a smile came across his face. he looked down at Nessa. "Lt. Commander Vanyssa Winters, please stand." (reply Winters) "In recogniton of all that you have done for the crew, recently and in the past I hearby promote yu to the rank of Commander, and bestow upon you all of the rights and responsibilities of your new rank. congratulations Commander. And may I add on a personal note, the fact that you are present today is a sign of your dedication and strength." He replaced her black pip with the gold one and instead of shaking her hand he gave her a hug. "Congratulations." (reply Winters) Once everyone was seated again Sash regained control of the floor. "With that done lets have any updates and reports from department heads." (reply all mentioned above) (Posted by Al Muir) Stardate:2406.05.18 Mission: A Trip to Paradise Mission, Day 4 Stardate: 2406.05.18 (USS Nimitz - Conference room - COUNS Lorenzo Salahali- 1605) Lorenzo sat in the conference room, waiting while each crewmember was introduced. Eventually his name came up. "We also have a new ships concellor in Ensign Lorenzo Salahali." Lorenzo stood, and bowed slightly to the rest of the officers present. "Hello to you all, my name's Lorenzo, the ship's chief counsellor. My job is meant to be assistant, but to me it's all about taking some of the burden off Lt.Cmdr Winters," he said. "Hopefully that won't be too big a task, I just want to let you all know that if you need someone to talk to, I'm here, at the very least as a "brick wall." Lorenzo saw some of the crew laugh, and seated himself to watch the other introductions. (Reply any in conference room) (Posted by Adam) Stardate:2406.05.18 Mission: A Trip to Paradise Mission, Day 4 Stardate: 2406.05.18 (USS Nimitz - Conference room - FO - Commander Vanyssa Winters- 1606) Vanyssa had a hard time not laughing when Falthgood and Lee strutted into the meeting about five minutes too late. She expected it of Falthgood, but Lee? He was a military man. "An Mr Falthgood," Sash said as the men sat down, "you may remove your eye protection. I prefer to be able to look into my crews eyes." Vanyssa shot Sash a look of warning. The royal battle between Aragorn and Falthgood over Falthgood's 'eye protection' was a minor legend on the Nimitz. ::I don't get what the big deal is:: Riven sent from the other side of the room. ::True they were late, but what is it with those glasses? Is that the word?:: He asked, sending an image of the sunglasses. ::Yes, it is, and they help him think. Or so he says. And they are a big deal because they aren't regulation.:: She sent back. Sash looked down at her and winked and she blinked, realizing that she had no idea what he had said. She was getting too old to follow a conversation and hold a telepathic one. ::I won't tell your Grandmother that.:: Riven said, his eyes twinkling. "Now I understand that this ship has had a recent run in with the Romulans, but I want to assure you all that Tannasg is part of our crew, and as such I have complete faith in him. If there is a problem with his being here, then I would expect to hear about it directly, rather than "through the grape vine." Am I clear." Vanyssa smiled up at Tannasg. "I'm told that my daughter reacted badly to your presence." Vanyssa said. "I apologize for that. Welcome aboard, Ensign." She spoke very softly. The rest of the new crew was introduced, and Vanyssa was surprised by how many there were. She looked up at Sash in concern. Then she saw the boxes. He was doing promotions. She was fairly sure that she would not be getting one after the way the last two missions had went. Being possessed was not exactly the standard procedure. Vanyssa applauded politely as the officers were introduced. He looked at the final pip in his box, and a smile came across his face. he looked down at Nessa. "Lt. Commander Vanyssa Winters, please stand." Vanyssa stood, feeling somewhat confused still. "In recogniton of all that you have done for the crew, recently and in the past I hearby promote yu to the rank of Commander, and bestow upon you all of the rights and responsibilities of your new rank. congratulations Commander. And may I add on a personal note, the fact that you are present today is a sign of your dedication and strength." He replaced her black pip with the gold one and instead of shaking her hand he gave her a hug. "Congratulations." She hugged Sash back, still very confused. ::Close your mouth. You look like a stranded fish:: Riven said to her and her alone. She followed his excellent advice and managed to stammer out "Thank You, Sir." As she sat back down, she heard something else. ::First Officers of starships are Commanders. Now do you feel like the First Officer?:: ::I don't know, Riven.:: She sent back. ::I feel... confused. There are people missing.:: "Science is quiet. Some of the sensor grids could use an overhaul, we've abused this ship a lot in the last year, eventually the jury-rigging we've done will fall apart... Rubber bands only last so long, after all." His shades slipped fractionally as he turned his head to look at the CO. He made a point of looking over the shades so the Captain could see his eyes, "Much as I happen to like combat, it beats up on our systems. If you want to continue counting asteroids and gaseous anomalies well into next year, Captain Courageous, we will need a few day overhaul within six months." Vanyssa's jaw then did drop. She looked at Falthgood like he had grown a second head. She then looked at Sash. She hoped that he didn't kill the brilliant CSO on the spot. After a bit, some of the others Officers spoke up. When it was Vanyssa's turn, she looked at Sash in concern. "I don't have a report, but I do have a question. What happened to Mr. Stolev and Mr. Nakamura?" (reply Sash, any) (pb Melinda :-) Stardate:2406.05.18 (USS Nimitz - Conference Room 1- ACMO- Ensign (jg) BigWill Kinkaid- 1610) The Captain’s staff meeting was in motion. Sash was going over a few things and started the introduction of the new crewmembers of the USS Nimitz. To finally see the other faces of the personnel abroad the ship in one room mesmerized Kinkaid. The conference room seems too small to handle all the talent and the different personalities all at once. ~ To have all this in one room would be suicide, but it would at least be a comic relief to be sure. ~ Kinkaid thought with an inside chuckle and giggle. During the course of the meeting, Sash continued on by saying, "Several of you have also had the opportunity to met our new ACMO, Dr. BigWill Kinkaid." At that moment, Kinkaid quickly stood up from the his seat and glazed at everyone. The nervousness was starting to set in when Kinkaid began to speak. “Thank you, Sir. It is a pleasure to be aboard and to be part of a very imaginative group of individuals. Again, thank you.” Kinkaid was starting to sweat buckets knowing that his debut was over and reality was settling in. Upon the completion of the introductions, Kinkaid took his seat to get his breathing under control. Then the decisive moment was about to begin, as Sash moved a PADD and a small rectangular box in front of him and started to call out names. Sash called the name of Ensign Tannasg and motioned him forward to be by his side. Sash opened the box and pulled out a gold in color pip rank. A shiny one that it was. Sash removed Tannasg blackened pip and put the new rank in its place. Kinkaid thought to himself of what an honor it is to bestow such an outstanding Starfleet officer with that type of recognition. Kinkaid was awestruck wondering when it was going to be time for him, only if. Tannasg returned to his seat that is when Sash spoke again. "Dr. Kinkaid, please come forward." Kinkaid’s life was full of wonder and adventure, but it was all about to come to an end when Captain Sash called out his name, again. Imagining all the possible things he could have done in the short period while on the ship, Kinkaid was about to call for a security team to conference room so they could put him out of his misery because of the agony of what was about to happen, but instead he stood up and made his way towards the captain. Sash remarked by saying, "Ensign BigWill Kincaid, in recognition of your efforts in sickbay, since your arrival I hereby promote you to the rank of Ensign Senior Grade, and bestow upon you the rights and responsibilities of your new rank." Sash replaced his black pip with a gold one and shook his hand. Kinkaid was petrified of the honor that was bestow upon him by his captain, as if someone in the room had shot a phaser that was set on stun. His nervousness was about to turn into emotion, but he held it back like a true Starfleet officer with discipline should. Sash continued on. "This is a bitter sweet moment for me and for Dr Kincaid I'm sure. Due to the nature of his injuries, I feel it is in the best interest of Dr Fickett, and the ship, to leave him here with the Betazed healers while we go onto our next mission. I hope that after he recovers Dr. Fickett will rejoin us. However, that makes Dr. Kinkaid our resident Chief Medical Officer. Congratulations Doctor." Kinkaid refocused on the present and said, “I do not know what to say at this time, but only that I have some big shoes to fill. I hope that my expertise warrants further assistance to the ship and her crew. Thank you, Sir!” Kinkaid returned to his seat to reflect on the moment. (Reply anyone, none) (Posted by Nathan M. Williams) Stardate:2406.05.18 Mission:  A Trip to Paradise Mission, Day 4 Stardate:  2406.05.18 (USS Nimitz - Conference room - Ensign Miles O'Neill - 1616) "And just recently we have had two new additions in Ensign Jason Dema, our new ACSO and Ensign Miles O'Neil, our new ACEO.  I'm not ceratin if the two of you have had a chance to meet with you department heads. Lt. Falthgood is our acting CSO and Lt. Zzt is our CEO." Miles stood up and said to the crowd, "Hello everyone. It's an honor to be serving on this ship." After that he sat down. ~I should ask Lt. Zzt to show me the ropes, from what I saw in the mission reports, this ship looks pretty jury-rigged. I'm suprised it's still up and running, but then again, never underestimate a Sovereign.~   (reply any, none) (posted by mattkirk03) Stardate:2406.05.18 Mission:  A Trip to Paradise Mission, Day 4 Stardate:  2406.05.18 (USS Nimitz - Conference room - Ensign Jason Dema - 1616) "And just recently we have had two new additions in Ensign Jason Dema, our new ACSO and Ensign Miles O'Neil, our new ACEO.  I'm not ceratin if the two of you have had a chance to meet with you department heads. Lt. Falthgood is our acting CSO and Lt. Zzt is our CEO." Jason stood up "Nice to meet you all... oh,  and my apologies for my appearance.   (reply any (if needed)) (posted by Anthony Struelens)