Captain's Log 003

Posted on 20 Mar 2012 @ 6:45pm by Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm

417 words; about a 2 minute read

Captain's Log, Stardate 66219.7

Well, for what it's worth, our crew banquet went pretty well tonight. I was a bit concerned at first about how everyone would react...I suppose I didn't want the atmosphere to become too jovial. But everyone settled in quite well and the turnout was impressive. I got the chance to meet two of my immediate superiors, Admirals Talla H'Rhar and Amara Damian. They were great, much nicer and welcoming than I had expected. It's always hard to be the newest fledgeling in a group of seasoned flag officers, but they made me feel comfortable and were quite reassuring.

The crew seemed to get along very well. Mister Quinn seems to be quite the drinker and I think he could give me a good run for my latinum. Commander Holliday, despite his rugged demeanor, is actually quite a personable man. I was pleasantly surprised to see him mingling with so many different officers and enlisted crew. I would never have admitted it a week ago, but I'm growing quite fond of him.

The rest of the night went well...until I left the party. I had a few too many drinks, I think, so I went to the garden to get some air and walk around. I ended up stumbling across Dru, the ship's counselor. We've become rather good friends throughout the past week, so I was happy to see her. I'm not sure exactly what happened next. Or maybe I just don't want to admit it. We went for a walk together and began to talk...and then I kissed her. Several times.

I don't know why I did that. That's a lie, yes I do. I find her very attractive and great fun to be around.....but I should know better, especially with this being my first command. She's one of my subordinates and the ship's counselor, nonetheless, and she became very emotional after we finally stopped. It almost broke my heart to see her so upset and confused, but I didn't know what else to do but leave and give her space.

It's going to be awkward the next time I see her but we need to talk about what happened. Keeping things bottled up inside is never a good thing, especially on board a starship. I wish I could go back and do it all over, but I guess ranting about it in my log won't change any of what happened tonight. Sigh.

Computer, end log.

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