Unexpected Detour

Posted on 02 Mar 2018 @ 10:52pm by Ensign Callin Mastrel

378 words; about a 2 minute read

"I didn't think my first posting would turn out quite like this," Callin's voice sound a little sad perhaps, but as he continued to record his log it slowly brightened.

"It took days and over half a dozen interviews before I got an assignment, and that definitely do anything for my self-esteem. I guess I had this idea that I would graduated and have all sorts of opportunities ahead of me, not that I'd have to convince a crew to take me on. Maybe I could've done better at the Academy but I don't really see how, with how hard I worked. Maybe I just had the wrong idea to being with."

"Anyways, it's official, I'll be a junior science officer on the USS Galileo-A. At least...when it launches. I guess there are some delays, which is to be expected. But now I know what I'll be doing, and where my family can forward their messages to."

"Until then, I was put on a temporary assignment to the Schofield. I didn't even think that any Oberth-Class ships were in service anymore! It's a little exciting, being on board, seeing this piece of history. Has any ship in Starfleet served for so long?"

"We'll be investigating a Cepheid variable, which is totally cool too! They tend to be a bit predictable, but actually witnessing a star transitioning to this stage is a rare event. We still have some problems measuring distance of a Cepheid variable, given the difficulty with defining the metallicity, or the passbands and their relation the period-luminosity, even with modern equipment."

"I wonder if anything we'll find will help sort that out so we can measure the distance to extra-galactic stars with more accuracy. That'd be totally worth the trip!"

The cheery tone by this point paused, almost long enough that the log turned off, but just in time Callin added in a smaller voice, "Gotta admit, as excited as I am to finally be out here in space, on my first mission, I'm a bit nervous too. Most of this crew knows each other, have served with each other for years. It's going to take a while to find my place in all of that."

"Computer, end log."

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