Systems Check (Part 4 of 4)

Posted on 19 Mar 2012 @ 12:36pm by Rear Admiral Lirha Saalm & Captain Jonathan Holliday & Lieutenant Commander Chauncey Remington III (KIA) & Lieutenant JG Robin Hilyer MD & Lieutenant JG Drusilla McCarthy & Lieutenant Commander Evelyn Coleman & Command Master Chief Markum Quinn & Tarishiana Barel

1,290 words; about a 6 minute read

Mission: Episode 00 - Pre-Deployment
Location: USS Galileo, Deck 4, Various
Timeline: MD 05 - 0945 hrs

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Hilyer entered Sickbay. It was small compared to his last assignment but size didn't matter to him as long as he had the chance to practice medicine. Robin walked the length of the room towards the main biobed making sure to look out for any imperfections. On a PaDD he made notes on where to place certain instruments once they arrived from head quarters. Once he was finished his left sickbay proud of his office.

As Dru watched Hilyer head off for sickbay she turned to Barel and smiled,"Would you like a hand with your department? Apart from checking the comfort of the seat and couch in the counseling room, there really isn't much else for me to do."

"I would be glad to have your help Lieutenant." Tarishiana with a smile and a respectful nod. "Shall we start with the main labs?" She motioned in the direction of the labs and followed closely behind the counselor. "If we split up the work we should be able to get the initial diagnostics done quite quickly."

"Lead the way and just tell me what to do and point me in the right direction." As Dru fell into step with Tarishiana she looked around her, trying to take in the new areas she was seeing. Outside of her own quarters, the counseling office, numerous corridors, and the Captain's quarters, the counselor hadn't had much opportunity so see inside of the other departments."How big is the area you have to work with? Being a vessel for science, your department must have the biggest area space?"

Tarishiana smiled as she could feel the Lieutenant's enthusiasm and curiosity. " There are quite a few labs including the Arboretum, Botany lab, a planetary and astronomical geology labs, a planetary development lab, a few offices and a general work space." She looked around the area for a moment, "It is by far the largest space I have been provided in my time in Starfleet."

As Dru looks around her she bites her lip, even though she knows the basis of the equipment she hasn't a clue where she should start."Hum...can you point me at something and tell me what you need done to it?"

With a nod and little laugh, Tarishiana guided the women over to the main science display not far from where she had been standing, "Set the computer to run a level 4 diagnostic and repair any re-sequencing problems it finds...and you can do the same for the other three terminals while I work on the specimen containment fields."

Dru looks down at the displays in front of wrecking through her memory of basis diagnostic repair. Being a counselor, all she usually needed to worry about was her single terminal used for inputting notes, surely this couldn't be much more different? As Dru's fingers typed sequences into the terminal she turned slightly towards Tarishiana,"I don't think we were ever formally introduced actually? I'm Lieutenant Drusilla McCarthy, Chief Counsellor."

Tarishiana smiled over her shoulder, "Tarishiana Barel, Chief Science Officer." She gave a nod, "Oh...I am a Master warrant Officer by rank...In case you prefer that, ma'am." She may have spend more years in Starfleet then the young counselor, but she that didn't change the fact that she out ranked Tarishiana.

Turning back to the console she set the computer to run a diagnostic before repeating the same sequences on the next one. "Need any help, Ma'am?" she asked politely as she sensed the women's hesitation.

Dru bit her lip as she imputed more sequences into the computer when suddenly a loud beeping started,"Oh crap...What have I done?!?"

Tarishiana let out a breathy chuckle as she moved next to the young Lieutenant. She tapped a few control on the console. Her forehead showed her confusion for a moment before she input a few programming sequences and the console shut down. Once it has rebooted she simple smiled at McCarthy, "When all else fails...reboot."

Dru blushed deeply as she looked over at Barel,"I guess now you can see why starfleet though it best to stick me in a room with people rather then a room full of equipment. So...the inevitable question, what else do you want me to break?"

"You are doing fine." Tarishiana said with a laugh. "I have the diagnostic running on all the other consoles...so at this point we just need to wait." She looked back at the consoles, so far the computers had found nothing of interest. "So Lieutenant...how are you liking your new home?"

"Hum....well it's taking awhile to settle in in all honestly but I'm sure once we get under way I'll find things more comfortable them. The first few days of being on a shop can be so intense with all the paperwork and crew files which need to be read up on. How about yourself Miss. Barel?" Dru smiled at the woman standing beside her as she leans against a table, making sure not to git any of the computer terminals.

"It isn't bad." Tarishiana started, "The crew I have met so far is really nice and seem to be good at their job." She tapped a few of the controls on the console as the diagnostic. "So Lieutenant, you want to get a drink some time?" She liked the genuine nature of the counselor; she was someone she intended to get to know better.\

Dru smiled over at Tarishiana,"As long as you don't mind if I keep to the soft drinks I'd enjoy that. The joys of being a counselor, I'm on call 24/7 and always need a clear head to try counsel people." As the panel infront of Dru beeped again, Dru looked down, delighted to see a message flashing as finished, indicated no more problems.

"How about we meet for dessert?" Tarishiana said with a laugh. "It is safer then standing in a bar drinking soda." She confirmed the testing results on all the consoles. "Everything here...is checking out." She grinned over at Dru, "Just let me know when you have time."

"Dessert?!?" Dru's eyes light up at the mention of it."Ooooo....that sounds like such a fantastic plan. I'll give you a shout once the ship launches and we'll organise something." Dru smiled over at Tarishiana."I'll let you report in the all clear so, and then we are see where the Captain wants us next."

"Good plan,..." Tarishiana started with a grin. She reached up and tapped her commbadge. "Master Chief Barel to Commander Saalm...Science department reports all system green and ready for launch."

The captains voice promptly replied over the comm, "Understood, good work, Chief. Power down your systems and send your status reports to the dockmaster when you've finished."

Tarishiana nodded, even though she knew the Commander couldn't see her. "Yes, ss..Ma'am...consider it done." The desire to call everyone "sir" was one of the drawback from being enlisted most of your life, it was something Tarishiana was working on. She had already been down that road with a female CO and wasn't about to travel it again with Commander Saalm.

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CMDR Lirha Saalm
Commanding Officer
USS Galileo

LCDR Jonathan Holliday
Executive Officer
USS Galileo

LCDR Chauncey Remington III
Chief Operations Officer
USS Galileo

LTJG Amber Rose Scuito
Chief Tactical Officer
USS Galileo

LTJG Robin Hilyer MD
Chief Medical Officer
USS Galileo

LTJG Drusilla McCarthy
Chief Counselor
USS Galileo

LTJG Evelyn Coleman
Chief Intelligence Officer
USS Galileo

CWO Markum Quinn
Chief Engineering Officer
USS Galileo

MWO Tarishiana Barel
Chief Science Officer
USS Galileo

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