Scientist On A Misson

Posted on Mon Oct 14th, 2019 @ 10:15am by Petty Officer 2nd Class Halla Dezom (*) & Lieutenant Junior Grade Karis

Mission: Cosmos
Location: USS Cosmos
Timeline: 2396
942 words - 1.9 OF Standard Post Measure

Karis popped her head into the science lab. She hadn't been here long and for some reason was always afraid someone was going to tap her on the shoulder and tell her she didn't belong. She ran her hands over the console and let out a small sigh thinking about all of the things that had led her to this spot, the destruction of the Yorktown, the rescue on Rhea, imprinting on Ryon and his fall from grace in the eyes of Starfleet. That last part still made her mad, really mad. Ryon was a noble person, she believed he always did what he thought was right and Karis wasn't just basing that on the strange bond they shared.

Halla turned as she heard someone just behind her and stood up a little straighter as she saw it was an Officer. "Ma'am." She greeted stopped the sanitation process she had started on the lab. It was something every technician worth there grain of salt did as soon as they arrived. She had been summoned quickly onboard but no one seemed to know why.

"Oh, sorry. I didn't mean to disturb anyone. I was just poking my head in and looking around." Karis never felt the need to go by rank when meeting a person unless they were a commander or a captain. That had always made her very nervous but she'd gotten better about it.

"I am just sanitising the labs, Ma'am. Just the basic process really. I want to make sure it is to my standard." The woman commented looking at her. "I am Petty Officer Dezom. I was called in from the base. No one told me why though?"

"Karis, nice to meet you. I'm newly stationed here and with everything going on I actually haven't even been in here yet."

"I see they seemed to have gathered people very quickly here." The Petty Officer commented. She had not seen many people since she had come on board quickly with a summons to report to the lab. "Any idea why I pulled onboard when four hours ago they did not have my paperwork?" Better to ask than to flail in the unknown.

"I know there's a situation on the planet that's taken quite a few members of the ship. That might be why. But to be honest I'm not in the loop as to what's going on all the time. Just looking for something to occupy my time." She left out the part that it was because she didn't want to worry about those down on the planet.

"Situation?" The Trill wondered as she moved to the console and brought up the planet. "Ah... I can see why I have been summoned here Ma'am. I worked on the Seabase for a year." Halla knew without a doubt why she was being asked there. They wanted her to go on the away mission. "I thought you were the Chief Science Officer?" Had Halla been incorrect on her assessment.

"Technically I am, but I sort of arrived after the away team disappeared so I don't know much more about it. Other than some sensor ghosts and then finally getting a lock and losing it again. I think we're going to send down a shuttle soon." She took a breath and told herself the shuttle crew would be fine.

"Did you want me to go, Ma'am?" The Petty Officer offered thinking she would take a chance and offer to go down. It always looked better especially to a new department head. The woman was sure she did not want to go down there but she was sure as hell going to as she did not want her experience wasted.

"Well you do have experience on the base." Karis was new to this ordering people around thing. "Do you have any objection to it?"

"Not at all. I had assumed it was why I had been summoned so quickly onboard." It was fast becoming obvious that no one knew who had summoned her back from the extra night she had been in the process of getting on the base. If her department head did not do it. Who had?

"Good then, I'm sure you'll be a very valuable asset down there." Karis paused as if there were something else on her mind. "Can you do me a favor, it's kind of a personal one?"

"Always." The Petty Officer raised an eyebrow wondering what personal favour that she could do for the woman after mere moments of meeting her. It was a random request but she was sure it would be doable.

"It sounds stupid. But someone I care about is on this mission and I'm worried about him. Could you keep an eye on him for me? Commander Adamya," Karis explained. "He's had a rough time of things lately and I don't want him doing anything stupid."

"You got it, Lieutenant. He will be watched like a hawk," Halla would be looking after everyone on the away mission that was a given so she would extra cautious of the commander. She had heard the rumours about the man but it was not her place to talk or discuss him.

"Thank you." Karis smiled at her. "Well, I guess, good luck then. I'll see you when you return. Maybe we can get to know each other a bit better."

"Ma'am." Was all the Petty Officer said as she rushed out the door. She had no time to lose.

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Lieutenant (jg) Karis
Science Officer
USS Cosmos
(PNPC Bowers)

Petty Officer 2nd Class Halla Dezom
Scientific Lab Technician
USS Cosmos
(PNPC Gregnol)