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ZE/D07 - Engineering - Paul - 05-08-2025
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RE: ZE/D07 - Engineering - Gath - 05-12-2025
== NRC Ensign Raven "Blue" Singer, Engineering Officer ==
Of all the people in Engineering, one was moving around and barking order. She was an Ensign, but no rank visible on her dirty coveralls. Her dark hair was tied back in a ponytail, but she sounded like a drill instructor with new recruits. It was working though, because people responded to the sound of authority. She hadn't seen anyone with higher rank yet and there were orders to get the ship moving.
Taking a moment to stare at the large master display, she was nodding in confidence that she could at least promise they would make it out of the dock alive. The numbers were actually looking surprisingly good for a ship of this age. A smile finally found its way onto her dirt smudged face as she patted the edge of the console with a hand and said, "I think we're going to get along just fine, old girl."
RE: ZE/D07 - Engineering - Keir 77 - 05-12-2025
<<Bridge<<
Crossing the floor towards where hir second was standing Keir picked up a couple of the standard hand cleansing cloths and passed them to hir #2. Keir smiled hearing the comment the Ensign made when checking the master display
"It certainly looks like you've been working hard, but take a moment and clean some of that off your hands. Before you say anything let me give you the lowdown on how I deal with my team. Between us and especially when it's busy we keep the protocols to a minimum. I can see;" Keir added while checking the board; "that you have been busy and quite productive, well-done Ensign. So, I'm gonna let you and the team know what's up."
Raising hir voice "Listen up everyone I am Lieutenant Commander Keir77 assigned here as Chief; we have been given a new mission and will arrive in just under an hour, so our new CO asked us to make sure, at least as much as we can that we will be mission ready when we arrive. I can see that you have all been busy and I appreciate that. When I am on duty here, addressing me as Chief is fine.
Keep it up and let's see if we can give the Captain that assurance before we come out of warp, so back to work."
With the Ensign following Keir assessed the board and saw that the progress done was impressive. "Looking good Ensign, looks like the old girl still has something left hmmn?"
Leaning over the boards the two engineers assessed remaining priorities and proceeded to get to work . Both officers were confident that they would have good news for the CO by the time they arrived.
RE: ZE/D07 - Engineering - Gath - 05-13-2025
== NRC Ensign Raven "Blue" Singer, Engineering Officer ==
Raven took the offered wipes and got most of the dirt off her hands, but was still oblivious to what was on her face. She smiled at her boss and agreed, "She's an old girl, but we have lots to work with here. Lots of people complain about these outdated systems, but what they forget is that these older systems had higher tolerance margins built into the designs. When the targ hits the impeller, you can push these things into the red line more than the salesman advertised. They made pretty good smuggling and blockade busters back in the day. I won't lie, there are some areas of shady patchwork here and there, but I'm on it."
She patted Keir on the shoulder with a surprisingly strong feeling hand and gave a wink, "Don't worry, we'll be ready to launch long before that deadline. Hell, they could pull out of port right now and I can get us there. You've got no worries yet. I'll be sure to let you know if things get interesting though."
== Tag Keir ==
RE: ZE/D07 - Engineering - Morad Ameen - 05-14-2025
[Ameen to Commander Keir.] There was a short pause. [Status report from Engineering, please. Are primary systems, main power, and the warp drive green for immediate departure to Trill? What's your assessment of our ability to maintain Warp Nine?]
RE: ZE/D07 - Engineering - Keir 77 - 05-15-2025
After going over all the main engineering systems both Keir and Singer agreed the ship was as ready as it could be
"Keir to Bridge, Engineering is ready for mission start."
RE: ZE/D07 - Engineering - Morad Ameen - 05-15-2025
[Commander Keir, glad to hear Engineering is ready for mission start. Stand by for warp speed.] Ameen replied.
RE: ZE/D07 - Engineering - Gath - 05-15-2025
== NRC Ensign Raven "Blue" Singer, Engineering Officer ==
As the ship went to warp, Raven tilted her head and grinned as she listened to the ship. With a wink, she said to Keir, "See, I told you she would fly true."
Then, for the benefit of the Bridge, she spoke up, "Smooth and steady at Warp Nine, Captain. I'll keep my eye on her, but I don't expect the old girl will give us any trouble."
RE: ZE/D07 - Engineering - Gath - 06-10-2025
== NRC Ensign Raven Singer, Engineering Officer ==
Once the ship arrived at Trill, Raven took advantage of the time to give the systems a good look over. She wanted to see how close the real numbers matched her projections for running the engines that hard for that long. There was no reason not to have every confidence in the ship, but she liked being sure. If things always ran like they should, she wouldn't have much of a job. With time to burn, she was able to look at quite a great deal of data and even run a few short diagnostics as well.
== GM Input request: Please verify if all systems remain in the green. ==
RE: ZE/D07 - Engineering - GM-06 - 06-11-2025
All systems are good and green. As was to be expected, the ship and her engines were a bit out-of-date compared to the rest of the in-service vessels, but there were no red (or orange) flags in regards to her ability to go from Point A to Points B & C.
RE: ZE/D07 - Engineering - Gath - 10-03-2025
== NRC Ensign Raven Singer, Engineering Officer ==
Raven was glad to not be forced to attend the formal dinner. She hated those kinds of things. Making polite smalltalk annoyed her, leaving a bad taste in her mouth, so she would have been forced to stand around looking busy while doing her best to keep quiet. In her mind, being able to actually get some real work done was much preferred.
It made her feel good that the ship was in such good shape. Someone had shown her lots of love over the years and it showed. In a relatively short amount of time, they had been able to not only catch up on some of the scheduled maintenance, but were a little ahead on a few things. That, in turn, allowed her to ease up a little on her people, at least for the moment. Ship maintenance was a constant thing, so when you could let your team catch a little break, it was nice. Before long, she knew she would be faced with some sort of project that would require extra time and effort. It all balanced out in the end.
With most of her crew busy or relaxing, she was glad to have a chance to go over rosters for damage control and hazardous waste. Nobody liked playing with the toxic stuff and even fewer wanted to dive in to repair things while they were still in the process of trying to explode. The fancy technical terminology was a rapid and uncontrolled disassembly, often followed by a catastrophic failure of said assembly. On a starship in the middle of the vastness of space, none of those were good to hear. She had seen people sucked out of a ship and it wasn't pretty. The only thing that always seemed odd about it was that there was very little sound when it happened. It tended to be rare when there was a small hole and the sound of atmosphere rushing through it. When a hull rupture happened, it was often bigger than a person and the air went out like a balloon popping. The sudden drop in pressure was a sort of inverted shockwave, pulling at you instead of pushing you, but then the barriers popped up, with you on the wrong side of them, and there was just silence. The trick was to keep your head and try to move. You tended to have only about 30 seconds, if that. The cold didn't hit you all at once. The moisture on your skin would crystalize quickly and you had to worry about your eyes and not try to breathe. The breath wants so badly to escape you, but it is keeping you alive. It takes training to keep your head right for those critical few seconds.
As the thoughts of moments like that ran through her head, she jotted down a note to have some remedial holo-training on emergency actions. A few drills might not hurt either.
RE: ZE/D07 - Engineering - Gath - 10-22-2025
== NRC Ensign Raven Singer, Engineering Officer ==
Raven glanced over her PADD, double checking that nothing had escaped her notice, only to see there was a message she had missed. Opening it, it informed her of a new Engineer. She had no idea they were expecting a new troop. Wait, it said they were already on the ship.
She glanced around, hands on hips. There hadn't been anyone new around. Raven had been a bit busy, that was true, but she would have noticed someone new wandering around...wouldn't she? A roll of her eyes and a heavy sigh as thoughts ran through her head about a couple of the crew and how they loved to haze new people right out of the Academy. They were always sending them to get the keys for a shuttle or something equally silly. She would probably find the new crewman looking for some shelf where they were told they would find a box of connections to the subspace network. The message didn't even give a name, just mentioned to get the new Midshipman settled. Could they possibly be more vague? Might as well ask to make sure the ship was ready, without saying what it needed to be ready for.
Raven shook her head and grumbled to herself, "I should have stuck to being a pirate."
== Sorry, I couldn't resist... ==
RE: ZE/D07 - Engineering - Keir 77 - 11-04-2025
<<Bridge<<
Keir and hir newest Engineering Middie arrived in Engineering to introduce the newest officer. and as expected; Ensign Singer and the senior NCOs were all present as Keir had chosen to do the tour right as the shifts changed.
As they departed the lift the team would witness and very tall Saurian Engineering Midshipman. S/he approached the team who turned as Keir in turn named each of the team ending with Ensign Singer. "This is Midshipman A’kilees Peleus and he has the privilege of working with a top-notch engineering team."
Turning to hir Deputy Chief, s/he nodded towards the Middie; "Ensign I would appreciate it if you could give our newest officer an introduction to our department and assign him some tasks to allow him to familiarize himself with our policies and procedures."
==Tag both officers==
RE: ZE/D07 - Engineering - Gath - 11-06-2025
== NRC Ensign Raven Singer, Engineering Officer ==
Giving a nod to Keir, Raven wiped her hands on a rag from the pocket of her cover-alls, "Ah, so this is our new guy. No problem, boss. I'll get him broken in and part of the team in no time."
Her unusually dark blue eyes tended to make eye contact easy for her. People would focus on her eyes because they were almost a purple color, in the right light. It was a rare genetic mix that gave her dark blue that was mixed with just a touch of red. Her dark hair was pulled back into a ponytail. She extended a hand to the Saurian Midshipman and smiled, "Welcome to the most important department on the ship."
== Presuming he shakes the hand... ==
Looking him up and down, "Wow, you're a big one. I hope you don't have an issue with tight spaces. First thing I'm going to do is have you become familiar with the ship by having you crawl through every Jeffries Tube we have. That should be a good start."
== Tag to Keir and A'kilees. This should officially get you started. ==
RE: ZE/D07 - Engineering - A’kilees - 11-07-2025
>>Main Engineering>>
A’kilees was relieved to hear from the Chief that the Zephyr Engineering crew were capable and s/he had every bit of confidence in them all. He had expected more rigidity and discipline when serving time at Starfleet but was relieved at the more relaxed nature but excited at the prospect of constantly being busy.
The door opened and Keir and A’kilees stepped out of the turbolift.
“Welcome to Engineering Midshipman” s/he said enthusiastically as she approached and introduced various members of the Engineering staff until s\he got to the Deputy Chief. “Ensign, I would appreciate it if you could give our newest officer an introduction to our department and assign him some tasks to familiarize himself with our policies and procedures.”
The ensign in question, Raven Singer, was a human female with dark hair tied in a ponytail, wearing coveralls and had unusually coloured eyes which immediately struck A’kilees to be quite beautiful. He had been born with eyes that had an emerald tinge, unusual for a saurian. Perhaps he had found someone with some common ground. She smiled and extended a hand.
“Welcome to the most important department on the ship.”
A’kilees smiled as best as his saurian features allowed him to and firmly grasped the Ensign’s hand.
“I appreciate your welcome, Ensign.” A’kilees replied and looked around at the other members of the crew who had come to welcome him. “Thank you all for your welcome aboard the Zephyr, and please, call me A’kilees”
Raven looked A’kilees up and down, sizing the saurian up. “Wow, you’re a big one. I hope you don’t have an issue with tight spaces. First thing I’m going to do is have you become familiar with the ship by having you crawl through every jefferies tube we have. That should be a good start.” A’kilees chuckled.
“Jefferies tubes? Sounds like you’re going easy on me, Ensign.” he joked. “Please, lead the way. I’m eager to get started.”
== Tag Raven Singer(Gath), Keir 77 ==
RE: ZE/D07 - Engineering - Gath - 11-09-2025
== NRC Ensign Raven Singer, Engineering Officer ==
Raven gave Keir a knowing nod and said, "Thanks Chief, I'll take it from here."
Looking to the new Saurian member of the team, she began, "The Academy does a great job of teaching you about general systems knowledge, but it is once you get assigned to a ship that your Field Training begins. If you're being assigned to certain ships, they have schools to try and prepare you for duty on things like Carriers and the likes, but this is an older ship, so it's called On the Job Training (OJT). You're certainly going to be putting that systems training to use, but on an older ship like this, you're going to be learning where they hid all the annoying components that are hard to get to."
She produced a PADD from a thigh pocket and tapped the menu a couple of times then held it out to A'kilees, "You'll need to use this for a while, until you get to know your way around. You can manually input your queries, or set it to interact verbally. There's even a setting for your native language, which comes in very handy for someone like you. It cuts down on having two computers trying to listen to you at once. It has classified data on it, so don't allow it to be left laying around, but it contains the location of every component on this entire ship. You can even have t display a specific system schematic and pathways, so you can see where a component fits into a given system for context. A great many components are behind panels and in crawl spaces, the Jeffries Tubes being one of the main ways to access the majority of them. I know it sounds like quite a bit to take in, but you'll be surprised how quickly you pick it up once you've been through enough of the ship. She's smaller than most of those bigger and fancier ships, but this is still good technology that has been battle proven and time tested. We can go over your training records another time. What I want to get into is the hands on stuff, so you can begin to feel at home here."
She then made sure to look him directly in the eyes and asked in a calm and honest tone, "So, do you have any questions for me before we dive into all that? Don't be shy. We're going to be spending lots of time together, so you better get comfortable asking questions."
Raven had a way of speaking very plainly. From someone else, her words might have sounded rehearsed or as some sort of lecture, but her mannerisms made it come across as if they were simply talking about the weather or any other mundane topic. Her outfit didn't even appear to be showing any rank. It didn't seem to matter to her that Saurians were relatively uncommon. She was treating him like she would anyone else. What was important to her was that he needed to learn things and she was going to do her best to teach them to him. If they got into combat and he couldn't do his job, people could die, including them. The practicality of her approach didn't really need to be said. If you were on a ship in space, you knew this to already be true.
== Tags to both. Don't worry, I'm not going to actually drag you through training. This does set up the idea though, so we can then post about various things you might experience in the course of your training until you find yourself writing as part of the main missions. Do feel free to ask her any questions your character might have though. ==
RE: ZE/D07 - Engineering - Keir 77 - 11-16-2025
Keir listened to the exchanges between hir officers; pleased to see Raven stepping up and taking the lead on further training.
S/he stood back and listened to their exchanges and was pleased to see how effortless Raven made the training appear; she definitely had a knack for it.
The young Middie was quite eager to begin the actual shipboard training and it appeared that the two if them were hitting it off. The dynamic between the relatively short Human and the nearly 7 foot tall Saurian was dramatic but s/he was pleased to see the easy and comfortable interaction between them.
"Ensign, I will remain here in Engineering to give you time to work through some drills with our new Middie. "Looking A'kiless up and down Keir offered a warm smile to hir newest officer. "As with many missions we never know when trouble could arise so make the most of this training time and don't be hesitant to ask questions, carry on Ensign Singer"
==Tag A'kilees and Singer==
RE: ZE/D07 - Engineering - A’kilees - 11-17-2025
Some on site training would do me good. A’kilees thought to himself. Ensign Singer had brought up some good points in her introduction. Though he had been on a few vessels temporarily as a cadet, getting some new hands-on experience on the Zephyr would definitely be beneficial. As Raven had pointed out, the age of the Steamrunner Class as compared to other escort classes in Starfleet it was no top of the line vessel but was certainly a work horse still capable of holding her own whether exploring or in combat.
Raven handed him a PADD to which he accepted happily. Raven had obviously taken some time to customize it to accommodate him even before he had arrived. A’kilees started quickly scrolling through the data quickly pouring over the schematics of the Zephyr; tactical systems, computer systems, utility and auxiliary systems, all there and more. He had previously viewed the schematics of the Steamrunner class that were available when he found out he was to be assigned here, but now he could see every alteration and modification that had been made to the vessel during its many years of service. The list was quite extensive, he would definitely need to spend some time later in his quarters to go over them all.
“So, do you have any questions for me before we dive into all that? Don’t be shy. We’re going to be spending lots of time together, so you better get comfortable asking questions” Raven asked.
A’kilees snapped back from absorbing the Zephyr’s structure and systems and looked back down towards the ensign. He had been listening intently to her and appreciated Raven’s simple and straightforward speech as well as her relaxed candor. Compared to the stuffy attitudes and roundabout way of talking his engineering instructors had back at the Academy, this was much more of a relaxing atmosphere but with a plethora of tasks to complete. A’kilees nodded approvingly.
“Yes of course *gwar* thank you Ensign. I think some hands-on work would be great.” A’kilees replied happily. “I was wondering if we could have a look at the transporters at some point soon?”
== Tag Raven Singer (Gath). No worries, it’s all part of the narrative, but yeah if there are things to do: install, repair, program etc I’d be down to write those kinds of posts. If I have any questions A'kilees will be sure to ask Raven if she's around==
RE: ZE/D07 - Engineering - Gath - 11-19-2025
== NRC Ensign Raven Singer, Engineering Officer ==
Raven smiled and shook her head when he used hr rank. Lowering her voice to a more casual tone, she said, "First of all, you might be new and fresh from the Academy, but before you know it, you're going to be an Ensign as well. In our line of work, experience counts for more than rank does. in fact, I'm not even wearing any rank right now. My point is that you don't need to worry about rank with me. Unless the Captain is around, you can call me Raven. What you do need to focus on is finding your space legs and getting comfortable with the ship and crew. As for the Transporters, I see no reason why we can start your grand tour with your favorite toys. This isn't a classroom though, so always remember that all circuits are hot and functioning."
She started walking towards the door and commented, "I'm not a big fan of transporters, but it's a personal thing. I used to think they were an amazing piece of technology, but after understanding how they work, I find them a little...um...unsettling. Like everyone, I need to use them sometimes, especially if you end up going out into the field on an Away Team or something like that, but I don't have to like it. I suppose it's a bit like lots of things, once you know everything about something, it takes a little of the fun out of it. Now the replicators, which are a very similar technology, those I absolutely love, but again, don't ask me to step into one. I think replicators are perhaps one of my favorite developments of all time."
They continued to talk as they walked...
== Tags...we can end this here, or you can feel free to have us continue anywhere you would like to go. This is a chance for you to decide what you would like your character to experience as part of the interaction, should to wish to continue. It can be seperate from the mission timeline as we cover your character's introduction to the "real Star Fleet" experience, which is always different than the academy training. The real world is dirtier and less forgiving while being filled with people of variable amounts of experience. Your ball! ==