04-23-2024, 04:40 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-23-2024, 04:46 AM by Kalli Thorn.)
Lt Hoekstra heard a calm female voice come from almost within reach of him, "Breathe, Lieutenant. You look so nervous, I'm worried you might have a stroke. You should take a seat, like I did. It helps you to blend in more. They're all so busy that if you want to go without notice, you need to appear uninterested and simply blend into the surroundings. Blending in and becoming invisible is sort of one of my specialties."
There were a number of soft beeps and a subdued whistle from a device on her belt. Consulting her PADD, she cursed under her breath and said to the guy next to her, "Great, my subroutine found there's going to be a scheduled maintenance overlap that will be a spike in the system beyond manning."
The guy next to her was hunched over, nibbling some grapes and reading his own PADD, but said without emotion, "Were they two individual scheduling plans from dry dock?"
"Actually, yes."
The guy in the Science uniform nodded, "Yep, their shifts don't always talk and it isn't until about six months later that an analyst picks it up and will then force you to deal with it in the field. It happened to me once."
Kalli grumbled, "My programs aren't going to be ready and I only have field test units I brought with me. We'll be lucky to have a full crew by then, so don't even get me started on how many will be trained up by then. We are going to be seriously..."
The guy was still staring at his PADD, "Relax, I can fabricate anything you're going to need. Spin up your new chief and I can supply the programs and units. You'll be fine and none of the units will be sentient, I promise. It isn't me you'll need to worry about. You guys are more likely to have some homesick crewman trying to tinker with holograms in the holodecks so they are more like someone back home, that's the sort of stupid stuff that messes up programs these days. I can upgrade your defaults and I'll take an in-depth look at DeeDee and see how much that targeting subroutine you used improves my original designs on the units. You guys should be fine unless we get into combat within the first two weeks. Statistically possible, but not likely, so we'll be covered. Organics can cover the warp and main systems and unscheduled can be augmented by drones."
Kalli gave a sigh, "Well, I have no idea how ANYONE on this ship is going to feel about any of that. I'll see what I can come up with. I don't even know who anyone is on this ship yet, well...other than you, anyway."
The Science Officer got up and turned out to be as tall as Hoekstra and built like he belonged in Security, "Don't worry, Kalli. I've known you a while now and you've never failed yet. You got this. Make your your buddy there doesn't faint. It looks like this thing is going to kick off, so I better make it look good and pretend I'm paying attention."
It was only when the guy turned to leave that Hoekstra could tell he was a Commander. Kalli leaned her head on her hand and said, in an unconvinced tone, "Thanks, Alex. See you around."
He chuckled, "Hey, you need to come by and see the family. Try not to scare the new kids on the ship, okay."
Talion then stepped over toward the bar to make himself more visible. He knew that if it was going to be a dog and pony show, rank mattered, so he had to be prepared to play his part and been seen.
There were another couple of beeps, to which the diminutive female Engineer said to herself, "No, DeeDee, I got this one. I just hate trying to prepare briefings like this for Captains I've never even met yet. This was SO much easier when I was just a shy wrench turner, that's all. Bring up the manifest and find out who is even in the Command Staff of this floating city. If I'm going to put on the fearless face, I need to know who to talk to. Oh, and keep an eye on him to make sure he doesn't go into shock or anything. Medical should have a couple of people standing by for this, they always do. Ping them on my overlay, so I know where they are in the room."
There was a single beep.
"Thanks."
== Tag Hoekstra ==
== Hi, Kalli Thorn...pleased to meet you...I'm shy... ==
There were a number of soft beeps and a subdued whistle from a device on her belt. Consulting her PADD, she cursed under her breath and said to the guy next to her, "Great, my subroutine found there's going to be a scheduled maintenance overlap that will be a spike in the system beyond manning."
The guy next to her was hunched over, nibbling some grapes and reading his own PADD, but said without emotion, "Were they two individual scheduling plans from dry dock?"
"Actually, yes."
The guy in the Science uniform nodded, "Yep, their shifts don't always talk and it isn't until about six months later that an analyst picks it up and will then force you to deal with it in the field. It happened to me once."
Kalli grumbled, "My programs aren't going to be ready and I only have field test units I brought with me. We'll be lucky to have a full crew by then, so don't even get me started on how many will be trained up by then. We are going to be seriously..."
The guy was still staring at his PADD, "Relax, I can fabricate anything you're going to need. Spin up your new chief and I can supply the programs and units. You'll be fine and none of the units will be sentient, I promise. It isn't me you'll need to worry about. You guys are more likely to have some homesick crewman trying to tinker with holograms in the holodecks so they are more like someone back home, that's the sort of stupid stuff that messes up programs these days. I can upgrade your defaults and I'll take an in-depth look at DeeDee and see how much that targeting subroutine you used improves my original designs on the units. You guys should be fine unless we get into combat within the first two weeks. Statistically possible, but not likely, so we'll be covered. Organics can cover the warp and main systems and unscheduled can be augmented by drones."
Kalli gave a sigh, "Well, I have no idea how ANYONE on this ship is going to feel about any of that. I'll see what I can come up with. I don't even know who anyone is on this ship yet, well...other than you, anyway."
The Science Officer got up and turned out to be as tall as Hoekstra and built like he belonged in Security, "Don't worry, Kalli. I've known you a while now and you've never failed yet. You got this. Make your your buddy there doesn't faint. It looks like this thing is going to kick off, so I better make it look good and pretend I'm paying attention."
It was only when the guy turned to leave that Hoekstra could tell he was a Commander. Kalli leaned her head on her hand and said, in an unconvinced tone, "Thanks, Alex. See you around."
He chuckled, "Hey, you need to come by and see the family. Try not to scare the new kids on the ship, okay."
Talion then stepped over toward the bar to make himself more visible. He knew that if it was going to be a dog and pony show, rank mattered, so he had to be prepared to play his part and been seen.
There were another couple of beeps, to which the diminutive female Engineer said to herself, "No, DeeDee, I got this one. I just hate trying to prepare briefings like this for Captains I've never even met yet. This was SO much easier when I was just a shy wrench turner, that's all. Bring up the manifest and find out who is even in the Command Staff of this floating city. If I'm going to put on the fearless face, I need to know who to talk to. Oh, and keep an eye on him to make sure he doesn't go into shock or anything. Medical should have a couple of people standing by for this, they always do. Ping them on my overlay, so I know where they are in the room."
There was a single beep.
"Thanks."
== Tag Hoekstra ==
== Hi, Kalli Thorn...pleased to meet you...I'm shy... ==