05-09-2024, 01:05 AM
Jenny didn't know a lot about Qi, but from what she saw so far, 'skittish' would be the word she would use to describe him. He seemed to ramble on in a way that would have made Reg Barclay proud, and yet immediately realise what he had done and have a sudden and adverse reaction to it. Whatever Adaran had been feeding her crews, it had obviously gone to the half-Trill's head. The way he looked around the room, almost pleading for someone to save him was a touch amusing, but Jenny failed to hide her amused snort when Black piped up with a request for a new coffee mug.
"Captain Adaran has always been tough on her crews, and her ships; that combined with the fact that the Yoritomo wasn't a spring chicken when she took command meant that it wasn't a shock when it went down in flames. Sad, yes; surprising, no. You can rest assured that we won't hold that against you; we might need you to make a small blood sacrifice to the gods of fate, but then what crew doesn't make those kinds of requests?"
The amused smirk on her face made it clear, Jenny hoped, that she was kidding. Though she was still very much the tired and jaded Officer that Black and D'Tor'an knew, this was no mask; she was genuinely pleased to meet her new Science Officer. Decent ones were becoming few and far between in Starfleet, with most of them either going on long-range missions or retiring into academia or the private sector at the first opportunity.
"It will be good to have a linguist aboard; there may be times when we need to avoid using the Universal Translator, and having a selection of voices to choose from will do a lot for our ability to communicate even in adverse conditions."
Wriggling back into her chair to make herself more comfortable, Jenny continued.
"As I said, the Yeager isn't finished yet so we can't go aboard until they put the finishing touches on her. I'd like to get all the Department Heads together for dinner tonight, say Nineteen-Thirty Hours, so we can introduce any new faces and go over what I expect our assignment will be. Are there any questions?"
"Captain Adaran has always been tough on her crews, and her ships; that combined with the fact that the Yoritomo wasn't a spring chicken when she took command meant that it wasn't a shock when it went down in flames. Sad, yes; surprising, no. You can rest assured that we won't hold that against you; we might need you to make a small blood sacrifice to the gods of fate, but then what crew doesn't make those kinds of requests?"
The amused smirk on her face made it clear, Jenny hoped, that she was kidding. Though she was still very much the tired and jaded Officer that Black and D'Tor'an knew, this was no mask; she was genuinely pleased to meet her new Science Officer. Decent ones were becoming few and far between in Starfleet, with most of them either going on long-range missions or retiring into academia or the private sector at the first opportunity.
"It will be good to have a linguist aboard; there may be times when we need to avoid using the Universal Translator, and having a selection of voices to choose from will do a lot for our ability to communicate even in adverse conditions."
Wriggling back into her chair to make herself more comfortable, Jenny continued.
"As I said, the Yeager isn't finished yet so we can't go aboard until they put the finishing touches on her. I'd like to get all the Department Heads together for dinner tonight, say Nineteen-Thirty Hours, so we can introduce any new faces and go over what I expect our assignment will be. Are there any questions?"