07-17-2024, 11:40 PM
[Lieutenant Phoenix to Lieutenant Hoekstra, The Captain has asked you prepare a team ready to go over to the distressed ship.]
The message from the bridge pulled Niels attention away from studying the ship’s maintenance reports. He wanted the ship to be mission ready as soon as possible, but it seemed that a mission had arrived sooner than expected. Placing the PADD he was reading back on his desk, he gave a brief response.
“Understood.” Niels said, “Do we have an ETA for reaching the distressed ship?”
The captain’s announcement came seconds later shedding some light on what was turning out to be a more complex problem than initially presented. While Niels waited for an answer, he pulled up a department roster on his desk console. Some of the crew had transferred with him from the Charon, but most were as new to him as he was to them. His only knowledge of their individual abilities came from their personnel records.
This left Niels with only a few options. He briefly considered making a team composed solely of engineers from the Charon in whose skills he was already confident. Yet, that did not seem fair to the others in the department. More importantly, it would not reflect the skills needed for the specific situation. A team of engineers, no matter how competent, would not be as effective if they lacked the specific knowledge and expertise required for the task at hand.
Tapping a few buttons on the screen, Niels set the computer to work cross referencing the personnel records. At this point, there wasn’t a lot of information on what kind of problem they were going to face, so he started by pulling the records of those who had some firsthand knowledge of the Cardassians or their technology. From there, he would build a team to complement their knowledge, choosing those with some experience and who showed aptitude in their given area of expertise.
The message from the bridge pulled Niels attention away from studying the ship’s maintenance reports. He wanted the ship to be mission ready as soon as possible, but it seemed that a mission had arrived sooner than expected. Placing the PADD he was reading back on his desk, he gave a brief response.
“Understood.” Niels said, “Do we have an ETA for reaching the distressed ship?”
The captain’s announcement came seconds later shedding some light on what was turning out to be a more complex problem than initially presented. While Niels waited for an answer, he pulled up a department roster on his desk console. Some of the crew had transferred with him from the Charon, but most were as new to him as he was to them. His only knowledge of their individual abilities came from their personnel records.
This left Niels with only a few options. He briefly considered making a team composed solely of engineers from the Charon in whose skills he was already confident. Yet, that did not seem fair to the others in the department. More importantly, it would not reflect the skills needed for the specific situation. A team of engineers, no matter how competent, would not be as effective if they lacked the specific knowledge and expertise required for the task at hand.
Tapping a few buttons on the screen, Niels set the computer to work cross referencing the personnel records. At this point, there wasn’t a lot of information on what kind of problem they were going to face, so he started by pulling the records of those who had some firsthand knowledge of the Cardassians or their technology. From there, he would build a team to complement their knowledge, choosing those with some experience and who showed aptitude in their given area of expertise.