08-14-2024, 05:01 AM
While waiting for the results from the probes, Alex listened to what was going on. Being a former FO, he calmly advised, "Captain, we need to allow the CEO to give his evaluation of the situation first. We also have no information about what caused the detonation. If we feed power into their ruined systems and they aren't able to handle it, we could only increasing the risk for everyone over there. If there is weapons or volitile material involved, we could potentially even be putting our own ship in danger." He paused before continuing, "We need to give our people time to do their jobs. We also knew there would be casualties being beamed over before we sent the CMO to be on site.
What he wasn't saying was that the CMO can't do her job in two places at once. We have an entire staff on a huge ship that practically has it's own hospital. He was seeing confusion in the assignment of people to jobs and it was worrying him. Something he had learned the hard way was that you had to make command decisions and then live with them, right or wrong. You also had to have faith in your people. It was hard, but giving them the chance to do what you asked of them was a necessary part of being a crew and in the field it was part of an effective team.
It was hard for Alex not to say some things, but he also knew he had been out of the field for a few years. He was a CSO, not an FO, but the Captain need a senior officer to at least be there to be a sounding board.
What he wasn't saying was that the CMO can't do her job in two places at once. We have an entire staff on a huge ship that practically has it's own hospital. He was seeing confusion in the assignment of people to jobs and it was worrying him. Something he had learned the hard way was that you had to make command decisions and then live with them, right or wrong. You also had to have faith in your people. It was hard, but giving them the chance to do what you asked of them was a necessary part of being a crew and in the field it was part of an effective team.
It was hard for Alex not to say some things, but he also knew he had been out of the field for a few years. He was a CSO, not an FO, but the Captain need a senior officer to at least be there to be a sounding board.