01-18-2025, 01:48 PM
As she spoke, Mika couldn’t help but notice the captain’s slight smirk when she made her comments about how her parents viewed the service. Perhaps she’d amused the older woman, but it wasn’t a sight that last long as for the remainder of the time Mika hadn’t been able to read Braggins’ facial expressions.
That’s to be expected. Captains are supposed to give a vibe of sureness to the people under their command. You’d expect someone to be masterful at masking their emotions, and keeping a tight lid on them.
“…Starfleet gossip likes to skew details and the civilian media likes to blow things out of proportion because scandal sells…”
Mika couldn’t really argue with the point the captain was making. It was also one of the reasons she tended to shy away from taking stock of news and politics. Overall, there tended to be very little, or even worse, no truth in what was being said. The young woman would rather have reliably, cold facts. Because of that, Mika didn’t have a shred of knowledge on the alleged scandalous Captain Braggins. Even with her being a person who always wanted answers, she didn’t see a reason to take the captain up on the offer to ask their one-time questions.
I should, but people have a tendency to twist the truth for their own agendas. Not that I really have any burning questions anyway. Even well-intentioned people are less reliable with their mouths, when compared to what my eyes personally see. Actions and visuals speak louder than words, any day.
Picking her PADD back up, which had been slid back to the three Midshipmen, Mika remained on the quiet side. She just kept analyzing the room before her. Bremner and Campell both seemed like their stereotypical departmental selves, the doctor saying they’ll heal even in questionable situations and the engineer ready to help fix the ship. Perhaps that was a description that could’ve also fit herself. Mika would just be happy about locking herself in the science labs after all. Although, it wasn’t like she had to go out of her way to mention it out loud.
A newcomer, the hulking Chief Engineer, was welcomed into the office. Gorn weren’t typically seen outside of the Hegemony, let alone serving in Starfleet. That being said, Mika didn’t have any predetermined opinions towards the Commander himself. The Gorn did have a reputation for being xenophobic, but Mika understood that the sentiment might not necessarily be shared amongst all members of the species. And realistically, if the engineer had been in Starfleet for as long as it appeared, then odds were he didn’t share that particular aspect.
That’s to be expected. Captains are supposed to give a vibe of sureness to the people under their command. You’d expect someone to be masterful at masking their emotions, and keeping a tight lid on them.
“…Starfleet gossip likes to skew details and the civilian media likes to blow things out of proportion because scandal sells…”
Mika couldn’t really argue with the point the captain was making. It was also one of the reasons she tended to shy away from taking stock of news and politics. Overall, there tended to be very little, or even worse, no truth in what was being said. The young woman would rather have reliably, cold facts. Because of that, Mika didn’t have a shred of knowledge on the alleged scandalous Captain Braggins. Even with her being a person who always wanted answers, she didn’t see a reason to take the captain up on the offer to ask their one-time questions.
I should, but people have a tendency to twist the truth for their own agendas. Not that I really have any burning questions anyway. Even well-intentioned people are less reliable with their mouths, when compared to what my eyes personally see. Actions and visuals speak louder than words, any day.
Picking her PADD back up, which had been slid back to the three Midshipmen, Mika remained on the quiet side. She just kept analyzing the room before her. Bremner and Campell both seemed like their stereotypical departmental selves, the doctor saying they’ll heal even in questionable situations and the engineer ready to help fix the ship. Perhaps that was a description that could’ve also fit herself. Mika would just be happy about locking herself in the science labs after all. Although, it wasn’t like she had to go out of her way to mention it out loud.
A newcomer, the hulking Chief Engineer, was welcomed into the office. Gorn weren’t typically seen outside of the Hegemony, let alone serving in Starfleet. That being said, Mika didn’t have any predetermined opinions towards the Commander himself. The Gorn did have a reputation for being xenophobic, but Mika understood that the sentiment might not necessarily be shared amongst all members of the species. And realistically, if the engineer had been in Starfleet for as long as it appeared, then odds were he didn’t share that particular aspect.