Problem Solving
Posted on Tue Oct 13th, 2020 @ 10:12pm by Lieutenant Commander Deannen Roinu & Lieutenant Commander Arianna Sky Kamar & Major Naomi Sylan Griffiths & Lieutenant Shri'Rao Sh'veqan & Lieutenant Commander James Trallos MD & Lieutenant JG Simon Hunter & Ensign Wulfgar Duergar
Mission:
Survival of the fittest
Location: Shuttle Bay
Timeline: S 02 EP 01 PT2 1400
[ON]
Frank called for a meeting of his senior officers and some of their assistants. He had just returned from meeting the Commodore and news that would not go over well. Deciding to do address this at once and dispel any rumours he asked the officers to meet him in the shuttle shuttlebay at 1400 hours.
Having received the message to attend a meeting Jane sent a message in return that she would be late as she was handling a grieving parent and was not comfortable with cutting the meeting with them shortly. She apologized in advance for her tardiness and promised to join him at the assigned meeting as soon as she responsibly could. Then thanked him in advance for his understanding.
James looked at the time and filed his charts. He had been playing catchup for days with his paperwork and was nearing the end. He gladly took the break and stretched. He grabbed his lab coat and made his way to the shuttle bay. He realized he was early as engineering had cleared up several blocked areas and damaged turbo lifts and he made much better time than he thought he would.
"Afternoon Captain." The doctor said realizing he was the first to show up. "No offence but I was hoping your trip would have taken longer and a staff meeting wouldn't be necessary."
"Unfortunately Doc, I've got some things I need to put out to the crew and I wanted to talk to most of the officers at once to prevent rumours or untruth being spread," Frank replied to Doc Trallos.
Shri'Rao was already there waiting for M'relar to show.
"Good afternoon Captain, Doc", Shri"rao said. She took a seat just as M'Rel.ar walked in and waved her over having saved a spot for her.
M'Relar just got off the turbo lift and walked into the meeting, waiting for others to come in before the meeting started
and to see what's up, and what the Captain said.
Wulfgar was the next to arrive. He stepped in and stood off to the side a bit. He had just recently completed his officer candidate school to become an officer and only held the rank of Ensign for about six months. He glanced around a bit nervously as he noticed that he was the lowest rank here so far. How he wished to be back in Engineering working on getting the ship back up. As he took his place as far out of the way but as to not seem like he was trying to hide, he gave a quick nod towards the Captain. "G' day Captain." Was all he said as he waited.
LCMD Rouni came in and looked around she smiled at the new Ensign, "Welcome to the Pennsylvania", and then grabbed some refreshments. She had not had time to eat and was hungry. She saw the Captain standing there and went over to him.
"Here are the reports on repairs to the Helm. the flight controls are ready when needed Captain. I also have the CFO seat replaced due to it being shaken loose some in the fight with the Kazon. I did not want to find myself sitting on the floor when in a critical situation."
Arianna arrived shortly with her report on the work already done, and what still needed to be done. "This will give you an idea of what needs still to be done. For all intense and purposes, we need dry dock time to fix everything. Maybe I can find enough of what we need by scavenging the Graviton Catapult. It is not functioning and I see no reason why we can't use it for our needs," she said.
Running a bit behind Major Griffiths finally arrived with Padd in hand "Hi Captain, all sorry for my tardiness" she said coming to a stop and tried to relax.
Simon had been in his office going over all the reports and half-filled requirements that had been asked for by the other department head's, now he was heading to a senior management meeting and update them on what was missing.
Now here he was ready to face the assembled staff including the captain as he thought to himself oO here we go Oo as the door slid open. He said "sorry everyone, I am still getting the requisition forms completed and stocks for the ship"
--Meeting--
Frank stepped up on a cargo crate, "Could I have your attention please, I need to say some things that won't be easy but I want you to hear them from me. First, the graviton catapult has been shut down, for reasons I cannot and will not go into at this time. This will affect our repairs, Iota does not have the large fabricators, so we most likely will not be able to get the ship up to 100% The Commodore has offered to share what he can with us, without leaving the station in a bind. The Catapult will not be powered back up any time soon, so we are essentially cut off from Alpha Quadrant at the moment. I know you have a lot of questions so I will do my best to answer what I can. Who's first?"
Rouni spoke up, " I was wondering will we be able to repair the hull breaches we have at the time Captain. And I do want to report the helm is back in normal parameters now. I do thank you for the use of the 2 engineers to repair the damaged helm cable Commander Kamar.
"The Hull Breaches will be fixed Commander Rouni, we can get a couple of the engineers from the station to assist with some helm repairs. They will be helping supply some of the manpower as well," Frank said to his second officer. "Who else has a question?"
Naomi sat there running things through her mind, she was aware of some of the issues, but the thought of being stuck in the butt end of the Galaxy was not a good prospect, but she wanted a life in Starfleet and now she got one, currently she had no questions so she remained silent.
Simon now knew why nothing had been coming to the ship on time and why he had been given the run around the sat few days, he said "sir, are we going to have a full store or what do I know what to ration?"
"Rations will be arriving sometime today, when I spoke with the Commodore our priority was our wounded, second has been fixing the ship, and third is resupply. The Penn was designed to remain deployed for years at a time, at this point the supplies will just top us off there," Frank explained to Operations Chief.
"Looks like we will need to scavenge parts on this side of the catapult. What parts do we need?" Shri'Rao asked.
"I've heard rumours from some of the dockworkers that the base is short on some supplies, possibly engine parts and other essentials", Shri' Rao stated.
"I honestly don't know what all parts we will need yet, Lieutenant Commander Sky-Kamar has been working diligently to compile a complete list of parts. As far as the parts shortage goes, that, unfortunately, is accurate. We may have to barter or scavenge for parts to keep the ship going.," Frank replied. "Are there any more questions?"
Jane came in then her eyes were puffy but she was otherwise composed. She offered a silent smile of apology. "Sorry for my tardiness." She said with a voice that seemed a little thick. She had only just finished her first official meeting and it was weighing on her heart still. But duty was duty and it had been difficult to leave the grief-stricken woman with the nurses in medical to receive a tranquillizer and some much-needed sleep. After the meeting, she'd have to draft the report to medical and security to place the crewman on suicide watch and excuse her from duty until she was mentally fit again. Still, it was hard.
Frank noted the arrival of Ensign Doe, a Counselor assigned to Pennsylvania by Commodore Hansen, "I'd like to introduce you all to Ensign Hansen, she has been assigned to us by the Commodore. I'd like all of you to make it a point to meet with her. Please consider this an order. Welcome Aboard Ensign Doe. We also have a new Ensign in Engineering assisting with our repairs. Please welcome them Ensign Duergar also. If there are no further questions this meeting is adjourned."
Wulfgar stood up straight and took a hesitant step forward as he was introduced. His instinct was to run. He hated being the centre of attention usually though he was proud of his work and enjoyed the praise from his fellow engineers but not of the entire command. He glanced over and was glad that he wasn't alone though. Ensign Doe was what he could call his first friend here and it gave him the strength that she was here. His eyes shifted then to the Captain's wife, his Chief. He nodded to her in greeting.
Jane smiled even chuckled at the Captians calling her Ensign Hansen. But otherwise, she waved fondly to the room.
Arianna saw her new addition and nodded back respectively. Young but his eagerness would soon be put to the test.
Shir'Rao went around introducing herself to the new ensigns,
"Hi, Ensign Hansen or is it Doe? There is apparently some confusion about that. Ensign Duegar it's a pleasure to meet you." Shri'Rao said
Jane's smile grew, "Tis Doe. Jane Doe. Pleased to meet you."
"The pleasure is all mine, Lieutenant," Wulfgar replied with a smile.
Jane stole a glance at the strapping new engineer. 'poor soul. He's got his work cut out for him. But then again so do i.' she thought. Her mind went back to the window she'd left only minutes ago and she had to repress another round of sniffles. "Sorry, it's been a rough morning. It really is a pleasure to meet you all but with the Captians permission I'd like to take my leave and centre myself a bit before my next appointment." She gave an apologetic smile to the friendly lieutenant that had come over to shake her hand.
[OFF]
Captain Kamar
Commanding Officer
Major NS Griffiths
First Officer
Ensign Duergar
Engineering Officer
Ensign Jane Doe
Counselor
Lieutenant James Trallos MD
Chief Medical Officer
Ltjg M'Relar K'relar
Security Officer
Lieutenant Shri'Rao Sh'veqan
Chief of Security