"Executive Review"
Previous Post: "Course Corrections, Crew Evaluations and Other Related Duties"
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Setting: USS HATHOR, CO's Ready Room
Looking out the only window of her office, the
Romulan/Terran hybrid quietly reviewed in her head the
problems and successes they had faced so far during
their mission. The HATHOR was performing as well as
could be expected and whatever bugs had still been in
present had been rapidly dealt with thanks to the
efficiency of Lt. Fairborn, Lt. Dawson and the rest of
the engineering staff.
Taking her seat behind the small desk, the HATHOR's
CO logged in her opinions of the mission so far and
began thinking about what other challenge they would
be made to face. Knowing that 1st Lt. Pravat was
planning something as per her own instructions had
actually made the Romulan/Terran hybrid be a little on
edge. Not being aware of what this *thing* would be,
and knowing how dedicated the Marine was to his work
only made the HATHOR's CO wonder when and how the
Enaran would strike?
Dismissing the possibility that the engine problems
had somehow been caused by the Marine, the
Romulan/Terran hybrid could only guess that the test
that she had requested from Pravat would take place
once the HATHOR arrived at S-7331. Using the high
gravimetric activity of the star to make a bad
situation worse seemed to be along the way of thinking
of the Marine 1st Lieutenant who would hold no punches
to achieve the goal requested by the HATHOR's CO.
Thinking the logic sound the Romulan/Terran hybrid
figure that she and the rest of the crew had about a
full day before finding themselves in the middle of an
unexpected trial mean to test their resolve and
ability to deal with the unexpected. Pushing those
under her command beyond their normal physical and
mental limits had been a trait of the woman since she
had been a Chief of Security, and now that she found
herself in command, the hybrid knew that such tests
had been even more important.
Training for the unexpected was an integral part of
being in Starfleet, and this was even more so within
the ranks of SFI as the unexpected was common
occurrence. Evaluating treats and situations before
they became impossible to be dealt with was something
that each and every officer onboard the ANUBIS needed
to be able to do in their sleep, and as much as she
did not care to admit it some of the current crew of
the HATHOR lacked in this ability.
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Having done all that she had wanted to, the
Romulan/Terran hybrid returned to the bridge which had
been left in the sole custody of the XO whom the
hybrid found sitting at the science station instead of
on the central chair. "You do know that while you are
in charge, you can sit in the captain's chair."
Looking up at the HATHOR's CO with a stunned expression, the CSciO/XO glanced at the empty chair and returned her eyes onto the Romulan/Terran hybrid. "I did, I mean I was, that is before I had to put in a course correction into the flight controls. After that I had wanted to run a few additional tests on the lateral sensors to be sure that we would be ready to deal with the gravimetric anomalies that we would encounter as we approach S-7331. I mean I know that this ship is made to withstand more than more starship, but I thought it prudent to make sure we did not run into anything that we could have easily avoided."
Still finding it hard to believe that anyone could
speak as fast and without seemingly taking a breath as
the Shillian, the HATHOR's CO took a moment to process
all of the information her XO had provided in only a
few seconds. "Course correction?"
Smiling at the CO, the XO nodded her head before
going into an extensive explanation. "I am sure that
it was nothing more than a benign error made by our
FCO who had us heading towards the far reaches of the
Beta Quadrant instead of S-7331. I noticed the
mistake and imputed a course correction and given our
current speed, this will result in only an hour's
delay, which of course could be easily compensated by
asking Lt. Fairborn to push the engines to their
maximum for a short period of time."
Raising a single hand to stop the Shillian from continuing, something that the Romulan/Terran hybrid knew for sure her XO could and would; the HATHOR's CO accepted the report with a nod of her head and headed for the central chair. "I do not think that an hour more or less is going to make any difference in what we have to do."
Sitting in her chair the Romulan/Terran hybrid accepted this minor delay as just another unexpected to be dealt with, one that would surely be easier than anything the Enaran Marine would have in store for them once they arrived at their next destination.
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Lieutenant Commander Serenna
Acting Commanding Officer 2005 post #559
Stardate: 60331.1400
Setting: USS HATHOR, CO's Ready Room
Stardate: 60331.1415
Serena Switt {serena1141@yahoo.com.au}
Executive Officer
USS ANUBIS
USS HATHOR
