Meeting the new XO

Posted on Wed Dec 31st, 2014 @ 2:32am by Captain Enalia Telvan & Lieutenant Commander Aelyn Radt

Mission: Devotion of Time
Location: Captain's Ready Room

With the sudden transfer of her XO and impromptu replacement with someone whose personnel file looked like a sane person's, Enalia was both worried and thrilled. Charon had already left on the same shuttle that had dropped off this Caitian-Trill hybrid, Lieutenant Commander Aelyn Radt. She just hoped this new XO could handle this crew of crazies.

Leaning back in her ready room chair, Enalia sighed and rubbed her face trying to stay awake. These late nights and early mornings were starting to get to her.

The lift door opened and the new Executive Officer stepped out onto the bridge, her hands clasped neatly behind her back as she studied the layout of the stations. Then she turned neatly on the balls of her feet, moving with an innate, sinuous grace towards the Ready Room, her fluffy tail swishing behind her. She pressed the chime then clasped her hands behind her back once again.

"Come in," Enalia called out, not even looking up as she got a fresh cup of coffee from her replicator.

The half-Caitian officer stepped inside, reaching into her duty jacket for a small PADD with her transfer orders and extending it towards her new Commanding Officer. "Lieutenant Commander Aelyn Radt reporting in," she said with a hint of a purr.

Briefly taking and glancing at the PaDD, Enalia handed it back and motioned to the chair. "Welcome aboard. Have a seat and tell me why you're crazy enough to be on this ship."

"I'm sorry?" Aelyn said with a curious tilt of her head. "I'm not certain that I understand the question, ma'am."

"Everyone else on this ship are asylum rejects of some sort. Are you sane?" Enalia eyed her new XO as she waited for a response.

"Last time I checked..." Aelyn said, studying her Captain in return. "I can get a copy of my last psych eval from Deep Space 12 if you need to be sure." What the hell kind of posting was this that the Captain needed to ask if she was sane?!

"In that case, my condolences on getting this assignment. Care for something to drink? There's a lot to discuss." Enalia asked as she sipped her own cup of coffee.

"No, I'm fine," Aelyn replied. "I was given minimal details when I was assigned to Hera, I don't even know the nature of the Hera's missions."

Leaning back in her chair, Enalia sighed heavily. "Whatever Intel wants us to do it seems. Right now we're trying to find a virus research station so we can prevent something unknown but potentially destructive for the quadrant. The only clues we have are locked in a damaged woman's half lobotomized brain."

Aelyn's eyes widened in surprised for just a fraction of a second. "That's... something..." she said as she considered the situation for a moment. "What's being done to retrieve the information she has?"

"Therapy mostly. Her sister is aboard caring for her." Enalia said, wishing Aelyn would at least sit down.

"Well, as long she's got someone looking after her," Aelyn said, making some notes on her PaDD, completely oblivious to Enalia's desire for her to sit. "I suppose now I should familiarize myself with the ship and the Senior Staff, maybe even take some of your work off your desk," she continued, then looked back at Enalia. "Is there anything else I need to know about?"

"Keep your eye on the chief engineer. I caught him starting a strip club in main engineering his first day aboard." Enalia warned. "Other than that, I can't think of anything too pressing."

"I'm sorry, a strip club?" Aelyn said, stunned to hear what was going on in this ship.

"If you catch him doing anything like that I don't care if you throw him in the brig or out an airlock." Enalia said seriously.

"Airlock... right..." The state of this ship truly baffled Aelyn. "Well, I'll do what I can to get this ship and her crew in order so you can focus on whatever Starfleet Intelligence sends us."

Enalia smiled weakly, the weight of all the insanity she'd been dealing with lately showing on her face. "Thank you. Maybe I can get a full night's sleep soon too. Good luck."

"If you're that overworked, then my first order a business is to assign a Yeoman who can help ease your workload. I don't know much about your former Executive Officer, but he wasn't doing his job right if he allowed things to get this bad," Aelyn commented as she jotted down a few more notes and things to do. "If there's nothing else then I'll get to it."

"By all means." Enalia was surprised at the thought of a Yeoman. She had been assigned one but they never arrived on board for one reason or another. Maybe that was why she was so tired. Picking up a box of PaDDs from behind her desk, she set it on that desk. "This is my inbox from just last night. If you can make this go away faster... Just do what you need to, ok? I'll back you up on whatever you need."

Aelyn stepped right up to the desk and picked up the PaDDs and began looking through them. A couple she tossed back onto Enalia's desk, those were mission related and Aelyn didn't feel qualified to do anything with those, and one was specifically for the Captain to deal with, but the PaDDs regarding ship functions and crew performance would be a good start for Aelyn to get right into the thick of things. "There, we'll start with this," Aelyn said, taking the rest of the PaDDs and tucking them under her arm.

"Thank you very much." Enalia was visibly relieved. It would have taken her hours to get through all those. "If there's nothing else, you're dismissed."

"Thank you, ma'am," Aelyn said with a nod, then headed for the door only to pause and look back. "Before I forget... I don't do well with sitting for long periods of time. It's a nervous habit, my feet get restless and then I get the urge to just move. I know it's an odd quirk, but I've been like that since I was little, so if you find me pacing the bridge rather than sitting, that's why." It also hadn't helped that she spent most of her career on a Nor-class station where most of the stations weren't meant to be used while sitting. And all that space to just walk around... Being on a Starfleet vessel was actually a bit of a shock to her system and she was itching to move right now.

Enalia couldn't help but chuckle a bit. That explained a lot. "Fair enough. Just try not to block the viewscreen too much." Enalia preferred to stay seated herself, though most chairs bothered her.

Aelyn offered her own slight chuckle in return. "That won't be a problem, Captain," Aelyn assured her. "Good night, and don't work too hard," she added, exiting the office to get settled into her quarters and get started on those PaDD's she had taken from the Captain.