New Home Away From Home

Posted on Fri Feb 19th, 2016 @ 9:30am by Lieutenant Mara Cross & Lieutenant JG Ethan Munro

659 words; about a 3 minute read

Mission: Point of View
Location: USS Calypso - COO Office
Timeline: Before the Ball

"And this is your office." Ethan said pointing towards a closed door. She turned to face Mara." That concludes our tour. " He added.

"Thank you. It was a wonderful tour." She took a couple of steps closer to her office door. "You know, if Starfleet doesn't workout for you. I think you could make a career out of being a tour guide." She added jokingly.

He laughed at her comment. "I will take that under advisement. But in the meantime if you need anything, I will be right next door. In my office." He stated as he started walking towards his office.

"Much appreciated." She said as Ethan disappeared into his office. She turned to face the door. Her hand gently pressing a sequence of buttons on the keypad next to her door. The door opened in front of her. The computer turned on the lights, and she stepped inside the office.

It was your basic office. In front of her were two chairs facing the desk that was in center of the room. On the other side of the desk was another chair. To left were a number of consoles. All dark. Then to her left was a built in book shelf and the replicator.

She glanced around it once as she walked in deeper approaching her desk. She took a deep breath as she walked along side her desk. Her fingers gently gliding across it.

"You, and I will get to know each other rather well." She stated. She was talking to the office. She could only imagine just how much work was waiting for her. She was about to face an uphill battle to settle in her team and get up to speed. Not to mention the number of reports she had to read, and then write.

She sighed as she made her way around the desk. She gently pushed the chair away from desk just enough to where she could have a seat. As she got comfortable in her seat she looked up at the computer screens on her wall.

"Computer, OSCD on." She ordered leaning back in her seat.

OSCD was an acronym Operations Status Center Display. OSCD was used to display all relevant information that the Chief Operations Officer would need. It was nicely designed and easy to read. Many would say that it was user friendly.

She watched as the screens came online one by one. Each designed to display a different set of information. As the screens filled up with info she raised an eye brow, then it hit her. The OSCD was set to the default display setting.

"Computer, download OSCD Display Setting Mara 1."

"Download complete." Computer replied several seconds later.

"Change OSCD display setting to Mara 1."

The computer acted quickly. The screens faded out one by one, and as they came up the displays looked different. Mara smiled as she watched them come to life. She was used to this setup. She had managed to make an easy to use program even easier.

"Setting has been applied." The computer stated after all of the screens were back up.

"That's better." She said with a hint of excitement in her voice.

She leaned forward towards the computer that sat on her desk. She pressed several buttons and a screen reading at the top of the screen "INBOX". She watched as over hundred different items appeared in her inbox. The excitement that she once had was suddenly gone.

"Better get coffee before I start." She said pushing the chair back as she stood up heading for the replicator. She often had a habit of talking to herself. She only hoped that no one would think that she was looney. After all, she did get cleared both by Dr. Drani and Lt. Barak. She wouldn't want to make liars out of them now.

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Lt. Mara Cross
Chief Operations Officer
USS Calypso

Lt. JG. Ethan Munro
Assistant Chief Operations Officer
USS Calypso

 

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