First Meetings: Counselor

Posted on Wed Oct 14th, 2009 @ 3:05am by Commodore Samantha York & Lieutenant JG Erin Airey

548 words; about a 3 minute read

Mission: Prelude: Blowing away the Cobwebs
Location: Counseling Office
Timeline: current

ON

Samantha was busy moving boxes and setting everything up in the science department, but she made a point of taking breaks to meet the crew while she was at it.

On one of her trips she stopped into the counseling offices. She'd heard the new counselor had reported aboard and she was eager to meet her.

{Meanwhile in the counselor's office...}

Erin had been cleaning out the storage cabinets and desk of her predecessor for a few hour now. 'Lord have mercy,' she thought to herself. She let out a brief sigh, laid down on the divan and said, "I am in the need for a short siesta..."

Before Erin got too comfortable, a knock came to her door. "Oh well! Duty calls." She got up straighten her uniform and said, "Come in."

Samantha walked into the room and did a quick scan. "Hi. I'm Samantha York. Looks like you've been busy."

"Samantha York....Ah, yes! You must be the Chief Science Officer," Erin said.

"To answer your question, I have been very busy in getting this office squared away. I keep trying to remind myself that this is only the beginning. I have yet to get my room in order, nor have I received all of my lost cargo in transit yet."

"Oh, dear. You are having a time of it, aren't you?" Sam said, shaking her head. "I've been fortunate this time. So far everything is going well. But I'm sure that will also change before we get through with our shakedown cruise."

Erin smiled and said, "I know what you mean! Shakedown cruises to me are like practice before the real thing. Although, I have been on some where things go very wrong."

"Me, too. On my last ship we had a virus that got into the replicators, then into the environmental systems. It was an interesting cruise with random parts of the ship losing gravity for several minutes at a time." Sam chuckled as she remembered the mess in sickbay when the large potted plant broke and spilled soil all over the biobeds.

Erin was intrigued and said, "How did you overcome that?"

"I tracked down the virus, reverse-engineered it and created an anti-virus. Once it was released into the computer system, it was able to quarantine and neutralize the virus. We found out that it started as a Frat Night prank in a college on Earth. I don't know how it got into the replicator system," Sam said with a shrug.

"I am game for a practical joke from time to time, but that got a little out of hand. Ridiculous, If you ask me!" Erin paused for a moment and asked, "I was considering getting a bite to eat at the mess hall...would you care to join me?"

"As for the virus, I have some professor friends of mine trying to track it down. Whoever created it will be in a lot of trouble if they had anything to do with releasing it on a starship." Sam stood. "I'd love to get a bite to eat."

Together, the two of them walked out the door and headed for the mess hall.

OFF

Lieutenant JG Erin Airey
Chief Counselor
USS Orion

Lieutenant JG Samantha York
Chief Science Officer
USS Orion

 

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