Um, I've Been Transferred
Posted on Sun Jul 16th, 2023 @ 3:50am by Lieutenant Junior Grade Thex sh'Zoarhi & Ensign Connor Turner
Edited on on Mon Jul 17th, 2023 @ 7:21pm
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Episode 14 - The Poseidon Adventure
Location: Ship's Operations Center - Deck 6 - USS Pioneer
Timeline: MD013 0900 hrs
Connor scooted in accordance with Diari's instructions and made his way to report to the Chief of Ops. On one hand, he was thrilled to be away from Paisley. On the other, he felt like he should be in Engineering, as opposed to Ops. Of course, he did work well with computers and Ops had more opportunities for it.
Making his way into Ops, he buried his nose in his PADD and called out, "Can anyone point me to Lieutenant Thex sh'Zoarhi?
A blue hand rose from a desk at the back indicating where Thex sat. " Right over here." She said indicating the chair of the opposite side of the desk. " What brings you here?"
“Um, well, uh, I am a computer specialist. My name is, um, Connor Turner. Um, Lieutenant Diari wanted me transferred here for the next month. Um, so, uh, yeah. Here I am.” Connor looked down wishing yet again that this ship had anyone make in charge. It is like God has it out for me! Why is everyone so drop dead gorgeous?
Thex held out her hand for the transfer orders. "Any reason you've been sent down here?" she inquired.
"Um, well, I am a computer specialist," Connor responded simply. "She thought there would, well, be more need for me, um, here."
"Well, we can always use another hand around here." Thex replied with a smile.
"Right. OK. So, um, what computer should I, um, work on, um, ma'am?" Connor asked purposely avoiding looking at Thex.
"Take the workstation on the right." Thex replied keeping her calm, but notching his avoiding her gaze. "Ensign is everything okay?" she inquired.
Connor who had moved to the workstation, answered, "Um, yes, uh, ma'am. Why do you, um, ask?"
"You keep avoiding looking at me," Thex asked with concern in her voice.
"I'm sorry, ma'am," Connor replied with trepidation. "I, um, just work better with computers than, um, people...."
"Well let's see how well you can work with computers," Thex replied calmly. "I need you to go over the ship's current inventory files, clean out any junk data and check it with today's stock check. See if anything's missing or someone hidden something."
"If that is what you want, ma'am," Connor replied. Well, at least cleaning out junk data will make the computers run more efficiently, but honestly, inventory?
"Good. When you're done with that we can see what else you can help us with." Thex said as she turned back to her desk. "Anything you want to ask me?"
"Um, no. I can, um, figure out many things on my own, ma'am."
"Okay if you need any help or questions just let me know. Oh and welcome to the team."
"Sure, um, thanks," Connor responded, trying to determine if this was going to be worse than being with Paisley in engineering. Maybe that is why the Chief sent him over here for a month. Whatever the reason, he decided to keep his nose down and hopefully remain invisible.
A Joint Post By
Lieutenant Junior Grade Thex sh'Zoarhi
Chief Operations Officer, USS Pioneer
Ensign Connor Turner
Computer Systems Specialist, USS Pioneer
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