Worik was walking along the main close to the radiation lab still thinking about the issues they have. Not everything was solved yet, but he didn't want to bother Terek with it. Kaspersky and Durnell blew five EPS relays with their little power burst and Worik knew that if he told Terek, he'd freak out again. This part of the science department was kind of abandoned still as they lacked the personnel so he was surprised to see a woman when he turned around the corner. He didn't recognize her from any staff meeting they had yet so he assumed she's new. "Hello..." he looked on her collar "lieutenant. Are you looking for something?"
"I'm looking for a Lieutenant Jerom Worik. He missed an appointment for an evaluation and I was told I could find him here," Mnemosyme replied as she let her hand slid the rest of the way over her phaser. She had not felt comfortable since she came into this all too quiet section of the starbase.
It was like a flashback. Jerom suddenly remembered telling himself to go to the evaluation, but in the events of the last weeks it completely got out of his mind. Maybe also because he didn't like the evaluation too much and always thought that it is pointless. If he'd be crazy, everyone would know pretty soon and were certainly sure about it. Ah yes... ehm..." for a moment he considered denying his name but then he realized how stupid it would be. "I guess that's me... unles there's another red haired half bajoran on the station."
"Not that I'm aware of. Mnemosyme Nyx," she started introducing herself and tried for a joke, "your executioner." She gave a small smile and said, "We can do the eval here if it makes you more comfortable... or maybe some where were you could take a break?"
An executioner..." he eyed her from head to heels. She was a little shorter than he was, but she looked in really good shape and the phaser at her waist was with her look a bit intimidating. The word executioner fit for the situation cause if he'd resist she'd stun him and dragged him by his leg to the brig. "Let's not jump to conclusions. I'll go voluntarily." He smiled back.
"Good... I'm not sure I could drag you all the way to the brig or the psyc ward." She lead the way to the closest cafe and hoped it had something good because the scientist before her looked like he'd been skipping meals and missing sleep.
Jerom followed Nyx to the cafe and sat at the table close to the bar. A waiter came shortly after they seated and asked what they want. Jerom was starving. He couldn't remember how many days he was living on coffee only. "You don't mind if I use the opportunity and have something to eat, do you?" he rather asked as he knew that this wasn't just a regular lunch break.
"No go ahead." She smiled as she thought about how correct her assumptions must have been.
"I'd like a sechuan green beans with noodles please and don't spare the pepper. And tarkelian tea." he looked at Mnemosyme "And you?"
"A ginger tea, please." She smiled at the waiter as he nodded. "So, do you like your job," she asked the totally unoriginal question that she was sure the answer to was yes.
"Hmmm..." Jerom pretended to think hard about it. "Few days ago two junior technicians blew couple of EPS relays and I felt like throwing them out of airlock and thinking that I actually could felt good..." then he realized that this might have been too much. "No, I'm just kidding. Surely they really annoyed me because it means more work on this rad lab problem, but still the job is fine."
"Have you been having many problems," she asked more to be polite then because she was interested.
he shrugged: "The standard amount when trying to get a department in shape I guess. What about you? Lot of rouge evaluees like me?"
Always, but I don't mind hunting them down," she finished as their order arrived. "That was quick." The waiter just nodded and moved away. She took a sip of her tea allowing Jerom to taste his food.
Grabbing a fork rather than chopsticks he took a mouthful of his green beans. {Holy cow, they certainly didn't spare the pepper} he thought as he felt that he was turning a bit red and slowly a mist appeared on his forehead. He put the fork down and took a sip of his tea. "So what do you want to know for your evaluation then?"
"Well.. all I really need to know now Is If you like your superior," she said but guessed that he did or he wouldn't work so hard and think that it was no big deal.
"Well, frankly, commander Terek is my friend and I don't mind working under his supervision. Moreover he's been through a lot since he returned so if it's in my power, I'm trying to help where I can." then he realized how that might have sound. "No... not that he's not doing his duties or anything. Just trying to... you know what I mean." he waved with his fork and then put another bite in his mouth.
"I'll let you quit while you're ahead," she responded and drank some more of her tea. =/\= End Log =/\=
2nd Lieutenant Mnemosyme Nyx
Jr. Counsleor
SB 234 - Unity
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Lieutenant Jerom Worik (NPC by Terek) Science Technician SB Unity
Chisulo sequestered himself in his dark office off to the side of the base's Situation Room. He was accessing SSF Research and Devlopment's database and searching for weapons upgrades that would be beneficial to the station, as per the Commodore's orders.
True, this task was more mundane than the Captain's recent incursion into Romulan space. Chisulo led four 1TF ships into comabt at Khasazi Pass and captured a Romulan Research outpost. Researching new weapons systems was a little less action-packed, but it did intrigue the Tactical advisor.
He found several systems he wanted to implement into UNITY's defense network:
1) Auto-targetting Point-Defense Phaser Arrays for use in missile/torpedo defense.
2) Auto-targetting Dual Pulse phaser cannons that are programmed to target the nearest enemy vessel. These are integral in a fight where multiple enemy fighter craft are engaged with the station.
3) Shield Reinforcement Deflector pulse to aid the defending vessels.
All three systems were experimental systems that were scheduled to be tested on the Century Class prototype vessels. Those vessels were recomissioned into a combat role 6 months ago with the start of the war, and the destructions of the Manticore and Chimera.
Chisulo would need help from Engineering in setting up a network of pulse phaser turrets and tactical deflectors throughout UNITY's hull. The schemtatics for the devices were already int he database, but he needed a plan. He delegated the task to Lieutenant Garrison in the tactical labs to come up with te most effecient scheme, and then went on to compiling his report to Commodore Guzman and LtColonel PontBrillant.
After a cup of rooibos tea, Chisulo sat back down at his desk and set up the patrol schedule for the following day. The USS Hindenburg's two squadrons were splitting up the patrol duty within the Aeran sector with SB Unity's own squadrons. The workload was so that UNITY got 00:00 to 12:00 and the HIndenburg worked from 12:00 to 24:00. This left patrols outside the system to the luna class USS Amalthea and the Akira class USS Akira. The USS Qashqai remained on call.
Chisulo typed up his tactical report, and then left for dinner in the mess hall.
Mnemosyme was up early and part way through her normal regiment of warm up calisthenics, a run and then cool down calisthenics. This morning, however, she adjusted her routine to include an extra 28 minutes. She had finished up her run and was most of the way through her cool down routine when a corporal walked up to her and began repeating her movements as if he was a part of her daily ritual too.
"Hi, how's it going," he asked cheerily.
Nym just nodded and continued.
"Do you do this everyday?"
Nym rolled her eyes as she did a toe touch that had her looking at the mat she was exercising on. She gave a small shrug as she continued with the next stretch and lean to the right bending a bit at the waist.
He went on to the next question, "You have great form when you run. Do you have other rituals that I could help you with?"
{I wish I was wearing my phaser and could stun you at the moment} she thought but shook her head instead as she stretched to the left this time.
"Do any weight training? Have a special high powered breakfast?"
She just tried totally ignoring his last couple of questions as she finished up her last exercise. When she finished and was beginning to walk away the corporal asked his last question, "Are you always so silent?"
"I don't talk during my workout," she quipped before hitting the showers.
=/\= An Hour Later - Psychiatric Ward =/\=
Mnemosyme was looking over Mr. Snacdok's chart, the report filed by Commander Wellington and the security report. {Funny with what's here I probably would have chosen delusional. I can't imagine anyone running through the arboretum yelling, "I'm The Rattler and I will snake out all the evil plots.... I know who you are. At least the commander didn't miss the part where he's a danger to himself and others.} She observed how the patient was doing but didn't expect it to be much different yet as it had only been about 36 hours since he was given his first dose of medication. {I hate rounds...... and I hate Jacobs for assigning them to me.}
Nym noted that Mr. Snacdok was no longer agitated. On the chart she wrote remove restrains, keep under lock down and continue current medication regiment. She moved on to the next and the next until, she had completed the boring task.