[USS Chimera] SD240903.04 Duty/Personal Log - MCapt COps Jade Reese - "Shore Leave"

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=/\= A Cafe, SB UNITY =/\=

Jade left her office planning on taking the day off, but the work load
was piling up and with receiving the promotion and awards she felt she
needed to take some of her work with her. But she figured if she took
her work outside of her office or quarters it would count as shore
leave and a day off. "Vargas I'm going to be on UNITY if anything
comes up call me and Vaughn will be in charge while I'm gone." Jade
said a little bit more uplifted.

"Alright and oh congratulations on the promotion and awards." Vargas
said smiling, "and please don't tell me you're brining work with you."
Vargas said knowing Jade to well.

"Well with the promotion I have more responsibilities and we've a lot
of work to do before we head out again. Plus I'm going to be out of
the office so it really doesn't count as work." Jade said with a grin.

"Alright have a good day." Vargas said grinning back he then got back
to working on the schedule which is becoming tricky because of the
lack of experience NCO's and experience officers compared to the
experiences ones.

Walking out of the ODCC Jade headed for the UNITY to have day off/work
it took her about fifteen minuets to get onto UNITY and another ten
minuets ti find a cafe that she thought she would like to sit down and
have a nice cup of coffee with a snack and start reading through
reports and start working on some things. She may even stop by and
speak with the operations crew on UNITY and see what they found on the
debris from the outpost.

The first thing she started with was reading reports from the last 48
hours she'd gotten behind durning the battle and then dealing with the
more pressing things like the debris and what they found on it. Most
of the reports were basic mainly showing the power distribution
through out the ship which still needed to be tweaked and it would
probably still take a few months to work out all the kinks.

After finishing reading the reports Jade thought about what Dexter
said about the fresh NCO's that are now serving in operations and how
they're brand new knowing the very basics. The problem is when would
they be able to run a class or a training on the more complicated
systems that the Chimera has. To be honest Jade was still learning and
reading up on all the new things that has come out to help out
operations with what they do.

She figured that even a few hours a day in a class room would do some
of the younger officers and NCO's good, but the trouble was finding
the officers that could teach the courses. Jade would work this out
some more on Chimera she wanted to take a look at everything that was
semi-neglected durning and after the battle. Mainly he wanted to read
the report on how the repairs and re-look at the point defense network
was going. Looking down at her watch she decided that she spent enough
time out of the office.

Marine Captain Jade Reese
Chief Operations Officer
USS Chimera C

[USS Chimera] 240903.05, Joint Personal Log, Cdr Rick Rodgers and LtCdr MaiKai Rodgers

=Rick and Mai's Quarters=
=Starbase Unity=

The moment Rick arrived home, he expected Rachel to
come running out to meet him. Or perhaps Mai hadn't
gone to work, yet. Instead, he was greeted to a empty
room.

'Perhaps this isn't as bad thing,' he thought as he tossed
his bag off to the side and plopped down onto the couch.

The Detector had arrived at Unity ahead of the others.
Rick knew that he would have to get back to work soon,
but decided to take a quick break beforehand. Maybe
even a relaxing shower.

Still, he was starting to feel lonely without Mai or Rachel
around. So, he asked the computer to their whereabouts.

'They're probably having breakfast,' he thought, feeling a
little hungry himself.

The reports, the Detector and the shipyard could wait, he
decided as he pulled himself off the couch and walked out
of their quarters.

Moments later, he found Mai and Rachel sitting at a table
in one of the starbase's many establishments. He walked
up to the table.

"How my three favorite people in whole galaxy doing?" he
smiled, catching his wife and daughter by surprise.

Mai was in the middle of trying to finish what was left on her

plate when she heard an all too familiar voice and saw Rachel

leaping from her chair yelling, "Daddy! Daddy's home!"  Mai

stood up the best she could and was grinning from ear to ear

and could've have cried at that moment as Rachel jumped into

Rick's arms.

 

"I glad to see you, too, Ray," Rick said, hugging his daughter,

not caring that others were watching the scene.

 

As Rick held Rachel, he used his free left hand and held Mai's

right shoulder gently, giving her a kiss.

 

"I also very glad to see you," Rick said after he finished the

kiss.

 

"Mmmm... You better be," Mai responded with a smile.

 

"How you two hold up while I gone?" Rick asked as he let

Rachel down to return to her chair.

 

"Everything is going along fine. Just have missed you very
much," Mai replied true enough.

"I miss you too," Rick said as they all sat down at the table.
He laid his hand on Mai's stomach. "And how is the little one?"

Mai smiled at Rick's acknowledgement to the one on the way,
"Doing very well.  It's been really overwhelming lately for me
since you've been busy, though.  I haven't had much help". 
Mai wasn't trying to make Rick feel guilty, just trying to state
the facts of their status.  She hoped that her stress level wasn't
reaching a level where it was affecting the baby.  She would
soon find out for she has an appointment coming up.

"I know I been busy since I get ... got back to Unity, but I plan
on spending more time with you," Rick said. "In fact, I have
couple days off coming to me. We could go somewhere or just
spend time together here."

Rachel chimed in, "Yay! Vaycayten!"

 

"Maybe," Mai chided the child.  She didn't care if they even
stayed on base she just wanted some alone time with her family
and more help.  Mai's biggest realization that she has made thus
far is that she can't do everything on her own anymore and that
scares her when Rick isn't around.

"For now, I hungry," Rick said. "What's good to eat?"

"Pancakes," Rachel said.

"With chocolate chips?" Rick added with a grin.

"Uh, huh," she nodded with her mouth full, finishing her own stack.

"Then pancakes it is," Rick said.


Commander Rick Rodgers
Engineering Officer
Starbase UNITY

and

Lieutenant Commander MaiKai Rodgers

Head of Pediatrics Department Doctor

Starbase UNITY

and

Rachel Rodgers (npc by Mai and Rick)
Child Civilian

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[USS Chimera] 240903.05, Duty Log, Cdr Rick Rodgers

=Captain's Ready Room=
=U.S.S. Jameson=

As soon as the Jameson, Qashqai and Raptor returned to Unity with
the shipyard, Rick beamed aboard the SCE vessel and made his way
to the bridge. He was informed that the man formerly known as
Captain Grey Richards was in the ready room waiting for Rick.

When Rick entered, he saw Trevor Wright sitting, more like leaning
back  at his desk in the darken room with some form of music Rick
had never heard before playing softly in the background. Rick found
the harmony strange.

"Commander," Wright said with his eyes closed, obviously enjoying
the music as his head swayed with the rhythm.

"Sir," Rick said, respecting the man, even though Wright was not
a captain or even a starfleet officer.

"Do you like Tholian music, commander?" Wright asked.

"Is that what that is?" Rick thought out loud. "This is first time I ever
heard it."

"Few have," Wright finally opened his eyes. "Computer, pause music."

The room became silent, with the exception the usual sounds heard on
a starship.

"I discovered it about 30 years ago. I found it very relaxing," Wright
continued, then looked up at Rick. "I needed relaxation. I had to
many ideas on my mind. Too many theories. Too many projects.
After awhile, it just became too much to deal with."

Rick took a seat in a chair in front of the desk.

"Is that why you fake your death?" Rick asked.

"For the most part," Wright admitted. "I got burnt out. I became
my work. That's all I had and it was consuming me. But I couldn't stop.
I was so damn addicted. I had these ideas that I needed to expand on.
Too many ideas."

Wright rubbed his forehead just beneath his white hair.

"I was still working on projects for starfleet, but most of the time,
I was doing it for myself," Wright added. "And I couldn't stop. So
I needed not only to disappear, but to become someone else. When
Grey Richards died, it was just so easy to become him. Like me, he
didn't have family and few people really knew him."

Wright placed his hands on the desk and looked away from Rick.

"I really liked being him," Wright nodded. "And being him kept me
busy. Too busy to let my mind wonder to my old life ... my old
work. I was content."

"You can't hide who you are," Rick said.

Wright sharply looked at Rick.

"Don't tell me what I can or can't do. I was making vast improvements
to transporter technology and tinkering with transwarp drives when
your father was still sucking his thumb in his crib. Maybe even before
that."

"I not telling you what you can do," Rick said. "I just saying you are
who you are. You can't deny it."

Wright rubbed his head again.

"I apologize, commander. I didn't mean to snap at you like that," Wright
said.

"Not necessary," Rick responded.

"So what happens now?" Wright asked.

"I suppose that up to Commodore Guzman to decide," Rick said,
not knowing of recent developments. "Though in end, I suppose
starfleet and federation authorities will have final say."

Wright nodded as he and Rick both stood.

"I suppose I should hand over command to the XO," Wright said.
"I'll then place myself under arrest for impersonating a starfleet
officer. After that ..."

Wright walked around the desk, shaking Rick's hand before heading
toward the exit.

"Commander?" Wright said with his back to Rick.

"Sir?"

"Do you have a family?"

"Yes. A wife and daughter and another child on the way."

"Good. Then maybe you won't burn yourself out like I did."

Wright headed on out to the bridge, while Rick remained behind for
a few minutes longer.

"Computer ... resume music."


Commander Rick Rodgers
Engineering Officer
Starbase Unity

and

Trevor Wright (npc by Rick)
formally known as Captain Grey Richards

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[USS Chimera] SD 240903.04 Personal Log LtJg.Nanee Quiocho, DCMO

 

-=-/-\-=- Starbase Unity -=-/-\-=-

 

Lieutenant Junior Grade Nanee Quiocho arrived not too awful long ago and was working on finding her accommodations for rest and relaxation aboard the Starbase Unity before she was to board the first star ship she's ever been on and ever had to work on, the USS Chimera.  The good news was that with her experience and work back on Earth and the fact that a family member was a former Chief Medical Officer on the USS Chimera, Nanee felt like she already kind of had her foot in the door.  Once on the Chimera Nanee would work in the Main Sickbay as the Deputy Chief Medical Officer.

 

Nanee had been following the directions that a nice security officer had given her, but now she deviated first to fulfill a personal mission of her own.  Lieutenant Commander MaiKai Rodgers is Nanee's cousin who had previously worked on the USS Chimera and before the Chimera, the USS Aurora.  Knowing all this about her cousin along with finding out she married an engineer one Commander Rick Rodgers was sufficient information to learn of Mai's current whereabouts.  Nanee found out that she was currently stationed on this starbase in the Sickbay as the head of Pediatrics doctor.  Nanee figured this occupation change was due to her rumored about niece that she had yet to meet along with he brother-in-law.  The Quiocho family was broken and has had great affect on Nanee and Mai with Mai taking it the hardest.  Mai's father use to be abusive to her mother and both of Mai's parents, Nanee's aunt and uncle, had sabotaged a transporter that Mai was once on in the past to stop her from attending the Academy.  This affected Nanee in the way that she was neglected contact from her cousin which hit hard to the heart since they use to be the best of friends, like sisters even since Mai only had two brothers.  You couldn't sever the two from each other in childhood and even through adolescence. 

 

She approached what came to be Mai and Rick's joint quarters.  It said their names on a plate outside of the door.  Nanee was too nervous and afraid to ring the chime.  Nanee wasn't even sure what she would do or what words she would say if someone did answered.  She wasn't even sure if anyone was home, so instead she left evidence that she had been there for Mai to find.  Previously, Nanee had written a note on a blank card with a large, white flower from their homeland attached to it.  The note had read "It's time to make things work.  I miss you too much and the pain is unbearable.  Lets start with us. I'll be on the Chimera.  Love, Nanee".  She hoped Mai wouldn't take it in a wrong tense like she usually tends to do as she laid the note up against the door with her shaking hands.  She shed a tear before she picked up her luggage and continued her way to find her temporary quarters.

 

-=-/-\-=- End Log -=-/-\-=-

 

Lieutenant Junior Grade Nanee Quiocho

Deputy Chief Medical Officer

USS Chimera  

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