Out of the Woodwork

Posted on Fri Jun 13th, 2014 @ 5:48am by
Edited on on Fri Jun 13th, 2014 @ 4:50pm

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Mission: Mission 86 - Discovery
Location: Stratigic Ops Offices - Starbase 400
Timeline: MD-2: 0830 hrs

"Out of the Woodwork"

Ensign Meslina Amakawa
Ensign Jiao Anderson

***** Stratigic Ops Offices - Starbase 400 *****

Ensign Jiao Anderson plucked a PADD off of the desk, she glanced at it as a frown marred her delicate features, she had also heard that the new assistant head of the Stratigic Operations department was finally aboard the station despite having been promised over a year ago.

She brushed her raven black hair out of her eyes as she waited for her new arrival, the time was around Oh eight hundred hours and she was curious about the new arrival.

Stepping off the turbolift Meslina finds her way to the Strategic Ops Offices and walks in to find a woman standing with her back to the door looking over a PADD, coming to attention, "Ensign Meslina Amakawa reporting for duty ma'am." Not really looking around the room but she can tell that everything is where it should be.

Anderson raised an eyebrow as she regarded the woman who was clearly not what she had expected. "Welcome to Starbase 400 Ensign and no... I am not the Chief of this department..." she commented. "Her name is Torilla Yamaguchi... you'll find her to be rather interesting to work with...." a playful smile tugged at her lips. "Well... you'll find out when you meet her." Anderson explained "Well she's of helping to shake down the USS Yorktown, I've no idea of when she'll be back though."

"Understood ma'am, I was told to report here as soon as I was done with my physical. However I'm not sure what I'm doing here yet my history within starfleet has been with relief efforts and to be honest I don't think I'm going to do that much here. Also I wasn't aware that there was going to be a shakedown of a new ship, is the base commander on the USS Yorktown as well then?"

Anderson shook her head. "No. the Admiral is on the USS Essex." she explained. "The Captain of the USS Yorktown is Captain James K'Temoc." she explained. "he answers to K'Temoc."

Looking at Jiao's rank Meslina notices that she is an Ensign as well and starts to wonder if she is the one that she should be talking to about her new duty station. Then that's when she noticed that one of the reports that was on the desk was about her coming on board.

"I'm told you're the new Assistant Chief." Anderson commented as she looked down at the shorter woman. "Help yourself to the replicator and pull up a chair... have you seen the quartermaster for your room assignment yet?"

Going to the replicator Meslina orders a small mug of chai tea and takes a sip as a smile spreads on her face. "Yes ma'am I'm here to replace the former Assistant Chief, however I wasn't told anything about what is expected of me as of yet as I stated earlier. As for seeing the quartermaster I have and already placed my belongings in my room however I haven't had a chance to unpack yet."

"Okay. fair enough." the taller woman paused as she brushed a few errant strands of hair out of her dark eyes. "tell me a little about yourself...?"

"Well I joined starfleet in the year 2380 and was studying Tactical and Strategic Operations, after that I was assigned to the USS Dauntless from 2385 to 2387 providing relief efforts for damaged or destroyed colonies around the federation. Then I was stationed aboard the USS Starlight from 2387 to 2390 this time I was providing Tactical support and ideas to help improve future defenses for federation colonies that need it more." Taking a slight breath she continues, "now I'm here uh not really sure what else you wish to know about me."

"I was actually meaning you as a person, not you as the officer." Anderson smiled as she regarded the shorter woman. "I should have been more clear.." she paused. "do you have any questions for me?"

A slight blush crosses her face, looking at the mug in her hands she raises it up to cover her embarrassment from Jiao whom is looking at her with a coy smile on her face. "Oh uh, well I'm a single child, both my parents have died when I was in my mid twenties due to a raider attack when they were on a diplomatic mission. Once I get to know someone I'm a very loyal friend, or so I've been told before, I've had hand to hand training from a Klingon Master on my home world of Trill before he passed away. I'm kind of shy as you might have guessed," she smiled a little thinking of the good memories that she had back at home.

"Oh one other thing I ran a simulation while I was coming here and I would like to try my hand on the shooting course that you have. If that is fine with you?"

Anderson raised an eyebrow as she crossed her arms over her chest. "Its an open range but you'll need to check in with the range safety officer and the like." she explained.

Nodding to the explanation Meslina sets the mug on the desk, "that is understandable. But is there a way to go down to the holodeck and just run a quick shooting range exercise...I'm sure no one would mind that seeing I'm going to be here for the duration of my service probably. I just want to make sure my timing isn't off, and plus this will be a good way to get some of the kinks out after getting my molecules rearranged." Meslina laughs a little revealing that she has a slight fear of the transporters. "I never really cared for transporters to be honest, I rather fly in a shuttle even though they fixed most of the bugs."

Anderson noted the statement and the slight change in the other woman's tone and posture as she said 'getting my molecules rearranged'. She then nodded. "We have something on the order of sixty Holosuite's on base, a few are set for one program while many of the others are for regular usage." she explained. "How do you have transporter phobia?" Anderson couldn't resist asking.

Meslina starts to giggle a little at the question, "you know I really don't know how or why to be honest. It's just the feeling of having my molecules being pulled apart gives me goosebumps, it's the same way with sonic showers sometimes I get an...I don't know...I guess itchy feeling is the best way to describe it." She see's Jiao's expression change after the mention of her getting a itchy feeling with sonic showers, and quickly amends her thoughts, "oh don't worry I still shower on a regular day."

Anderson raised an eyebrow, this was new as she had never heard of anyone who had issues with sonic showers but each person was indeed truly unique.

"Yeah not to worry though it's something that has always been a part of my life. If there is nothing else that we need to discuss I'll head out to one of the holodecks." Meslina states as she stands up and returns the mug to the replicator watching it being recycled.

Turning back to face Jiao she smiles a little and gives a slight nod, "I think that this might be a fun assignment after all."

"I hope so. My husband and children are here and I've yet to hear complaints." Anderson explained.

Meslina has a slight smile on her face as she hears about Jiao's Husband and children, "well I hope I can have the pleasure meeting them one day. But for now I'm going to go down to the holodecks since there isn't anything else for me to do at the moment...other than unpack my belongings but that can be done a little later. Take care Jiao, I look forward to seeing you again." She says as she turns towards the door.

Anderson nodded. "I'll be here, filing paperwork." she looked at the other woman.

Meslina leaves Jiao to continue her work for the day, going to the turbolift that would bring her closer to the holodecks and presses the button to summon it.

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