[ACT 2] LtCmdr Jovenan – Nerd team, assemble!
Jovenan
((OOC: In the interest of keeping on moving, assume all the orders to assemble the team and them to gather here happened off-screen, but if anyone wants to write what happened just before, I’m open to backsimming as well.))
((Holodeck 2, Deck 2, USS Artemis))
There had always been something calming about an empty holodeck. The smooth edges and the silent humming were a dreamscape that didn’t exist, it was the restful moment before the mind brought its creations up to the sleeper and engaged them with adventures or nightmares. A holodeck was the room of miracles, full of potential to create whatever one’s heart desired; an empty holodeck was filled with release, catharsis, and, eventually, silence.
Jovenan stood in the middle of the holodeck, wondering if she should leave it just empty for a moment longer. She could have asked the computer to create her and the Ensigns a set of chairs and maybe a desk for them to work around, but she also supposed that the entire point of having them meet up in the holodeck was to avoid just sitting around her desk in the CSO’s office with their faces planted on their respective PADDs. What was a better way to visualise data than a holodeck? If the meeting got extended, maybe then they’d summon chairs to rest on, and perhaps the junior officers weren’t beyond them all sitting on the floor either.
As the junior officers arrived to the holodeck, Jovenan greeted them each with a smile. Although the Captain had given her the names of her new teammates, it was only now that she was facing them each that she realised that she didn’t actually know any of them besides Ensign Imril, with whom she had worked only briefly. She judged the situation to require proper introductions before she’d assume which of the other two Ensigns was Tho’bi and which one Doctor Bancroft, although the uniform colours were doing much of the work to help her get there.
Jovenan: Hello. Thank you for coming, Ensigns. I’m Lieutenant Commander Jovenan, the Chief Science Officer, for those who don’t yet know me.
Imril/Tho’bi/Bancroft: Response
Giving a friendly nod at each of them when they introduced themselves, Jovenan tried to see if any of them were feeling off or tired. She had survived the termination of the ceasefire without a major scratch, but just as she well knew, it didn’t mean that further injuries didn’t happen to anyone else, or that the experience hadn’t disturbed the newcomers worse than it had her. At some point in her career in Starfleet, she must have learnt how to disguise trauma and press it aside for later, and she truly wished that she’d find any signs of similar behaviour in the brand-new Ensigns before it became a problem for them.
Jovenan: Okay, good, nice to meet you all. And I’m sorry that you all got caught up in this mess. The Captain is starting diplomatic talks with both the Kobyar and the Grunden, while another team, composed of some of our most capable senior officers, are conducting an operation to locate the offworld signal. Meanwhile, it comes down to us to actually solve the mystery.
A small smirk appeared to her lips. She appreciated getting to compare their respective data with these three junior officers instead of preparing for what could become a strike against whatever group or faction may be responsible for the potential outside influence. That said, she would have preferred to have Vitor by her side – for his tactical understanding of the situation and keen ability to detect important details, of course.
Imril/Tho’bi/Bancroft: Response
Jovenan: I didn’t manage to catch up entirely the timelines for each of the teams. Are you all okay? What happened?
Imril/Tho’bi/Bancroft: Response
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Lieutenant Commander Jovenan
Chief Science Officer
USS Artemis-A
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