[sb118-Artemis] Ensign Kel Solas - A Job Well Reasoned

[Xander Fulton]

((Armory | Deck 08 | USS Artemis))

Solas paused as he considered how to answer Savel’s question and decided to go with the most logical explanation he could offer. 

Kel: The Sciences are….complicated.  

Savel: Saying that the sciences are complicated is an oversimplification of the field as a whole. Perhaps if one particular scientific focus was considered too complicated you could have chosen another?

Solas laughed, partially at the straightforwardness of the response and partially because he was quite embarassed.

Kel: No I mean, you can do good in the sciences but it’s never straightforward. It’s always, always about how your work can help people down the line. Months or years from now.  But if I pull you out of the path of say, a Jem’hadar’s disrupter or a from under a piece of broken hull. That’s something right now. Does that make sense. 

Savel: I believe that it does. Your actions as a security officer will typically have an immediate impact on the situation. On others around you. As a scientist, this would not always be the case. Is there a reason you value this type of instant feedback on your work?

Solas paused to think about his answer. Then, after a moment of soul searching, gave the best answer he could. 

Kel: It just feels nice to do something good and see it pay off right away. 

Ensign Savel seemed both Satisfied with Silas’s answer and the overall quality of their work. The senior ensign took a moment to double check their work, and then turned back to Solas.

Savel: I think we have satisfied the requirements of our assigned duty for today. Unless you can think of something else that we have missed?

Solas took a brief look around office before ultimately shaking his head and turning back to Savel. 

Kel: Not unless there’s some administrative part of the assignment we’re forgetting. Maybe make a note on the internal log that we’re done? But is that on us or the security chief?

Savel: Response

Solas let himself smile, leaning back against a blank section of wall. 

Kel: Well unless you want to give some spit polish to the Type 2 phasers as well I think we can safely log our shift as over. Though as the greener ensign I hesitate to make that call myself. 

_____________________

Ensign Kel Solas

USS Artemis-A

Security Officer

A240101KS3