Lt. Kim Stapledon - Sit Back and Observe
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John Smith
Apr 20, 2026, 7:56:26 PM (3 days ago) Apr 20
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((Briefing Room - Deck 4 - USS Eagle-A))
Kim took a bite of her danish. She felt both glad and slightly concerned about having started a discussion about multiple department responsibilities when a biological threat encroached on what was normally an engineering department system. In any case, she decided, it wouldn't do for everyone to (at least at first appearance) think the same way -- that this was something that could be put in a single department.
Lim: Back to Commander Williams’ earlier question. I do believe that better defining roles in the case of a biologic threat to the ship to avoid a jurisdiction dispute that wastes time that would be better spent fixing the problem.
Drex: Williams is right to ask. :: He shifted on the chair :: Clarity matters. But Stapledon is also right. When a biological threat becomes a systems threat, it stops belonging to a single department.
Kettick: That seems like the logical conclusion, especially in the cases where the biological agent could affect the crew and the ship equally.
That was well enough, Kim decided. The XO -- and now Kettick, their chief engineer -- was agreeing with her point. She decided to wait and see what happened next as the meeting played out.
Williams: Response
Lim: From my understanding most of the responsibility bio-neural gel packs falls under engineering since their responsibilities have them acting with the packs and the network far more regularly.
Drex: That makes sense for routine operations. But when something else happens, responsibility expands with it. Engineering may lead on the gel packs, but they shouldn’t be facing a biological threat without Medical and Science already involved.
Kettick: Let us not forget the cases when the biological threat has teeth and claws.
Kim smiled and decided some levity might help.
Stapledon: Not to mention something with teeth and claws crawling out of the gel packs.
Williams: Response
The First Officer nodded once.
Drex: That’s the point. If the network fails, all systems are affected, so all departments are already involved. Each department should consider a shared diagnostic plan and, ideally, a group of specialists working across disciplines.
Kettick: I believe we already have a dedicated department that takes the lead in times of crisis to provide oversight and assign specialists to the various hotpoints as needed. Namely, yours, sir.
Drex: Williams is right to ask. :: He shifted on the chair :: Clarity matters. But Stapledon is also right. When a biological threat becomes a systems threat, it stops belonging to a single department.
Kettick: That seems like the logical conclusion, especially in the cases where the biological agent could affect the crew and the ship equally.
That was well enough, Kim decided. The XO -- and now Kettick, their chief engineer -- was agreeing with her point. She decided to wait and see what happened next as the meeting played out.
Williams: Response
Lim: From my understanding most of the responsibility bio-neural gel packs falls under engineering since their responsibilities have them acting with the packs and the network far more regularly.
Drex: That makes sense for routine operations. But when something else happens, responsibility expands with it. Engineering may lead on the gel packs, but they shouldn’t be facing a biological threat without Medical and Science already involved.
Kettick: Let us not forget the cases when the biological threat has teeth and claws.
Kim smiled and decided some levity might help.
Stapledon: Not to mention something with teeth and claws crawling out of the gel packs.
Williams: Response
The First Officer nodded once.
Drex: That’s the point. If the network fails, all systems are affected, so all departments are already involved. Each department should consider a shared diagnostic plan and, ideally, a group of specialists working across disciplines.
Kettick: I believe we already have a dedicated department that takes the lead in times of crisis to provide oversight and assign specialists to the various hotpoints as needed. Namely, yours, sir.
That was an interesting observation. She switched back to silence, waiting to see how that point would be taken.
Williams/Lim: Response
Drex: We can’t pretend to solve it now, but I invite you to think about it. ::He leaned forward reaching of his glass once more.:: Anything else?
The Remmilian looked up from his PADD.
Kettick: In light of the recent events, I would ask Security and Tactical for their suggestions of possible defensive upgrades to our systems. Other departments are of course welcome to contribute in their own areas of competence.
Drex/Williams/Lim: Response
Kettick: Now that you mention it, the installation of defensive hardware in the Jefferies tubes could be a viable option in case of an invasion. I will make a note of that possibility.
Kim nodded.
Lt. Kimberly Stapledon
Chief of Science
USS Eagle-A
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