Playing with the cat

[Elise Triad]

Elise had spent most of the day in her quarters resting and playing with Sploogie. Playing with her cat was one of the few things that could take her mind off her work and that was something she had to do every now and then. This was just one of the times that Elise wanted to just let work stay in her office as she did little to nothing but have a day to let her mind wonder.

Elise looked over at her cat, who was hiding behind her cello waiting for Elise to toss a small blue ball across the room so she could attack it as it went past her. Elise smiled some and sent the ball across the room for the cat to have her way with.

[Sharpay Harper]

Kit in hand, Ensign Harper was now standing outside of Ensign Triad's quarters. She carelessly hit the side panel to make the door chime go off, alerting Ensign Triad that someone was outside. Slinging the shoulder strap onto her shoulder, Sharpay waited as best she could for some kind of answer that would allow her to enter.

Tag: Elise

[Elise Triad]

Elise looked over at her door when the chime went off. Who would that be? Elise thought as she looked over to Sploogie who seemed to have no interest in the door as she was attacking the small ball with everything she had.

Elise was in her workout clothing, she had intended to practice her Pai-Lum Kung Fu once Sploogie was fully into the ball. Elise got up off her bed and walked over to the door to see who it was. “People don’t stop by to see me in my quarters”

When Elise opened the door it was Sharpay on the other side. Elise gave a nod in greeting “Something I can do for you Ensign Harper?”


TAG: Sharpay

[Sharpay Harper]

The door swooshed open a few moments after Sharpay had hit the chime. There stood Ensign Triad in what appeared to be some kind of exercise outfit. Perhaps she should have called a head of time? Oh well. She was here now. No point in going away and coming back, besides that would be a waste of time.

“Something I can do for you Ensign Harper?”

"Actually Ensign Triad, there is." Sharpay began, sounding diplomatic as possible. She was not one for tip-toeing around an issue or subject, which a few people did find offensive on occasion. "You could allow me to come in and run a few checks on a few systems in your quarters, as well as change a gel pack." Sharpay replied with a smile.

Tag: Elise

[Elise Triad]

“Alright” Elise moved out of the way to let Sharpay in but kept an eye on Sploogie.

Elise’s quarters had the same basic layout as most other standard crew quarter on the ship however the living area had five large storage crates stacked in the corner across from the door. A number of photos sat on a table next to the crates some looked to be family photos and others of people in SFI gray. Three display cases sat under the table with all the photos.

Elise’s cello sat in it’s stand next to her bed in the bedroom where the black cat played with a small blue ball.

[Sharpay Harper]

"Thank you." Sharpay said as she walked into Elise's quarters. The first thing Shar noticed was the storage crates. Not everyone had them. The photos, well, they were of very little surprise. Just about everyone had photos of someone in their quarters and Sharpay was no exception.

As she passed the bedroom she noted with her peripheral vision that a cello sat. That came as a bit of a shocker as Sharpay hadn't exactly pictured this particular officer for one that would or could play. Then again Shar had thought the same about Xena, yet she played the guitar. Shrugging it off Sharpay knelt down beneath the replicator in Elise's quarters and opened up the repair kit. She started taking the paneling off.

"So," Sharpay began as she tried to make some casual conversation. "how are things holding up in your department?"

Tag: Elise

[Elise Triad]

“I am my own department.” Elise said as she sat down at her desk. “It’s not like when I was with the VCID. More like when I was on Starbase Python. Do what I want and report to the boss when I feel the need to. Most shipboard IOs have a lot of free time. I have a few more reports the send in as the last Starfleet ship that was in this part of space lost it’s IO.”

Elise looked around for her cat, last thing she needed was for Sploogie to start acting up.


TAG: Sharpay

[Sharpay Harper]

“I am my own department.”

Hm. Sometimes that's how Sharpay felt when it came to engineering. It was her own department. "When we start meeting more species I'm sure you'll have less free time, and more 'paperwork'." Shar commented as she now flipped out the tricorder and began scanning. Mid-scan she tapped a few buttons on the tricorder to change it's setting.

"If you don't mind my asking, what made you want to be the Intel branch?" Or as others call you: 'tattle tale branch'.

Tag: Elise

[Elise Triad]

Elise leaned back in her chair as she kept an eye on Sharpay knowing that she will have to give her own once over on any parts she has to replace. “That’s part of why I’m getting all me downtime out of the way now. For my part I would like to have a more in-depth dealing with the Hirogen. I feel like they could be of use to Starfleet.”

Elise leaned in her chair to the right and rested her head on her right hand. “As to why I went intelligence. I enrolled in Starfleet Academy a year after the start of the Dominion War. It seems that my test scores in some areas were to good to let slide so SFI appropriated as an analysis rather then what I had intended. As it happened the war was over the next year but I was to far into training to be let go. So I do my job but I still get to do what I wanted every now and then.” Elise stoped a moment as Sharpay pressed some buttons on her tricorder.

“I am a great many things now. Starship and shuttle pilot with only basic skills in the Archangel and Valkyrie Class Fighters. I can pass as a half-assed engineer and a full-assed nurse. I’m also a skilled Starfleet Marine. So many things in such a small person.” Elise smiled as she quoted her old CO.

[Sharpay Harper]

Sharpay listen to Miss Triad as she got out another tool to continue her work. It was a pretty interesting story. "You're sort of a jack of all trades now aren't cha?" It was more of a rhetorical question or comment even. Observation through words.

“I am a great many things now. Starship and shuttle pilot with only basic skills in the Archangel and Valkyrie Class Fighters. I can pass as a half-assed engineer and a full-assed nurse. I’m also a skilled Starfleet Marine. So many things in such a small person.”

"Good to know in case we get short handed." Sharpay had now put the tool away and was using another to take out a damaged gel pack. "In what ways do you think the Hirogen could be of use to Starfleet?" This was a question of curiosity.

[Elise Triad]

“I may say Starfleet but it’s more me then anything. From reading the reposts and crew logs from Voyager has led some in command to thing that Hirogen hunting and combat tactics could be of great help to the Federation. We had many hard fought lessons in ground combat and hand to hand from the Jem'Hadar in the war. Yes we did a passable job but just as we have said for some time Starfleet is not a military force it’s all about exploration.” Elise looked over at Sharpay as she started on the damaged gel pack.

“I think any Starfleet officer can admit that we have explored our way into some trouble in the past. When Starfleet started to move out into space we had troops, a military force. Then we moved beyond that. I know full well I can be counted among a growing number of officers that want to see a more military arm of Starfleet. Our Marines serve that but we need to keep training so the next threat we find. Lets face it, we may find some ourselves”

[Sharpay Harper]

"Well, you do have a point, and I also can't say I disagree with you." Sharpay started to install the new gel pack. "Though no matter where we branch out I'd say we'll always find trouble as we know not about other regions of space, or about new species. Yes. Exploring can risk a death penalty if not careful."

Shar stated as she thought back on a few lessons, and an incident on Picards ship where the boy was going to die because he stepped on the grass, and the incident on Voyager where B'Elanna Torres thought a violent thought when on a planet full of telepaths.

Though that incident on Picards ship, well Starfleet should not have been there in the first place. The people on that planet had not achieved warp nor had any ships what-so-ever.

[Elise Triad]

Elise gave Sharpay a slight nod at her last statement. “Ah. I don’t really want to talk about this. Last thing I need is to get into this conversation once more.” Elise’s computer emitted a tone to let her know a new security alert was just sent out. “Replacing the gel pack the only thing you need to see to?”

New security alert. Elise thought. She knew about the performance reviews for the hazard teams but that was not till the afternoon. has to be a drill or something.

[Sharpay Harper]

“Replacing the gel pack the only thing you need to see to?”

"As a matter of fact," Sharpay put the new one in place, and ran a tool across it's top and bottom. "it is, quite surprisingly." Sharpay had expected perhaps there might be a bit more than that. However she generally did expect more to always need to be done. Not because the ship was bad or anything. More so to keep surprises to a minimum.

Some times you think only one thing is wrong, but instead it turns out to be the entire system. Those things were a big pain. Likely came about from relying on computers too much and not experience or gut instinct. "Don't worry, just a quick scan with the tricorder now, I'll pack up and be on my way."

[Mishtak]

//"Mishtak to Lt. Triad, please report to sickbay."//