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The recording starts but without any video. A message appears on-screen ‘USS Daradax; Video recording unavailable – system offline’

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“Command Log – Stardate 77268.93; April 8th. Lieutenant Kirin Tarken; USS Daradax”

“Today was the day – The crew of the USS Daradax has met for the first time.”

“Lieutenant Th’zalnar and I have met several times over the last few days to discuss the ship, and mission and to get to know each other and I am increasingly confident that we will operate well together. The big nagging question was, how about the rest of the crew, what are they like beyond their records?”

“From their records, there were a few standout points of, not so much concern but, interest let’s say.”

“Starting with Ensign Ril Mnass. She has been based here on Starbase Bravo in security for the last year and has just returned from leave, hence the delay in meeting. She has had a couple of warnings placed in her record where she has let her temper get the better of her. This has been in dealings with individuals she was apprehending who fought back; aggressively but the reports I have found. She was a little over-eager one could say in subduing them. But beyond that, her record reads of a dedicated and skilled officer who has a lot of potential.”

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There is an audible sigh

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“Potential. That is how all their records read. Makes me wonder how my superiors read mine and Lieutenant Th’zalnar? Anyways…lets continue.”

“Ensign Kerry Dawson, fresh out of the academy, specializing in Astrophysics. She has glowing reviews from her instructors, if there is a question that needs investigating, she is the one you want around. That said all of her instructors commented on her complete focus on work and work alone, her interactions with others on a social level were strained. We will see how she works over the next few months; maybe a smaller setting such as the Daradax will be good for her.”

“Finally, Ensign Belania, as fresh out of the academy and by all accounts a truly amazing pilot with glowing comments and support letters. It made me wonder why she was assigned to the Daradax and not another ship. Skilled pilots like that don’t usually end up on a Raven-class.”

“As I mentioned today was the first time, we all met. As the Daradax has come along nicely with most of the internal work completed now both Thanen and I moved into our quarters here. As such we asked them to meet at the ship earlier today at 7:00. To get things started they each were shown to their assigned rooms so they could leave their belongings before we met on the observation deck at 7:20.”

“As I hoped everyone was on the observation deck early. We sat and had the standard welcome board talk followed by introductions and a brief overview of our upcoming survey mission to Sector Fero Psi.”

“I have to say I was impressed by the crew and their professionalism and openness to each other, even Ensign Dawson seem to open up, briefly, about herself. I also wanted to comment on how impressed I was by the new holographic display system built into the conference table. Being able to see the whole sector and zoom-in as needed with the visuals of the USS Centaurs logs was impressive.”

“Everyone appeared to be excited for the mission and the possibilities within it. Of particular note was Ensign Dawson, while presenting the mission brief and going over key points of interest she asked to add a few things. A few things turned out to be a rather extensive analysis of the entire sector and possible anomalies of interest that were only picked up in passing. She has forwarded the report to the crew and I will review it with her in more detail in the coming days. Likely on the shakedown cruise.”

“In addition to this, both Ensign Mnass and Ensign Belania both had a couple of questions and suggestions regarding possible areas of concern and how best we could approach the Jck 6-9748; the Black Hole within the sector.”

“All in all, I was happy with the meeting.”

“Following this Lieutenant Th’zalnar gave an overview of the Daradax and the work he and the yard crew has undertaken getting her ready for departure. This was concluded with a tour of the ship as only the final touches are being done now by the yard crew and now that the entire crew is here, we will be able to assist even further. With luck, we will have permission to start the shakedown cruise within 36 hours.”

“I have also scheduled one-on-one meetings with each of them later today once they have had a chance to settle in to get more of a personal feel for each of them.”

“Computer end recording.”

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‘End of recording’ appears on the screen.

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