It inspired me to find a way to get in the way.
And I got in trouble. Good trouble. Necessary
trouble. Private remote connection established.
Accessing resilience flight recorder data directory.
Computer. Blood wine. Computer, begin recording
personal logs. Personal log, stardate 212608
.29. We had the memorial service today for Commander
Straan. He had a tragic but honorable death,
saving Lieutenant Maysha. The lieutenant managed
to escape with only minor injuries. However,
she now battles with demons of the mind. Her
abrupt exit at the memorial while speaking was
concerning. T'vel and I found her attempting
to meditate control over her feeling. She was
not successful. The situation was complicated
even more when Dr. Narlin attempted to assert
dominion over Maysha's treatment. This sparked
another battle in the war of Dr. Narlin and
Dr. Flint. I agree that Lieutenant Flint should
respect the authority of the Chief Medical Officer.
However, her characterization of Narlin being
derelict in his duty to the full crew is not
something which can be ignored. I will have to
address this with Captain Moore at some point.
Speaking of which, this evening Captain Moore
and I will be dining with Admiral Kilgallon in
his quarters. I am not looking forward to that.
It took all my restraint this afternoon to keep
from breaking him in half the way he spoke to
Lieutenant Maysha. I am not fond of bullies, and
the Admiral is clearly the biggest one I've seen.
I had honestly thought that misogyny and xenophobia
had died out amongst the humans years ago. But
there it was in engineering for all to see. He
praises a male officer and degrades a female.
I half expected to be dismissed so the men could
talk. This is one area where the Klingons have
the advantage over humans. Both sexes fight equally
for the Empire. Of course, there are no women
on the council leading, the great houses, or the
generals. At least we fight as equals. Even more
puzzling is Captain Moore. He is practically
a giddy schoolboy over the Admiral. I half expected
the Admiral to give him a treat to roll over
and do other tricks. And it's a little weird
of him to ask about his father's medical test.
It's like he's too close to the people under
his command. There is so much about this situation
which is sounding red alert. I don't like it,
and in particular, I don't like the Admiral.
When I get my own ship, I'll pray to Kahless that
it's under a different Admiral. Something about
Kilgallon is dangerous. I hope the captain is
only going through a phase. This had better not
happen every time the Admiral is in range, or
I will be looking for a post somewhere else.
I will not berate someone for a mistake, and
I will not roll over for the petaQ. My honor
is worth more than that. I am grateful to Captain
Moore for giving me this chance to be his first
officer. So far, he has come across as a good
man. And I think he is exactly what the resilience
needed. In the few days he's been here, it seems
like there's a sense of new life despite the
recent tragedies. On a lighter note, I received
another communication from my mother today. She
keeps asking when I'm going to come back home
to Japorii 2 for a visit. Her letter included
an unnecessarily long story about Mrs. Thom's
gout. You would think a 97 -year -old woman would
take better care of herself and listen when the
doctor tells her to lay off the Andorian ice
bores. The worst part is, I've seen her eat a
tray of ice boars with blood sauce, and it's
not a sight for the weak of heart. If I had to
compare it to something, I would have to say
it's like a pack of targs eating a fang beast
after a glorious kill. There's blood everywhere
and a lot of snorting. At least the fang beast
is no longer suffering. Not sure I could say
the same for the ice bores. I should be grateful
she talked about Mrs. Thom and didn't keep asking
when I'm going to settle down and begin giving
her grandchildren. I don't have the heart to
tell her why I'm not in a relationship she would
approve of. Actually, I don't know if I would
actually call it a relationship. It might better
be called a convenient complication. Prow knows
my feelings about prestige and nobility. He still
plans to go back to take over his family's house
on Kate one day. If what I'm hearing about the
new captain is true, I will want to put an end
to this situation. Prow wanted to talk with me
this afternoon, but I told him it wouldn't be
a good idea right now. This was not well received.
Of all the people on the ship, why did I pick
the one who comes from the background, which
is everything I despise? The great houses of
Cait are no different than the great houses of
the Empire. They are all a way for the elite
to hold power over the rest of the population.
Either you work for one of these houses, or you're
a faceless no -one in the crowd. I heard and
saw what that life did to my parents, and for
what? so my father could have his honor stripped
away and he ended up dying because of a grudge?
The Federation may be imperfect, but it's still
more stable. Cait may have held on to their class
structure, but they have made it work within
the Federation. Kronos could learn from them.
Although I don't see that ever happening. I was
also invited to something called Ladies' Night.
by Lieutenant Colt. She described it as a fun
night of women supporting one another. It seems
the support she is referring to is whatever we
need, such as a relationship or career. Apparently,
the idea comes from a group of women who would
meet regularly on the Intrepid. Somehow, she's
convinced the ship's counselor to T'vel to participate.
I'm not really sure how I feel about this. I
know as First Officer I need to be more accessible
to the crew, but this almost feels too familiar.
Maybe with only three people it won't be so bad.
Besides, that's tomorrow night's problem. For
now, it's time to get ready to report to the
Admiral's Quarters with him and Captain Moore.
The truth is, it feels like someone took a rusty
duck -tuck and carved a sectioned valley into
my cranial ridges. Kahless, help me. Computer.
End of log entry. End of selected file. Logging
out. Deleting connection data. Private remote
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