Captain’s Log
Stardate: 47480.8 (June 25 2370)
“No Win Scenario”
My hacking skills have gotten rusty. With a wounded pride I have to admit that Lt Kehla was able to complete her research into the Chronoton radiation before I have finished cracking the Preserver database. Whether she was aware of this friendly competition is of no consequence, I am beginning to feel my age. The sting was a little lessened when I invited our Klingon Doctor for hand to hand combat exercise with her D’k tahg. Playing somewhat dirty, I swept her off balance and won the match, to both of our surprise. Naivety set aside, she was interested in learning that particular move so we spent more time together and I had a bit of an opportunity to tease her about the romantic developments with our Helmsman.
There is no such thing as a casual mission. Starfleet does not send any crew out on a simple task. Be your best self, on duty and off… This is what I should have told the cadet bridge crew that took over the Jemison for a survey mission as part of the training program that our ship is used for. Instead I thought it fitting to let Commander Faren take on the task of seeing the fresh faces of the young crew at the beginning of their journey. Perhaps the reminder of that hope and idealism will be a prompt for his own internal reflections. I have resolved not to test the boundaries of his mind since the incident of the last mission, but the broken trust between us is making a mark in many small ways.
Expecting respite from the active role of the bridge, Commander T’lir requested that some senior staff meet at the Holodeck in order to review the programs that our civilian specialist, Storyteller, has created for the cadet training course. T’lir has a very mild presence for a Vulcan, her mind is not so much walled off from stray thoughts as it is so quietly controlled that I never pick up the words or notice they are there. The exception to this is when she is confronted with Storyteller’s holographic works. I have come to respect and enjoy this contrast in the cadet’s head Instructor, maybe Commander T’lir would enjoy the latest brew of Cyndriel kelp tea.
Regardless of the difference of opinion, we should test the training program in order to understand why such a great percentage of cadets are having difficulty. Things didn’t go as expected, another illustration of the lesson that I wished to impart upon the children taking over my bridge this morning. Some exotic substance related to the Chronoton radiation leaked into the holodeck circuits. Programs are mixing together with the safety setting disabled. More importantly, we received a message from the crew outside of the holodeck who are attempting to free us from this situation, warning us not to turn off the holodeck manually until they can fix the settings. Otherwise we would be dematerialized along with the currently mangled programs. Further still, Lt Kehla and Storyteller have been separated from T’lir, Faren and myself. It is imperative that we are able to pass along the warning that we have received.
