Post 12
Posted on Wed Nov 12th, 2014 @ 9:14pm by Captain Christina Curtis
Mission:
Begin with a Bang
Location: Sickbay, Discovery NX-04, Drydock, Earth Orbit
Timeline: May 12th, 2155 - 0900 hours
As the large and - on this ship at least - unique doors opened to Discovery's medical bay slid open, Allison stepped through gingerly, looking around as she did so. So far since she had arrived this morning the ship had seemed to be far busier than she had ever thought it would be, but she still feared looking ridiculous if she walked in to sickbay whilst there was none of the medical staff to speak to. Thankfully that wasn't the case, as she saw a crewman over at one of the computer terminals speaking with another crew member. With noone else in the room at present - aside from numerous crates undoubtedly filled with the medical supplies that a starship would need for a long journey - she stepped up behind the other crew member and waited her turn.
"All right, we're good here. You'd best report to your station. The captain's called up all of the crew pretty quickly, so I have a feeling that there's going to be something big going on soon." Maria was still only a Crewman 1st class, but at the moment she was one of the only members of the medical staff onboard until they had a chief medical officer aboard. She looked up at the newcomer as the other crew member left. "New aboard?"
"I get the feeling that I'm not the first you've said that to today," Allison responded with a smile. "Ensign Allison Wood. I've got my medical records here." She held up the data card she had been carrying with her. It was standard procedure that everyone reporting aboard a starship had to present their medical records upon arriving for their assignment.
"Excellent. Crewman Maria Ribbons," Maria answered, taking the card and inserting it into the the slot next to her terminal. She'd seen so many of these today that she had practised the art of skimming the file for the most necessary details - any specialist medications they may need aboard, or special considerations they would have to advise the galley of in terms of allergies, and so on. She knew that once things had quietened down she - or another member of the medical staff - would have to start going through them in more detail, but there wasn't time for such a lengthy read just now. "Ah, I see you're one of our helm officers. You're not by any chance our chief helmswoman that we've been waiting for are you?"
"No, no chance of that," Allison responded with a slight smile and a shake of her head. She had plenty of flight experience, but nowhere near enough on a ship of this size to be given such a lofty position on board. "As far as I know, the captain still hasn't made her choice for that position. I'm down as our relieve pilot - so I'll probably spend most of my time on the night shift."
"Ah," Maria said, nodding knowingly. "Well you're not the only one without a department head yet. We still don't have a chief medical officer either - but don't worry," she added hastily. "I'm sure that the captain will get a doctor assigned before we leave dry dock, and the rest of the medical staff are more than capable of dealing with the crew's needs."
"I've no doubt," Allison said. She had heard that Starfleet put their medical personnel through some rigorous schooling before letting them onboard a starship - even if they didn't go on to obtain a doctorate and thus the officer rank that came with a CMO posting. She did know that most starships weren't large enough to carry more than one fully qualified doctor though, which made it all the more imperative that the junior members of the medical staff were capable themselves.
"Well, it looks like we're all good here," Ribbons said, nodding after one final skim over he computer monitor. "Welcome aboard. I doubt you're as urgently needed as our engineer friend who was her before you, but I'd recommend reporting to your station as soon as you can anyway. It'll give a good impression."
"Got it. Thanks." With a small backward wave, the helm officer turned and walked back out of the medical bay, passing a trio of other crewmen carrying duffel bags over their shoulders.
Maria was straight on to her next task for the day. "Good morning gentlemen. First day aboard? Thought so - can I have your medical records please?"
Ensign Allison Wood [NPC]
Helm Officer
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Crewman 1st Class Maria Ribbons [NPC]
Medical Officer
