Stardate: 86900.46 (Feb 22, 2413 14:00)
Master Chief Petty Officers Log
U.S.S. Nova Scotia
MCPO Casey Elias
14:00 NSTAs he sits down at the desk in his cabin Casey makes a mental note to remember to thank William for the accommodations. The Master Chief then has the computer pull up on the screen the layout of the U.S.S. Nova Scotia, familiarizing himself with the subtle and some not so subtle changes on the Nova from the original Vesta class design that Casey had worked on almost 40 years earlier at the shipyards of Utopia Planitia.
Standing up and stretching, his back popping as he did so, Casey walks over to the replicator and gets a cup of black coffee and then sits back down at the desk. He spends the next hour reviewing the service record highlights for the top and bottom 10% of the 450 +/- enlisted personnel assigned to the U.S.S. Nova Scotia. One of the additional duties that fell to him as the senior enlisted crew member aboard the Nova was to be the advocate, mentor, and coach to the enlisted as well as the enlisted advisor to the Captain and his staff on enlisted personnel issues or concerns.
The Master Chief then leans back and reflects a moment.
"Computer, open Personal log. Master Chief Petty Officer Casey Elias, Stardate 86900 point 46. It appears that other than a couple of troublemakers which are well documented the Nova is blessed with not only a very young and talented group of officers but a gifted enlisted crew as well. It seems to almost be a cherry picked group with the skills and temperament overlaps one rarely finds in the enlisted ranks aboard a deep space vessel."The Master Chief sips his coffee and reflects on his last assignment aboard a starship back in '06, almost 7 years earlier.
"This is what I have missed most... An assignment aboard a starship led by an excellent Commanding Officer on an open ended mission."Casey found it hard to believe that he had almost at 40 years of active duty in StarFleet. All of his peers from his NCO (non commissioned officer aka "enlisted") Leadership school had long since retired or had been killed in action serving the Federation. While retirement was still on the table and closer than ever, the other alternative was still always a possibility, although not one that Casey ever dwelled on for long.
Renewing his personal log, Elias continues
"I am scheduled to meet my new department chief at 16:00, Lt. Commander McCafferey. It seems that the meeting is to be held in the Mariner, a nice casual environment to meet the Chief of Ops. I would like to discuss the structural compensations employed to account for the significantly beefed up EPS Conduit distribution systems recently installed in the Nova Scotia.""I would also like to meet up with Cala later. While it would be good to uncover more information about both her and Siana, the two Cardassian Scientists who also joined the crew when the Nova Scotia docked at Venek Nor, my main concern is the Cardassian Ops officer who also joined us just prior to the arrival of the Nova. "Casey stood and paced the deck while he finished his first shipboard log ending with his review of the status of the enlisted crew which he also sent a copy to the Skipper and his staff.
"Computer close log" Noting that it was 15:45 Casey then checked his reflection in the mirror and left his cabin and headed to the Mariner.