Working the Computer

Posted on Monday 14 May 2018 @ 20:02 by Commander Cale Llewellyn DSci

Mission: Lost Souls
Location: Merlin Bridge
Timeline: MD 1
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After Cale got the EMH up and running, he got on with his part of the mission. He had been tasked with getting as much information from the Main Computer as he could get. Barstow wanted to know what exactly happened to the ship. With only his command codes from when he was 2O, his task could possibly be harder than he thought. But he was determined to get the information for the Commander. He started in one the main computer core station on the bridge before moving on to the auxiliary core.

It was taking him longer than he anticipated to acquire the data Commander Barstow wanted/needed but he was at least in the core memory now. He couldn't help but wonder if this would be going faster if Melody was here with him. She always had a flair for computer systems what with her being part Borg and all. He began to long for his old friend even moreso than he usually did. Cale felt himself begin to cry missing both Melody, Caroline and Caleb. Caleb held a special place in his heart despite their lack of fully connecting.

As he worked the computer core, he began to download the information he was gathering into his tricorder. Cale was beginning to enjoy being back on his old ship and was even thinking about asking Bartsow if he needed a permanent science officer on his voyage in spite of not knowing what the future would hold. He missed being back aboard this ship even if it was an entirely different crew.

Just then the console beeped causing Cale to become startled. Looking down at the panel, he saw that he was in the main core. "Eureka! I'm in and not as old as I thought I'd be," he said aloud. Then he looked around to ensure that noone was there near him. He blushed a bit not being on to talk to himself. And when he saw he was alone, he breathed a sigh of relief.

So while the data was downloading in to his tricorder, Cale decided to check one of the other stations for more data. In doing so, he made his way over to the Ops station. He then saw something that worried him; a sentence on the screen that said The Capra is here. It started him thinking about something he had read when he was back at the Academy. But he couldn't quite put his finger on what that was. Just then, the tricorder beeped. Ah, it's done!

He moved to the library access station, retrieved his tricorder and returned to the Ops station only to discover the statement was gone from the panel. "What the Hell? Where'd you go?" he asked himself aloud again. He had to get this data to the Captain...err Commander and soon.

Tapping his combadge and said, "Llewellyn to Barstow. What's your location, Commander? I have the information you requested."

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Lieutenant Commander Cale Jason Llewellyn
Chief Science Officer
USS Merlin