A 'little surprise' at this morning's staff meeting: harrykim detected what appears to be a large debris field from the destruction of a Borg cube. The days are gone when news of that sort brought rejoicing; our experiences with Species 8472 have reinforced the truism that there's always a bigger bully in the schoolyard to worry about. No idea what ( Read more... )

This has been one of those days.

I should have known the peace and quiet we've been experiencing ever since we left the Kelaran system was too good to last. And yet, I hoped some of the aftereffects of shore leave would linger at least a bit more than they have. However, paristorres and seven_of_nine are bickering *again*. And from what I can gather, B'Elanna and _tom_paris_ are ( Read more... )

I've just returned from the surface of Kelara IV, where I've thanked the officials once more for their hospitality and tied up a few 'loose ends' like the cost of overtime for the Kelaran rangers who conducted the search for for harrykim as well as the fine for destroying wildlife classified as an endangered species. I've ordered the helm to break orbit ( Read more... )

Well, one of my missing crew is safe and sound.

Not that we had any idea that _tom_paris_ was missing, mind you. Or that he'd apparently been lying injured in the Delta Flyer, in the locked shuttle bay, for a while. talceles found him, while trying to track down Ensign Telfer. No clue as to what Tom was doing in the Flyer in the first place, or anything else about ( Read more... )

Still no word yet from harrykim. It's been 2 days.

The first shift of shore leave parties has beamed back up to the ship (without mishap, if you don't count the numerous broken limbs and the goring. Can't forget the goring, because Tuvok certainly won't. Or neelix for that matter) and the second shift has come down. I've elected to stay here on the planet ( Read more... )

There's an old saying I heard in command school: shoreleave with your crew isn't a 'break', it's just another set of challenges.

Everything started out well. chakotay was right--the mountains are beautiful and he'd planned a very nice hike. We were a larger party than I had anticipated, but it truly was "the more the merrier." The scenery was breathtaking ( Read more... )

I've accepted chakotay's invitation to join him and a few others on a hike into the Yrolgan mountain range. It should be fun, though I'm not sure how many of the crew will be joining us. Spending your shore leave with your commanding officers is not necessarily everyone's idea of fun (and I will not go into my puzzlement that paristorres will apparently be with us, ( Read more... )

We are entering orbit around Kelara IV. I've asked chakotay to make up rotations for shore leave, ensuring all personnel get 36 hours on the planet surface (while maintaining a skeleton crew on board throughout our stay). Due to security concerns (of the 'accident' variety, not of hostile aliens), it has been decided that no crew members will be alone on ( Read more... )

As time goes by, I'm becoming more convinced that chakotay was right about the necessity of some time off for most, if not all of the crew. Tempers are increasingly fraying; paristorres and seven_of_nine haven't come to actual blows yet, but I wouldn't put it past them. (Note to self: clearly delineate duties while at the same time allowing enough flexibility that certain people' ( Read more... )

Well, things seem to be back to normal around here. paristorres and seven_of_nine are at each other's throats again re: Engineering. (I've arranged to meet with them to try and resolve this latest issue, but the major problem *as usual* is getting them to see that we need *both* their expertise, and it's *not* a competition.) Surprisingly, chakotay appears to have made matters ( Read more... )