Log #1 ... Reports.

[T'aral 0]

T'Aral was back in her office on board the Comanche Creek. Although Starfleet had long since done away with the use of paper, they were far from removed from its function. She had already spent hours logging individual medical files on the Vega Cadets, and now it was time to go through assignment reports.

 

As she reviewed the mission log, T'Aral noted several comments that suggested that Ensigns Khole and Ellis performed in a less than ideal manner. It was true that they were not as responsive to the orders of their superiors as would be preferred. However, after interviewing each of them T'Aral decided that they had proceeded based on their best judgement, and had accepted and obeyed all direct orders. Whether other officers disagreed with their opinions or not was irrelevant for the purpose of evaluation: T'Aral decided to simply log the report without comment.

 

Finishing with the report she found herself struggling again with her emotional side, perturbed that the Captain insisted on holding her back from the Away Team. Given that there was triage to be done, it was logical that the most experienced medical officer present should oversee. The Captain thought otherwise ... but why? After reviewing the reports the only conclusion she could discern was that Captain Caelstorm did not believe that she was capable of acting in a command capacity.

 

The away mission was mutually led by Leutenants Belo and Tauariki. They were successful, but if T'Aral was present then the leadership role would immediately fall to her as she was a Full Leutenant. Was this the Captain's concern - that she was not capable of handling a position of command? Perhaps; and as the Captain had not struck her as being one to make ill-conceived decisions ( at least, not when it came to matters of her crew ), the flaw logically rested with T'Aral.

 

Finishing with the reports, she left her office to return to her quarters. There was much meditation that needed to be done. T'Aral needed to understand why she was not considered capable of leadership ... and more importantly, why it was that lacking this trait was important to her.