Ensign Van Roy's Personal Log

[Dumbass 0]

(Scribbled on a cardboard box by wristlight in a shuttle without power)

 

Ridire, Shamor, Kroells, and I are trapped in the Tyderium waiting for the storm to pass.  What Ridire sought to gain by beaming down is beyond my ability to apply logic to.  The ship knows nothing they didn't know before.  The already short-handed bridge crew is missing another person.  If I understand the command rank structure correctly Dr. Matthews is the Acting XO, and she isn't even a bridge officer.  There is no telling what Garnoopy is doing to my OPS station.  Worst of all, when - in a moment of bad judgement - I let Ridire pilot the shuttle he forgot to make the very important "Beep Boop" noise with the keychain!  ;)

 

For lack of any way to proceed with our mission we decided to break out Kroells' deck of cards.  In the interest of good relations I let the rest of the away team win a couple hands.  This turned out to be a bad idea, as the rest of the team was surprised to discover that Vulcan males are superior to Terran males in more ways than just logic.  It will suffice to say that Vulcan "longevity" is not limited to chronological age.  ::):  

 

While we were putting our clothes back on it occurred to me that it has been some time since my last Pon Far.  Should it happen on this away mission...  well, I'm reminded of the Human phrase "Don't go there!".  I will have to remember to discuss this situation with Lt. Matthews when we are back on board.  In the meantime, this experience is bringing out a streak of claustrophobia in me. Since powering the shuttle in this storm will short our systems, including communications, replicators are off-line.  I discussed our situation with the rest of the team. I presented the possibility of food scarcity.  I informed the team that, under these circumstances, cannibalism is an honorable and logical alternative to death by starvation.  Rank has it's privileges, so I discussed with Shamor how to best prepare Kroells for the eventuality, who began to look a little like this -->  :D

 

At this point Ridire said "Knock it off, Van Roy, there's plenty of food and we've only been here an hour!"  We went back to playing cards.  :laugh:

 

Ensign Van Roy

Operations Chief