Cat and Trills

Captain Taybar had motioned for J'ross to stay after the meeting when she had adjourned everyone. M'eko stayed seated and swivelled in the direction of the Captain.

"You scared the hell out of me in the Hellcat, you know. Nice name by the way." J'ross said with a slight smile

Taybar stood up and walked to the window and responded. "Couldn't be helped. I didn't know what the situation out here was at current. Most of our data is at least an hour old from here. And an hour can make all the difference."

M'eko paused for a moment. The Captain displayed a very stern form, but it felt like the right thing to have onboard. Even with her stern manner, you could tell that she was glad to be in command again. And that she felt a good connection with the crew already. Of course she did not want to get too comfortable this early in her tour.

Taybar then continued speaking. "So you were in command for about two weeks I see. And fresh out of the second officer position on the Eisenhower. Couldn't have been easy switching from a Nebula Class to a New Orleans Class ship." She said.

M'eko looked back up at her then stood up and walked over next to her. "I... just was not prepared to make all the big decisions myself. In fact I allowed that Vorta to access our comms systems. Every command experience on the Eisenhower was in Federation territory and mainly in backwater sectors during shore leaves." She said with a little resentment in her voice.

Taybar looked back at her and said in a firm but comforting tone. "Experience is everything out here, but intuition can be a powerful tool in itself. At first, you do what you think you should do by a mix of your training and your own ideas. That's how you learn. You may have doubts, but never let your crew know it. If you believe it, then they believe it." She finished very confidently.

"You're the Captain." M'eko said with a grin. "I am looking very forward to working with you. I see I have a lot that I can learn from you."