Do Vulcans throw tantrums?

Posted on Mon Nov 23rd, 2015 @ 8:38am by Captain Charybdis MacGregor

0 words; about a 1 minute read

Mission: Taking Chances
Location: USS Bonne Chance, Deck 2, Chief Science Officer's office
Timeline: 2265
Tags: bonnechance,Suval

Suval stood in his office, adjacent to a science lab, calmly listening as Chief Engineer Lowe informed him of his subordinate's actions over the past two days. Some of these actions were known to Suval, some were not. Suval was taking the information in stride, noting every detail. It was when he was told that Charybdis was currently asleep around a sensor array that his eyebrow shot up. "I will handle the situation. I appreciate you providing me the opportunity to handle this without bringing the captain into it."

As Lowe left, Suval called security and requested them to gather Charybdis and bring her to his office immediately. The Vulcan reviewed the information and checked the work that had been done. The work was done correctly, but was not near what he required for it to be considered done right. The error coefficients were far to large in his liking.

Security entered with Charybdis. He dismissed them and stood to address her. "Lieutenant, you are a graduate of StarFleet Academy according to your service record, so I must come to the conclusion that you are aware of the protocols that come with repairing or adjusting equipment. While your zeal to get the job done is admirable, it only highlights your handicap further when you blatantly disregard procedures."

And there it was. Whatever else Suval was about to say, she was focused on the concept that he saw her emotions as a handicap, which only made her delve deeper into some of the darker emotions. Suval continued, "...procedures exist for good reasons, and you blantantly disregarded them. I assure you that if we were aboard a Vulcan vessel, you would be disciplined severely for such a breach. As it is, we are aboard a StarFleet vessel, and I am bound by regulations to inform you that I shall be placing a formal reprimand in your record for this incident and have asked the captain to have you relieved of duty for the next several days so that you can have time to adjust to how things are to be done here. This will give you time to meditate and get your emotions under control while I have the rest of the science department work with engineering in repairing and correcting your mistakes. That is all lieutenant."

At that Suval opened the door and directed security to take her to her quarters. Suval immediately got to work on a repair schedule and contacted Lt Lowe regarding having engineers to assist.

As for Charybdis, she resignedly let the oh-so-calm Vulcan throw his tantrum, and smirked to herself. It seemed the battle was joined...

 

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