Chapter Two
To: Leonard McCoy, Lieutenant Commander, USS Enterprise A
From: S'nellastina zh'Vecar, Earth, United States of America, Maryland, Baltimore
Hello Leonard. Or would you prefer me to call you Doctor McCoy in these comms? I hope the first few days of the five year mission have gone as you wanted to. It seemed to me when I was aboard the ship that travelling was a mixture of the unexpected during away missions and the routine during your duty shift.
What precisely do you want to talk to me about? I could tell you about my work of course. Though how interested you would be in the re-sequencing of the RNA of a recently discovered frog from Tellar Prime I am not certain. You are bound by a doctor patient oath of confidently with your patients so you can't go into detail about your day either.
How is the crew adapting to the new officers onboard? How are the new crew in the med bay adjusting to being under your command? Please respond when you can.
Thinking of you, S'nell.
Message sent 1807 hours UTC Stardate 2266.201
To: S'nellastina zh'Vecar, Earth, United States of America, Maryland, Baltimore
From: Leonard McCoy, Lieutenant Commander, USS Enterprise A
Hey S'nell. When we're alone I'd prefer you to call me Leonard. But perhaps for these comms we can go with Doctor McCoy. Other then my mom, Donna, and you no one calls me Leonard. Dammit, I'm rambling aren't I? I'm not good at keeping up with comms when I'm in space as my family knows. But I'll try to respond within a reasonable amount of time to you. If I don't it probably means that I'm having to be dragged to another planet by Jim or that we are in the midst of some crisis that needs to be resolved as soon as possible. The further out from Federation space we travel, the more time it will take for our messages to reach each other as there are fewer subspace relay stations.
So far everything on the ship is pretty quiet. The crew is adapting to Commander Dh'lar quite well. When he's not on duty on the bridge he can be found in one of the recreation rooms talking to one of the crew or in the mess hall doing the same. His sociability is strange after years of Spock but I think it will be good for crew morale. As for Lieutenant M'Ress, she's very focused. Everyone says she does her job well but I'm not sure how many friends she has made yet. Even the only other Caitain on board, Lieutenant Commander Umal hasn't spent a lot of time with her. His second in command Lieutenant Gabor sure seems popular with the ladies. The new navigator Lieutenant Aiza seems serious but quiet. Ensign Chekov says he works hard. As for the new physicist on board, Lieutenant Anker, I've never actually met him so I can't say much about him. The same is true of the new botanist Ensign Varga and the new transporter technician Petty Officer Lopez.
As for the crew additions to the med bay, Nurse Robson is working out well. She's very quick with paperwork which makes my new head nurse Nurse Chang very happy. I worked well with Nurse Chapel and I'm working even better with Doctor Chapel now. I'm glad that she transferred to the Enterprise A though I can tell she misses her husband Doctor Roger Korby. At least her and Jim won't sleep together again, as they did on the way home after we defeated Nero. That was a mess and made her transfer off the Enterprise. I didn't talk to Jim for days after that. At least after that debacle he didn't try to sleep with any of my medical staff ever again.
As for what I want to talk about, feel free to talk about your past or your work or your everyday life. I just want to get to know you better S'nell. If I find something really boring or I can't understand it then I'll say so. Otherwise feel free to talk about anything. I'm here to listen.
Thinking of you too, Doctor McCoy.
Message sent 1910 hours UTC Stardate 2266.203