M'ara of Vulcan
Missions and realizations
M'ara entered the shuttle craft early the next morning, restless despite how little sleep she received the night before. Her mind kept trying to analyze Spock's last conversation with her and see if there were any clues as to why he would go to Romulus. Of course all she received for her worry and reflection was the beauty of watching the sunrise. The lack of sleep and anxiety did not show on M'ara face or posture. The new blue uniform was in perfect order, not a wrinkle or spot of dander. Her hair was neatly braided and pulled back as usual, ready to work. It took the shuttle craft an hour to reach Space Dock where she and the other trainees would board the Examiner.
The Examiner was a training vessel that was just put in to commission a year ago. It was a small ship patterned very similarly to Excelsior but more compact and not nearly and powerful, in the engines or weaponry. M'ara could not help but appreciate the sleek metal the smooth lines through the view screen of the shuttle as they neared the dock. Her first look at an actual star ship was awe inspiring. "Spock was right" M'ara thought as she saw the beauty of space, the freedom that came with being away from their home planet.
When the shuttle arrived at Space dock M'ara realized that it reminded her of a large city. She did not have time to explore to her disappointment since there was only fifteen minutes left before boarding the pod to the Examiner.
M'ara walked out of the transport ramp of the ship and asked permission to come aboard. When permission was given she immediately headed toward the bridge. The inside of the Examiner may not be as extravagant as a ship such as the Enterprise but it was a sight to behold none the less. Especially to a young Vulcan Cadet who have only heard stories from her friend about ships such as this. After a few moments the turbo lift doors opened and M'ara found herself on the bridge. Serin was the first to notice her arrival. He turned around from the science station to face her. His long slender body was enhanced by the star Fleet uniform, and his light brown hair was groomed to perfection. His dark eyes that were focused on her were alight with excitement even though he would never admit it. She flushed under his gaze. "Cadet M'ara reporting for duty, sir,"
"Very well, report to sickbay," Serin replied turning back to the science station. M'ara was glad for the reprieve and quickly as possible without drawing attention to herself, left the bridge and took the turbo lift to Deck 6. Her Vulcan mind had memorized the ships blueprints last night so finding sickbay was not an issue. The door swished open to her destination and as expected sickbay was empty. The other Cadets would be along shortly, since the next pod was due any moment. The first thing to be done was to check the list of medical supplies that were to be delivered to a nearby colony named Gion. Apparently Star Fleet used the colonies monthly med drop as an training opportunity. M'ara was pleased that she had been chosen as acting Chief medical officer so that she would have the ability to see the colony first hand while going down to the planet to assist with the supplies. M'ara looked up from her list as Su-Ling entered.
"Hey, sorry I didn't come with you this morning, I still had a few things to finish up" Su-Ling said with an apologetic look in her eyes.
"No apologies are necessary, only resolution" M'ara responded, her eyes were almost dancing with amusement as she handed Su-Ling half of the extensive supply list to gather and look over. Su-Lin rolled her eyes with a grin and then stalked off to begin her work. A few moments later Serin's voice boomed over the Comm. "All personnel prepare for departure"
"As much as I do not wish to admit it, command suites him," M'ara thought as she went back to her work.
M'ara took a break from her work to do some research in her office since it was still an hour away from the ships arrival to the colony. The computer was similar to the academy issued so she was familiar with it. It was not hard to put in two DNA's for analysis and comparison. Several moments later the computer informed that it was finished. M'ara's face turned to stone as she quietly looked at the evidence on her view screen. Catherine Jeffery's DNA was almost a perfect match to her human recessive DNA. She had found her mother, and she was dead. More troubling was the fact that her savior, Spock had kept this from her. He no doubt with his keen intellect would have found this, unless he didn't look for her parents at all. M'ara pushed that thought away before it could sink deeply into her heart. "If he kept this from me, he must have had a reason," she thought while encrypting the information in the computer and filing it away.
Su-Ling walked in to M'ara's office looking tired from hours of being on duty. "You look like you have seen a ghost, are you ok?"Su-Ling asked putting her report down on M'ara's desk. Before M'ara could answer the ships red alert sounded.
"All hands battle stations" Serin's smooth baritone voice ordered over the comm calmly. A few seconds later Su-Ling and M'ara were thrown to the floor.
"Were under attack" M'ara told Su-Ling.