Keneth Nakada: Difference between revisions

Soon after arriving at Starbase 821, he had a conversation with Commander Shayne. In it, he talked about his past on Earth, his motivations at the academy and reasoned through how his expectations and desires had changed because of the recent ordeal. He ended up firming up his goals and taking a definitive stance that he wanted to work towards command, though he was still unsure of where the path would take him. Re-enforced by a desire to move on, improve himself and get over his lingering guilt from the death of the arachnid creature, he entered his new permanent posting aboard the ''Arrow'' with greater gusto as the ship moved in to the Alpha Isles preparing to investigate the sudden appearance of millions of distress signals and deal with the implications of such a mystery.

This mission was a complex one for Keneth. Early on, he was enlisted by the science department to help secure the biomechanical creature from escape. This led to him butting heads with Ensign Zicv, who disagreed with his more violent approach. While he had his doubts about the effectiveness of Jana's proposed solution, he went along with it, a fact that would torment him later. As they proceeded towards the Alpha Isles, he found himself with little to do and ended up having idle conversation with the Mission Specialist - a stoic Brikar by the name of Eerie. This changed rapidly however as the warp core got stuck as they tried to run from the Sheliak. He quickly proceeded to the bridge to debug the problem, which turned out to be some sort of malicious code in the system.

Reaching Theta 122, he along with the rest of the crew began a much needed shore leave and a an uphill battle with the never ending list of repairs.

Shore leave started out unexpectedly, with Keneth being dragged into teaching a cooking class, despite knowing nothing about the art. Other than his culinary escapades, he also spent significant amounts of time on repair work, crawling through shafts alone. He also faced his reckoning with his feelings since last mission. In a massive boil over he collapsed in his quarters, wondering if Thompson dying was really his negligence, and whether he should have overridden the science officer and have installed a lethal failsafe for the spider. He ended up talking to his sister Riley for the first time in a while. While she does pacify him, he realizes that it would be a long time before he fully recovered, quoting 'God may forgive a man, but his nervous system won't.' to sum up his feelings. He also finds that he has forgotten his late brother's birthday for the first time in years. Riley warns him not to lose sight of what's important before hanging up and leaving him to his thoughts.