Lael Rosek/Career Milestones and Achievements: Difference between revisions

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This was the first mission of Lael's career and possibly one of the most significant given that the reason she was dropped from the Command track was due to her reaction to holovideos and descriptions of torture during an Academy class. She and a colleague, [[Janel Tarna]], were held prisoner by a Romulan rebel faction (Sicarius) for three days. While imprisoned, they were tortured for information and drugged with an agent that reduced their ability to reason and heightened emotions in hopes that they would be persuaded to modify the Skyfire Virus for Sicarius's purposes. She was also sexually violated by her captors.  

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While a part of the [[Victory]] crew, Lael had her first encounter with the [[Tholian]]s. Captain [[Nugra]] had received a tip from space pirate [[Harrington James]] of the ''SS Lady Adventure'' that a Starfleet ship, the {{USS|Arrow}}, was floating abandoned in space. They went to the coordinates only to discover that the ship was deep in Tholian space. Away teams beamed over to investigate. However, the ship had, unbeknownst to the crew, been caught in a faraday field, making them easy prey for the [[Tholian]]s.

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Shortly after her spinal replacement surgery, Lael followed her transfer orders with [[Dassa Alexander-Dalton|Dassa]] and [[Chythar Skyfire|Chythar]] to the {{USS|Za}} where [[Alex Blair|Alex]] was already waiting. Not long after her arrival, she reported for her first duty shift on the bridge where she was a part of first contact with a bear-like race called the [[Hocktin]]. Lael was assigned to [[Alex Blair|Alex]]'s team to help with setting up a ship to ship network to exchange information. However, the mission quickly went sour when a crewmember was bitten by a flea-like creature and was exposed to a deadly virus.

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Lael did extensive research in an attempt to combine organic and mechanical components to replace her permanently damaged spine, using the mechanical components to repair wear-and-tear damage that occurred as a result of everyday activity with hopes of slowing down the damage to extend the life of the spinal replacement. Once completed, her article was published in the [[Stem_Cells_and_Nanotechnology_in_Spinal_Injury_Repair|Starfleet Medical Journal]],  [http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Daystrom_Institute_Journal Daystrom Institute Journal], and [http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Journal_of_Daystrom_Institute the Journal of the Daystrom Institute], earning her the title of Doctor.  

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Her first mission aboard the {{USS|Veritas}} was a challenging one in many respects. While on Antor II, the mines she and the Engineering team were working in collapsed, trapping Commander [[Luna Walker]] and Lieutenant [[Anjar Thoran]] behind a wall of rock. The two were eventually rescued, but the incident left Lael shaken. During a briefing that included the Antor II governor via comm, Lael became very upset and emotional when [[Luna Walker|Luna]] suggested sending more teams down into the mines. The disagreement became so heated that Captain [[Roshanara Rahman|Rahman]] had to cut them off.  

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Shortly after her promotion to Lieutenant Commander, Lael was asked to lead an Engineering team aboard the {{USS|Astraeus}},  a large Galaxy-class ship that became "stuck" after attempting to use high warp in a tetryon radiation-dense region. However, soon after the away team arrived, the ship was boarded by pirates. With internal comms on the fritz, Lael and both the medical and Engineering teams were trapped on the bridge unable to communicate with Commander [[Kelrod]] and his team.

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Following her return from Earth and the conclusion of the [[The_Omega_Paradox_(Veritas)|Omega Paradox]] mission, Lael is awarded the permanent role of Chief Engineer. <ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sb118-veritas/-pGGnY9_NIE/lQNFKLPwAQAJ| Additional Responsibilities, Stardate 239509.15]</ref> Her first official act was to discuss with [[Roshanara Rahman|Captain Rahman]] the possibility of [[Tasnim Shandres|Taz]] becoming her assistant. Up until that point, ,she'd been mentoring the young woman and, seeing [[Tasnim Shandres|Taz]]'s passion, wanted to step into a formal advisory role if the young woman wanted to pursue a career in Engineering and with Starfleet.  

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The ''Veritas'' was scheduled to meet with the ''Montreal'' to transfer Lieutenant Commander [[Sky Blake]]. However, the vessel arrived early at the rendezvous badly damaged with Commander Zhou Tai-Sheng seriously injured. Commander [[Mei'konda]] was instructed to take command of the vessel and Lael was ordered to gather a team to aid with repairs. Not long afterward, [[Mei'konda]] invited Lael to his ready room and offered her the position of first officer. Stunned, she accepted. Her first official act was to recommend Lieutenant [[Anjar Thoran]] as Acting Chief Engineer in her place. <ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sb118-montreal/xHDv1PQYX8Q/0gy1n8vOCAAJ| An Offer Too Tempting To Refuse, Stardate 239510.31]</ref>   

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Emotional by nature, Lael's patience and control was put to the ultimate test during communications with Lenik, a Reya-laia-lara extremist and murderer. He demanded she either evacuate the crew and turn the vessel over to him or he would detonate their ship's warp core. Such an explosion would cause serious damage to the nearby capital and would result in many lost lives. Faced with a choice, she stood her ground and replied with a threat of her own: "You'll find that I'm not known for offering second chances. Lower your shields or we'll lower them for you. Either way ends with you in our brig." <ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sb118-montreal/IzCOYIgArgw/UUk0-ycYAwAJ| We Need A Plan, Stardate 239602.18]</ref> Lenik persisted with his demands and threats. In the end, she cut the comm, seeing no point in entertaining a psychopath.

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The ''Montreal'' arrived in orbit of [[Karakka]] and discovered the remains of Lenik's crashed ''Miran's Tifar''. Commander [[Mei'konda]] tasked Lael with taking a team down to the planet to investigate. While down on the planet, Lael split the team in two and assigned Lieutenant [[Riley Delar|Delar]] to study the eastern edge of the crash while she took Lieutenants [[Kawakame Shin|Shin]] and [[Stennin]] as well as Crewman [[Muvyn Padix|Padix]] to study the western edge. Not long after arriving at their end, Lael left her team to study some strange readings she was getting. By the time she realized she'd been fooled, it was too late. Colonel Rilaw, the Klingon in league with Lenik, attacked and she was forced to defend herself. She managed to give the Klingon woman a bloody nose before she was jabbed in the neck with a syringe and fell unconscious. <ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sb118-montreal/uYSx1EIu9lc/vtpT_Hb3CwAJ| A Feeling of Being Watched, Stardate 239604.24]</ref>

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