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<br><b>[[Shore Leave: Esh-O System (USS Oumuamua)|USS Oumuamua: Shore Leave — Esh-O System]]</b> — 240009.08 - Present <br> <br>
Shortly after the mission that saved the Esh-o people ([https://wiki.starbase118.net/wiki/index.php?title=The_Nautilus_(USS_Oumuamua) 1]), Herrick, [[TK Cabrillo|Cabrillo]], [[Rox]], and [[Lhandon_Nilsen|Nilsen]], took a short recreational trip to the planet Paradiso ([https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/Qo73P6JqOcU/m/rjHg6G1XAAAJ 2]|[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/q9YViiQ0nm8/m/-yktpfdXAAAJ 3]|[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/sct-8dGsbyU/m/Ax_O7kaEAAAJ 4]) in the modified Talaxian Frieghter [https://wiki.starbase118.net/wiki/images/7/7c/Roxy%27s_Foxy_Lady.png Foxy Lady] that [[V'Len Kel|Kel]] won in a Dabo game on DS9. After avoiding a catastrophic but damaging event in a subspace corridor ([https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/pmTXlDb_7XE/m/Qy6-U2mKAAAJ 5), as they were landing, they discovered man-made structures that had not be present on Rox and Kel's previous visit ([https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/V7JQn8u9yZc/m/5Y9OqWCWAAAJ 6]).
Post-landing, the team broke into 2 groups; Rox and Herrick went in search of supplies while TK and Nilsen stayed back to effect repairs - with the comms array down, they would be out of contact until they returned. As Rox and Herrick started to get to know eachother better while they walked towards the settlement, they encountered strange tricorder readings and an abandoned dwelling. During their investigation they heard strange screeches, but were unable to attribute them to a source ([https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/bU2u9wyuoWE/m/6T3qdmT1AAAJ 7]). The pair decided to head back to the shuttle, and as they made their way back, contact had been restabilshed. On their journey back, they, Josh got a view of the lizard-man hybrid monster, which hastened their pace. They were able to make it back to the shuttle, narrowly escaping the clutches of the monster, and returning back to the {USS|Oumuamua} ([https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/8D9hJyxExIM/m/lSSceLX9AAAJ 8]).
Following the trip to Paradiso, Herrick attended his second JOPA meeting, where he realized he had yet to pull a prank on one of the senior officers. There was only 1 notable member that had missed the boat in JOPA history, and he didnt' want to be the second. During this meeting, each of the JOPA members recieved custom bowling shirts, with Herrick's reading Ensign and (in almost microscopic font) Chief Explosion Officer. They wished [[Avander Promontory|Promontory]] in his final meeting, having recently been promoted to Lieutenant and parties with rounds of bowling — where Josh discovered this sport was not his forte ([https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/LDqBH4O5pBE/m/R7IBogHxAgAJ 9]|[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/yvyLGjGKN8c/m/_j8hHw7xAgAJ 10]|[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/llna_2ytt0s/m/qOspaRLxAgAJ 11]|[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/UDyxTMGRRV0/m/Ua_fmxfxAgAJ 12]|[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/RdeV-FvjIi0/m/zxryfRvxAgAJ 13]).
A few days later, Herrick suffered a panic attack while performing maintenance on the sensor pod. Kovacs had unintentionally run into him, and after assessing the man's appearance, informed him he would either need to visit sickbay or get reported. ([https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/fcMLScuqkrA/m/hEQ9W3N3AgAJ 14). Upon his visit to the Sickbay, where Josh had not attributed the issue to his claustrophbia, additional tests were run — where it was discovered by Kel that he was radioactive ([https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/-1V_qpvpKQ8/m/NpGwFkauAwAJ 15]). Additional scans revealed that he, along with Kel and potentially [[Kammus Corelli|Corelli]] had picked up a photo-activated radionuclide ([https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/sO2obomkhYs/m/8RuC5HQeAgAJ 16]). Kel, along with [[Miash]] and T'Larn, worked to identify exactly how to remediate it, coming up with a combination of the transporter and several subsequent regeneration sessions. Corelli had joined midway through the procedure, and all three officers had effectively gone through the process. However, when it came time to enter the small chamber, Herrick figuratively shoved Kovacs into the booth. While Kovacs underwent his procedure, he caught up with the chief to try (rather unsuccessfully) to learn more about the Nautilus and its mission until the time it was his turn to undergo cellular regeneration ([https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/9iVmG4zBZmg/m/5q6v_1XRBwAJ 17]|[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/kyve6B-D1Fg/m/b4MfiX2pAAAJ 18]|[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/Jfg4hsAZmXI/m/M-MKwovyAQAJ 19]).
Given the medical team's observation on his claustrophobia, Herrick was ordered to report to mandated counselling. At his first session, he met [[Rivka_Brzezinski|Brzezinski]] and [[Nesre Salo|Salo]] for the first time ([https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/3e9poLBFmPE/m/zHi5QiIYEgAJ 20]). Rivka was quick to offer exposure therapy, which caused a negative reaction from both Salo and Herrick and let to her being escorted out of the counseling session. Upon Salo's return, she had a more patient approach to therapy, where Josh revealed the source of his claustrophobia. At the age of 7, a combination of poor maintenance and a ship-wide power loss, led to a turbolift failure that had killed the father of his friend. The man had protected Josh and his sister, Em, as it freefalled but it led to his demise. It had taken over an hour for rescue teams to arrive; and during that time, the man's eyes were open and glazed over  ([https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/KwabDD-4kKQ/m/OgfdQriuAAAJ 21]|[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/8s_sA-i_67Y/m/n7uNxvWnAQAJ 22]). This was the first time that Josh had opened up about this experience to anyone, and Salo recommended weekly counselling sessions following this first productive one ([https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/hmkze774Oj0/m/oVe7aGf_AAAJ 23]).
With this shore leave came the notable departures of Kel, Corelli, Perez, Rox and Vomek. Josh had been put in charge of pulling together a farewell video for their depature which highlighted different favourite moments as a farewell message from the {USS|Oumuamua} crew. During the party, he ran into the the first officer, [[Etan Iljor|Etan]] ([https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/quWIdrH6Afs/m/-k0QjmChAQAJ 24]) where the two briefly catched up before joining a larger group containing [[Aine Sherlock|Sherlock]], [[Arturo Maxwell|Maxwell]] and [[Lhandon Nilsen|Nilsen]] ([https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/4SrXWPACHqk/m/ZrVbp6T7AAAJ 25]). After some brief small talk, the team chatting about forming a small sports club with the interim name of OASIS ([https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/BK7SCIO5HQc/m/AqARiBjxAQAJ 26]|[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/e4ioxJI0PI0/m/RdVMA3MuAwAJ 27]) as a way to blow off steam and get to know eachother with each group memeber exited at the propsects. While Josh didn't have a chance to bid the departing crew farewell, he hoped his going away video had done them justice ([https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/5SlZAajOcDM/m/9exVz6RXAQAJ 28].
As the party progressed, Josh realized that he knew Lhandon somehow. It hadn't been clear exactly how he knew the man, and he was left with more unaswered questions after trying to do preliminary digging. The opening of the new operations centre had provided him an opportunity to ask deeper questions, but Nilsen had not been willing to share much detail — however, a friendship had started to form between the men. He was left wondering if this was the same ensign who had been highly publicized in the FNS ([https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/qqSx63zktzo/m/M8YuKBrRBQAJ 29]|[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/oPkGeMcsLUg/m/MGcb-cwNBAAJ 30]).
A week after the farewell party was the awards ceremony, where Herrick recieve a promotion to Lieutenant Junior Grade, as well as the [Legion of Merit] and [Captain's Commendation] for his service during the Esh-o mission. The recognition and quick promotion had caught him off guard, but he gratefully accepted and had told the Commodore that he wouldn't let her down. It would be an interesting shift, where a more junior engineer would be leading a whole department but he was willing to take on the challenge ([https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/aOAbA_NJ8-A/m/LOfRcqEMBAAJ 31])
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<br><b>[[The_Nautilus_(USS_Oumuamua)|USS Oumuamua: The Nautilus]]</b> — 240006.19 - 240009.07 <br> <br>
<br><b>[[The_Nautilus_(USS_Oumuamua)|USS Oumuamua: The Nautilus]]</b> — 240006.19 - 240009.07 <br> <br>
For Josh's first mission, he was posted to the bridge by Commodore [[Ossa V'Airu]] to observe an unusual nebula phenomena that had entered the Esh-o system ([https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/YytyxcmG1XU/m/4TOEcxnVAgAJ 1]). An unintended side effect of being in the nebula was that the crew's emotions had started to become erratic ([https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/SRiUQ2JSrHQ/m/YPD2K9U2BAAJ 2]). The crew started to investigate both the cause of the phenomena, and identify potential sources, with Herrick identifying that x-rays and omicron particles were hitting the hull, Herrick sent out a probe to get more details and re-establish contact with the away team, while also suggesting a warp core resonance burst to try to counter the effects of the nebula ([https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/lXyNzXGtpds/m/8vZw9af-BAAJ 3]|[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/RlzNETygT28/m/1st0UeGFAAAJ 4]|[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/frEx0229Vzk/m/-6258pDjAQAJ 5]|[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/x_Q_HsrbMDc/m/x25pWO5cAgAJ 6]). As the team tried Herrick's idea of the burst, it had no result [https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/b10lthPkq7U/m/xkgg-Mn7AwAJ 7]). Finally, [[V'Len Kel]] was able to use a cure his team was working on to help remediate the effects on Josh and the others ([https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/-cBu7E561kE/m/gigq0SSYAQAJ 8]).
For Josh's first mission, he was posted to the bridge by Commodore [[Ossa V'Airu]] to observe an unusual nebula phenomena that had entered the Esh-o system ([https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/YytyxcmG1XU/m/4TOEcxnVAgAJ 1]). An unintended side effect of being in the nebula was that the crew's emotions had started to become erratic ([https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/SRiUQ2JSrHQ/m/YPD2K9U2BAAJ 2]). The crew started to investigate both the cause of the phenomena, and identify potential sources, with Herrick identifying that x-rays and omicron particles were hitting the hull, Herrick sent out a probe to get more details and re-establish contact with the away team, while also suggesting a warp core resonance burst to try to counter the effects of the nebula ([https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/lXyNzXGtpds/m/8vZw9af-BAAJ 3]|[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/RlzNETygT28/m/1st0UeGFAAAJ 4]|[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/frEx0229Vzk/m/-6258pDjAQAJ 5]|[https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/x_Q_HsrbMDc/m/x25pWO5cAgAJ 6]). As the team tried Herrick's idea of the burst, it had no result [https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/b10lthPkq7U/m/xkgg-Mn7AwAJ 7]). Finally, [[V'Len Kel]] was able to use a cure his team was working on to help remediate the effects on Josh and the others ([https://groups.google.com/g/sb118-oumuamua/c/-cBu7E561kE/m/gigq0SSYAQAJ 8]).
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