Assembling a Girls' Trip Part 2

Posted on Sun Jul 19th, 2026 @ 7:44pm by Lieutenant Darla Kennings & Ensign Zoey Armstrong

439 words; about a 2 minute read

Mission: Episode 2: Mine of Taurus
Location: Science Lab

Darla walked into the science lab, padd in hand, looking around. Rayven was still on the bridge, studying the radiation mines, but had given her a copy of the department roster. Darla had been refining who she wanted to take with her, and fortunately her person was nearby. "Ensign Armstrong?" she said.

"Can I help you?" Zoey asked, she knew of the doctor, because of her friendship with Emily. But she really hadn't interacted with the doctor before. She was a little surprised to see the good doctor in her science lab. At first she thought she was probably there to see Lieutenant Mist. However she had asked for Zoey, which surprised her.

"My name is Doctor Kennings. I'd like to have you accompany me on an away mission," Darla said.

"Me?" Again, Zoey was a little puzzled. She knew this was a golden opportunity for her, but why wasn't the chief science officer being assigned to it she wondered?

"We'll be going planetside when we arrive at Taurus II. I need a science officer, and you're it," Darla replied.

"Understood , I will inform Lieutenant Mist, of my temporary duties. When do we leave?" Zoey asked. She was a little cautious to why she was being chosen and not her commanding officer, but she also knew this was a great opportunity, and she wasn't going to pass up on it.

"Meet me in my office in Sickbay in an hour," Darla said. "Well leave as soon as we arrive at the planet." She handed Zoey the padd she'd been carrying. "This is an analysis of the radiation put out by the Taurus sun. I'd suggest familiarizing yourself with it. I don't know if it's going to become relevant, but it's something to start with."

Zoey looked at the data, she thought to herself Darla must be kidding, memorizing all this information in 1 hour. That was no small feat in its own right. "I'll see you in an hour." Zoey said, has she sat down at the stool next to her, took a deep breath and started reading.

Darla nodded. "See you in an hour," she said, then turned and left the lab.

"God I hope I don't fuck this up!" Zoey whispered to herself as she continued to look at the report. For the moment she needed to focus all of her effort on this upcoming mission, and not think about Mil or Emily or anybody else for that matter. Before the arrival of Darla, Zoey had thought about last night in meeting Lieutenant Mil. Now, however, she needed to think about the mission and she knew that.

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