NPC

At his question about her monitoring the station, her expression turned to almost that of a shy person caught in discussing something personal. She grinned, but hesitated, taking a few steps as she pondered how to best reply. Still looking away and thinking as she spoke, she began, "Well, technically I could do that, but that is quite a bit of information to sort through at one time, especially if you don't know what you're looking for.Typically, the system is set up so that it is passively observing. predetermined flag events will then trigger any of a number of alerts that vary in intensity and response by the system. There are a few that actively scan, especially those involving security. To remain in compliance with privacy regulations, people don't actively monitor these sensors and systems. They only observe them when there is justification to do so. When it comes to the Science Department, I keep just enough of an active observation to be able to report general information about activities, duty roster information and mostly superficial facts about lab assignments. When requested, I can bring up more detailed data, if it is available, or put you in contact with the person that might have more detailed answers for you."

She smiled, "Don't worry, I don't watch everyone. If the programming determines someone might need to become involved, the system's first step is to take an active observation role. In this case, the worry that two people might be accidentally trapped or injured in the supply closet raised a flag. I reviewed the sensor logs prior to the event and then took an active scan to determine if the situation required direct intervention. Naturally, once I determined that there was no danger and it only involved the mating habits of a young couple, I told the system to reset and left it at that. In this way, they are still left to make their relatively harmless bad decisions and life goes on. What they're doing isn't illegal. Technically they're breaking a few minor regulations, but dealing with that isn't really part of my job." She gave a tiny chuckle, "Besides, as fate would have it, they were just walked in on by another young ensign. To say it appeared awkward is quite an understatement." She tilted her head and looked off in the distance, "Hmmm...I wonder how much of that sort of thing goes on when I'm off duty? Oh well, if they were worried about it, they would have me monitoring it all the time. It must not be that big of a problem."

She then made eye contact with him once more and continued, "Speaking of which, it is getting close to shift change. I'm happy to stick around if you still require anything more. You also can call on me at anytime you require assistance, though when it is after my duty schedule, I hope it is limited to emergencies. Just follow the same guidelines as you might for other officers on call and you should be fine."

OOC: I hope that clarifies it for you. I thought it might be interesting to note that she isn't constantly on duty. Yes, she actually has a sort of personal life, though I'll leave it to you to discover what that involves. Your choice to run with it or to drop it, depending on the interests of your character and what you want him doing right now. Just giving you options.

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XO LtCmdr Samantha Waters
Lone Wolf
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