It was instantly clear who was in charge from the moment Katie entered USS Challenger’s Engineering spaces. She stood, silently watching him… a Betazoid unless she was mistaken… checking read-outs on the main control panel and issuing commands to others. He seemed busy. Perhaps this was a bad time to report in.

He turned toward her. He knew she was there. Definitely Betazoid, she thought.

“Assuming that you are the Chief Engineer… I am Cadet Katherine Hobbes. Reporting for duty,” Katie said holding out the PADD that displayed her orders.

Cadet Katherine Hobbes (Engineering)