Chief Dawson took a moment to look around as he stepped off the shuttle in to the landing bay, taking the chance to get a look at the various groups of deck hands and cadets performing repair and maintenance before they realised the new Chief Engineer was amongst them.

The ship seemed to have taken even more of a pounding lately than could be accounted for due to having been left in the not so tender hands of a bunch of book smart cadets. One of the shuttles looked to have more broken parts than whole, and some careless pilot had left a huge ding in the flight deck that would need at least 3 panels replacing and a full respray before it would pass any sort of inspection.

“Cadets.” Muttered Kell gruffly, shaking his head as he stalked off to the turbolift, heading to the Captain’s ready room to report in whilst making a mental note to check the flight logs and see exactly which ‘nugget’ was going to be spending the rest of the cruise hand polishing the flight deck to Kell’s satisfaction.

Stepping out of his the lift, Kell slung his heavy kit bag back over his shoulder, easily handling the weight without straining. With a brief glance about the bridge and a nod to the officer in the centre chair, he strode purposely across to the ready room door and hit the chime.

Kell Dawson - Chief Engineer