Cadet Fitzgerald stepped out of the turbolift, as he made his way to the department head’s office, making note of his surroundings. He had been admiring the ship since he had stepped foot on it and he wasn’t ready to stop. She truly was a beauty.

The cadet snapped out of his haze to notice he was in fact standing before the Chief Engineer, whom he approached without realizing. He stood at attention as quick as one could and spoke slowly and deliberately, his creole accent layered thick over every word like the air from the swampy state he’d come from. “Lieutenant Sir! Cadet Miles Fitzgerald reporting for duty.”

Fitzgerald stood stiffly as nervous tension racked him, his mothers voice replaying in his head, “the first impression is the most important one.” The cadet intended to make the best impression he could.

Cadet Miles Fitzgerald (Engineering)