She considered that for a moment and then nodded. “Cold water with lemon would be nice, actually. Thank you captain.”

“Cold water with lemon, and hot coffee, black,” Johnson said to the replicator.

“Do you anticipate these changes to have a significant impact on the ship?” Liadra asked while he was at the replicator.

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“Yes,” Johnson said bluntly as he walked over with the beverages. He handed over the water to Liadra before sitting with his coffee. “Besides a new counselor, Endeavour now has a new XO, and new Chief of Security, a new Chief Engineer and a new Chief Science Officer.”

“On the other hand, Endeavour tends to be a somewhat temporary home for the cadets. I don’t think they will be impacted much. But the general running of a starship? It is going to take time for everyone to get used to changes.”

-Captain Johnson, CO

Her grey eyes took him in keenly. “I can imagine. And what about you, Captain? How are you faring through all these changes.” Having turnover on a ship was not unusual, but even the most seasoned CO could struggle when so many people they relied on and trusted were suddenly gone.

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(OOC: Apologies for the delay, Linds. Things got… you know :P)

A quick grimace displayed briefly on Johnson’s face, before he quickly raised his coffee and settled his feelings. “Starfleet has put me through worse,” Johnson said, returning his mug to the table in front of him.

“Same,” she replied with a grin.

Johnson thought briefly. “I had to help oversee the integration of the surviving crew of one starship with the crew of the rescuing starship. It was an interesting early start to my command career…”

-Captain Johnson, CO

“If I recall correctly, much of your career has been deeply tied to that ship. How do you feel about being in command of a different ship now?” she asked curiously.

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Johnson raised his eyebrow with a grin. “A session already, Counselor? Makes sense though, given everything going on…”

She leaned forward slightly with a deeper look on her face. It was still a smile, but her eyes held a certain thoughtfulness to them that her wide grin often masked. “I want to get to know you. If that ends up being a session in whatever terms you want to classify it, then so be it. But I’m usually happy to have meaningful conversation whenever they occur. That, and it’s my job. Can’t blame me for making wise use of my time.”

“Typhoon was a long Command assignment no matter how you look at it - and maybe what Starfleet thought I needed at the time,” Johnson said. “But my first Starfleet career had always been on the Academy’s ships, and it’s where I came back to after the first Typhoon… In many ways, its comforting to be back in the Federation and the rest of the fleet. New faces are nice as well.”

“You have a home base, even if the name changes,” Liadra remarked.

“And you, Counselor? Having to help look after our cadets on their first deep space mission? Are you ready for the challenge?”

-Captain Johnson, CO

“Impossible to know.... yet,” she said, with one of her wider grins. “But I’ve had some interesting moments in my career so far and I am actually quite excited to share some of that experience with the future of Starfleet. My, uh, own training cruise was rather, uh, eventual, you could say and I recognize the value in having strong leaders to learn from that you could trust.” That mission on the Sacajawea was not one she’d wish on the cadets but it certainly could have been worse. She knew form the history of the Endeavour that there was a group of cadets that had faced an utterly terrifying prospect when their ship was destroyed, and another when it was hijacked. She would be happy with less drama, but prepared for it all the same.

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