Ella, refreshingly surprised and elated from the back off her appointment with the counsellor was certainly looking at her surroundings with a little less red. Though everything was still the same, new ship, new crew, people gawking at her like the new toy to play with but her mood had shifted and she felt lighter on her feet which carried her towards the science labs where she hoped to keep up the good mood when meeting her new departmental head.

Entering the main science lab she looked around, it wasn’t so busy she couldn’t think but people milled about going about their daily routines, one thing she liked about scientists was that they usually never paid anyone particularly her too much attention. Which for someone who usually was used to being looked at was another refreshing quality about being a science officer. Continuing her search for Lieutenant V’alura Belmont Ella smiled and greeted her new peer group.

• Lt JG Ella Lokaa, Science Officer