“We’re coming up on Starbase 243, sir” the pilot said to his passenger. Ensign Christian Carter sat looking out the cockpit as the Starbase comes into view. He nodded to the pilot, to acknowledge that he heard the pilots announcement.

The pilot clicks on his badge.

“Starbase 243, this is Shuttle 4657, requesting permission to dock.” he said waiting for a response.

“Shuttle 5457, what is your cargo?”, asked the voice on the other end.

“Supplies, and a passenger. Ensign Christian Carter, new security officer for USS Memorial.”, he said.

“Permission granted, Welcome aboard.”, the voice said back.

The entry into the shuttle bay was easy and all the cargo was taken off as quickly as it was put on when Carter first boarded the shuttle. A few crew members of the Memorial was there to meet him as they helped with his personal items and direct him to the ship.

It was docked with the starbase, and and the entrance was like any other quarterdeck you would know. Carter was definitely eager to get on board but his school training was kicking in.

On the quarterdeck another junior officer was there with a two man security team. Carter was sure he’d meet them later, but now just wanted to get to his quarters and get some rest before having to meet with his COS, a Lt. Beckett.

“Permission to come aboard?”, he said with a salute. He hands orders to the officer once he was instructed to. He grants it and Carter walks on to his first ship in his career. He takes it in as he follows the crewmates to his quarters, on deck 10.

They inform him that Lt. Beckett is expecting him in less than an hour. Inform him how to get to the security department and to her office.

Once they leave Carter gets prepared, shower, shave and a clean pressed uniform. He walks out of his quarters and heads for the nearest lift to go to deck 11 where the security office is located. He finds the office, with PaDD in hand and hits the chime on the side to let the COS he’s there.