It was going to be two months until they reached their destination and until they could begin the investigation into the missing ships. Natalia had only been on board for a day but she was keen to get going. The thing was, space was big and it took forever to get anywhere. She sighed to herself in the the CSO’s Office. She drummed her hands on her desk, stood and headed to the CO’s ready room. She whistled as she went and hummed. She loved music, especially the blues. It had just grabbed her the moment she first heard BB and Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughn. She was hooked.

I’ve been downhearted baby.
Ever since the day we met........

She knew the song so well she could hear every note in her head, she was almost lost to the music as she went.

Our love is nothing but the blues.
Baby, how blue can you get?

That song touch her to the core and almost brought a tear as she thought about him. As she got closer to the Captain’s ready room she pushed thoughts of her ex-husband out her mind. She straightened out her uniform and pressed the chime waiting to be called in.

Commander Natalia Petrenkov, XO/CSO