Whilst Freja waited on any news from the away team, she headed to her ready room to dust off some lingering paperwork that was sitting on her ready room desk. Sometimes she missed being the first officer and, therefore, the usual first choice for away missions. It was probably a control issue lingering in her subconscious mind though, she wasn’t always the type of person who liked to sit and watch from the sidelines.

She understood logically why Captains usually didn’t do the away team thing. She’d served under Captain Elara Xavier on the Armstrong, knowing full well the chaos that could result from a CO dying mid-mission. It didn’t mean that she liked sending others to do the work that she was more than willing to do herself, but more that she accepted it as part and parcel of the pips that now adorned her uniform collar.

At least she had some paperwork to keep her mind occupied, it was never a good look to see the CO pacing the length of the CIC.

~Freja Andreassen~