Katie stepped out of Main Engineering and headed to the turbolift that would take her to Deck 3 and the alpha Sickbay for her boarding physical.

“Deck 3 thanks, love,” she said to the turbolift.

She listened as it begun, it seemed to be whurring a bit. She noted that verbally, as well as a reminder to check all of the turbolifts. She had the station ones humming, and she’d do the same here. Even though there was no one there to talk to, she filled the turbolift with talk, new ideas to connect different types of technology together, thoughts on improving the ship’s systems, reminders to herself to send the Brainiacs back at the station suggestions to maintain their systems, … she was certain that Kotan Veras would grumble endlessly about her suggestions … before doing it exactly the way she wanted, after he realised it was the best way of doing it.

The turbolift stopped, a bit sharply. It seemed to her the stop could also do with an overhaul, and there was a Trill component that if crossed with a Nausicaan holding belt (one of the few uniquely Nausicaan engineering solutions that worked as expected) would improve it sufficiently. Of course, there was the problem of getting it from the Nausicaans, at 5 foot nothing, she wasn’t going to try to win it herself.

“Thanks love,” she said to the turbolift once she got out.

She continued to talk as she went, noting ideas, organising them into lists, some for her team, some for the XO, some for her Brainiacs back on the Outpost. Remind me to send a subspace to Kotas with the suggestions when I’m off duty later today, love, she told her reminder service. A chirp told her she would get the reminder as requested. She reached the doors to sickbay and they opened at her approach. She winced at the scraping sound. They could definitely do with a tune up as well. Main sickbay doors need a tune up, Katie told her reminder service, send a couple of the ship’s brainiacs here to fix it when available. “Sorry honeys,” she told the doors, “I’ll get you fixed.”

She looked around at the people in the sickbay, “just talking to the doors, folks, they are in bad shape. I’m Katie Hawkins, your new Head Brainiac, I mean Chief Engineer. Here for my boarding physical.”

=/\= Katie Hawkins, Chief Engineer, Leviathan =/\=

OOC: She still has no idea that this is anything but an ordinary vessel … or the restrictions aobut communications with those not on the vessel. Can’t imagine her communicating with the Engineers back on the starbase would go over well … particularly not with her old 2IC, Kotan Veras, being a Cardassian and Civilian, no matter how innocent her communications might be. Tagging Jenn’s character here as the RTF Senior Officer/COS as she may want to ‘discuss it’ with Katie. - Russell