The call had come in two days prior. Vice Admiral Groyton was coming aboard to recieve a consult. Not on his health, but on a new model of medical tricorder. He had ‘requested’ Captain Myqian meet with him and make recommendations on a team to put it through field testing. As the Ogawa was the pinnacle of space-based medicine, he decided that they would be best suited for the trial.

The Admiral was seated at the head of the table and was drumming his fingers on the table. He had arrived with express orders for no ceremony, pomp, or circumstance. He had been escorted directly to conference room and was there, waiting for the ship’s Captain to arrive and begin.

On the bridge, a security officer leaned in and whispered to the Captain that the Admiral was aboard- four hours early- and was waiting for her in the Conference Room.

Vice Admiral Groyton