Lieutenant Junior Grade Koycheva Olesya Nikitovna (Asya to those closest to her) was on a shuttle heading to her new assignment as Chief Weapons Officer on the USS Chernov. She had been on the USS Cydonia for years and was personally recommended by Captain Greseth and Lt. McIntyre for this position. As the name implied, she was Russian, but wasn’t necessarily completely cold to others. She just didn’t take any nonsense and could be a little blunt at times. But she was looking forward to leading the Security team on the USS Chernov. She’d heard great things about this ship, after all.

The driver of the shuttle turned to Olesya.

“We’re preparing to dock, ma’am,” he said.

Olesya nodded. “Да. Thank you,” she said, getting all of her stuff together. She looked down at the carrier that held her orange cat, Dima. “We’ll be there soon, my little меховой комок,” she said.

Lieutenant Junior Grade Olesya Koycheva, Chief Weapons Officer