The captain’s ready room was mostly the way Sidney left it, with two visible exceptions. A small potted plant was near the entrance. A small portable standup picture frame was visible on the desk. Two things that could be picked up and carried out when Sidney resumed command of the Olinski.

In the meantime Jason was the acting commanding officer, and that duty sometimes meant setting personal feelings aside and asking the difficult questions.

Jason turned when he was about a meter from the desk and faced Kolar. “You know, there’s really no easy way to ask this. Based off the data we have so far do we think that the away team or the passengers we rescued brought aboard something contagious?”

Jason Harn, aCO thinking he’s being direct when in actuality he’s still pussyfooting around