‘So things could have gone better, they could have gone worst but they still could have been better. Ella thought to herself as she walked quickly away from the security office and towards the Captain’s ready room. For some peculiar reason, she wasn’t terribly worried about meeting the Captain. She believed it to be the fact that the Captain’s check-in would a quick in and out, after all, he’d be far to busy to worry and greet a minor Ensign like herself. At least this is what she’d hope, Ella wanted to explore every part of the ship, there’s only so many schematics you can read and holodeck representations you can walk through before you have to experience the real thing and the Pendragon class was beautiful.

Having navigated her way along the corridor and to a turbo lift Ella allowed herself a moment to close her eyes and rest her head against the lift’s interior wall, it was soft and warm, unlike the raw cold metal-like materials she’d be used to aboard an Elasian ship. The moment was quickly over, however, when the lift came to a halt and the doors swished open, exposing her to the bridge.

Laid out in front of her was a beautifully finished bridge, alive with crewmembers going about their daily business consoles beeped and the low hum of chatter excited her ears. In the center was, of course, the captain’s chair flanked by two smaller chairs for the XO and perhaps the 2XO, one day she thought she would find herself sitting in something just like it with a ship and crew of her own. Adjacent to the Captain’s chair was the much-anticipated view screen, large and wide which currently displayed the forward portion of the ship and the stars beyond.

Taking the picture if for a moment longer Ella moved to the ready room and like before her hand was raised as she pressed the door chime.
~ Ens. Ella Lokaa