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“Hail, hail, the gang’s all here,” Ford said, a wry grin on his face. “I’m Lieutenant Fordham,” he said, extending his hand to his new superior officer. “Recently assigned as your chief of security.” He paused briefly. “But call me Ford. Everyone has for as long as I remember.”

He looked around the observation area. “Is our science officer or first officer hiding here somewhere, too?”

COS Ford

As if on cue, Roman chose that moment to make his entrance, strolling lesiurely in. He had already met the Captain, but had yet to meet the rest of the senior officers. He took a quick look about the room, at each of the others present, then chose a place to take a seat.

“I see we’ve got a small party in here, eh?” He said, seeming amused. His accent, like the Captain’s originated from southern England, and his words were clearly enunciated in what one would call the region’s “posh” accent. He sat back in his place, making himself right at home.

~ Lt Cmdr Alden, XO

What’s the best way for a Yeoman to be up on all the ship’s details that a captain might need to know? Observing, so with that in mind Rand drug Randy back to K5 to the lounge to get a good look at the outside of the Sentinel, but also to observe the crew. Randy was an expert at that and Rand felt he needed reminding. They took a seat across the room and got a nice seat to observe the senior staff as well. “Randy, did you SEE that power move right there! They’re all standing and gawking at the ship out the window. XO just came right in gave them a once over and sat down. Like he owns the place. That’s who you’re working for. Now you tell me Mr Counselor, what that says.” Looks over at Randy, “Okay seriously, that was HOT!”
En. Rand

Ford watched Alden sit, then looked at Doc, T’Pria, and the Cap, all standing, then back to Alden, arching an eyebrow. A little ways beyond the seated man, he spotted two younger officers watching them; he recognized the young woman as the captain’s yeoman from the crew profiles he’d reviewed, but couldn’t place the other. Though the two did bear a similar resemblance to each other…

He shifted his attention back to the Sentinel tethered to the outer docking arm. “So when do we get to board?” he asked.

COS Ford