After throwing his bag in his quarters and getting a few more hours of sleep, Karl got himself a cup of coffee and made his way to Main Engineering. He made sure that he’d arrive at the start of the Chief Engineers duty shift. He walked past the officers filling up the corridors, moving out of the way for the more distracted people. He’d always respected the Officers of Starfleet, it was no easy feat to graduate from the Academy, the brightest minds of each generation roamed the halls of thousands of starships like this. But he never could get over how so many of his superiors in rank seemed to be so young, fresh graduates that didn’t even need to shave their armpits yet.

He took a moment to examine and admire the engine room and the warp engines themselves. After a moment of gawking, he made his way portside to the Chief Engineers office and knocked on the side of the door.

SCPO Karl - Eng