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Shirley sat at her desk reviewing the mission briefing on her PaDD from Commodore Zwicky, she heard her door chime which led to her setting the PaDD down and to the side on her desk as she turned her head to glance in the direction of the entrance to her quarters, “Come in.” Her voice was firm and she had high hopes that her new yeoman brought her water to drink and not anything acidic in the middle of the night. Shirley had always suffered from heartburn and acid reflex when drinking those types of of drinks on an empty stomach in the middle of the night. She felt bad for waking both of them up, but this is Starfleet, and Starfleet officers do what is required of them in a valiant effort to successfully deliver results each and every day.

• Captain Shirley Rogers, CO

As soon as he heard the go-ahead, Roman stepped into the captain’s quarters. “Good morning, Captain. Our presence was requested?” He asked. He felt the need to yawn, but made himself not. He was tired, that did not need to be on display. He took a sip of the tea Rand had prepared. In typical British fashion, tea was usually Roman’s drink of choice, certainly so in the wee hours of the morning when he’d rather still be sound asleep. If Starfleet Command had decent hours, Rand probably wouldn’t have turned into a tomato in his quarters.

~ Lt Cmdr Alden, XO/CSO

Rand followed Alden in and she walked over to the Cpt and handed her the insulated water bottle. “Ice water this morning, Cpt.” She gave Shirley the same once over, politely and softly cleared her throat to get the Captain’s attention and then tapped a finger to her own side. The buckle of the wrap style shirt wasn’t clasped all the way and Rand would not reach out and fix that with others in the room. Then, remembering how early it was Rand gave herself a subtle once over as well. She tugged at her sleeves, took a sip of her coffee, set it down on the nearest safe surface, lifted her PaDD and grabbed the stylus to take notes.

Yeoman Rand

Information packets were listed as follows with tags for certain department focus:

1. --General Mission Orders (All Departments)
2. --The Abyss Survey Probe Data (All Departments)
3. --Possible Planetary Observations (Science)
4. --Possible Intelligent Life Observations (Medical/Security)
5. --The Abyss Effects On Ship Systems (Engineering)

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