Rand left the conference room, alpha shift already underway, her normal morning duties on hold, the mission taking precedence. She took the lift to the bridge and glanced around, spotting Kovan at the communications station. She made her way over, “Good morning En. ch’Sirhc. Cpt Rogers has three communiques she needs you to send out. To Lord Samuel Stevens III of Vok III, Rachel Condor of Ruff II, and Daniel Boston of Quincey II. The *Sentinel will be arriving to perform the yearly mental and physical fitness certifications. They are all to meet on Vok III for their examinations. The colonies were all originally settled by humans. There were no notes in the files indicating any language preferences.”

Rand glanced around the bridge, not one for gossip, and this really wasn’t, but she didn’t know how much Rogers would tell the crew, but she felt it was important, that as the communications officer, Kovan be aware. “There have been reports of Orion pirates in the area making raids on the colonies’ merchant ships. We’ll be investigating that as well.”

Yeoman Rand