Vanessa Slade had spent the past two weeks on the Genesis and was still feeling as lost as when she stepped foot on the ship. She had convinced herself the ship was just a floating small town but forgot two important things about small towns: Everyone knew your business and everyone wanted you out of their business. It wasn’t that the crew was not nice. She had made plenty of friends so far on the ship. She had met Tony the bartender however it did not do much to instill trust if she spent most of her off duty hours swilling back Sam Adams. There was Shelley Davidson the comms crewman who waffled between threatening to not put through another comm call from Vanessa’s family to spending hours flirting with Vanessa’s two brothers Dylan and Dane. Of course there was Kesh, who Vanessa adored and was the first real friend she had made on the ship. The problem however was Vanessa had no idea what to do with her down time. With her family there was always something going on. With all the community programs going on it filled the rest of her hours. She would figure out the balance later but what was first and foremost was getting to know the command team better.

Her main role on the ship was crew health. She could do that in her sleep. Her secondary duty was helping out the command team in diplomatic settings where picking up the nuances of an individual’s behavior could provide the CO and XO more input on how they addressed situations. It was this area of her job Vanessa needed some work. To be of any help she needed to first know how to read the nuances of the XO and CO’s behaviors. This was why she was standing outside the door to the XO. Asking him to come to her official felt too official. Asking the man to meet her for a beer in the lounge sounded way to personal. Since she hadn’t naturally ran into the man in a public situation, coming to his office felt like the most casual way to get to know him. Reaching up, Vanessa palmed the door chime to announce she was at his office.