Tom sat behind his desk staring at the holographic displays floating above the surface.

Tom didn’t notice the day to day scenes playing out on the monitors, he was too deep in though. The bomb Julien had just dropped in his lap. Tom knew that LaKia’s reappearance on the Genesis would cause some disruption, but this… He didn’t see it coming. His whole reason for being assigned to the ship was leaving and no-one else currently on the ship would be able to directly remember him.

His options were limited. Ask for reassignment and be soon forgotten or stay on the ship and deal with the awkwardness people usually felt only knowing about their interactions via recordings they have seen or heard.

• Tom, IntSec