A day early for his official Duty check-in, Xavier stood on one side of the office he had been told was used by the Executive Officer. The last of the official check-ins he had to complete before being approved for duty aboard the Merrimack, he now wore the ships Uniform rather than his casual clothes from his medical appointment.

He found it fairly fortuitous that he had indeed boarded and set himself up early, as scuttlebug was on the rounds that the ship was about to have its’ R&R cut short by another Starfleet paperweight thinking their orders were more important than a crews ability to get whatever baggage from their last mission out of their system. Whatever the case may be, Xavier knew by reputation that the Merrimack was a professional enough ship to work past that.

That professionalism was led by the ships Command crew first and foremost so, making sure the uniform was sitting right and that his boots were on the right feet, he pressed the door chime to announce that the XO had a visitor, if she was in.

Lt Khauv, CSO