Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Lance Malone (Chief Science Officer) in Main Sim -Briefing at the ready room

Posted by Crewman Faith Hopkins (Captain’s Yeoman) in Main Sim -Briefing at the ready room

=/\= Lt Mullins to all senior staff. We have an emergency staff meeting at 0015. I am sorry to interrupt but the captain has requested we do this prior to a call from Admiral Baker about the Federation Colonial Outreach program. We will be in the captain’s ready room. =/\=

Cross entered and was surprised no one was there yet ‘’Great’’ she mumbled to herself ‘’Not even the Captain!’‘, putting her Padd down the doctor decided to make herself a cup of coffee, after which Cross sat down and waited.

Faith appeared from the small galley kitchen. “Oh! Hi, Miriam!” After getting the Captain’s orders via Lt Mullins, she had immediately started to get the Ready Room in shape for a meeting. Why the Captain had decided to hold it here rather than in one of Conference Rooms, she had no idea, she was just a Yeoman. She’d had time to put coffee pot on, and to clean and disinfect the table and chairs, but that was all. “Do you mind if I just clean around you? The Captain has left dirty cups, crumbs and scattered documents everywhere!”

‘’Faith! ‘’ Cross exclaimed ‘’I thought you had stayed at the station cause when we last spoke you hinted about leaving to study nursing ‘’ drinking what was left in her cup the CMO got up ‘’ I’ll help you clean up.....men !At times I wonder if their brains are wired differently cause they never see the mess they leave behind and if you pointed at it they tell you’re being dramatic and making a fuss ‘’.

Some thing else crossed her mind but she made Joe promise her not to tell anyone ,she herself told the Captain,Kate knew and Hunter had his suspicions so it would only be a matter of time before her friend would hear from someone else and she didn’t want that to happen.

With a cloth in hand to wipe the surface of the table Cross cleared her voice ‘’Faith I’m with child....it was planned this time ‘’.

Before Faith could answer, someone else walked in, and Faith knew that Miriam didn’t want it to be common knowledge. (They have spoken about it before.)

McDuff strolled into the Ready Room, a PADD tucked under his arm. He was, as usual, well presented and smart looking, though the same look of tiredness was evident in his eyes.
“Doctor” He nodded. He spoke as brightly as he could manage by way of a greeting.

‘’Hi there Lt ,you do look a bit under the whether what’s up?’’ Cross asked ‘’Have some coffee and take a seat ,we’re just doing a bit of cleaning to make the room more presentable ..so don’t mind us’‘.

‘’Faith I’m with child....it was planned this time ‘’.

The doctor wondered if he had heard what she said , glancing at Faith she whispered ‘’Might as well put it on the comm for all to hear ‘’ .

“That’s great news, but you told me before,” Faith replied. “I told you that I was sorry that I wouldn’t be able to help you with babysitting as I’ll be leaving the Merri. I’ve taken my medical entrance exams now, but not had the results yet, and even if I pass, the admission process will still take time. I just have to wait… but great news anyway. It must be your hormones affecting your memory?”

• Faith, yeoman

‘’I did?’’ Cross asked confused ‘’Or perhaps I told you we were planning to have a baby? ‘’ Miriam couldn’t recall ‘’Anyway I hope you get the results soon ,after all you had a lot of experience while on the ship and I’m confident you’ll pass with flying colors’‘.

By now the room was almost ready and the CMO sat down ‘’Could do with another cup of coffee ‘’ she murmured and on hearing the door swish open the doctor turned around.

Lance had been sat in his quarters it was still to early to sleep. He’d been trying to make sense of the endless reports that now came to him. What was important, what was actually important, and what was self important waffle. The call for senior officers to meet in the ready room had caused him to raise his hands in the air and yell Woo hoo.

He couldn’t have left his quarters quick enough just incase the reports tried to block the door and stop him leaving.

He entered the room and was heartened by two things he wasn’t the last there and he wasn’t late. “Good Evening… wait no Morning” it was easy to be full of energy when you hadn’t yet called it a night he mused.

-Lt Malone

This time Cross scratched her head for she knew Malone had been a science officer but now from his uniform she could tell he was the D’H of science.

‘’Hi there Lt ,did you get promoted? ‘’she asked ‘’In which case congratulations for you deserve it’‘.
In her own thoughts Cross did question why the Captain hadn’t shown up yet, cause usually he would be the first one present.........now concerned about the uncontrollable phenomenon that had inflicted Glen , wondering if it was happening again.

Cross CMO.