The ship’s new helmsman had boarded the USS Merrimack and knew exactly where he was going. The ships layout was exactly the same as the ship he previously served aboard. His first posting out of the Academy had been the USS Bellerophon, another Mariner-class ship, so it was easy to find his way around.

He had stored his gear in his quarters on deck 3 and made his way back to sickbay on deck 5.

Eros stepped into sickbay, and as the doors swooshed close behind him, he reached out to a passing nurse and introduced himself.

“Excuse me nurse, I’m Lt. (jg) Dionysovich. I’m here for my medical check-in.”

“Welcome, Lt. Please take a seat on bio-bed 2 and someone will be with you shortly,” the nurse replied.

Eros thanked her a hopped onto the bio-bed and waited. . . .

Lt. (jg) Dionysovich
Helm