Rana nodded at the captain’s orders and then turned back toward the viewscreen Then standing he turned toward the captain’s chair as if it had teeth and might bite him. Once more at the viewscreen and once more at the chair. He finally took a deep breath in and took the plunge as it were. He walked to the captain’s chair and sat. It felt much more comfortable than he imagined it to be. He then turned to those around him and addressed them, saying,” Well as long as we have this lull in the oddness we may as well do a bit of housekeeping.

Turning to Thalos he asked him. ” Mr. Thalos as you are tightening security could see to getting an armed team of security people in our shuttle bays and our torpedo bays? They are on our weak spots list. And we have a helmsman and a comms officer in the torpedo bay. Have one of your men chase them out of there.” Rana then said to the rest ” Everyone else see to your tasks and as you do keep in mind that we will soon be throwing a wrench into the lives of our new people. I’m going to sound a red alert in the next fifteen minutes or so. We’ll call all clear five minutes later just to see if they know what to do and how fast they can do it. Any questions or thoughts?”

Rana Singh Number One