NE Merriadoc was patrolling the corridors near Engineering. He had been told that the ship had aliens onboard called the Shirain or something like that , he was still relatively inexperienced being only 25yrs old , he didn’t want to come across these alien beings, it was at the moment he rounded the corner and there they stood looking at one of the panels.

His hand instinctively drifted toward the phaser on his belt before he caught himself.

Easy, Merri. You’ve already been told they’re not hostile. Don’t be the idiot who starts an interstellar incident.

Bugger this, I’m outta here

He thought to himself as he did a 180, then suddenly stopped himself , this was his opportunity to find out more about these alien beings and the city he had heard the Merrimack had docked with and a good chunk of the senior staff including the Captain, XO and his own boss the COS had gone to investigate, he slowly approached the alien .

“H-Hello, I’m Ensign Merriadoc, can I help you with anything?”

Lieutenant Thalos ch’Ravik
Chief Of Security
USS Merrimack