Alita had been in the holodeck for an hour when 0630 finally rolled around. Phaser drills were rarely just phaser drills and, with two new people on board, she was going to make certain this one lived up to that plus, it gave her something to work out her frustrations on.

She had just finished tweaking the last of the programming and the landscape she had designed shimmered into view. Now, all that was left was to wait for James and Basil.

• Alita, MO/COS/CIO