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Posted on Tue Mar 17th, 2020 @ 9:22pm by Commander Samantha Howard

Mission: Unto Darkness, Light
Location: Sickbay

Dr Samantha Howard stepped through the double doors of her new sickbay, marveling at what was her new workplace. State of the art biobed lined one wall, with a central diagnostic bed towards the middle of the room almost glinting with its newness. Her office sat tucked into a corner, out of the way whilst still affording an expansive view of the main ward.

A smile creased the corners of her mouth as she headed towards her office, still unused. First priority was to see her staff allocations, second - review the technological upgrades, third - try and get to the bridge on time for the ship to launch. Tall order.

Reading through her crew allocation Sam absented ran her fingers along the pips on her collar - a testament to the hard yards and effort put in over recent times. She'd decided to take the Bridge Officers exam - pouring through lectures and recalling tactics as though her career depended on it. Diversifying was an amazing way to keep one's neural pathways focused on learning and provided a completely new appreciation of what the bridge officers dealt with on a daily basis. As he thought she struggled with the concept of sending crew into danger and sometimes probable death, her gut waring with her mind to do no harm as was her sworn oath. As Spock had said many years ago "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few" or something along those lines.

Years on a starship allowed her to discern the subtle vibrations through the deckplates as the mighty Washington powered up to leave spacedock. So much for getting to the bridge on time.