It was a smoother than usual ride, at least they had a competent pilot with a smooth touch for routine operations, hopefully he knew how to kick in gear when the situation required, though<a class="link link--external" href="https://data.whicdn.com/images/257348888/original.jpg" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">Jaxx </a>hoped she wouldn't need to find out on this mission.  There were a few noteworthy members of the contingent she would need to make some introduction to, having already given her 'respects' such as they were to the commanding officer of the Forge crew.  It was sometimes difficult to pick people out only from the personnel files but Jaxx had a fair amount of practice.<br/><br/><b>Eris Moon</b>was perhaps the easiest to pick out from the blonde hair and the not quite adjusting to the Forge lifestyle.  That was alright with Jaxx, she was a bit of a free spirit herself but she did like to know how well she could trust the other players.  If reputation had anything to say about it, probably not much with this one.  She was cute though and that could prove to be a benefit on a long and hopefully uneventful mission.  Normally Jaxx wouldn't have tolerated the security risk of such a dangerous hacker around such priceless equipment as was on Cynosure, but her skill set wasn't easily found way out here.  Jaxx would need to keep a close eye on her, good thing she was so easy to look at.<br/><br/>Her eyes next found "<b>K-Doc</b>" the combat medic.  She would need to talk to him, she needed medical clearance for this mission before they could depart due to her recent surgery.  She planned to simply 'suggest' he write it up as a formality.  She hated submitting to examinations, she had dealt with enough doctors these past months.  He seemed to have a good camaraderie with the men which was a good sign.  Their eyes met briefly, she wondered if he was scanning her vitals like he had the Forge personnel.  Not that she found that odd, any good medic would be doing the same.  She didn't wear the proper gear for that, as medical officer, he could require it, but she hoped he wouldn't at least not while on the transport.  She had no intention of going anywhere dangerous enough to justify it.  But he had his authority and she had hers, maybe they would be able to find some accord between them?  He was likely experienced enough to know she could complicate his life if she chose, though she had no direct authority over him.<br/><br/>As Jaxx scanned for her last person of interest, her eyes reflexively stopped on a pretty face.  Her eyes had that drugged up look of the Forge's<b>re-socialization</b>program.  An ethically challenged program that even Jaxx found distasteful.  She had never seen a female conscript, or for that matter one that had lived long enough to make corporal, both made her curious enough to follow up with her.<br/><br/>Finally she found '<b>Butch</b>', her look certainly matched her nickname more than her given one.  Esther, as Jaxx would most certainly call her during their very short acquaintance was perhaps the only disappointment in the assignments.  Not that she had any experience with the security specialist, Esther was simply too young and too female, as far as Jaxx was concerned.  As soon as she completed her business with the medic, she would have to break the bad news to Esther before she got too settled in her new billet.<br/><br/>As the shuttle came to rest inside the belly of Ares 8 and the running lights switched off, Jaxx finally loosened her restraints.  She stood stiffly but didn't try to walk just yet, willing to let the others go ahead so she didn't have to display her limp to any more than necessary.  "<b>Doc</b>"  Her voice called out, she wasn't a very loud person so she often found keeping to one syllable helped her project in noisy environments enough for someone to hear her.  Getting his attention she waved him towards her with one hand as she leaned on her cane with the other.  She wasn't much for length introductions so she just stated her case.  "I need you to sign off on my recuperation, I'm sure you got the notice by now.  Just sort of a formality, so if you could just get to that quick, it won't have to hold up our schedule."  Seven out of 10 medical officers in Jaxx's experience would do as she said, she would soon find out if her were part of the 3 that wouldn't.  "Oh and sorry, I'm Jaxx, Jaxx Herd."  She extended her hand and as close as she could come to a warm smile.  He was a bit older than her usual tastes, but he wasn't too hard on the eyes.