Alicia smiled at the words from Maia, a wide proud smile that she hand her work had gotten such a nice complement from the royal naga.<span style="color: #006600">“Thanks Maia!  And yeah, I have noticed she is really good at adapting her code.  I’m glad someone likes my best piece of work at least.  I spent a lot of time working on her.”</span>She said as she beamed with happiness at the complement to Evy’s making.<br/><br/>She was about to begin eating again after that comment when the glass shattering froze her mid bite.  She had to turn to look at and watch the only other human on the crew, who was probably too drunk to ever be useful, stomped off to somewhere else in the ship.  She could hear him clanking off somewhere else.<span style="color: #006600">“Oh great… I am going to have to repair some wall panels today, aren’t I?”</span>she grumbled before continuing to eat as if the old man hadn’t just gone off raging.<br/><br/>She let out a sigh though as she was interrupted again, this time by the dryadi who looked almost like a glowing plant, even if she was tiny at the moment.<span style="color: #006600">“I’m not his boss.  And Evy is already with them both.  She can contact you anywhere as long as you are in the ship.  She will get the general’s message to them when it comes through.”</span>After that she continued to eat.  Biting into her burrito and enjoying the taste, as much as she could since it was just reconfigured nutrient paste and not real food.<br/><br/>Once she got a couple bites into every part of her meal she smiled again at the others.  Especially at the talk of what they could find while exploring.<span style="color: #006600">“Have fun exploring and discovering a bunch of new creatures.  I’ll keep the ship and the AI company so she doesn’t bother you all too much.  If you find anything tasty, let me know and I’ll set up a grill and barbecue for when you get back.”</span>Apparently Alicia was of the frame of mind that she wouldn’t be leaving the ship.<br/><br/>It made sense to her, why would they need an engineer on this research trip.  She had no scientific knowledge beyond the ship itself to help them.  She wasn’t a scientist.<br/><br/>She kept sitting right where she was when everyone else walked off to the video room to watch the general’s message.  She pulled the video up on her data pad to watch since it was ordered they all watch it.  So she did while finishing her meal.  She was just polishing off the fruit bowl when the general mentioned the contact loss with one of the facilities.<span style="color: #006600">“Oh… I guess that means I’m going along…  Son of a Bitch!”</span>she cursed loud enough for the others in the other room to hear, though the mic in her data pad was turned off.<br/><br/>She wasn’t sure whether to think that that was a good thing or bad.  It would be so fun to climb and explore, it would be exciting… but leaving her ship here alone… she didn’t like that idea.  Tossing her dishes into the disposal to be broken down to be turned into raw material she walked into the room to meet with the others.  Especially to talk with the Speaker.<span style="color: #006600">“Hey, Speaker.  Did the General want me to tag along as well?  I can’t really add anything to your expedition, but he made it sound like he wanted everyone.  I don’t feel comfortable with leaving my ship here alone.”</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>