<div class="floatleft">(https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/stexpanded/images/c/c0/Sito.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20080112191827)</div><strong>Character Name:</strong>Kroken Liara<br/><strong>Location:</strong>USS Redemption Engineering<br/><strong>Tagging/Mentioning:</strong>Lt Commander Maddie Fontaine<br/><strong>NSFW Warning:</strong><br/><br/>Liara was glad to see that Maddie could see the excitement in her face.  The question was what excitement did she see and was the excitement she was feeling right now really the excitement being mirrored by her own?  Liara's mind raced at that prospect.  She'd been reprimanded a number of times at the Academy and at UP for unprofessional relationships with other officers and technicians, but thankfully she'd been able to leverage her technical skill against any image of impropriety her superiors may have seen.<br/><br/>"I do to.  When I was working DS9 before I went to the academy, I knew everyone on the command staff pretty well.  I liked how the comradery of a unit like that worked."  Liara replied regarding Maddie's desire to make friends.  "I had a lot of friends on UP also...some more friendly than others." The last part became more of a whisper as Liara thought back to one of the civilian female engineers she'd become close friends with the year before her new assignment had come through.<br/><br/>At the suggestion of taking a break and getting a Raktajino before the ship got underway Liara beamed with excitement.  "That used to be Chief O'Brien's favorite way to start the morning.  Let's just say having another one will probably have me bouncing off the plasma conduits, but the company would be worth it."  Liara giggle softly to herself at the idea, setting her PADD down on the console she'd been working at before turning to join Maddie in the walk to the turbo life.  "Besides, the chief and I already did the pre-flight.  We're as ready to go as we're going to be.  Just waiting on the word from the captain."<br/><br/>Stepping into the turbolift, Liara found herself having trouble keeping her eyes off of the Lt Commander's sleek curves as the turbo lift rose.  "So ma'.....Maddie, how did you get into Engineering?"  She asked curiously seeing that the woman next to her didn't come across as the technical sort.