<em>"Of course we wouldn't want to start the debriefing before everyone was awake to hear it, now wouldn't we?"</em><br/><br/><br/>"No Miss Minari, we certainly could not. " he said in a strong, serious tone. If she had been speaking in sarcasm he either didn't notice, or simply trusted in the no-nonsense and firm tone of his voice to make her think better of it in the future.<br/><br/>He still had not yet looked up from the Pad. Roughly every half a second, the pad gave off a the small beep sound that indicated it was 'turning the page'. He was reading roughly two and a half pages worth of material every second, as he got caught up on where they were supposed on events that transpired during their sleep.<br/><br/><em>"I think the good Captain would go into seizures if he had to cover the same ground twice."</em><br/><br/>"No, Miss Ibara.  " he said, demonstrating the infamously acute hearing of the Military-grade augments. He still had not yet even glanced up from the Pad which continued to beep at it's regular intervals as he spoke."I would however, find it to be an exceedingly tedious waste of my quite valuable time. " His tone did not indicate any kind of chastisement. Just a straight forward statement of fact.<br/><br/><em>"That's good progress so far Captain."</em>he said, addressing the man.<em>"When the briefing is completed please come to my office, say 0900 hours."</em><br/><br/>"Thank you Sir. Yes Sir." Pausing he looked around and noted finally that everybody was, if not yet fully dressed at least alert and cognizant.<br/><br/>"Well then, let's begin. You'll all be undoubtedly pleased to learn that we're a month ahead of schedule. It seems we were swept into a Gravitational Eddie some time ago that shaved some time off the trip. As he spoke, he took a holo-orb from his belt. He held it out in the air and released it, withdrawing his hand. With a gentle, rythmic hum the ball hovered in the air, and projected a large three dimensional holographic display of the route they had taken from Luna Colony here to Novus. A dotted red line indicated their original route, and a yellow line indicated the unexpected shortcut the gravitational eddie had provided them as it carried them safely through a region of space that swelled with high radiation.<br/><br/>"Internal Sensors indicate our shields held just fine for the most part, and show no signs of contamination in crew, or ship although the agricultural department says the circuit boards on the primary Terraformer has been burnt out. That is your job Miss Iabara. While we have no reason to suspect that any of the crew were contaminated, this isn't the sort of thing we leave to chance, so give the medical staff your full and complete cooperation while they examine you. " He gives Lena a pointed glance, before resuming the breifing. "Miss Minal, I am sure the Veterinary team would apprecciate your expertise in going over the Livestock checkups."<br/><br/>"We will be arriving in Novus Orbit in less than ten hours. This should be time enough for those of you new to Cryostasis to be rested and refreshed, and still complete your tasks. Mr. Ah'Lerno, you will meet with Survery Crews in Docking Bay Two at 1300 Hours, and coordinate the survey effort. You know the routine. We'll be looking for a region with vast fertile stretches of land, and large bodies of fresh water as our first priority. Availability of mineral resources is also crucial. Our Groundbreaking Ceremony is scheduled to take place immediately upon touchdown. The rest of you should know your duties. That is all.  "