<div class="floatleft">(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/9a/ac/13/9aac13acec7d0c12801da6ae61f4ab48.jpg)</div><strong>Character Name:</strong>Arik Soong<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Briefing room<br/><strong>Tagging/Mentioning:</strong>Command staff<br/><strong>NSFW Warning:</strong>None<br/><br/>Arik sat, waiting for the staff to arrive, a little curious as to see what order they would arrive in, and which would come early and which late. It was the Doctor who came first and Arik gave him a nod as he arrived. "Good morning," he offered, "I do admit I am looking forward to being on a ship again. I have spent so much of my life in space that it felt strange being there again for so long."<br/><br/>Others arrived as they spoke and Arik greeted them each in turn as they came in and sat themselves. As the last two arrived, Arik gave a smile and a nod before looking towards Counselor Nollad. "Please, join us at the table," he said, "A Counselor's perspective is always useful, and given our upcoming mission it will probably be even more needed." Truly when dealing with so many different people and races it was nice to have someone who could sometimes help the Android understand the various emotional nuances that he still did not have a full grasp of.<br/><br/>"We have our orders from Starfleet," he said once they were all completely settled, "But before we get there, I wanted to touch base with you as a group. I would like to hear your thoughts on the ship and her crew so far, as well as any concerns or issues you may have. I had first thought to simply meet briefly with each of you alone, but then I figured that perhaps it would benefit us all to know how the other departments were each doing. I believe that the better we all understand each other the better the ship will run as a whole."<br/><br/>"I will say that from what I have observed that I am quite happy with our progress so far," he said, "I have analyzed data on the first days of each ship in the fleet and the issues we found were not outside the norm, and the speed at which we solved them was decidedly above average. So thank you to each of you and your respective departments for that."