<div class="floatleft">(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WdT2PCz-fdQ/Ux0r7YN2kuI/AAAAAAAABcA/eF2DAS43BWwt2tvx4Sja3XqgHCYwxQaSgCKgB/s1600/Tigran.png)</div><strong>Character Name:</strong>Lt Commander Rim Tibbetts<br/><strong>Location:</strong>USS Redemption Docking port<br/><strong>Tagging/Mentioning:</strong>Kavash Teel (mentioning others)<br/><strong>NSFW Warning:</strong><br/><br/>"Somebody has to be first,"  Tibbetts said, starting to move forward with a slow easy lope.  His digitigrade legs were longer than a human's giving him a greater stride.  There were likely already crewmen aboard, maintenance and engineering probably.  It was typical of species that were normally heard animals; no one wanted to be the first into an unknown area.  Once somebody,<em>anybody</em>,was seen boarding, a slow trickle would grow to a torrent.  All those interesting people would follow and the would begin getting to know each other.<br/><br/>"I've heard some interesting things about the level of diversity on the crew," he said, assuming Kavash was keeping up.  "With this many different species, I'd be interested in seeing what they bring to the table based solely on background rather than skill.  Different perspectives and different expectations will keep life interesting, that's for certain."<br/><br/>His keen ears picked out the gentle hum of the ship's engines.  Each ship had it's own sound, its own vibrational frequency.  It would eventually fall into the background but those with keen enough senses or even just an attachment to the ship would be able to detect changes in that frequency and therefore know that something had changed.  He was going to miss the sound of the Kharjo but he'd soon get used to the sound of the Redemption.<br/><br/><em>I wonder if the name is prophetic for anyone?  Certainly the doctor.  He's Cardassian.  He's got to be making up for something. Check out the hair on the Orion.  So <em>lush</em>.... </em><br/><br/>"Do you know anything about the crew?  I read the briefing on the ship but didn't do much more than skim the crew roster. "