"Oh yes."  Natala said with a confident nodding motion, "This is my third shipboard posting."  She said.  "Athough it is my first in charge of an entire science department!  I admit, I thought at first maybe that Starfleet had switched my name with someone else's."  She gave a little nervous titter, and realized too late that it probably wasn't a good idea to admit her own reservations about the posting to the Executive Officer.<br/><br/>She quickly changed the subject, "But yes, the room is quite nice.  A bit antiseptic at the moment, but a little time hanging some pictures and finding some pillows, and it'll be home-sweet-starship."<br/><br/>She began walking to the bridge, talking to McFadden as she went, "You're commander McFadden, right?  I mean, of course you are, there's only one commander aboard."  She said in a slightly rambly tone, "I'm Natala.  Just Lieutenant Natala.  You know, like a Vulcan?  What am I saying?  Of course you know."  She said again, sounding a little nervous, "We don't really have a family name.  I mean, can you imagine if we had a name for every family we had?  Ridiculous!  A proper Denobulan is welcome to have as many spouses as they wish."