Sarah was shaken from her internal musings and tears by the sudden new arrival. She remembered all the rank insignia charts from PES boot camp, and realized to her embarrassment that she was looking at the captain of the vessel. Blushing, the medic quickly got up on her feet and saluted, holding her hand up until the gesture was returned or she was otherwise told to stop. She was not sure if the Commonwealth ships had some sort of different rules for interacting with officers, as her training had not exactly been thorough.<br/><br/>“Sir. Please excuse me, I was just feeling a little overwhelmed by my first day on the job. Especially given that it started aboard the<em>Roger Young,</em>” she added sadly. He had addressed her in a fairly informal fashion, and she figured she would be fine saying more as long as she was not too familiar. “I want to thank you and your crew for saving so many of us—I hope we aren’t disrupting your normal operations too badly.”