The young Avali female playing captain's aide saluted sharply, "Yes, ma'am." she waited for her to leave then went about her duty to place surveillance.<br/><br/>Down below the new replacements began to disburse. Harrison picked up his duffel bag and slung it over his shoulder. he walked down the pristine brightly lit hallways to the elevator. These weren't those tiny little elevators you see in office buildings, these were venerable freight elevators meant to move machine parts. Getting off at the living deck. Harrison scanned the card he pulled from his pocket that had his assigned bunk room. Bunks were of course first come first serve, but he would be sharing it with two other people.<br/><br/>Star ships no matter how big or small, employed the age old tradition of hot bunking. Dismiss any thought of intimacy however. Hot bunking referred to the practice of three people sharing the same rack in cycles. One would sleep while the other two were on job or on break then they would trade and another would sleep while the others worked or played. Putting his bag down and sliding it under the rack Ensign Talbert decided to take a look around.<br/>He quickly found the mess.