There was a rounded metallic veranda with a thin silver guard rail from which the higher officers could look down at the new recruits as they filed into place. The Captain herself like to review the replacements, leaving her staff and other high officers to stand far behind her as she stood at the edge of the precipice. She hated playing dress up, but reviewing the replacements was considered ceremony whenever possible, and she had been goaded into an elaborate set-up for this presentation, full regalia. Thus she was in red leather dress boots, cropped above the ankle. Her red pants had a brilliant purple stripe tucked in neatly as the pleated edge rose to the knee. There was a large soft leather belt of pitch black with a bright gold buckle displaying the emblem of her house. Her shirt was a white ruffled blouse neatly tucked in and kept crisp as her long crimson jacket with tails that reached her ankles. Gold epaulets adorned her over padded shoulders, the coat making her look much bigger, more authoritive. She gripped the rail with her thin white gloves, blushing slightly, she felt silly being in forced in the full family military adornment and couldn't wait to get it off, so she did what she had to do, pulled out a small computerized note and read a long winded and verbose speech written for her, sighing when she finished.<br/><br/>"Thank God that's behind us," she said, putting the note away, "Welcome aboard the Morning Star, I'm sure you already know where your duties lie, and what I require of you. If any of you should, for any reason, fail to perform as expected, I'll ship your ass back to Mars with proper punitive measures. That will be all, if you need help getting situated see the proper supervisor, dismissed "<br/><br/>She stepped aside, and walked out the back, her long ponytail swaying behind her coat tails as she checked her personal notepad.<br/><br/>"I want Ensign Harrison under full survailance and reports sent to me on the hour, I'm going back to my office to look over the other initiation files."<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>