Val arrived on the bridge not long after the had stopped at Pluto.  Enough time to begin monitoring sensor diagnostics from other departments while taking over some of the more sophisticated diagnostic sequences himself.  Standing at the aft control area he worked controls quietly, watching the sensors to glitches and comparing readings with normal sequences.  It was all routine, but it was fun in a kind of dull way.  I mean, diagnostics were never fun exactly but...  Well, it was a new ship and he was doing something important, that was enough for him.