<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=82478.msg3918294#msg3918294">Quote from: Pixilicious on 21-11-2010, 01:26:36</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: comic sans ms;">"It sounds like you really know your stuff, which is good.  I'd definitely feel safe with people like you, the Captain and Commander Makari running the ship," she said with a smile.  The man definitely had an impressive resume and at the moment, Sahara felt exceedingly under qualified standing next to him.  She blinked for a moment, analyzing the trail of thoughts that came to her head.  Why was it so imperative to her to impress him of all people?<br/><br/>She swallowed another sip of her coffee, thoughtfully reasoning her way through the things that that she was thinking.  "I can't say that I'm a possessor of the kind of qualifications that you have, but that's to be expected for a CMO," she said.  "I can assure you that I can fire a phaser pretty well," she said with a smile, pleased with her abilities to do so.  "I can handle a scalpel pretty well, too," she laughed, always keeping an upbeat, happy nature about her.</span></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>"Well, to be honest, I had a few reservations about being aboard the McNair before I got here.  Let's play things straight, but the McNair is definitely a science ship - not a warship like the Prometheuses or the Akiras, or even an explorer ship like the Galaxys or Sovereigns"  Samuel referred to the ships that had comprised the last two Enterprises with the explorer ships.  "I had to question, myself, the logic behind putting me here.  Of course, I realized - with some help - that I needed to stay<em>because</em>this was a science vessel, and needs a competent strategic commander when we run into trouble."<br/><br/>He paused for a moment.  "Actually, the Captain and I were talking over doing a security workup of the ship, in case anyone tries to get a good look at the tech put onboard.  We're going to be doing weapon proficiency tests as time goes on - if you want, I can give you a few lessons on the compression rifle, since it'll be our main weapon to repel invaders from the ship."