<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/6/6b/Lt_Laura_Alicia_Hicks.jpg)</div><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Character name:</strong></td><td>Major Laura Hicks (MSF)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Location:</strong> </td><td>(Dr. Gadi's office</td></tr><tr><td><strong>With:</strong> </td><td> Lt.Col Louise Cotter, Dr. Gadi, Maj. Monroe, DMC Versatile</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Doing:</strong> </td><td> Shooting the bull****</td></tr></tbody></table><br/><hr/><br/><br/>Laura leaned back against the wall, "You're Paying me to be paranoid and think worst case Ma'am. I would be overjoyed if it was Earth's end and our people are clear." It was her job to be the law on the colony... the sherriff of what amounted to a town in the wilds of the untamed reaches. She didn't like trouble and in spite of her career path, she really didn't like to get into conflict... she was good at it, she liked crawling in the mud and being a bad ass in the field, but that was why she was what she was.<br/><br/>She was ready for Louise's message this time and only smiled slightly, "Promises, promises. First a spanking, now a roasting. What will you do to me next?" the message was definently tinged with affection.<br/><br/>Laura remained quiet as the conversation continued, listening closely and waiting until she had something productive to offer. When she got the second message from Louise, her eyebrows tightened and storm gray eyes angled to look at her friend. She acted instinctively with her response in a quick message, "Tell me who and it'll take one call to remove it." Laura still had connections in the spec. ops world on Earth and she had markers she would call in without hesitation if what she called hers were threatened... and more than one who do it for her.<br/><br/>"I agree that this needs to be kept low profile; ther's no point in getting the colonist paniced over something that might not be a problem; this is a delicate time for us and it's still too easy to recall all of us back to Earth... good luck getting some of us back onto a shuttle, but the point stands."