<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. Gati's office</td></tr><tr><td><strong>With:</strong> </td><td> Dr. Gati, Jack Monroe, Stefan Versatile</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Doing:</strong> </td><td> Discussing the missing items</td></tr></tbody></table><br/><hr/><br/>Laura laughed softly, a pleasant, deep laugh, "No way... Generals wear stars... I wear scars.. I've never wanted to have stars; they never get to have fun in the mud." She realized that Jack was the same rank equlivent and she wondered how that might make him feel. "By the way, The Colonel decided that adjusting ranks to one system would make it easier on the civilians. Since there is a small majority of Americans here, that system was adopted.. That's why I'm being addressed as Major instead of Commander."<br/><br/>Laura frowned, she didn't like that they had been on Mars only a few hours and someone might of been stealing equipment already. "Can you determine if it was here, or before we left?"<br/><br/>She listened for a few moments to the interplay, "Dr. Gati, what could someone do with the equipment taken, assuming for a moment that it was done here instead of on Earth? What is the potential risk to the colony?"<br/><br/>She nodded back at Jack, It's something to bring up with Colonel Cotter or the council. What do you think Stefan?"<br/><br/><br/>