Scott turned and followed the general and Dr. Heath down a hallway and onto another elevator. General Landry and the doctor seemed to have been fairly well acquainted with each other since they chatted the whole way. The “operations leader” seemed to be particularly excited about yet another civilian “doctor”, this one named Randall, who had agreed to join the team. Finally they arrived at a large conference room filled with a mix of civilian and military personnel.<br/><br/>General Landry stood at the front of the room and motioned for Scott and Dr. Heath to stand beside him. Then the general introduced Dr. Heath to the group as the overall leader of the operation as he listed off her litany of degrees, certificates and accomplishments. And finally, he introduced Scott as the ranking military commander of the team. Scott sighed inwardly when the only thing the general had to say to describe him was “a highly decorated and experienced combat leader”. But then again, Scott realized, there really wasn’t much else that could be said of his accomplishments other than the fact that he was chosen for this mission for some reason.<br/><br/>The general spoke briefly about where the team was headed and what he hoped they would accomplish. They were headed to an alien built spaceship that was believed to be located on the other side of the Milky Way galaxy. It was believed that the ship was unoccupied and fully automated. The team was to set up a base of operations and proceed to try and unravel the technology and secrets of said ship. And lastly they were to attempt to link up with another ship named “Destiny” and assist the human crew of that ship who had become stranded aboard it.<br/><br/>Scott felt he should be more surprised or concerned; after all he had no idea how people wound up on the first spaceship or how he was getting to his. But the truth was that Scott was used to following orders, no matter how crazy they sounded. His job, his whole reason for being, was to accomplish whatever task was given to him. Period. Few questions were ever asked about how he completed his missions and he rarely cared about the politics behind them. He would accomplish this newest mission the same way.<br/><br/>The only thing that was bothering him was the fact that he only saw twelve military personnel in the room and there were only a few more civilians than military. He was being sent with just one squad of military personnel to accomplish the mission and he would also have to contend with the civilians who inevitably got in the way. Not the best start to what sounded like a very difficult operation.<br/>