Straightening his uniform shirt, Cmdr. Samuel Elliot MacReady emerged from the turbolift onto the main bridge of the USS<em>McNair</em>.  Crossing the bridge swiftly, he entered the Ready Room to greet the captain...<br/><br/>...who was not there.  Well, at least he was early, and could spend a few moments to himself before he met his new commanding officer for the first time.  He reflected on what had happened to bring him here.  His previous ship, the<em>Odysseus</em>, had gotten news of MacReady's reassignment while out on patrol near the Romulan Neutral Zone, and then once relieved by the USS<em>Saipan</em>, had headed to Starbase 212 to resupply and say goodbye to its Chief of Operations.  Samuel had spent two days on the station, then climbed aboard the USS<em>Sun Tsu</em>, a<em>Steamrunner</em>-class, which was heading to the Mars Shipyards for refitting its twin torpedo tubes.<br/><br/>Upon arriving at the station, Samuel had disembarked, and gotten a look at his new ship...and realized for the first time what it meant.  Oh, he'd read that it was a<em>Nova</em>-class, alright.  But it never sank in until that very moment.  This was not exactly what he'd expected.  Something he was going to bring up with the Captain.<br/><br/>The Captain.  He was First Officer now, which meant that he only had one person to listen to aboard this ship, and that was him.  Otherwise, everyone else would look to<em>him</em>, not the other way around.  He'd learned that very quickly, as various Ensigns and Lieutenants had been quick to get out of his way en route to the bridge.<br/><br/>Well, his things were being transported to his quarters now...<br/><br/>...time to meet the chief.