<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/6/6b/Lt_Laura_Alicia_Hicks.jpg)</div><br/><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Character name:</strong></td><td>Lt. Commander Laura Allecia Hicks</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Location:</strong> </td><td>Outside of the main airlock</td></tr><tr><td><strong>With:</strong> </td><td> No One</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Doing:</strong> </td><td> Administrative duties</td></tr></tbody></table><br/><hr/><br/>Laura watched the last of the containers being moved from the shuttle's ramp and into the massive hanger. Louise Cotter had made the official landing statement, something that would go down in the history of humanity, but there were other administrative duties that needed to be dealt with.<br/><br/>The settlements communications system couldn't be used until power was reestablished and the systems checked out in the Command Center. So, she linked into the shuttle's communication system, "New Sydney reporting successful shutdown; Second drop approved for prearranged drop. No injuries, no fatalities."<br/><br/>She waited for the comfirmation of her report and nodded as it came back. They would have time to move the shuttle off of the grid before the next shuttle dropped, in about 24 hours.<br/><br/>She picked up the last container and with growing confidence, she bounced into the darkened hanger to take her first look at her new home; thinking about some way to surprise Lou at 2200 hours.