<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=82478.msg3653969#msg3653969">Quote from: ReijiTabibito on 19-09-2010, 19:01:44</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">....which looked like was starting right now, with a woman he'd seen talking earlier making her way over to the table where he was sitting.  He shook her hand when she introduced herself.  "Tir..."  He looked lost in thought for a moment, and then looked back to her.  "Chief Medical Officer, right?"  He indicated the chair.  "Go on, sit down.  You don't need to stay standing on my account."  If she'd been an Ensign out of the Academy, maybe.  But she was a major officer, and good rapport would be needed at the highest level for the ship to run smoothly.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: comic sans ms;">"Thank you, Commander," Sahara said in a kind tone as she sat down.  "And yes, I am the Chief Medical Officer," she said with a brilliant smile in his direction.  "It's a pleasure to meet your acquaintance," she smiled.  "I do hope that the food is satisfactory.  Lieutenant MacGalleon is quite proud of his culinary skills," she said, glancing back at the Engineer that she had spoken to earlier while he was making tonight's chili with a soft chuckle.  <br/><br/>Sahara sat down, taking in the environment around her, particularly the man that she had just met.  His demeanor was very formal and she was taking a moment to process it all.  Assessing him silently, she was trying to figure out how much of him meant business before she ended up making an irresponsible blunder that would cost her the position that she was so grateful to have.  It would take a small bit of time, but she was sure that she would be able to figure out how Commander MacReady worked soon enough, and hopefully the slight nervousness she felt upon this first meeting would be gone.</span><br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=82478.msg3653774#msg3653774">Quote from: Barnbean on 19-09-2010, 18:19:24</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">It took extra work then, an intricate balance of command hierarchy, knowing when to say things and when to just follow orders and another part of social friendliness and an unwillingness to accept the fact you were disliked or came off as odd. Part of the fun of making everyone like you after all was the fact it was sometimes harder. Just as the fun of work was it was hard... yeah... that one was a bit harder to latch onto, and Makari would have laughed but it would have been all manner of inappropriate as the doctor was inviting him to sit at her table once she found one.<br/><br/>Instead he smiled and nodded and once she had seated herself he grabbed himself a drink, frilly and over the top with an umbrella and what he assumed was supposed to be some exotic fruit stuck to the rim and took a seat, where she was now sitting with one of the few men on the ship who even outranked him. The first officer was hardly an imposing man, not all bulk and muscle or some exotic mix of alien eccentricity, but he did hold the rank of commander, and was next in line after the captain to command the ship. Makari respected that, understood the need for a chain of command, knew his own place in it, and stood by the table quietly as the doctor spoke. "Sahara, you didn't say you would be sitting with the big wigs," Makari commented lightly with a small smile, and then turned to the first officer. "Commander, pleasure to meet you, I'm Lieutenant Commander Osiel," He offered, switching to a more formal tone than he had used with the doctor. <br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: comic sans ms;">"Yes, well," she said, winking at Makari.  "I figured if I was going to introduce myself to people, I might as well not forget the ones that are the most important," she told him, smiling sweetly at the Commander MacReady before grinning at Makari.  "And besides," she said.  "I wasn't intending on intruding on the Commander's space, but he did invite me to sit down, and it would be rude to decline, now wouldn't it?"  She could definitely see Makari as an easy going man, something that she was eternally grateful for on this ship.</span>