As the good doctor was beginning to introduce her self, Lt. Lugus was still puzzling over the relevance of one of the statements made by Captain Mitchell.  'Can't you all smell that 'new ship' smell?'  Yes it was a new ship but it had the same air filtration system as any other ship fleet would have.  Therefore it would neither smell better nor worse than any other vessel.<br/><br/>The Science officer continued to listen to the introductions.  Even if they did not reveal any more or less than what was already presented in the material given in the ships manifest which a copy of had been sent to his data pad prior to arrival on the USS McNair.  But it was a tradition of most ship Captains to go through the motions of this arcane tradition dating back thousands of years.<br/><br/>When it came his turn the Chief Science officer stood to play his small part in this strange and unnecessary ritual.  Standing at attention with his hands clasped behind his back, "Greetings Captain.  I am Chief Science Officer Lieutenant Lugus.  As I am sure you have seen in my file I have been a member of StarFleet for 40 years.  5 years in the academy, 35 years upon 7 different star ships serving as Chief Science Officer."  Having given what he felt were the relevant details the Vulcan took his seat again.