It seemed to Makari as if time had stood still after he spoke and then the Security Officer responded. Time was relative. Time was jello. Time was flowing in dribs and drabs. Damn it. They were in another time flux. They would all start to age in reverse. Or become their prehistoric ancestral selves. Maybe the first. The second seemed to be an Enterprise only epidemic. They got all the coolest plagues. Makari would have been jealous. Would have been. If he hadn't been smart enough to know that the McNair saw more than its fair share of troubles and strange events.<br/><br/>Makari pulled himself from his thoughts, unsure if hours had passed or just moments. He wouldn't comment on the fact either way. It would just make him look foolish, and he had a feeling that he looked foolish enough in the eyes of some of the crew as it was. No need to start voicing his internal monologues or announcing his fascination with saying such passe phrases as pon farr, for all!<br/><br/>"Run a scan once we arrive, see if you pick up any traces of a secondary installation anywhere, if one is found, we will request a chance to investigate it as well, there is no way they could deny us that, if they truly want to join us." Makari replied with a nod. He didn't trust these people, they had to prove themselves, and so far all they had proven was that they had a sordid history, and unlike the Humans, they had been more keen to hide that history than to move past it and advance their people as a whole, creating something good. "We will scan everything we can, leave no stone unturned, no document unread, no witness unquestioned... all the stuff that puts the away in an away mission."