Avalona grasped Karn's extended wrist giving him the strong firm grip she knew he would be expecting from her, "I myself have just finished up a 5 year tour on the USS Jarre where I was promoted to Transporter Chief.  I know its just trading one science vessel for another but I actually learned a lot on my last assignment.  We had to develop brand new technology just so that we could beam aboard 30 new sentient beings.  15 of which have joined the Federation while the other 15 are still in negotiations.  Not to mention all the lower forms of life that we had to build special environments for just to be able to study them on board the ship."<br/><br/>"I know I really shouldn't hold you up from getting to your station so maybe once the ship is under way we can maybe get together for dinner some night.  And see if your friend there still remembers me."