<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/6/6b/Lt_Laura_Alicia_Hicks.jpg)</div><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Character name:</strong></td><td>Major Laura Hicks (MSF)</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Location:</strong> </td><td>(Main Dome, "Mess"</td></tr><tr><td><strong>With:</strong> </td><td> The Woodridges</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Doing:</strong> </td><td> Meeting and greeting over oatmeal</td></tr></tbody></table><br/><hr/><br/>Laura smiled and accepted the offered hand, "Laura Hicks. We've met before at Antartica, although it was briefly... I'm the security chief... the sheriff if you will."<br/><br/>She settled down onto the chair and looked with a distinct lack of enthusiasm at the bowl of oatmeal before her. "Welcome to Mars, again... you'll have to catch the sunset here, it's worth the trip." she said with a smile. She would never forget it... or what Louise had done to her. "No ill after-effects from cold sleep? I've heard that some have had some severe headaches, or some trouble with solid food for a few hours..."<br/><br/>She picked up the spoon and scooped some of the... mush... from the bowl, "You travel millions of miles and still have to eat this stuff." she said and laughed. "It's better than rat, I guess."<br/>