<span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: comic sans ms;">"Thank you, Captain," Sahara said with a polite smile as she stood from her seat to the Captain's left.  As she had been sitting there, she had made a point to stay quiet and take in her surroundings.  The rise and fall of emotions in the room during the prior conversation had been more than obvious to her, but being that it was nothing more than friendly debate, she took it all in stride.<br/><br/>"My name is Doctor Sahara Tir," she said.  My background is that of a Betazed," she said, looking around the table at those that were in the room.  "I graduated from Starfleet Academy with a focus in xenophysiology at the top of my class about almost two years ago,"  She paused before continuing.  "This mission is my second in the past year, literally just having been relieved from my duties on board the USS McKinney, before heading straight here.  I look forward to getting to know all of you in the coming months on board the McNair, and I'm greatly happy to be on board such a magnificent ship," she said with a smile.<br/><br/>There.  That hadn't been so bad, she thought to herself as she finished her introduction.  She didn't like talking about herself, and she was glad that she had gotten it done and over with.</span>