Sam hurried through the corridors of the McNair, trying to get to the Observation Lounge so that he could sit in on the meeting of the new ship's staff...as well as the briefing for their second mission.  Hoo boy.  The first mission had been plenty of a doozy, so who knew what number<em>two</em>would bring about?  Hopefully nothing that involved time-eating parasitical beings from an uninhabited planet near the Romulan Neutral Zone...MacReady was starting to wonder if this was the new NCC-1701...the story certainly sounded fantastical enough for it.<br/><br/>Arriving on the bridge, he found the door occupied by another of his contemporaries.  Stepping in the door right behind the Risian, he nodded to the Captain.  "Forgive my lateness, Captain," he spoke to the Ba'ku.  "I was tied up meeting some of the new members of the crew."  He was relieved to see, at least, that the meeting had not yet started.  That was good.  "Excuse me."  Moving his way past other persons, he took his seat at the Captain's right hand, making sure to evoke the imagery for the new officers present.