<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/f/f3/Max_Cosarina_-_Macross.jpeg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Lt Maxine "Max" Cosinara<br/><strong>Callsign:</strong>Phade<br/><strong>Date:</strong>11 March 2032<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Moon Base Aluce /Officers Quarters/Ready Room<br/><strong>With:</strong>Zilkin Kaverosky, T'chak, Kathryn Foss, Max Cosinara, Zephorus<br/><hr/><br/>Max listened to Commander Nomura's assignments and the fact that she and Lt Zephorous would be taking the next patrol the following day didn't surprise her.  Commander Nomura had said as much when Max met with him the week before when she arrived.  She knew her flying schedule was going to be busy getting the crews up to speed and making sure that the patrol schedule was covered until everyone was up to speed.  Being the only qualified VF-5 pilot of the new arrivals and being the only one checked out on the new Weasel Model VF-1's, Max knew she would be thrown immediately into the rotation.<br/><br/>Having already had a chance to look over Lt Zephorous' record, she was pretty certain she was going to need to go easy on him to begin with.  Max wasn't one to make judgments on people before seeing what they could do, which was the reason she'd suggested to Commander Nomura the new pair hit space as soon as they could to iron out any deficiencies before the real missions began.  The other new crew, T'Chak and Foss looked like some sort of cosmic joke.  Max wasn't sure why the leadership had decided to pair the two completely dissimilar crew together, but she knew there had to be a reason.  Max only hoped it became apparent before any real combat started.<br/><br/>When Commander Nomura dismissed the crew Max moved towards the door, slipping out of the room before anyone else did.  She took up a perch in the corridor outside the Ready Room, in a position where she could watch her new unit interact.  She heard Commander Nomura offer to get T'Chak in the simulator in the morning.  The arrangement suited Max as she wanted her leadership to assess the new pilot before she had a chance to get her claws into him.<br/><br/>As Zephorous exited the Ready Room she looked up at him with a smile.  He seemed the brooding type, a personality trait she'd come to expect from Zentran mirconized or not, but she hoped he'd open up to her.  "Hey!  I'm Max.  I go by Phade.  Looks like we'll be flying together.  You want to head down to Roast In Space and talk over a coffee?"  Uncertain how her new RIO was going to respond to her, seeing as how their personalities were likely to clash about as much as T'Chak and Foss, Max did her best to put her best foot forward and break the ice as much as possible before they had to fly together.