<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>(Laura's Quarters, Security Office</td></tr><tr><td><strong>With:</strong> </td><td> No one</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Doing:</strong> </td><td> Scheming</td></tr></tbody></table><br/><hr/><br/><br/>Laura Hicks rose from the bed and sighed, there was no way that she was going to doze off after the months of "sleep" she had been through in route. The thought was nice after the climax that Lou had given her in the observasion dome, but she was usually a high energy woman and that hadn't changed just because she was on a different planet.<br/><br/>She rose and dressed in the new issue BTU's of the Mar's military forces... the red, orange and pink splotchy pattern that was almost universal across Earth... in different colors.<br/><br/>She paused to pull her weapons belt on and push a brush through her dark hair before leaning over the desk in the room and pressing the announcement button... something that few quarters had.<br/><br/>The intercom system sounded the three tone whistle that announced a base wide broadcast.<br/><br/>"Will Mr. Painter report to the Security Office."<br/><br/>Turning the system off again, she passed through the door of her quarters and thought about checking in on Lou, but she wasn't sure where she was. Something to do later, she supposed.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Laura rode the lift down to the next level and entered the Security Office again, this time,  one of the team was sitting behind the desk watching the camera displays and cleaning a sidearm. She nodded as she passed through, "When Mr. Painter arrives, send him to my office."<br/><br/>"Aye Ma'am." he said and nodded in acknowledgement.<br/><br/>Laura moved through and down the hall to her small office and settled in, activating the computer and started working up the specifics for the SAR exercise.