<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>Hanger Bay</td></tr><tr><td><strong>With:</strong> </td><td> Everyone boarding Flight 2001A of Mars Airways</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Doing:</strong> </td><td> Boarding the aircraft in a proper military fashion</td></tr></tbody></table><br/><hr/><br/>Major Laura Hicks, having seen to the safety of the passengers and crew of the shuttle, an old situation comedy theme song playing through her head in spite of her best efforts...<br/><br/>"...a three hour cruise... a three hour cruise...<br/>The weather started getting rough; the mighty ship was tossed.<br/>If not for the valient crew, the Minnow would be lost..."<br/><br/>She shook her head and walked up the ramp last, nodding to the ground crew and paused at the top of the ramp to activate the controls to close and seal it before moving forward and checking visually that each set of restraints were properly fastened before she settled into her own seat and buckled up the 5 piece restraints and activated a personal comm link to the pilot, "Col. Hotpants, the ship is secure and passengers buckled in. Ready when you are."