<span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: comic sans ms;">Sahara couldn't help the genuine laugh that bubbled up from her stomach to her mouth.  It seemed that the SIC was good company.  He was funny, and she needed to laugh every once in a while.  She wanted to ask him about the new medical hologram that was rumored to be joining her department, but thought the better of doing so.  Sahara didn't want to be accused of only wanting to fish for information from the higher ups.  That was not the reason why she was befriending them.  She just wanted a friend or two on the ship.<br/><br/>She had her sights set on someone, but she wasn't saying who just yet.  She wanted to make sure that things worked out, and being that she was very superstitious, she didn't want to do anything to ruin her chances of getting to know the handsome and ever interesting executive officer in the future.  Her thoughts turned to Samuel, and she wondered how they were faring on their mission down at the planet's surface.  "Is there some way that you would know if something goes wrong with the away team that's been beamed down to the surface of the planet?" she asked, hoping that her voice was neutral enough so as to not give away the nature of why she was asking her question.<br/><br/>Before Makari would even have a chance to answer her questions, the Tactical officer that was on the bridge with them spoke up.  Sahara frowned as she listened to the man's words.  Nodding to Makari, she stood behind him, looking over his shoulder at his console.  Reading what was there, she made a mental note of things that she saw.  She had been quite worried about the chronitons that they would be facing during this expedition, and had hoped that they would have a bit more time before they were faced with having to deal with them.  Now, that didn't seem to be working out.  Damnit, she thought to herself.  "Is there some way to monitor what is going on around the ship from here?" she asked.  "There's no telling the caliber of what we're dealing with at the moment.  Anything could happen while we're not aware of other parts of the ship..."</span>