<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 to suit up, then airlock to get outside.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>With:</strong> </td><td> Lt. Col. Cotter and others</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Doing:</strong> </td><td> Suiting up and meeting the newest colonist</td></tr></tbody></table><br/><hr/><br/>Laura had drilled with the E-suits, along with all of the Security Team, until they could be airtight, and checked, in less than 2 minutes. She took her time though and with a nod to her second, she stepped into the airlock with Louise. "Ready Ma'am?" she asked and pulled her helmet on over her head and secured the orange and red helmet to the rest of the same color patterned suit. "Comms check." she said into the suit's communications system and nodded to herself. "Ready Colonel."<br/>