<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/f/fa/Mars_test.jpg)</div><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Character name:</strong></td><td>Wing Commander Louise Cotter</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Location:</strong> </td><td>Mission Commander's Office</td></tr><tr><td><strong>With:</strong> </td><td> Alone for a moment</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Doing:</strong> </td><td>Settling in.</td></tr></tbody></table><br/><hr/><br/>I made it to my office, having left most of the crowd behind when I left the Maintenance Block (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=148833.msg6750122#msg6750122). The corridors were cold and empty. Soon enough they would reach their nominal temperature of 18°c, but for now, they were just above freezing as the life support systems strained to get things up to speed.<br/><br/>I sat behind my desk and breathed a sigh of relief. I opened one of the thigh pockets of my suit and pulled out my most treasured possession. A framed holoprint showing two dark haired young women standing triumphantly in front of a Boing 809 Sky-lifter, one waving an Australian flag, the other a Canadian. The sheer joy and excitement on both faces was sobered by the black band around the top and bottom of the hologram.<br/><br/>I set the picture on my desk. In my head, I pulled up a song by Brian Adams - (Everything I do) I do it for you. It matched my mood perfectly. Even the line "I would die for you".  I located the desk computer and powered it up, then logged in with the username and password I had been given, changed the password, and watched while the system ran it's diagnostics and started.<br/><br/>No sooner had it done so than it beeped. I had an automated message? Okay.... I pulled it up and Acting Base Commander Gunter Hulf's face filled the screen. I paused the message, turned off the music and called Laura and Stefan.<br/><br/>"Please could you both step into my office? There's something here I think you should both see."