MacReady surrendered the engineer's PADD back to him and picked up the food again.  "Okay, alright," he replied, smiling a little.  He then let the Chief Engineer meet the Klingon Tactical Officer, and went over to a table to go sit down.  The Commander poked at the food a little bit.  It had an interesting texture, which was his personal way of saying that it tasted alright, but wasn't something they should serve for him especially.    He was going to need to get up and get acquainted with the other major officers...<br/><br/>...which looked like was starting right now, with a woman he'd seen talking earlier making her way over to the table where he was sitting.  He shook her hand when she introduced herself.  "Tir..."  He looked lost in thought for a moment, and then looked back to her.  "Chief Medical Officer, right?"  He indicated the chair.  "Go on, sit down.  You don't need to stay standing on my account."  If she'd been an Ensign out of the Academy, maybe.  But she was a major officer, and good rapport would be needed at the highest level for the ship to run smoothly.<br/><br/>He was about to start up a conversation with her when another officer came up - this one with Lieutenant Commander pips on his collar.  Everyone else here had the two dots of a Lieutenant...so there was a single conclusion to draw from it.  "Osiel.  You're the Risian, right?  Chief of Operations, if the information packet sent over from Headquarters was right..."  He chuckled a little.  "You have my old job."  Pointing to the chair he was standing in front of, MacReady spoke.  "Sit, please.  I was just done telling Lt. Tir here that she didn't need to stand, either."