<--Enters conspicuously and with unspoken apology finds his chair from earlier--><br/><br/>"<em>Welcome to the first mission briefing</em>."<br/><br/>What washed over him was of little consequence.  Dun knew something 'was up' when he began to realize that with more power, came more responsibility.  There had not been a discernible outlet for the the SDD energy output and he had dreaded what was in store for his work and Starfleet collaboration.<br/><br/>Science vessel and support had come as a shock to him.  The Defiant alone could became nearly invincible with the new warp core he had helped trouble shoot.  The fact that Starfleet had failed to engineer it on a big scale had almost guaranteed in Dun's brain that this would be a military escalation priority alone, especially after the events between the Romulans and the Vulcans.<br/><br/><em>Science vessel?  Chronitrons?  What the frack was going on here and why had he decided he needed to make his name in SDD Plasma Incorporation...</em>Dun thought as he massaged his temples with both hands as he listened to the briefing.