Cate finished indulging in her chili, her mind beginning to run through all the scenarios of the upcoming meeting.  She was anxious for it to begin but she had a fair amount of time until it did.  Everyone seemed to be busy or getting acquainted, which was fine with her, an introduction at the Senior Staff's meeting would be much less awkward, a good ice breaker.  Getting up from her seat she took her used bowls over to the replicator and pulled up a schematic of the<em>McNair</em>on her datapad.  Exploring the ship until the meeting began seemed like a good use of her time, not to mention she was just chomping at the bit to see every square inch of the state of the art science vessel.  Politely smiling and nodding to those remaining in the lounge Cate excused herself and walked off, nose squarely in the datapad and determined to memorize the layout of the ship swiftly.