<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=82478.msg3654049#msg3654049">Quote from: Pixilicious on 19-09-2010, 19:22:40</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: comic sans ms;">"Thank you, Commander," Sahara said in a kind tone as she sat down.  "And yes, I am the Chief Medical Officer," she said with a brilliant smile in his direction.  "It's a pleasure to meet your acquaintance," she smiled.  "I do hope that the food is satisfactory.  Lieutenant MacGalleon is quite proud of his culinary skills," she said, glancing back at the Engineer that she had spoken to earlier while he was making tonight's chili with a soft chuckle.  <br/><br/>Sahara sat down, taking in the environment around her, particularly the man that she had just met.  His demeanor was very formal and she was taking a moment to process it all.  Assessing him silently, she was trying to figure out how much of him meant business before she ended up making an irresponsible blunder that would cost her the position that she was so grateful to have.  It would take a small bit of time, but she was sure that she would be able to figure out how Commander MacReady worked soon enough, and hopefully the slight nervousness she felt upon this first meeting would be gone.</span><br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>"It's good to meet you, too.  I know we're all going to be present at the Senior Staff meeting that's going to take place before we leave the shipyard, but it's good to know at least a few of the major players onboard before then."  He noted her comments on the food.  "It's...alright.  I certainly have nothing bad to say about it, just that it's not really the sort of food that I normally have."  A lot of MacReady's formality was from being one of the new arrivals, and from not working with the members of the crew for that long.  That wouldn't last - it never had on any of his assignments - but for the time being, the formality would continue.  Though he was sure that he'd get over it first with the Captain.<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=82478.msg3654952#msg3654952">Quote from: Barnbean on 19-09-2010, 23:41:29</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Right. New mental topic before he went all jamaharon on the place. "Operations Chief, that's my specialty..." Makari agreed with a grin. The fact the job used to be the first officers? Well he wasn't going to worry about that. The man had done something right to get promoted. Saved the kitten of an admiral or performed heroically while managing department heads. Whatever it was, he was sure he earned it, and wasn't going to get all nostalgic or constantly over the shoulder gazing his job. <br/><br/>"Risian all the way, and you are... human?" Makari guessed. Last time he had tried that he had gotten it wrong. He was still worried about a phaser shot to the back over that one, never insult a security chief!<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>"I hope so," he chuckled.  "With a name like Samuel Elliot MacReady, I'm in trouble if it's<em>not</em>human."  He took a long exhale, and then noted the two solid gold, and one black-gold pip on the Risian's uniform.  "Lieutenant Commander, huh?  Does that mean you qualify for Second Officer as well as Ops Chief aboard?"  All the other major officers - Tactical Officer Karn, Medical Officer Tir, for example - had all been Lieutenants.  Granted, Ops Chief was a big job, and required a good rank in order to work, but he still thought to ask.