<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/9/98/Marleen_cropped.jpg)</div><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Character name:</strong></td><td>Marleen Van Acker</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Location:</strong> </td><td>Martian surface</td></tr><tr><td><strong>With:</strong> </td><td>welcome party </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Doing:</strong> </td><td> addressing Major Hicks </td></tr></tbody></table><hr/><br/>Marleen turned her attention away from the base commander and to the security chief. She gave Major Hicks a slight smile and saluted her.<strong>“Marleen Van Acker, reporting for duty ma’am.” </strong>After the suggestion came that they help unload the shuttle, Marleen snapped out of her daze of reverie and instead focused on the task at hand. Some of the other new arrivals had already started assisting the ground personnel in bringing the supplies and equipment out of the spacecraft. Her breathing became more pronounced as she worked herself up something of a sweat inside the confines of her space suit.<br/>