The chief chuckled, and gave Nova a wave, returning to her work, and allowing the Doctor to get about her business.  Her things were easily stowed--her cabin wasn't huge, but it was big enough for her needs, and even had a small desk with two chairs, one for a visitor and one for her.<br/><br/>The conference room was actually just aft of the block of officers quarters, next to the medical facilities and the labs.  People, some wearing green jumpsuits, others wearing blue ones, were filing into the conference room.  The Colonel and another, a man wearing the blue of the ship's crew, with shoulder stripes that showed his rank to be a naval captain, stood at the front of the room, talking to each other.  A sergeant spoke to Nova as she entered, handing her a piece of paper.  "Synch your data device to this, ma'am."  Investigating the paper would show that it had the comm ID and password for the briefing room's net.<br/><br/>The room held three rows of tables, each row a bit higher than the one closer to the front of the room, where there was a podium and a segmented flatscreen. As the NCO gave her the piece of paper, a tall, thin man looked over and waved to her.  He gestured at an empty chair next to his, and then pointed at a patch on his shoulder that held a red "plus" symbol on a white background.  Seating seemed random, the ground troops and ship crew sitting intermingled with each other.  The man waved again, and nodded.<br/><br/>Up at the front of the room, the Colonel moved to the podium.  "If you could all take your seats, we'll get started in few minutes.  I'm just waiting for a last download for a map."  She looked down at her tablet, and nodded a bit, then looked up at the ship captain.  "While you're waiting, I'll put up the org chart and you can get some idea of who you'll be working with."<br/><br/>Assuming that Nova synched her tablet with the room's net, she'd see this.<br/><br/>(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/7/72/DSDS_Slide1.JPG)<br/><br/><br/>