Helopolis gave her a nod.  "Yes.  Several, actually.  Plus the simulators in the forward of the ship, of course.  I don't use those much, but they're available at times for private sessions.  And usually, you can get an idea of what we're facing from the name and content of the other sim programs that are in the system."<br/><br/>They threaded their way down towards the senior ground officer, who was having a quiet chat with a younger, and slightly bookish, female ground officer.  Her collar tabs said "Major" and her name patch over her right chest pocket said "Gales".  The Colonel rolled her eyes at Nova and threw her back a casual salute.<br/><br/>The other woman was in mid-sentence"...with what you're saying they just told us, we'll need some more expertise with psionics than we really have.  We have the normal preventative gear, but not much in the way of analysis or anything like that."<br/><br/>The Colonel scowled a bit.  "Nice of them to drop this on us right before we leave.  Corporate is working on it, but we'll see if they can get us anyone or anything before we leave Impie Space."  She looked up at the two doctors, and her face softened a bit.  "Ah.  Doctors Helopolis and Mordin.  Major Gales, this is our newest member of the ground side.  Well, officer rank member, that is."<br/><br/>The other woman smiled a bit.  "Shuuli Gales, psychological operations."  She held out a hand, turning a bit towards Nova.  "Welcome, Doctor."  As an aside, she nodded to Helopolis.  "And hello to you, Doctor Helopolis."<br/><br/>She then smiled a bit, and turned back to the Colonel.  "I'll let you go, ma'am, but I'll see what I can dig up that might be available to us on the way."  After the senior officer gave her a nod, the Major turned and headed out.<br/><br/>The Colonel turned to the two docs.  "So now, some of the mystery clears, eh?  Those drugs on your lists--at least, the less well known ones--are what we are looking for.  Our clients are worried that they might be used on our people, either voluntarily, or involuntarily, putting our mission at risk.  We need to know if that happens.  Plus, now we have another complication."  She shook her head a bit.  "There's some indication of psionics being used also, based on some trace chemicals in some of the...ahem...victims.  Doctor Helopolis, I know you've been with us when we've encountered some Zho psi-users, but I wonder what kind of experience you have, Doctor Mordin?"<br/><br/>