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[center]The Shipyard floating in orbit around the Earth. It is a lot bigger than it looks once you are inside of it. The crowds of Starfleet personnel, wandering inside. Several ships can be seen, being put together by engineers and builders. In the middle of the work area, sits the USS Tricyion, the newest ship of the fleet. A Nova class vessel that was built to be a scouting ship, also with facilities for science experiments and such, it was the first of its kind. There were onlookers, watching the ship, some of them looked excited, most likely since they were to be part of its maiden voyage. Others were standing around, waiting to be allowed on board. The ship could only sustain a small crew, less than one hundred people, so there were not many who were waiting. You heard rumors that the captain was still young, and that this was her first command. Several rumors circulated about other members of the crew, but none quite like the age of the captain. Soon, a voice came over the intercom in the Shipyard, and it was directed towards the small crew of the ship.

[color=fff79a]"All personnel of the USS Tricyion, you are now permitted to board the ship."[/color] it said, and several people started walking over and forming a line to board the ship.

Once on board, a young woman who is wearing a Captain's uniform walks over to greet the newcomers, shaking their hands and introducing herself. [color=fff200]"Hello, I am Captain Tetra McCoy, welcome aboard. I am asking that all crew members meet me in the mess at 1600. I hope to become better acquainted with everyone on board then."[/color] she said with a smile, and moved along to the next newcomer.

The ship being small, only having 8 decks, it is easy to find where your quarters are.

Captain/Commander: Deck 1
Lieutenant Commanders/Lieutenants: Deck 2
Lieutenant Junior Grade/Ensigns: Deck 4


Once you find your room, you glance at the clock. It is only 1400 right now, giving you two hours to get used to your surroundings before the Captain asked everyone to be in the mess.
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[h1][center][color=fff200]Captain Tetra McCoy[/color][/center][/h1]
[hr][center]Location: Bridge[/center][hr]

After half an hour of welcoming crew members onto the ship, Tetra leaves to go up onto the Bridge. She already knew her way around the ship, having been there supervising it when they were putting the finishing touches on it. The bridge was near her own quarters, but she passed them by and went over and sat in the chair in the middle of the bridge. The Captain's Chair, she started looking at a small screen that was attached to the arm of the chair. It was a screen for short distance communications, and she noticed an incoming message coming from Starfleet. She accepts the call and sees the face of someone she does not recognize. From his uniform though, she can tell that he is an admiral. She hasn't been a Captain for very long, so she knows there might be a few high ranking officers she does not know.

[color=fff200]"Good afternoon Admiral,"[/color] she says, looking into the man's face.

[color=f9ad81]"Good Afternoon Captain, are all the members of your crew on board by now?" [/color]

[color=fff200]"Yes sir, all 77 are on board and probably exploring the ship a little by now. At 1600 I plan on getting to know them a little better down in the mess".[/color]

[color=f9ad81]"Alright, the last of the work on the ship is getting close to done. We estimate that you should be able to pull out at 1800 tonight."[/color]

She smiled, her excitement nearly got out of hand, but Tetra managed to remain calm when talking to him. [color=fff200]"Alright, I'll let the crew know. Goodbye then sir, I need to start reading up on a few of the ship's mechanics, I'm not even close to halfway through everything that the Shipyard folks gave me. I'll talk to you again right before we pull out".[/color]

He gave her a nod, and the comn went black. She got up from her chair after looking around the bridge once more. She left the bridge and went into her quarters, and instead of reading the engineering things the people at the yard gave her, she started reading one of her books about tactics. [i]Engineering was always a little too boring for me.[/i]