As Maria sat in the chair she turned her head to look over at the UAC excect for a moment and then Jack as he and him got into a staring contest with one another she could feel the obvious tension between the two of them but she remained pretty quiet for the most part. When they finished arguing with one another and sat down just as the rear hatch closed behind the UAC exect Maria ran a hand through her hair and sighed slightly as she tensed up and gripped the arm rests of her seat tightly. She felt the heat starting to rise in the little cargo bay that they were in and then just as quickly as it came as the cargo ship flew through the atmosphere then came the coldness of space as it entered earth's orbit and then leaving for Mars.

Maria turned her attention towards Jack as he introduced himself to her and smiled back at him for a moment. "I'm Maria Smith, working as head engineer for the UAC." She said as she moved her right hand slightly as she brought it up showing the screen and started to play the same audio message that she had been given the board. "I'm just here to pass along the information to them and fix up whatever problem that it is that they are having up there." Maria answered as she unclipped her seatbelt and floated over towards the nearest window and watched as Earth quickly became smaller and smaller. "So what about you, same message that they showed me?" Maria asked him.