From: MGOTO@indiana.edu (Masako Goto)
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 16:58:01 -0500 (EST)
Subject: USS CHESAPEAKE: Lt. Anne Murray Reports for Duty

SD 90224.1937 (GMT)
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SB DELTA: CINCGREEN's Office
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	Feeling as though she were a hologram, Anne nodded to the 
Lieutenant at the desk, who looked back at her without seeming to *see* 
her, and walked out into the hallway.
	It was odd, she reflected, to go from being the subject of 
someone's obsession (albeit a negative one) to being close to a 
non-entity, all within 48 hours.
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USS CHESAPEAKE
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	The Ensign stood casually at the airlock.  He seemed to be 
completely unaware of his relative importance, cheerfully waving in 
crewmen without so much as a "permission granted."
	Of course, it all changed when he spotted her new pip.  He 
miraculously grew taller by about six inches, his smile became fixed, 
and his posture was suddenly ramrod straight.
	Anne looked at him with a mixture of puzzlement and disgust.  
What was it about her rank that seemed to turn off every Ensign she 
met?  Was a Lieutenant so formidable?  She had never been intimidated 
by superior officers; she treated them with the same cool respect with 
which she treated everyone.  She fought an urge to roll her eyes.  They 
just didn't make Ensigns the way they used to.
	"Permission to come aboard," she snapped at the young man, 
showing him her PADD.
	The Ensign made a show of reading every word on the device.
	"Permission granted, sir," he said.  No wave accompanied his 
remark; and, as she stepped into her new home, Anne felt curiously 
disappointed by the fact.
	The Captain wasn't hard to locate.  Anne waited until the CO 
was ready to turn from whatever work she was doing at the moment, then 
snapped to attention in front of her.
	"Murray, Anne Sanders, Lieutenant, reporting for duty, Sir!" 
she said, her severe visage looking more Vulcan than ever.
Respectfully submitted,
Masako Goto
Lt. Anne Murray, Ph.D.
CSciO
USS CHESAPEAKE, NCC-31813
*NRPG*
Amy: Here's Murray... I never have figured out how to report to COs, so 
I figured the easiest way would be to get her in the way.  My apologies 
if the Captain was guarding the entrance herself...  Also, do we have 
any sort of shipboard dating convention yet?
Jari: I wasn't sure if you wanted the CC or not; please let me know if 
you don't want to receive future CCs and I'll take you off the list.
All: Just FYI, Murray's attitudes regarding Ensigns certainly do not 
mirror my own... she's gotten used to the nearly chummy atmosphere in 
her department on her previous ship (she used to call the CSciO by his 
first name), so she naturally bristles when people treat her 
differently based on her rank.  Okay, end of spiel.  

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