Picking up assignments (all)

[Lieutenant K'Pau]

Lieutenant K'Pau stood waiting for the cadets to arrive at Mars shuttleport. As usual, her outfit was immaculate, her hair perfect in every way. There was not a ruffle in her uniform, nor a hair out of place. Such was her way.

The shuttles landed, and K'Pau readied her PADD. Once the cadets assembled, it would be her job to hand out the assignments for their time here on the red planet.

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[Cadet Zaynah]

Zaynah looked around. Where had Gina gone off to? She had been following the cadet, but when she stopped to watch the mechanics scramble to their shuttle like ants she lost her. As such, Zaynah was the first to arrive. Gulping, she looked at K'Pau, trying not to think of explosives.

"Cadet Zaynah," she said, nodding to the Lieutenant.

She folded her hands as she waited for the others to arrive. Almost everyone had chosen their career paths and Zaynah felt silly not having a uniform of any proper color. She had spent many sleepless nights tossing and turning, trying to pinpoint a path. "Maybe this mission will bring something out in me," she thought, looking at the Lieutenant hopefully.

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[Cadet Aegina Em]

Gina practically skipped out of the shuttle, her mood so improved by her headache suddenly having lessened. Maybe it was the nap, maybe it was the Martian atmosphere... maybe it was something else entirely. Whatever it was, she was grateful for it.

She came to a stop next to Zaynah, surprised that the other girl had managed to get there before her.

"Cadet Aegina Em," she said to the Starfleet officer standing with the PADD looking official. Had to be Lieutenant K'Pau; she had the right number of pips for a start.

She looked sideways at Zaynah and grinned at her.

"Ready to roll," she said, grinning.

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[Cadet Kathryn Burnham]

Kathryn was the first out of Alpha shuttle and down onto the planet's surface. She'd been near to here on their training mission earlier in the year, but this wasn't anything like the rocky barren surface they'd been on then. This was a bustling spaceport, much like the ones back on Earth. Looking up, though, the sky looked different, and looking out through one of the great glass observation windows, the ground outside was red.

Despite her mood, Kathryn couldn't help smiling to herself. She couldn't believe how exotic the place was... how different to everything she knew at home.

She spotted immediately where she was supposed to be going, her search aided in the fact that Zaynah was stood there. Of all the cadets at the Academy, it was very hard to get Zaynah confused with someone else.

She walked over, and smiled at Zaynah.

"Cadet Kathryn Burnham, sir," she said politely to the Lieutenant, who just nodded back at her. She assumed she must be waiting for a certain number of people before she gave out their assignments, so she turned to Zaynah. "Good trip?" she asked. She gave a small smile and nod to the other girl, having no idea really who she was.

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[Cadet Helik Dakbar]

"Cadet Helik Dakbar."

He forced himself not to look at Kathryn as he took his place in the group, but he failed. The color of the sky through the windows reflected off of her hair, causing it to shimmer with a warm glow. He shook his head, tearing his eyes away, focusing only on the Lieutenant standing before them. He had also seen Zaynah and was glad she had been in a different shuttle. The woman had been driving him crazy, trying to get him to talk about his 'feelings'.

"It is not about feelings," he had tried to tell her, but she was very persistent. Even though she was in front of him, he knew she was forming questions, just waiting for her chance.

"Let's get going," Dakbar thought, shifting uncomfortably in place.

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[Cadet Zaynah]

"Ready to roll."

"Absolutely," Zaynah said. She leaned in and whispered, "the pilot gave me a donut."

"Good trip?"

"Kath!" Zaynah hugged her friend, then remembered the Lieutenant was watching. "Sorry, ma'am," she said. She spotted Dakbar and smiled at him, then waved. "When are you two going to talk this thing out," she asked Kathryn, "you both can't go on avoiding each other forever." She saw someone else she knew and waved again.

"I wonder what they're going to have us do," she asked anyone who was within earshot. Looking around, she tried to spot anything that might be a clue to their assignments. "Whatever it is... it has to be better than walking on an asteroid..."

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[Cadet Kalath Da'Kar]

He’d been quite fascinated with seeing the red planet – he hadn’t gotten a chance to go on the last trip to Mars – though he’d kept his focus mostly on finding Lieutenant K’Pau, which wasn’t difficult; he knew she was a Lieutenant, and her name sounded Vulcan.

“Cadet Kalath Da’kar, sir,” he said. He saw the Orion hug another girl; that seemed rather unprofessional but then again the Orion seemed rather unconventional. As for Kalath, he was with the group but not really with anyone else. He noticed Dakbar was there too; he avoided him for the time being because he believed Dakbar didn’t really want anything to do with him.

He hoped the assignment would have some engineering in it but even if not, it was still a chance to learn something new.

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[Cadet Est th'Zthel]

The Andorian was of course out of the shuttle shortly following Kathryn. He wasted no time in seeking out Lieutenant K’Pau, whom he had recognised from the prior trip to Mars. He wondered what the assignment could be, but he trusted the instructors’ judgment – whatever it was, it would likely teach him something new and useful.

Aside from Mars, he had not been off of Earth. It was refreshing to be on another planet – there were certainly different sensations here. “Cadet Siriskajresth th’Zthel,” he replied. A mouthful for humans and some other alien species, but simple for him and certainly simple for the Vulcan.

His antennae swiveled this way and that as he stood there.

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[Cadet Nichole Sullivan]

All the hustle and bustle of the other cadets around her made Nichole smile brightly. Everyone appeared to be so happy, including herself. Well, except maybe for one person. Nichole looked up at the Vulcan lieutenant. "Cadet Nichole Sullivan." Nickky spoke up just a bit when addressing herself. She also gave a curt nod before leaving her spot.

"Hello stranger." Nichole said with a smile as she approached Dakbar. She placed a calm hand on his shoulder. "How have you been as of late?"

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[Cadet Sharpay Harper]

"Lieutenant K'Pau, Cadet Sharpay Harper." Now that the pleasantries are over, time to mingle.

Sharpay walked out into the large group of cadets that had accumulated from each shuttle. There was a lot of buzz going around, which all in all was not surprising. Friends here, friends there, friends everywhere.

"Is it my imagination or are a few faces lacking?" Sharpay said quietly to herself. Well, it was a big group, perhaps the few were hiding in it.

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[Cadet Kathryn Burnham]

"Kath!"

Kathryn was surprised by Zaynah's enthusiastic greeting, but in retrospect she supposed that it was very much of the girl's personality to do something of the sort. Between Zaynah and Sharpay, Kathryn felt positively morose in comparison.

"When are you two going to talk this thing out," she asked Kathryn, "you both can't go on avoiding each other forever."

The smile faded from her face somewhat.

"He doesn't want to talk to me," she said, not really making an effort to lower her voice. "He made that very clear." Her eyes flicked to him for a moment, before she looked back at Zaynah again, her eyes sad. "He hates me, Zay."

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[Cadet Richard Storm]

"Cadet Richard Storm." Richard announced to the Vulcan as his eyes looked around, too many faces. Right now he just wanted to hear the assighment and get it going so he can actually go and do something. He waited as he observed the dunes.

A chill - despite the temperature (even in the shuttleport), ran up and down his spine.

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[Cadet Liz Sur'Shess]

Liz came up to the expressionless Vulcan woman. And found herself crushed right next to Richard Storm. Darn it. "Cadet Elizabeth Sur'Shess." she said quietly to the Lieutenant, then glanced at Richard, looking for an escape route into the crowd.

No such luck. Others were shouting their names at the Lieutenant, shoving forward so Liz couldn't move any way except forward. And she wasn't about to go that way, righti nto the Vulcan. No way.

So Liz stared straight ahead, hoping Storm would get the hint. But he probably wouldn't.

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[Cadet Aegina Em]

Gina grinned as Zaynah told her that the pilot gave her a donut. She didn't know much about the Orion girl, but she'd picked up that she was certainly very persuasive. Gina wondered if that pilot would have given up his dinner for just anyone.

More people crowded around them, which Gina was both glad and irritated to see. More people meant that they'd be underway again soon, but on the other hand the crowds weren't helping in her attempt to banish the headache for good. She saw Liz arrive, and sidled over towards her.

"Ready to rock and roll?" she asked her roommate. "Did you have a good flight over?"

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[Lieutenant K'Pau]

K'Pau nodded perfunctorily at each cadet as they announced themselves to her. She had no interest in chatting to them, of course, but simply made a note of their names and any behaviour which they exhibited. The cadets might not know it, or realise it, but of course they were continually being assessed during every moment of their trip to the red planet.

Satisfied that all had arrived, K'Pau cleared her throat to attract everyone's attention.

"Your groups for the first exercise will be groups of three," she said. "Please find your teammates quickly and with minimum fuss. Each group will have an assigned leader, who should collect the group briefing from me once I have read out all of the groups. Groups will then proceed from here to their assigned locations. First assignments will last two hours. After that time, you are expected to find your way back to the main square just outside this building, where you will be given your second assignment."

She waited a moment for all the information to sink in, then raised the PADD to read the names off it.

"Cadets Zaynah and the'Zthel with team leader Radley. Cadets Burnham and Sullivan with team leader Helik. Cadets Storm and Sur'shess with team leader Em. Cadets Rider and Kalath with team leader Harper..."

K'Pau continued until she had finished the list.

"Team leaders, collect your PADDs now, then depart with your teams to your designated locations."

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