***Conference Romm * USS Chimera *** Keeping busy was a good way to stop thinking about unpleasant things, and so Rangi had remained in sickbay for as long possible before leaving to prepare for the Senior Officers meeting. She had plenty to keep herself busy, for apart from her own work as CMO, she was responsible for the XO s work too, a task that she sometimes felt to be daunting. Twentyfive minutes before she was due in the conference room, she left sickbay and headed to her quarters to shower and change to a fresh uniform. Ten minutes before she was due in the conference room, she left her quarters and made her way to the turbo lift and found she had, after all, time to think. It was the counselor that filled her thoughts.T heir brief meeting earlier had done nothing, in Rangis opinion, to help matters at all. Far from it in fact, for she felt that Athena had ended their discussion dismissively. {...and why mention Rob?] she thought as the lift hummed along {.Shane is nothing like him...and its Athena thats the problem} But the seed had been set and began to grow. It was a short journey to the conference room and Rangi arrived there at the same time as Oriana. They entered the room together but took seats at opposite sides of the table. Rangi sat to Shanes right and tried to ignore the fact that Athena, already present, was sitting to his left. He smiled to her and they exchanged a few words. Almost all the seats were taken and Rangi looked around at the assembled officers, exchanging a nod or smile of greeting with most. {Its strange to be here without the General} she thought, turning her head to look at Shane who, now with a serious expression, was preparing to begin the meeting. He had half risen to his feet, the room falling silent as he did so, when the door slid open and to Rangis surprise Martin Guzman walked in. It was evident that Shane had expected him for he said in a curt tone"You are late Martin." All eyes followed the ACO s brother as he took a seat at the end of the table after making his excuse. Shane straightened up glancing at each officer in turn and said: "Thank everyone for coming. As you already know, we have left the orbit of Tetris II 30 minutes ago and head now to Deep space 6 station. I'll brief you about our mission shortly, but before that I would like to hear a short status report from all the departments." He looked at Rangi, smiled at her and said: "Rangi please begin" He sat down and leaned back in his chair, much as General Bretam would have done in his place. Rangi stood up. "Sir..." she began then turned to face the main gathering. "Sickbay is running at near peak efficiency. We have fully restocked supplies and the problem with the biocluster has been resolved albeit temporarily. I am assured the cluster will be fully functional in two hours or so." She looked at Gaalen as she spoke and he inclined his head in responce. "We have an ongoing problem from the pollen of the Dornian Wood Rose however.." she said and a murmur sounded around the table, for not all the officers present were aware of the fact. "There are eight crew currently experiencing ongoing effects three of whom have been suspended from duty?" She looked at Shane who nodded in agreement and turned back to the assembled officers again, adding "I can assure you there is no possibility of anyone previously unexposed to this pollen suffering any effects at all. The ship is free from it and all crew have been treated." She turned once again to face Shane, said simply "That's all..thankyou Sir" and at his small smile, she sat down. *** End log *** LtCmdr Rangi Summers CMO/AXO USS Chimera