Snip: "Bridge to engineering," Rayne said, tapping the comm switch on his command chair. "Ensign Darrow? Status on those modifications?" On: Emma sat up so fast she banged her head on the console she was fine-tuning. How long, she wondered, would she respond to comm-calls by jumping like an untried cadet? She'd been an ensign for how long now? And an engineer for longer than that. Why did she keep acting surprised when someone asked her something? She sighed, knowing there was no answer to that particular question. Tapping her commbadge she answered, "Darrow to Bridge. Captain, the modifications are finished. I was... tweaking just a little before I ran a quick test. I will be done in.." she consulted her chrono, "two and one half minutes, sir." She couldn't help but ask, in a rather meeker voice than she wanted, "Is that ok, sir?" Ensign Emma Darrow Engineer Pasteur Station (On the Dauntless) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ