Commander Jazzy Shepard walked onto the Normandy for the first time behind Captain Anderson. No one on the ship had seen her yet and she kept her mouth shut at the moment. She had already read up on the crew before hand and looked around for the faces she knew well and those who worked in the shadows, not seen as much but as important as the rest. She had her genetically altered short red hair straightened and glasses on her nose. She knew that her eyes could be fixed to more than perfection with current medicine but choose to wear the black oval rims. She was shorter than the normal genetically 6 ft human by a whole foot but enjoined it. Especially when big burly men cringed at the tiny woman with a loud voice.
Kaidan Alenko sat in the co-pilot spot next to Jeff Moreau A.K.A Joker. She looked over to the two with naturally blue eyes. Something so rare these days people thought she was lying when she said so. Kaidan looked up and nodded to the new woman who he assumed was a new engineer. He speculated that she was a little short and looked too plain to be the Commander Shepard they were expecting so as Joker turned to him and asked, "Who is she." he replied with a shrug and a simple, "Probably noone." Joker raised his eyebrows and prepped for takeoff, "How do you know she isn't the Commander?" he asked the quiet Canadian beside him.
"I don't know." Kaidan replied as the girl followed the Captain away, "After hearing the stories of the great Commander Shepard. A Spacer from the start should have a build like all Alliance men and women tall and strong. She is a War Hero after all and a Sentinel like I am." Joker rolled his eyes, "So what? She is a Sentinel like you? Does that mean she is also Canadian and carries her ego on her sleeve?" Kaidan tried to cover the blush creeping up his neck as Nihlus walked into the shuttle doors.
"Joker, Set Coordinates for Edin Prime." Captain Anderson's voice came out of the console on Joker's left, "Aye Aye." Kaiden shook his head and turned to the Joker, "So, did you see her come in?" he asked and a woman walked up behind the two men just in time to catch Kaiden's question, "Who?" she asked and both men turned around to see the woman who had been walking behind the Captain earlier, "Oh well the Commander... Miss..." Kaiden was fishing for her name and she smiled in amusement, "Jazz, so tell me Mr..." Jazz copied Kaiden's hand movement before he smiled and gave his own name. Not to be forgotten Joker jumped in with his own.
"Nice to meet the pilots." Jazz said watching both men turn back to the controls, "Well I am a soldier, Ma'am, just helping Jeff out until the normal co-pilot get's back from his vacation." she nodded with a small smile as Nihlus walked up behind her. He nodded politely and she nodded back giving a gentle smile. Joker pushed a few buttons haphazardly before pressing a button to his left, "Were about to make a FTL jump through the Arcturus Relay hold on tight ladies and gentlemen!"
Both Jazz and Nihlus took the chairs of both pilots tightly in their grip and rode the bumpy relay jump in silence. Kaiden silently remarked upon the woman's easy adaptation to the jump that was until the last bump had her flying into his lap. As she stood and straightened herself out Nihlus left and Joker sat grumbling. The speaker to his right crackled to life, "Updates Joker?" it was the Captain, "Everything is A-Okay over here Captain Anderson but look out Nihlus is making his way to you." a few seconds passed before Anderson replied, "He is already here Joker..." Kaidan shot Joker a smirk, "Oh and send the Commander this way." Anderson said again. Jazz smiled and patted both men on their shoulders before replying, "On my way Captain."
As she left Joker gave Kaidan a knowing grin, "She was in my lap." Kaidan sputtered and Joker raised his eyebrows, "Yeah." he said watching Kaidan turn red from the neck up again, "She..." he sputtered and Joker laughed, "Let it go, Kaidan."
Kaidan turned in his seat to see the short woman walk away like she owned the world. Two bright blue eyes and red hair. A short tiny nose and symmetry of the eyes that was a par off perfect. Kaidan Alenko watched as Commander Jazz Shepard turned and shot him a look over her shoulder. This time he couldn't hide the red as she threw him a smile, "I think, I'm in love." he murmured and Joker rolled his eyes, "Thought she was too plain." he commented as Kaidan turned around in his seat and glared at Joker.