The Enterprise had docked at one of the space stations just near the border between the Vulcan and Earth spaces. Or, at least, where the Vulcan space used to be. Now rubble resided there, and Vulcans were among the endangered species in the Federation.
Usually, despite best efforts, the species under the endangered list eventually died out. The Xindi did, the Freei, the Korna... All species lost to the past despite best humanitarian efforts. And the few Vulcans, McCoy knew, aboard the ship had taken the loss of their homeworld hard, even for Vulcans, depression and loss was evident on their faces.
Vulcan was the third homeworld that had been lost in the last 50 years, right after Denobula and Jah-reed.
"Sir?" and speak of the devil. Lack-a-daisy posture, but the Denobulan exuded nothing but respect, curiosity, and thinly veiled excitement.
"Lieutenant." and he took her pro-offered hand intending to shake it.
She shook it, but then, as according to her culture, which he'd almost forgot about, she stepped right into his personal space and shoved her nose right into his neck.
McCoy froze, his back ramrod straight, trying not to inhale. It might cause issues if he happened to get accidentally dosed by her pheromones if she was in season. But then she was stepping back, and suddenly there was distance again.
He breathed.
She didn't exactly smile, but her eyes crinkled at the corners. "Approached for duty, Dr. McCoy. Is a pleasure to be under your service." And her standard was poor, heavy accent as she over-pronounced her d's, but still understandable.
"You're my second?" McCoy checked, "Dr. Jenn?"
She nodded, "Jynne" she corrected his pronunciation, which actually made her name sound like Gene.
"Jynne." He repeated, "I'm Leonard McCoy, CMO of the Enterprise, y'already knew that, but blah blah, formalities. You'll 'course have to check in with Commander Spock, the first officer, to get cleared to move 'board the ship, but otherwise, you're set. You'll be mostly in our medical research labs, but I'd understand you've a background in Neurology too?"
"I do have. Yes."
He grinned then, "Well," He clapped her shoulder, "welcome aboard, Doctor. Now let's see if we can't scare you off." His following chuckle was a bit foreboding.