"Space vampires."

"And you sound utterly ridiculous number one."

"Captain, you can't say you're not just a little bit intrigued about the concept?"

The captain leaned back in his chair to briefly hesitate with his sentence. "I admit, I am. But placing the words 'space vampire' as a term to identify a species is insulting."

"Even Doctor Crusher confirmed that the term was not inaccurate."

"And you're even curious, commander?"

"Yes sir, I am. Wouldny you agree that it would be intriguing to see the original environment instead of some lab when everything is pact up?"

The captain was a little surprised at the notion that his first officer had suggested. "You want to see the field work number one?"

"Yes sir, and I suspect you do as well."

"You're not wrong." the captain stood from his desk. "Let Doctor Crusher and Lieutenant Worf know that we will beam down to the planet one hour. It would also be good to see our new crew member at work.

"Yes sir," RIker moved to leave but was stopped short.

"Oh and Commander Riker. Please do stop referring to this new species as space vampires."

The first office smirked and said, "Yes Captain." as he exited the ready room.


AN: honestly i forgot why i made this chapter so short but the good thing is chapter length increases from here. I may combine this with chapter 2 in the future