p class="p1"Nothing aboard the seaQuest was neutral toned. Everything was either blue or bright yellow. It made it quite jarring when one had to go to UEO headquarters, Nathan thought. Everything surrounding him was neutral. Even the art work was merely inoffensive. He scanned his handprint on the black box allowing him access to the class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""Captain Bridger, so good to see you," one of them, whose name he could never remember, said, offering a class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""Admiral," he replied, taking the hand, and uncertain whether he should also class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""Don't worry about formalities here, besides, I'm hardly the highest ranking in the room," the man answered his question without being class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""Nathan!" Bill called out, coming over to class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""Bill!" Nathan replied class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""Don't worry about a thing. The admirals just want to get your opinion on how the science and military contingents are getting along on your ship. We're considering expanding the experiment to put science crews on a few more submarines, and we'd like to hear how it's going on the seaQuest."span class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""Honestly, it's tricky, Bill," Nathan class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""Hold that thought," Bill interrupted, and called everyone to order. Everyone sat down at a long chair with Bill at one head and Nathan at the other. The other Admirals sat along the class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""Alright, we are here to discuss the science experiment aboard seaQuest," Bill said, "You were saying it's tricky?"span class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""It is. Many of the career navy people don't understand the science types, and we get a good number of complaints. I understand from Dr. Westphalen that it was worse before I came aboard."span class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""It was," Bill class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""My honest opinion is that if you want to expand this experiment, you need to carefully pick your captains for their scientific backgrounds, like, I assume, you picked me."span class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""Thank you for your candor. While you have everyone's ear, is there anything else you'd like to add on the matter?"span class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""No, thank you, I think I've said everything I need to say," Nathan answered class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""Great. I'll see you out," Bill said, standing up. Everyone else stood up after him, and he and Nathan made their ways through the neutral hallways and back outside to the bustling city of Pearl class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""Captain Bridger, so good to see you," one of them, whose name he could never remember, said, offering a class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""Admiral," he replied, taking the hand, and uncertain whether he should also class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""Don't worry about formalities here, besides, I'm hardly the highest ranking in the room," the man answered his question without being class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""Nathan!" Bill called out, coming over to class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""Bill!" Nathan replied class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""Don't worry about a thing. The admirals just want to get your opinion on how the science and military contingents are getting along on your ship. We're considering expanding the experiment to put science crews on a few more submarines, and we'd like to hear how it's going on the seaQuest."span class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""Honestly, it's tricky, Bill," Nathan class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""Hold that thought," Bill interrupted, and called everyone to order. Everyone sat down at a long chair with Bill at one head and Nathan at the other. The other Admirals sat along the class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""Alright, we are here to discuss the science experiment aboard seaQuest," Bill said, "You were saying it's tricky?"span class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""It is. Many of the career navy people don't understand the science types, and we get a good number of complaints. I understand from Dr. Westphalen that it was worse before I came aboard."span class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""It was," Bill class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""My honest opinion is that if you want to expand this experiment, you need to carefully pick your captains for their scientific backgrounds, like, I assume, you picked me."span class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""Thank you for your candor. While you have everyone's ear, is there anything else you'd like to add on the matter?"span class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""No, thank you, I think I've said everything I need to say," Nathan answered class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p
p class="p1""Great. I'll see you out," Bill said, standing up. Everyone else stood up after him, and he and Nathan made their ways through the neutral hallways and back outside to the bustling city of Pearl class="Apple-converted-space" /span/p