Interesting little vignette. I like Oyugo's reaction to advisory board. That's natural. I also like the idea that she was an outside candidate with not much hope to get this position. That adds an interesting dynamic to the character.

Author's Response:

Thanks for reading and commenting, CeJay!

First off, I love getting the chance to see the guys before the mission. Stuff like this you say was written already and it is terrific character and world building stuff. It really helps to give a new and unique insight into the Tesseract characters.

Who else to kick things off with, than the dear old captain. Not that old actually and the fact she was a dark outsider for the job somewaht matches with many impressions we had at the start about Adele. She seemed too young and more importantly inexperienced for such a job and such a mission. However, Adele quickly dispelled such notions. Here you clearly demonstrate those virtues, qualities and job qualifications that got Adele the job. Her being a people person, a diplomat, good at diffusing tense and difficult situations navigating the turbulent currents of opposing parties, not to mention her ability to organise and orchestrate matters on such a large scale with the relief efforts. All of course, will be very useful to her in the DQ and command the Tesseract.

Great too to see her reaction to Icheb and the Advisory Board. Both items big news to - erm - assimilate - bad choice of words but true too. Excellent. Excellent.

And what I really liked was her perspective on her XO and the aspect she felt they could bring to her command. Be her balance and help her have a broader and more informed outlook. I love that she recognises her own areas of 'weakness' and is big enough to be self-reflective. Terrific.