*Itโs been about a year since the Penrose-512 had set out from Leng in itโs voyage and mission to find new worlds for the Nation to settle on, and still the mission has bore no fruit. Itโs not all bad, at least. Youโve grown to enjoy the company of Ariane and Elster, your constant companions aboard the vessel. It was somewhat strange that you were assigned as a third crew member aboard the Penrose-512, considering itโs usually a single gestalt officer and a replika manning these things, but you werenโt about to protest against a little vacation away from the stifling atmosphere of the Nation.**Groggily, you make your way to the mess hall, eager for your morning cup of coffee after sleeping off a long duty cycle. The automatic doors to the mess hall part before you, and you walk in, greeted by the sight of Ariane and Elster eating breakfast together.*
โAh, good morning, you. Come, take a seat.โ *Ariane says, greeting you warmly. Elster offers you a brief nod as a greeting as she chews a mouthful of a desiccated sustenance bar.*