Dietmar could feel his heart rate increase and his breathing return to its normal rythmn as the stasis pod lid opened. He slowly opened his dark green eyes as he stepped out of the stasis pod, his muscles creaking from lack of use. He stifled a yawn as he raised his arms over head stretching his long athletic frame. His slid a calloused hand through his shoulder length, chocolate brown hair, turning his head left and right wondering for a moment where the showers were located."How long have I been in stasis?" He thought to himself, as he walked down to the men's locker room. "Shower on. Water hot." He told the computer as he stripped himself of the smelly clothes he was wearing. He let out a long sigh of relief as he let the hot water pour over his back, soothing his aching muscles. After who knows how long of being in that stasis pod it really felt good to take a hot shower. After ten minutes, he got out, toweled himself off and slipped into his uniform. A green shirt with his last name and the letters EPT inscribed on the back, black cargo jeans with matching combat boots. The shirt accented his well toned chest, the byproduct of working out three days a week in the gym.

He looked at the stubble of a beard that was growing in and although he did not want to shave off the beard that was growing, he decided it would be best to look as professional as possible. After shaving, he found his way to the mess hall, to already find everyone already eating and talking amongst each other. He hears his stomach growl and walked over to grab some of his favorite food:steak, eggs and bacon. The smell was intoxicating as he got in line, becoming increasingly agitated as the line slowly moved. After waiting in line for ten minutes, he finally got his steak, eggs, bacon, and water. He scanned the hall for several minutes before giving up and sat down at the nearest empty table. He put his hands together and said a quick prayer then picked up his fork and began shoveling in his steak and eggs with relish. It almost tasted as good as Julia used to make it. He wondered if everyone from the team was up yet. However since most of the team wasn't human, he wasn't sure if some of them actually needed sleep.

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