((I know the SSV Yorktown is an Alliance Vessel but I couldn’t think of a name that fit and wasn’t already taken))
Tahra’s omni-tool blipped, letting her know she had a message. She quickly pulled it up, it was from the Illusive Man and she would rather read her messages from him without Operative Decasta around. She quickly scanned the message before deleting it.
Tahra,
I assigned you and Operative Erin Decasta to work together for a reason. I heard about what happened once you two left my office yesterday, I was less than pleased. You two are my best operatives and I believe you have a lot that you can learn from each other. I expect you to make more of an effort. I know you and Decasta will find out what the Geth are doing. I expect a report, daily, from the both of you.
-Illusive Man
Tahra reflected on her interactions with Decasta thus far and agreed, she had been quite rude. Then again, her personality was the reason that she was often assigned to take care of things herself, that and she was more than capable by herself. The Illusive Man must have seen something that would require the two women to work together.
“Morning Operative Iles," Decasta said. "Ready to go?" She was dressed in her armor just like Tahra was and her gear was slung over her left shoulder.
“Good Morning Decasta,” Tahra decided to drop the title of Operative off…it often got tedious. “Let’s find us some Geth.”
Tahra lead the way into the small shuttle, taking the helm at the controls. They were going to be taking the shuttle from Cronos Station to their ship, the SSV Yorktown. This would be Yorktown’s maiden voyage and Tahra was secretly excited to be taking command of the newest Cerberus vessel even if she was sharing command with someone she didn’t know.
As Tahra set a course for Yorktown she said, “Decasta, I think we might have gotten off on the wrong foot yesterday. I admit that it’s entirely my fault, I’m not used to working with a partner. I just wanted to apologize for being rude.”
The SSV Yorktown came into view and Tahra inhaled sharply. She always felt more at home in space than she did on Earth or any of her colonies. She grew restless if she stayed in any one place too long which had served her well in Cerberus, a lot of Operatives had families they wanted to stay with. If this assignment went well there was a good chance that Tahra (and possibly Decasta depending on what she wanted) would be assigned to the Yorktown as her permanent Commanders.
“She’s beautiful,” Tahra said aloud, to no one in particular.
Once they’d docked with the Yorktown the two women were lead to the uppermost deck of the Yorktown, the commander’s quarters. Tahra sighed with relief when she realized there were in fact two rooms.
“It was meant for the Commander and the XO, but seeing as there are two commanders we have relocated the XO to the Crew Quarters,” Yorktown’s yeoman explained.
Tahra took her gear and took the XO’s room, leaving the larger commander’s room for Decasta to have. She knocked on Decasta's door before walking in. "Ready to head for the Veil? No idea what we'll find but we have to start somewhere."