Being nearly eighteen and a commander would seem to be a huge accomplishment to any one that is human or alien. However River Tam found it to be stifling. She knew how much her fellow commanders envied and feared her abilities. Being unable to hide her psychic abilities, she had to tell the truth about them. At least she knew that they would value her instead of dissecting her brain before she took such a risk. Many were uncomfortable with the discovery however accepted her.

Although the rest of the commanders tired their best to stay away from her. She could guess that they feared that she would discover and steal their knowledge for any future projects or missions.

River was not interested in such trivial matters. If she wanted to figure out how to warp a shuttle the size of a house from Earth to the next quadrant, she would have done it. In fact she already did, however disregard in showing her findings. A shuttle would need to be built to stand warp speed first and she had no interest in making one. Kaylee would and the Captain would have demanded for one.

Smiling at her thoughts, she looked over to the next PADD of essays that she assigned for her class. Honestly, teaching Interspecies Ethics and Protocol was important work; however she wondered just how some of these cadets could even possible think about dealing with other species with crappy essays.

In dealing with a Klingon, shooting them before they get to you is not the correct answer. It was a good one, but not the correct one.

A ringing filled her ears and she looked up to see that she had a call coming in. Swiveling from her chair, she accepted the call and looked to see Captain Pike on the screen.

“Salutations and thanks, captain. What is your need?” she asked with expectations. Captain Pike was the only man she felt that was comfortable enough in her company and vice versa. He did not mind too much that she could read his thoughts and at times found her gift to be useful when he sent a silent joke to her without pissing off the h