<The time is 0545hrs>
The alarm went off in Ethan's quarters. He jumped out of bed and quickly grabbed a shower and changed and read over the schedule that Commander Wallace made for him. Ethan grabbed a cup of coffee from the replicator and drank it while reading over the schedule.
At around 7am he left for the bridge. He stood next to a few Ensigns on the turbolift, they however didn't seem friendly.
Ethan walked onto the bridge and quickly went over to the OPS station and started checking department status.
"Commander Wallace give you his work load for the day. Or are you trying to impress Commander Wallace." A voice came from the CO's office and it was female.
"Admiral McCaffee, sir" Ethan stood up at attention, the usual for of respect.
"At ease cadet. So why are you here almost two hours before the Alpha shift comes on?"
"I don't want to seem like a slacker to Commander Wallace or you maam. I mean you and Commander Wallace are a few of the legends of the Dominion War. And I know then getting an early start was a plus."
"Well thanks for the compliment, Mr. Wallace enjoys his work and doesn't want to be over done by a cadet on field duty. His job is to teach you how to run Star Base Operations, your to wait for him. Is that clear?"
"Yes maam"
"Now you can volunteer for early morning work. Such as running diagnostics or maintenance. You just not need to get so excited and jump the gun. Or you'll be seen as problem to the Station, by other junior officers."
Ethan smiled and understood what the Admiral was saying. Basically don't out do your department head.
"Okay now since your here, Commander Kelly needs the sensors to have a level 2 diagnostic performed. It should only take an hour."
"Okay sir, I'll get to it."