What a joke!

When Kendrick first noticed Katrina Hastings, she was just seventeen. He didn't have eyes for anyone at the base, however, when he went to oversee a test run on one fateful day, a heated argument broke out between the scientists at the base.

Everyone claimed that it wasn't a fault of theirs that the equipment malfunctioned, because everything was tested and confirmed to be perfectly operational, just the previous night. How then did an error occur at a time like this? No one was willing to earn the ire of the captain. 

Kendrick sat in his seat as he watched the scientists banter on and on. However, the newest addition to the group, Katrina Hastings didn't join in on the arguments. She only sat down quietly, looking over the recorded outcomes of the experiment.