'Lo! This is Hayley with Tracey - engineer and fellow TS member. She finished the program in '63 and joined a year later. Her mother is the retired captain/killjoy of Cuba Libre, Desdemona Dawes, so Orpheus had likely heard of Tracey's mother at least before he even met Tracey.
Soooo I'm thinking they may be friends, but I'm also thinking their friendship was a bit of a slow burn and Tracey probably wouldn't have discovered his redeeming qualities if she hadn't been stuck aboard a ship with him for seven years on-and-off. If that works with you. Initially she comes across as s00per srs but does have a sense of humour.