To: James Arland

[Sarah McFarlen]

Message Received 1st July 822A.S.

Sarah McFarlen

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TARGET ID: James Arland
SUBJECT: Work – Barrier Gate
ORIGIN: Barrier Gate Station, Coronado
ATTACHMENTS: None.

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”Hey again.” She raised an ink-stained hand to the camera.

Sarah was still in the mess, the strip lights dimming with the passage of the ship’s day. The datapad was surrounded by hand-scrawled notes. Before she made the call Sarah had piled them together in a heap that approached, if didn’t entirely reach, tidy. It was an effort, at least, and more than her hair had got. Slowly, painfully, she was getting used to the concept of constant gravity, but her hair was stalwartly refusing to deviate from the floaty, clumpy mess that it drifted to in zero-g. She'd given up on trying to convince it to yield to little things like gravity.

She grinned. ”Glad to hear you can make it. I’ll ask Leslie to clear a room. And then she’ll probably tell me to clear it but, hey, you’ve got to try. I’ll leave an empty section in the hold for your gear. They’ll be a bit more fuel floating around than usual, so if you smoke, this’d probably be a good time to think about quitting.

We’re down in Bay Eight. Adventure Galley, Leslie Durant, usual stuff. It’s a big hunk of starship. Can’t miss it.” Sarah nodded down the hallway. ”Might want to call ahead anyway though. As much as I liked meeting you, I’d really prefer not to lock you in the airlock again. I like the ship just fine with atmosphere.”

She picked up a scrawled mission profile, scowled at the figures covering it, and promptly put it back down again. ”I should get back to these. Drop us a line once you’re in-system, and I’ll make sure we’re at the ship to meet you.

Oh, and congratulations on the promotion! Unit gopher sounds like a very prestigious position.” She grinned. ”I think.

Catch you later, Spookshow.”

Message Ends.

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"This is really sort of a personal project of mine."

- James Arland, on single-handedly engaging an enemy regiment.

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