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The scans were complete. "Good news, Admiral, is that besides old wounds, you're in good shape. I could shrink up some of those old battle scars if you want but if you're like many, they are worn like awards."
"Oh, and I have some new anti-rad meds that I've been working on." He pulls out a vial from a mini refrigerator and hands it to him. "For people in long tern exposure areas, this is great. It's injected from a hypo injector, takes a fraction of the time of radiation pills and it stays in your system for sixty days. I just took what Cryer has used all along and improved it. I can hook your people up with some if you like?"
"As for Omega 41," Doc continued while Golanski sat up, "I avoid that place. Sadly, some of my routes take me through it as they do Omega 11. Why anyone lives there in places like Freeport 5 or Leon Base is beyond me and God help you if you end up in an escape pod. Those two areas of space are loaded with them and most of them have skeletal remains in them. Only once have I saved someone from that fate and she is now living on Houston with her son."
He then gave a nod about Omega 52. It had been forever since he visited, forever since he last heard from his old friend, Alvin Katz. "Premier Katz used to tell me the threat of this system. As if I didn't know." He turned to the Admiral and waved a finger, "You know I once had to demand that the Corsair ambassador leave my home? He threatened my late wife if I didn't.......see things his way. I could have shot him on the spot but.........I didn't want to create an incident with an empire."
He then sat, dejected and sighed, "Midori," he said, "Damn I miss her." He shook his head to collect himself and stood up.
"You aren't kidding about Canaria starting to look like Toledo," he stated as he turned to Golanski with a serious tone. "I remember that awful day. I remember the lives lost. I also remember the favor asked of me by you. I was reluctant but I did it. I told all of Sirius of the disaster so that your people could quietly re-settle. Do you remember the responses I got? So many were relieved that most of the terrorist group known as the Order was now gone. I was appalled by this reaction."
"That I did that for your people, that those I told acted the way they did is why I got so furious when you and I quarreled over a TAZ ship using suspected alien tech, that at the time I was labeled an enemy. Admiral, we will disagree often but dammit don't hate us over it."
He then turned, his head looking up. His side to Golanski, he calmly stated, "I don't have the knowledge of Nomads that you do but I've learned much. That is info I would share with you if you're interested.....and only you. I keep a designated lab with some samples on ship."