If you wish, I can give you a check up or maybe you can search for a former colleague of yours, Doctor Naggar. She is working with us now."
She stopped eating for a moment, cocked her head and thought a moment. "Doctor Naggar....." She then shook her head and looked at Oreste a bit perplexed. "I don't know of a Doctor Naggar. I've spent so much time on my ship, so much time in the Tau regions that I don't know a lot of Med Force staff elsewhere."
She was cutting another piece of fish as she explained. "Med Force Enterprises is a big enough entity that we can serve many people all over but at the same time we are small enough to be under people's radar....if you know what I mean."
She took another bite of her fish and again complimented it and then began listening to Oreste talk more about Yuma and Crayterians. All she really knew of them were what she read in news clips and the ever popular rumor mill. It gave her time enough to finish her main course.
"My knowledge of the Crayterians is limited," she explained as she wiped the corners of her mouth with her napkin, "I only get news from my visits on Freeports and through small talk on ship. I know of your fight against the Outcasts and the Gallic Royals. Yuma? It sounds wonderful, like a place where one can set roots. I, for one, look forward to some shore leave before our project begins. The last time I lived for an extended time on a planet was back on planet Stuttgart." She smiled a bit. "I don't know if you've ever been there but it's a wonderful place. But, like so many places in Rheinland, it suffered from the war which was harder on my family than most. My father was from Stuttgart and my mother was Libertonian, from Los Angeles." She sighed, "But, that's a whole nother story I'd rather not get into. I myself was lucky enough to get boring patrol routes during my enlistment in the military, covering for more experienced combat pilots who served on the fronts."
As they spoke, a man walked by. She turned and grabbed his shirt sleeve. "Dr. Sanderson...."
"Oh, heya, Commander," he answered, "How are you? I heard about what happened at the Gate."
"I'm OK," she answered kindly, "Listen, this is Doctor Oreste of the Crayter Republic. Dr. Oreste, this is Dr. Lyman Sanderson, our chief medical officer."