*Shakes head in utter disbelief... thinks: "Kid... you had to ruin it! "*
Kid, you've come far, a Vice Admiral at that age... you're a brilliant soldier, but you missed some things in life... You don't drink, you don't smoke, you don't f.. err! forget...
Where are the Angels when you need them? Seems like I have to do the Cupid thing... dam, I'm not good at that...
Come now, we're going to Malta, I'll see what I can do...
*activates comm badge*
Mendoza, Fokke here, get the Ampoliros ready, and load that mess which was once a Ravenclaw into the cargo bay there are some spares we can sell to the Junkers somewhere...
And... patch me up with Malta, I need to talk urgently to Kaela Garcia...
*deactivates comm badge, thinks: "Dam, this is gonna make me owe her too much if we pull it off... I hope that friend Maria she mentioned is still single"*
What are you waiting Vice Admiral? An engraved invitation? Come, let's go our duties call. Ladies, gentlemen I'll be catching you soon... I have a friend in urgent need!
If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God? - from 'Nightfall' by I. Asimov The Outcasts consider Siniestre Nube a sacred place for several reasons. Early explorers discovered a jumphole within the depths of the cloud that leads to a strange world of ringed stars and strange craft. All ships in the burrial ground are placed facing that hole to honor the Alien Spirits. - An Outcast rumor