Where no bad deed goes unpunished
27 Sep 2020Eagle 5
As it turns out... They can.--- FEDERAL NAVY PRIORITY CHANNEL ONE ---
”WALT! ahhh Commander EAGLE 5 is it?"
There was nothing I hated more than having to listen to this man's voice on the Federal Navy Priority broadcast that can't be terminated unless by the source.....and the source was Rear Admiral Erik Sylvester Slone...
(reaching for the illegal transponder cutoff switch I got in Reidquat).
> Is there something that you want from m---
"Don't bother with that bullshit Lt. Commander! (motioning to my out of sight hand) you don't become an Admiral...."
(...He's more of a rear of an Admiral... But whatever and what's this my rank?)
"...by swabbing decks on trash barges your entire career.... Which is exactly what you would have been doing had you been academy and went through the proper court martial proceedings *Butcher of Lugh*"
And there it was.... Right on cue predictable as ever the knife in the wound.. a wound that would never heal and that would haunt me the rest of my days...
"I see you there stewing in your shit after all these years..."
He was right...
"As newly appointed mercantile outreach commandant I have identified a list of assets that the Federation is going to need in the coming weeks to position itself as the premiere galactic superpower ahead of the weakened Empire and weakling Alliance. President's Hudson directives are quite specific and we can't overlook the fact that people like you are critical to this plan... And with your recently acquired status as *friend of the Empire* .... Nice going by the way .... You're exactly what we need:
Skilled.
Flexible..
Ruthless...
After all anyone that can ice an entire transport of civilians escaping a warzone, without batting an eye, definitely has all those wonderful qualities and then some"
This one time I could do without the admiration..
>>> And what if I refuse? (Hand reaching over the cutoff protocol switch)
Slones eyes widening menacingly at the holo feed projector leaned forward:
"If you didn't understand anything about what just happened I'll make it as simple as possible for you to understand:
As YOUR superior officer know this!...
YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO”
--- END OF LINE ---
Superior officer?
Hardly... Merely a Higher ranking one.
... guess who's back in the Navy
