Officers Quarters
Shadow step off the Dec. there were two Young Rookies at the doors. Max and Stiffy gathered thier empty paperplates and Cups.
with a 'gimmie' motion of his fingers he said, Give me those.. you guys stop at the Rec dec, and get your share of party Time...
Max smiled,..Thanks LC.... and Thanks for getting us off for Send off.. we missed alot of those...
One of the new Guys said,..we Volunteered, 'cuse..well.. we really didn't know them and...
Shadow held up his hand to stop the Young trooper... with the empty cups in his right hand,, he tapped the other young Trooper's Shoulder.....What does that say..right there....
Max and Stiffy looked at each other in a knowing way, then watched the Rookie squirm.Um...Ah... ESN 351 HERMES
..aye, That's right.... we all have that.. even APF folks who signed on, have that on thier shoulder.... and every person in the ESN has that, the only thing that changes, are the ship names....
You may not have known them, seen then, talked to them..but they are your shipmate...Fleet mates never...ever.... Diminsh them, by saying 'you didn't know them'.... They served as you are serving, they just paid the higher price, before your Bill comes due...Carry on....and remember Those people died, so alot of others, didn't have to...
Aye, Sir...Sorry Sir..I...
nothing to be sorry about.. you just had a lesson in Fleet Operations...remember it..or you are of no use to The Fleet...
Shadow took the trash from Max and Stiffy to his quarters to get rid off.. The other Rookie looked at Stiffy..wow... I didn't think somehting like that would make him mad....
Stiffy smiled and clamps the kid on the shoulder...he's not mad...might be annoyed...If he was mad, you'd be in an envirosuit and boarding armor counting Rivets on the stern plating....
Max winked.....if you were lucky... The Two vet troopers went into the elevators..Shadow to his quarters.. leaving the two young troopers with much to think about.