>After a long flight from Spacedock to Rear Admiral Van Der Loo's
>headquarters the party of three arrived without incident. While there was
>not an incident, per se, there was a minor delay. Station Operations kept
>them in a holding pattern for a few minutes. Obvously, a stalling tactic to
>give Van Der Loo time to get ready. When they finally docked they found a
>proper welcoming party waiting for them. Van Der Loo was waiting for them
>along with a few of his officers, and it appeared as if Van Der Loo was
>barely containing his annoyance with the surprise arrival.
>Joanna could easily sense Van Der Loo's annoyance, but said little.
>Considering the way he was carrying himself, she did not think that the
>Admiral or David needed her assistance to figure that out.
David maintained an expressionless face.
Like the others, Jared clearly recognized Van Der Loo's state of mind. He
had to admit that he could care less. Van Der Loo had his chance to talk via
comm lines, but chose now. He made his bed ... now he was going to have to
sleep in it.
>"Welcome to Starbase 54. Your arrival is quite a surprise....", Van Der
> Loo said to the group.
David assumed an at-ease position, hands clasped behind his back. He still
maintained a stoneface but inside he wanted to beat the hell out of
Vanderloo
Jared smiled. "Thank you for greeting us so quickly, Mr. Van Der Loo.
After our talk yesterday, I thought it might be prudent to visit your station.
You left me with a number of unanswered questions. I thought had not other
alternative to look into things myself."
Van Der Loo bristled as the use of "mister". It is the the way to address
junior officers in leiu of rank. Most definately *not* the way to address an
admiral of any flavor. The slight did not go unnoticed.
"Greeting you, was the least I could do. I hope you find answers to the
questions that you have. Whether you like them or not. Mr. Abrams will be
your liasion while you are here on the station.", he said looking at a
particular LCDR that was with him.
"Good luck, *Admiral*."
{response}
Co-GM of the Spacedock Game
Characters:
Adm. Samuel Lasiter,
RAdm. Markus Garibaldi,
Emissary Marconis,
LCDR Donovan Black, and a host of others.
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