Main - Chapter 7.2: Neptunia

"Thank you, Captain, Mercer." Douklan stands there for a moment, unsure what else to say that wouldn't be maudlin or overly sentimental. Then he has a brief struggle with a perverse impulse to break the awkward silence with the Rat Joke, and finally just nods and steps back.

Valeria cleared her throat, breaking the lingering silence after Douklan stepped back. "And now, to round things out, let me introduce our new military liaison—Lieutenant Alonso Carderas," she said, gesturing to a man standing at attention by the door. "Former communications officer of the Sentinel," Valeria continued. "He’s here to replace Douklan and bring his expertise into the fold."

Alonso gave a nod. "I'm honored to be here, Captain. Looking forward to working with all of you."

"Lieutenant Carderas will be handling all military coordination for our upcoming missions, so get familiar with him," Valeria said, glancing around the room. "And one more thing before we wrap this up. Regarding our proposal to transport the garrison commander and his troops, the Admiralty got back to me earlier today."

She paused, letting that sink in. "They’ve informed me that the commander and his unit are mustering on Darasalam I. So, when we reach the system, we’ll be picking them up there. No need to scramble or change our route or plans for now—they are training and waiting."

"Alright," Valeria clapped her hands together. "We've got a big journey ahead. You all know how things work here. New folks—if you’ve got any questions, ask Hank, Erin or Corbin. We’re a team, so get comfortable with each other. Dismissed."

Alonso, welcome aboard, have you been a military liaison aboard a civilian ship before?

Hank will ask the Captain, "Will be travelling directly with the Sentinel to at least Dianreti? Given our recent experience, we probably need the direct escort to get rid of our highly desirable cargo. Depending on what we find there, we'll probably be OK moving to Englene Station, but we need the protection going to Dianreti."

He will introduce himself to Alonso, and re-greet the new hires individually to personally welcome them aboard.

Alonso shook his head, standing a bit straighter. "No, sir. I haven't. Yesterday, I was still just an Ensign."
"Yes, we will be escorted to Dianreti and the station, where the first phase of the refitting will happen. Should we go to the planet or to the station first?" - answered Valeria.

I believe our plan was to stop Planetside first. Get done what needs done there and go to the station so we can leave directly from there.
Unless there has been an update?

"In my opinion, we should hit the planet first. That would let us unload our more 'dangerous' cargo first. After that, we can unload the rest we are carrying at Englene, thereby basically unloading the whole ship. If we want to buy something at the planet, we'll need to make sure of how much cargo space will still be available after these initial modifications."

"Gui prime, as Assistant Lead Engineer, please take New Gui and show him the bunks and give him a tour of the Engineering section. I'll catch up with you later and will go over duty schedules, etc. "

Corbin will get the Gui's and go over the Synth wipe and wake process to get us ready for the jump.