A Withdrawn Existence

[Wolfs Ghost]

New London System - Kingdom of Bretonia
Battleship Suffolk
Planet New London Orbit, New London

"I won't lie, there are points in times where even I make mistakes, and it's those mistakes that I have to deal with."

"Lieutenant Commander Austin Goodman?"
"Aye?"
"Sir, I have good news... your Templar, she's been fully repaired, and operational. You'll be able to pick her up on the Harrow, in the Sali-"
"I know where the Harrow is. You don't have to remind me, thank you."
"She's missing a few components, like weaponry, but we can have the teams strip your Paladin down and place those weapon systems on her... you'll... probably have to speak to the quarter master for a new missile system though."
"Once more, thank you Lieutenant. Have the crew prep my Paladin, I'll be heading out then."
"Yessir, right away."
"One more thing."
"Yes sir?"
"Don't call me sir."

Austin closed the book he was reading and looked up towards the Lieutenant who gave a hasty salute before leaving the room. Shaking his head slowly, he sat the book down and got to his feet.

When he last saw his Templar, the ship was so heavily damaged that almost everything in it was barely functioning, and had he been shot down... well, that would've been the end of it. Thankfully, he managed to keep himself alive through the few years that the ship lacked the proper and necessary facilities to get a proper maintenance. The ship he had since he was an Ensign, the ship stole and abandoned his post with, was finally back in service after months of heavy repair and over-hall.

A content thought crossed his mind. Finally, he could be back in the ship that he was truly deadly in. Though, he didn't want to jump to conclusions as it was a while since he was actually use to the controls, and while the Paladin had excellent handling, it just wasn't the same.

After a moment, he grabbed his book and proceeded out of the observation deck on the Suffolk, heading towards the pilot ready room to actually get in uniform before heading over to the Harrow - the Battleship that housed the Admiralty.

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