In the Queen's Service

[LancerZero]

At first glance, one might not think there was anything unusual or interesting about the battered Bretonian gunboat that exited the tradelane in front of the Ross planetoid. Sure, she was leaking atmosphere and missing some of her turrets; but with three wars going on, beat-up BAF warships were a common sight. Sure, she was escorted by a little BPA Arrow interceptor, which was frenetically trying to keep the camera ships from getting too close to the gunboat and inadvertently ramming her; but it wasn't uncommon for the BPA to provide escort for one of the Queen's Own on their way back from the battlefield.

What was unusual became apparent when the gunboat's crew, using a jury-rigged camera, responded to a hail from the battleship Norfolk.

"HMS Defiance, you, uh...do you need some uniforms sent over?" The normally icy captain of the warship stationed at the Ross planetoid couldn't keep the confusion entirely from his voice when he beheld the gunboat's crew in orange prison jumpsuits.

On the gunboat's bridge, Martin grinned, knowing full well how odd the scene must look to the battleship captain...and simply glad to be headed home. "Negative, Norfolk; when the Corsairs had us over for tea, they rather neglected the tea and took the clothes off our backs. Right awful hosts, those Corsairs - we're en route to Southampton for repairs and some R&R."

"Roger that, Defiance...sounds like you've earned it. Norfolk out."

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