Crown and Coin

[MarvinCZ]

Mark McKenna was sitting hunched over his glass of brandy. He was quite tired. An ordinary day on duty changed in an unusual one when his commanding officer started giggling and babbling in the comms. It was quite hard keeping pace with Samantha and trying to protect her from the results of her decisions. Her impulsive excursion to Arranmore resulted in a battle with the KGL. Then she tried to invade Kusari with three fighters... Fortunately she changed her mind on that one before it was too late.

Of course, he didn't talk about that with anyone outside the group involved, but that didn't help much. The whole station was talking about a scene in the docks, some pilots recollected parts of communication Sam broadcasted system-wide...

He knew she used Synth as a painkiller lately. But never before in space. Today she was dangerous to herself and to others. He wanted to stop her, she needed to be stopped, but he feared to do that. Insubordination is a serious offense. And he also didn't want to harm her. Stopping her could result in an even bigger scandal.

"Commodore Wright." Mark looked up from his glass and straightened. No matter how he tried to hide it, he looked weary.