Gentle listened from the recess by the fire. SItting out of the light of the room and sipping whisky from the bottle the old pirates metalic hand glimmered from firelight as he lifted the bottle to his lips. He stood and walked to his seat at the table which was currently occupied by Tibercio. "your not big enough to fill my shoes yet sonny" The pirates mostly cybernetic body flexed and the cahir with the new elder lifted striaght up and to the left then gently lowered to the floor with a barely audible 'clunk!'. Genlte ignored the surprised look from the elders seated and pulled a new chair up to the vacant space and he sat. "To say I am dissapointed in the actions of one of my scourges mates is in the least an undestatement. My personal opinion on the purchase of this ship was given before the decision was taken to complete its purchase. This appears to be gross misconduct and disregard for the authority of the council. At least it appears that way on the surface. This hermano of ours on the other hand pilots a vast array of corsair ships other than commanding a underpowered and low class junk pile. While I am unhappy with his decision to fly this crap I have a requirement to fulfill in sigma 17. I am not prepared to move an large OPG fleet assets to the sigma regions at present. OPG forces have stationed a fair number of fighter and bomber vessels as well as a couple of gunboats at Atka research station. The presence of a small fleet there has recently roused the interest of Outcast destroyers and on a couple of occoasions one of the outcast Dreadnoughts has been spotted although not engaged. I would like to recommend that this ship is never flown in the skies of Gamma unless requested by the council. This will be the penalty I will impose upon this man. To ensure the vessel does not use up any resources bound for crete I will force our amigo to commission a new OTC vessel which through trade will supply the sigma operation with hydrogen fuel. Due to docking complications the [OPG]Repartiamento will be situated at Atka as a support vessel to avoid docking complications in the sigma regions. I will not order the destruction of a vessel that I can use in one of my operations. Nor will i forget the wanton disregard of this hermano. He will be flogged by me personally. If he survives the floggin he will have earned his honour. I wield the cat like a demon and many OPG have felt its bite. Tough is the life of an OPG and a scourge mate who disregards my consideration pays with the penalty of a scourge mate. Where most men would take 20 lashes our hermano there has the responsibility for 5 men. He will receive 100 lashes. Providing he survives.... then i will honour him as my hermano once more. If he dies.... so be it."
The old pirate looked sadly at the bottle and pushed it away. Sorrow was uncommon for the emotionally hardened despot. Anyone looking closely might have seen a brief glimmer of wetness in his one remaining human eye.
Pass your decision soon amigos however if I feel your punishment outweighs my own then I will be unhappy beyond words.
