The Crossroads

[Toaster]

Ensign Andrew Kennedy yawned and walked down the ramp of the shuttle in which he had arrived on the Derby. Lazily, he walked down half a dozen corridors, entered his quarters, threw his duffelbag onto his bed and keyed the comm.
"Tech, ask the Macduff whether they can have my bomber fixed by the time I'm back," he said to the man who appeared on his terminal's screen.
"Understood." The comm cut out again.
Whistling an old battle-tune, Andrew dug through his closet, looking for his dress uniform.
"There it is," he muttered and pulled it out of its plastic wrap. He walked up to a wall-mounted mirror and began to change, thinking, I'd better not be too late. Wouldn't want to make a bad impression on my superiors. He grinned.

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Olivia Sable