"I grew up working on the beasts" Eddy said, eager that he had been given a chance, and smiling to match the Captain's own. "Not to mention 5 years experience working on The High King, a merchant vessel, only three breakdowns in that entire time, also 2 years on The Stray Cat, a um....an um....an 'independent contractor', only 2 breakdowns that entire time, and only one explosion, and that one was due to the cabin boy being an idiot." Eddy was always slightly worried when it came to this part 'independent contractors' was a term used to designate a mercenary ship, often seen, sometimes rightfully so, as no better than pirates, but Eddy couldn't help his honest nature, so he continued "And on the contrary, Cap'n, I prefer working on older models, generally they have more character, more reliable than these new turbo charged ones" Eddy said as he casually tried to see over the desk at what it was this woman had written on the contract.