[quote=@TheUnknowable]
[@Letter Bee]"Let me tell you a story." Samuel said to everyone, but he thought Ascot in particular needed to hear it.  "About three months before my fifteenth birthday I went on a supply run with General Sachi.  Well, it was Colonel Sachi then.  Anyway, we were supposed to buy RPGs and MREs from a group that had knocked over a national guard depot.  Unfortunately one of the guys that we were there to meet had sold us out in exchange for his wife's release from slavery.  We managed to fight them off and get out of there. Of course, then my mom wouldn't let ne go on another mission for almost a month, but that's a different story." Samuel sighed.  "Just keep a cool head and remember your training, and I promise you'll get out alive."
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"Thanks, sir!" Ascot said.

"And again, I'll be there," Alexander replied, before turning back to Sam and Tra'cha. 

"So, when will the mission start? Are we heading out now?"

"I think it'll be later," Ascot spoke. "Anyway, so, we have you, me, and a technopath. It seems that this crew is a bit small, don't you think?"

"We probably have more people somewhere," Alexander stated.