Tony walked across the mid deck of his ship. His partner, Mandrin, was standing at the ship’s helm while Serpent, herself, piloted the ship. Her black mass stretched along for 300 meters. Her hangar bays, stretches of steel that sat along her bottom edge, had been slung open shortly before. His drones, most of which were battle drones floated next to the Serpent lazily, but a few of them were mining and scavenging drones. With the Serpent parked right next to a small asteroid, she was busy mining away at the space rock. 

Walking down the ship’s hall, Tony’s jacket swayed behind him. His gloves stretched as he cracked his knuckles. Irritation was plainly painted onto his face as his black boots walked over the dark grey floors. His eyes, red with cybernetic circuitry, stared out unblocked, his long hair having been tied back already. His right arm refused to flex as he stretched his muscles. It was metal after all, and metal does not flex. Instead, the red circuitry that laid beneath his skin flashed as he walked. Reaching the doors to the flight deck, Tony shouted.

“Serpent! What the hell!” His deep voice reverberated off the walls as he tugged on his gloves. “Tiberius sent a message several hours ago. Why the hell didn’t you call for me? He was supposed to give us another job. What the hell am I supposed to do if he decides to give the job to some other half-assed mercenary because I was asleep?”

Taken aback, Serpent responded, her face appearing on the ship’s main monitor. “Drauger, You have been working with Tiberius and his father for the past thirty years. Tiberius has always given you preferential treatment when it comes to jobs. As such I thought that it wouldn’t matter whether or not you were awake for him.”

Irritation covered Tony’s face as Serpent responded. “Doesn’t matter anymore, patch me into Tiberius. That kid better pick up the phone.”

Mandrin just sighed as he heard the back and forth between Tony and Serpent. He knew that Tony didn’t actually give a shit whether or not he was up when Tiberius called. The captain just wasn’t a morning person. As such, his outbursts after he gets up are usually ignored between the ship and Mandrin.