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THE CAPTAIN SAID she had some operational issues she needed to deal with, so Melati was given a meeting time and a break to freshen up, which she used to have a shower and get changed into her dress uniform because when the captain gave you a break for this purpose, that’s what you did.
Fresh, clean and feeling a bit more rested, she came back to the meeting room at the flight deck to find a whole heap of people gathered there, all of them in dress uniform and most of them looking somewhat puzzled. Ari was there, looking very dapper in his white jacket with the Fleet emblem. Jas wore a grey Force uniform without rank decorations but with a Grimshaw tag. His status was on loan from the Taurus Army. The most decorated person was Flight Lieutenant First Class J Hasegawa, the cocky pilot
