Emily returns a strong shake and maintains eye contact. No offence taken, Kapitensleutnant. I'm sure we'll have a lot to talk about where there's time. I promise to keep clear of the passengers.Tiglath wrote:Sigrun looks slightly bewildered, then rolls her eyes and asides to Pedro “I was being nice!” She then qualifies that with an exasperated smile and adds "I was trying to be nice but I may have accidentally been "Sword Worlds polite" instead! Ódins skegg, you people are so touchy!"
She steps forward and, looking Emily straight in the eye, delivers a strong handshake and then a bright welcoming grin “Jarl William sent you! Why didn’t you say? Kapitensleutnant Sigrun Volsung, Sacnoth Fleet. I raided along the Lunion border during the last war and so I fell out with your 213th Fleet. However, I believe the Scout Service there would speak well enough of me!” She smiles “My 500 ton Biter class raiders never engaged a major Imperial vessel – they’re too big to board! I have n’t heard of the De Reita” she mangles the pronunciation and quickly adds “no offence meant”.
She continues enthusiastically “Velkomin, Zaki will look after you while we lift". She confides "Try not to speak to any of the civilian passengers – apart from the Vargr they are all over sensitive!”
She keys her shipboard comm and cheerfully states “Zaki, forward air lock. New crew!”
(OOC: Having both made Lieutenant Commander in their respective Navies career wise Sigrun and Emily appear to be strange cultural “mirrors” of each other. Emily will know that the Sword Worlds unleashed their Auxiliary Raiding Squadrons as commerce raiders during the Fourth Frontier War. Of course, one person’s “privateer” is another’s “pirate” and although the issue of a letter of Marque might make things legal the practicality is the same! )
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