"It's not worth it. If they're not in the ship's schedule for release, they don't come out. That's how it works. We don't like it, but that's the facts."

This was going well.
Not at all.

"I know, I'm a stranger. Call me Chief, everyone else does. I'm... or at least I was co-head of Ship Security."

He offered Snow a hand to shake. It was the best he could do as far as a gesture of good faith.