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It's five o'clock somewhere!

It was easy to find the Drunken Dragon Tavern, due to the train, and the fact that a good portion of the crew was familiar with the establishment and could point the way. Kang knew that there were a few already planning on stopping by, and that Kaylee could use the help. He also wanted to get more information on the new people, see who was likely to cause problems (Farseer Ildraniath already had) and who wasn't. There were a few he hoped would show up, as well.

Feeling a little happier than usual, despite the Farseer, he took care of business as usual, being sociable and refilling drinks.

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"I'll have to do some checking around. Last I hear, the ship picks most of the mission groups. Might have to at least look into getting in on guard duty or something for shore leaves, if there's no official combat crews."

"You might want to look into security then. They might need peeps, specially with you experience."

"Yeah, I put out a request to talk to them if they needed people over comms. Haven't heard yet. Wouldn't mind any though."

"I think Samus or Chief is in charge of security, you can always ask them."

He takes note of the names, all the more help in getting around having to read anything. "I'll check in. Haven't met either one yet. Thanks."

"No problem!" She smiled happy to help him out.

"So, out of curiosity, you seem to know your way around, but mention people who've been around longer. How long've you been on the ship now?"

She looked up in thought. "I was released in the prior pop to this one. Time's a bit hard to track around here but I'd wager three months give or take?"

"Huh, so not that long. You seem to have established yourself pretty well."

Ronnae laughed a bit embarrassed. "W-well I've had a lot of help r-really."

"Sounds like it. Outsiders sound like a good bunch."

"They are, they really do help as much as they can... The only thing I keep worrying about, and bringing up with their leaders, is that they don't seem to really have a voice in how things are run on the ship. Sure we're all mostly teenagers and the younger crowd, but some of us have plenty experience and some even more than some of the adults on the ship." She shrugs, taking a long drink of her water.

"Fuck politics anyway. Seems like the ship runs most of the shit around here, and tells people when to jump and how high. Long term, politics ain't going to matter near as much as feet on the ground and ships in the air."

"Yeah I get that, but if they aren't heard, they won't be able to give input on missions or lay out plans that'll get approved. It's a bit bothersome at times."

"No plan survives contact with the enemy anyway. May not get input on missions right now, but a group spends enough time in the field, with a high enough success rate, people'll learn to listen. I never gave much of a damn about politics anyway. More hassle than its fucking worth, and cause of half the problems in the first place."

"I suppose... Fame by notoriety and action huh? I can dig that. Better than sitting around waitin' for things to get better."

"Fame... I guess. Sooner or later, politicians have a way of getting the fuck out of the way when shit really needs to get done. Sure, you got to go through their crap first, and things end up tougher than they need to be - but at least here, the council seems to mostly set some common sense rules and get out of people's way, for the most part. Not so bad."

She rested her head on the table in thought. "It's not so bad really. I just worry, cause it seems most everyone is taking things lightly."

"Just experience, I guess. On my world, the same two or three groups were in charge, just cause they'd always been in charge. And they fucked everything up... and yet, even with most of the werewolves dead, they were still in charge. We... were the lowest of the low. No political power. We got the suicide missions, the deep infiltration, the shit work - but we got stuff done. Some shit people just ain't ever going to control... so we do what we can to win the war and get shit done, with or without them."

She understood that notion all too well. "It was sort of the same back home. Nobles were, for whatever reason, exempt from any participation in the wars... Which left everyone else to do the work for them." She shrugged.

"Didn't matter, I did it to get things done, if no one stood up to the threats, we might as well had let them run us over."

"That was one thing - our nobles, at least, were fighting in the war too. They were just doing it the wrong fucking way. You'd think decades of something not working would get them to change how they did things, instead of letting more people die out of stubborness. So we pulled off their assignments, then the rest of the time, did things our own way without them."

"Can't blame ya... I bet most our nobles wouldn't know what to do with a sword if the situation arose where they needed to defend themselves... Let alone some of the siege weapons."

"I'll give the Fangs and the Lords their due. They fought fine, some of them were even decent field leaders. A lot of 'em died bravely and shit fighting for the sacred places when the enemy found them. But they weren't ever figuring out being proactive, hitting the enemy over and over where they drew their power, just waited for something big and nasty enough to identify, or for something to come at them. Relied on tooth and claw and all, instead of changing their tactics as the war changed."

"Tunnelvision." She said simply, eying her glass of water, making it move around as she twirled it on the table.

"Happens a lot in wars, people get too focused on one thing and loose track of their surroundings and the changes happening... And in a war, changes can happen in the blink of an eye."

"Yep, pretty much. And the same two tribes have been fighting over leadership and doing things one way for centuries and centuries. No matter which was stronger, they did things one basic way, just one of them did it a little sneakier. When the enemy changed its tactics, they couldn't change to meet it."

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