This was one of the definite advantages to being self employed, the luxury to rush in guns blazing when someone had your people whatever the consequences. Sure on Serenity Mal had to worry about alienating clients and local authorities plenty, if he wanted to stay alive and free anyway, but fewer people and less needs meant it was a hell of a lot easier for him to just pull up and run if he had to make some enemies. Trudy and her fellow command staff didn't have that luxury.

"Well, if you need something small and nonthreatening seeming, Serenity can pass as a transport and is a lot faster than she looks. Long as I can get my mechanic and pilot, ain't nothin' in the Verse that can catch us."