”“Dumped?”“That’s right Alex,” the Captain said, “dumped.” He paused to let that sink in, “This close to Earth I’d aim to get her ...eturned to the planet but if this happened a week from now the stupid bitch would just be thrown out of the hatch into deep space.” He looked the young man in the eyes, “And take it from me, that is not a nice way to die.”Alex looked on as the unconscious Bethany was carried away and a space opened up around Mandy, as though she had the plague. ‘Not a good start,’. In a few seconds, she'd be expected tofollow, brief cotton sunfrock or no. She had no excuse, noway to explain her dubious behaviour. Why would shesuddenly refuse to do something she'd done at least athousand times before? It was a classic no-win situation.She really had no other choice.No other choice at all.Swallowing a deep, calming breath, Jessie hooked her kneesover a bar and slung down between her two friends. Herdress fell away almost immediately, flipping inside out andrevealing her. " Yeesh," Brandon said, "I think maybe I'll try and charm some other young lady then. They say weddings are the perfect place to meet girls. I'm going to be looking so damn fine in my tux, no one will be able to resist me."He then flashed a toothy grin, which made Jamie laugh hysterically."You have completely lost it, dude," Jamie said.Brian shook his head and smiled when he heard this exchange, and said, "You two remind me of me and my brother when we were getting ready for my wedding. Brandon. In the face of the Sa'arm we still have fools who would prey on other humans. However that does blow out of the water some of our candid conversations about when things will occur. We'll also be instituting encrypted communication for things like weapons. No need to give the stupid fucks who can't figure out that we should at least band together to fight the Sa'arm until they're dead before turning back on one another. Of course the mindset that allows piracy in the first place is what kept us.