“On your feet Trooper,” Flinn ordered. “You don’t have permission to die.”“S ... sir!”We hauled the guy to his feet and then advanced be...ind the ‘mincer’, cutting down any alien that they’d failed to take out. More Troopers were coming in behind us and Flinn led us to the side to set up the healing station. Our Meditechs had moved forward with the ‘mincer’ and were either treating the wounded or helping to bring them to us. All around us, as opposed to the other boardings we’d done, was the. Andre’ stocked the storage area with a mountain of the pickled and preserved reptii and camla meats. They had acquired several more herds since the Fortune had left to go to Harmony, so they had plenty of animals to restock after it left.Gavin stocked several more holds with the rare minerals, elements and precious gems for UNSEC to sell to pay for the trip and to help pay for maintaining the new DSPF, minus Futura’s commission of course.The Prols had a knack for finding the gems and rarer. So I went to the side gate. The guard knew me since I had been there before. He opened a lock and I entered the stairway. After climbing two floors, I had to slide through a glass door and go inside. I saw my dad’s cabin at the farther end. Just when I thought ill enter directly, I noticed that another person was inside the cabin as well.I just watched from there, in shock. The other person was my dad’s secretary. She had come to our house before as well, a married lady of about 40 with nice. ..” Dempsy started.“I said that doesn’t matter! The emperor needs you in an officer capacity. Now be ready or Thomas is going to take you like you are.” Hartwell interrupted.In a low voice Hartwell and Derrick could hear Dempsy complaining, “Christ busting my head and balls when I am hung over I never disturbed them...”“What was that Lieutenant?” Derrick’s voice suddenly came from the communicator. Startled Dempsy straightened up, “nothing Sire I’ll be ready.”Derrick was again about to fall out.