"No," came the curt reply. "They managed to turn for home. We got cut off by one of the Sa'arm gun ships and turned this way praying that the post was...up early."Louis had been dragged over by Meiko and held a hand up. I nodded and he spoke. "Commander, this is Louis. I'm responsible for the repair platforms right now. What class is your ship and what's the damage?" The Nassau is a Patrician class corvette. Normal crew is twenty-eight including officers. We're down to eight and might lose three. Was he sure this was what he wanted?If he continued to steer the current course, Ariel would become his life. Rather than working a normal job, he would fuck people in a virtual world. That ... didn’t bother him as much as it seemed like it should.Perhaps there would be more: helping other people realize their dreams was something he could get behind. Some of the fan chat comments had hinted at how Ariel’s boldness had helped people in the real world. What job would that be? A kind of sex. The jewelry in it was a bit worn and in need of a polishing so I hunted up a bottle of metal polish and started to work. Then I came to an odd item. It was a very old necklace made of gold and silver twisted around a large diamond. Because of the age it appeared to be and the fact it appeared to be valuable I wanted to be very careful with it. I worked very slowly and careful then out of now where up popped this girl. She was dressed like a genie. I knew that wasn't possible so I thought that. It might be interesting to meet some of the players, I thought. Then I thought it might be fun to just visit one of the parks and watch the kids play. It was a hard choice, but I chose the kids over the politicians. I could always meet the politicians when Sarah arrived.I knew that I needed to be seen at the UN before she arrived so I decided to go to the UN the next day for sure. I needed some time off and the email said that tomorrow was soon enough to start working on the cover.I got the.