[ He says it quietly, aware that they're surrounded by said warship's crew. It's an insulting question given his skepticism, but it's also an earnest one. The Behemoth may be progress, but Ashford can't think they'd be able to match pace with Earth and Mars in a fight, right?
Regardless of their differing opinions there, Hickey understands the orders. He expects to strike out with his contacts—Tozer is difficult to reach on Callisto and Gibson... will probably just ignore his messages. Running interference between Nagata and Drummer, though? That he can do. ]
Before the Rocinante, I heard she did good work on the Cant. Chief engineer on a ship like this got to be a big job. Mi pensa she could use the help.
[ And why not eek something for himself out of it, while he's at it? He'd like to be able to do more than slapdash repairs. ]
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[ He says it quietly, aware that they're surrounded by said warship's crew. It's an insulting question given his skepticism, but it's also an earnest one. The Behemoth may be progress, but Ashford can't think they'd be able to match pace with Earth and Mars in a fight, right?
Regardless of their differing opinions there, Hickey understands the orders. He expects to strike out with his contacts—Tozer is difficult to reach on Callisto and Gibson... will probably just ignore his messages. Running interference between Nagata and Drummer, though? That he can do. ]
Before the Rocinante, I heard she did good work on the Cant. Chief engineer on a ship like this got to be a big job. Mi pensa she could use the help.
[ And why not eek something for himself out of it, while he's at it? He'd like to be able to do more than slapdash repairs. ]