The chief armorer gave Valen a nod of respect and outstretched his datapad, a small stylus held in between the device and his thumb, offering Valen to sign the page to confirm the transfer.
“Good work captain. My superiors would like to know if you are willing to do another transport job for us, while you are in the general vicinity and have proved to be reliable.”
Valen was a little surprised at the armorer calling him 'captain' and even more surprised at getting another mission. "I... I'm not exactly the captain..." he said as he took the pad and stylist from the chief. "I was ordered by the captain to sign the papers, but he didn't mention anything about a new mission." He was curious about this new mission, though, as he signed the release forms for the cargo.
“Ah. I…see,” The armor raised an eyebrow as he retrieved his signed datapad. He was a little miffed that the captain himself didn’t come down to greet him in person…but he hid it well enough. “Well. Could I speak to him? We have a shipment of military equipment and a few personnel on Starbase Hayes that need transport to one…” the armor looked back down at his datapad to confirm his answer. “…to one NSS Alliance, DD4-class Destroyer. I need to know if the captain is able to do this job for us. There will be payment upon completion, of course.”
Valen simply nodded and reached into his pocket for a communicator. He spoke into it, "Captain, the chief wants to speak to you about maybe accepting another mission..." Captain Sebastrano's bass voice could be heard over the communicator, "What? Grr.... Fine! Let me speak to him." Valen handed over the communicator to the armorer with a grim smile.
The chief armorer accepted it, an odd little gaze of confusion glimpsing at Valen as he reached out and retrieved the small communication devise. “Greetings, Captain. My superiors in Nepleslia High Command wish to offer you another assignment…”
A few minutes later, after all the unloading had been accomplished, the NSS Banning was ready to take off again, this time with a new mission. On Dock 32F of Starbase Hayes, orbiting over the planet Nepleslia, a shipment of military equipment crates, as well as a handful of twenty or so personnel awaited their transport vessel. All of these things were en route to a single ship, the end-point of the NSS Banning’s newest assignment: The NSS Alliance.