Sam nodded, "yeah, but it won't last, once we're back on Gemini we'll have the full crew again. We're due for another escort job after a three month layover, and that's due to take us all the way to old Earth and back, but that hauler doesn't know what he really should be paying us and so we'll put up with months of downtime and make off with a year's worth of pay for six month's work. Of course this guy does everything possible to get pirates to go after him so we do get a workout." He sighed, taking another sip of his drink.<br/><br/>He'd been mulling over the incident of the last few days. If he still had an Admiralty to report to they'd have buried everything. But he had the freedom to follow a hunch if he wanted to.<br/><br/>He thought for a moment, "hell, I'll bet the crew would welcome a diversion for a couple of months if your investigations could use the services of a Gemenese Navy Cruiser, that is, I'd say we're at your disposal." It was the chance at something new, and a good mystery, that led him to make the decision.