Once the panel he had kicked was fixed Eric rolled his eyes and muttered, â€œI could have done that, quicker too.â€ Two of the techs heard him and glared at him ask they walked out met only by a small grin by him. He wasnâ€™t all that professional and he knew that, if anything that was what made that job so fun. It also got him into more trouble than he could count. A glance at the woman he had talked to told him that he hadnâ€™t made a good impression on her, whether it was the first or not he wasnâ€™t sure.<span style="font-style: italic">Iâ€™ll have to fix that</span>.<br/><br/>Pushing back thoughts of how to talk to women he looked at the guards holding him and he could tell they were looking tired. â€œYou could just let me go or drag me off somewhere instead of keeping me here.â€ He said to the very stiff looking guard on his left. â€œIt canâ€™t be easy just standing here.â€ He kept pushing at the guard with questions and suggestions till he got at least a â€˜keep quiteâ€™ from him.<br/><br/>He listened intently to what the woman said and he had to agree, there was something odd about those ships and he did have a sense of foreboding but not enough to worry him as much as it seemed that it worried her. Hanging limply at the guards sides he sighed and said, â€œOh well,â€ as he jerked his arms from the guards hands easily.<br/><br/>The commander waved the guards off as Eric walked back to his station and began to tinker. While he was under it he said, â€œIâ€™ll have to agree, we should take precautions and now that this is fixed,â€ He said getting out from under the slow hum of rebooting followed him till there was silence again, well apart from the message once again telling them that a ship as approaching. â€œWe can find out exactly who they are.â€ He pushed a few buttons and swiped his hand over a longer section at the top. â€œThey areâ€¦unknown.â€ Frowning he leaned in closer to the machine. â€œThere are no readings on ships like that commander.â€<br/><br/>Getting up he stared out the front of the ship, the silliness was gone replaced by tense muscles and acute awareness. â€œWho or what are you.â€ He muttered taking a seat once more to stare at the readings he was sure had to be false. The commander just sat in his seat blanking looking out and said calmly, â€œBattle stations.â€<br/><br/>There was a flurry of motions as people bent over machines and began calculating and planning, the alarm sounded to send those who werenâ€™t on the deck to where they had to go and get ready for battle. Eric was almost taken by the guards again when the commander said, â€œLeave him, weâ€™ll deal with him later, right now I need him here.â€ Relief spread over Eric for a split second when his mind began to wonder over what exactly they were planning on doing later.