<strong>Union-Class Dropship, <em>Bastion</em><br/>June 2nd, In-system Burn to Outreach<br/>Officer's 'lounge'</strong><br/>Erich, Walt, and Perkins<br/><br/>The officer's 'Lounge' in any dropship was more of a joke than an actual room; in a small and cramped dropship like a Union-class, it was even more of a joke, and generally referred to wherever two or more officers of the unit congregated for more than five minutes. At the moment, Erich was leaning against a bulkhead, sipping from an actual mug of tea, while looking at the only two people that could claim to be of equal rank with him. "Not much to say about the trip; the mechjocks are getting antsy and want some solid ground under them; can't say I blame them. Graff's Marauder needs a full internal systems overhaul; considering there's a GM facility on Outreach, we can ship the thing over to their techs and let them rewire it, and clean out the rodents hiding under the armour plate. Whomever he bought that 'Mech from must be laughing all the way to the bank. Should consider a few more upgrades on it if we have the time, too; It needs some decent freezers, and that Autocannon's a balky piece of junk; between that and the Marauder Flaw, I'd want that AC yanked off and replaced with the Large Pulse we stole from that Museum Heist."<br/><br/>He rubbed his chin, thinking for a moment, then shrugged. "Haven't talked much with the boys and girls after I had to verbally yank a strip off of the newbie techs for that slap-patch they put on the Brick's Engine. Running the risk of getting radiated while on the job is bad enough, but slapping a cheap patch over the crack and saying it's fixed? That tech is going to be walking off the dropper once we make landfall. He's counting himself lucky I'm not making him walk before we hit atmo. That Capellan scout you recruited looks to be wanting to walk as well; most of us don't mesh with her, and she's still pretty hung up on her CO claiming she was at fault for their regiment getting cut to pieces. She'll need to work off that anger by slapping around other CapCon units, and we're heading in the other direction."<br/><br/>Looking at Walt, the big warrior shrugged. "Guess you didn't appreciate the suggestion of buying you a Savannah Master, eh? Other than that joke, what's new on your respective ends?"