<strong>Dark Star Dropship</strong><div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/ef/Damian_Harper.jpg)</div><br/><br/><div style="text-align: justify;">Damian continued to listen to the conversation between both women in relative silence. It was his norm to only speak when he had something useful to share, or when his opinion was requested. He had known too many people that were blowhards that seemed to want their voice heard in every argument in the known galaxy. Fortunately, neither Kari nor Allia were like that either, making for meetings like the one they were that were genuinely efficient and almost pleasant. That didn't make the subject matter any better though. Some time had passed, but the memories of burying so many people were still fresh in all of their minds. Perhaps the only one at the table, or on the vessel, who had yet to admit to that grief was the clanner. He was stubborn, even though he knew bottling things up was only going to make him sick in the end.<br/><br/>The mention of Jirani's resigning did catch his attention more than the rest, and he opted to chime in.<br/><strong>"Gleam everything you can from her in the coming days. Her resignation papers are all in order. When she decides to leave, it will be a matter of hours before it is all official,"</strong> he had mixed feelings about her departure. On the one hand, she was of proven talent, and had a veritable wealth of experience in subjects where none of those at the table - including his arrogant self - had much in. Her departure would leave a hole that was difficult to fill unless Allia could fill those shoes. Damian wasn't skeptical whether the lieutenant could handle, but rather whether she would pick up on the subtleties of the job quickly enough to make a difference. On the other hand, Emily couldn't stand the sight of the clanner, and the feeling was mutual. So it would at least be one dirty look less being thrown his way. He usually cared little for them, but they remained distracting.<br/><br/><strong>"As for the battle armor, let's leave them on the backburner for now, if little has been done towards their recruitment. No sense reiterating what we already know,"</strong> as always, he had more work to do than what was recommended for a sane human being, and he wanted to get to it as soon as he could.</div>