"Worry not love.  PD is just as terrifying for you folk as Loyalist Squads are for us in the Navy.  Cruel bastards, all of them."  Douglas said with a sympathetic glance.  He took a moment to think over all she had said, piecing together who she was.  Dr. Sabha and the Crow had both mentioned her and her LT.  The doc because he found her a excellent surgeon and one he wish he could add to his already brilliant collection, and The Crow because he was a master of paper work and had already found every suspicion of every soldier which had come aboard the<em>HMS Kidd</em>.<br/><br/>"Your LT would be Warren then, yes?"  Douglas asked, crossing his arms and thinking again as she gave her answer, confirming for him the situation he believed it to be.  He thought some more and then let a certain grin come to face, one that might not be entirely comforting.<br/><br/>"I think I might be able to help you darling."  He said sweetly, beaming with his own brilliance.  "You see, as Captain of this vessel I am able to grant asylum to really anyone I see fit.  Were I to grant that to you, you would be protected under the laws and regulations of the Commonwealth.  Which as you know is still Her own State.  Even PD wouldn't be able to touch you without Commonwealth representation present.  And I know for a fact that such representation takes forever to make it to the front line, so your PD friend would have a long wait indeed."  And the truth was that even if that representation came, they could guarantee, with a good amount of bribery, that Tanaka didn't come under any actual torture.  The interview would truly be that, an interview.  And they wouldn't have to worry about anyone in the LS trying to help the person after Tanaka.  PD and LS may perform the same duties in their respective states, but they had no love for each other.  In fact, both organizations were known to give faulty and false intelligence to the other.<br/><br/>"This however does not come cheap.  My superiors do not look kindly at such interference in Empire affairs, and I will come under some poor attention myself for this act.  But I will consider it worth while if you both you<em>and</em>your LT agree to owing me.  You, a substantial amount of favours.  He, one which I can call on anytime for anything."  It was quite the turn from the caring Captain strolling through his ships corridors, but as said before Douglas wasn't an idiot.  And he hadn't made it to Captain with clean hands, no one did.  Having favours owed to him was his main way of keeping things in check.  And having a highly capable Imperial Officer, and a galaxy class surgeon, with the body of a goddess to boot, being in your debt was certainly something to happy about.  Man could conqueror worlds with those two and his ship to command.  Worlds indeed.<br/><br/>"Would that be of interest my dear?"  He said in that charming Commonwealth way.  The snake hiding behind the officer and a gentlemen façade.