"You do that." she said to her marine, and let her go up top, leaving her with the women, hearing the mother's response that made her sigh "Now now, I would suggest you reconsider; the fastest way to<em>get</em>to Sharn is to cooperate.  Consider it a necessary evil, though I<em>hardly</em>intend to harm you if you cooperate.  As I've said before, you may very well enjoy your time with me and my crew..."<br/><br/>She got around behind them then, patting them on the shoulder and providing verbal commands up to the deck, and from the deck into the captain's quarters.  On the deck would also give her a view of what the hell was going on outside, if anything.