He watched the new recruits walk away and he continued on his way.  He took another lift and walked down to his cabin.  He looked at the small space before changing into his work coveralls.  He looked at his desk again and at the pile of contracts.  He nodded to himself and picked up the communicator dialing the number from heart.<br/><br/>"Colonel, this is the XO.  I have three contracts to discuss."  He ended the call and walked out of his cabin and back down to the bay to figure out the problem with the<em>Firefly</em>'s hip.