<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/d/db/Eye-candy-joe-manganiello-11.jpg)</div>It didn't take very long for Tristan to check over the ships.  Even though he had every confidence in his officers, he was still prone to surprise inspections and the like, more for offering his officers a chance to display pride in their vigilant service.  Praise was not something to be bandied about the way mothers spoke to their children, but his own affirming nods, faint smiles and the occasional proclamation of affording a particular servant extra rations for a job well done carried a weight all their own.<br/><br/>The benefit of an older sister was that, even though he hadn't had the actual training, he'd had a lot of firsthand experience watching the job of Rogue Trader being done properly.  In his experience, it was easy enough to emulate.<br/><br/>He was properly set and precisely on time as breakfast began, taking his seat at the head of the table.