Well, as Cortez "waved for others to take command" the person who's in charge of the ship right now is probably an NPC!  Either the one who made that pilot check, or someone else sitting in the captain's chair while Cortez is busy "thinking".  So getting a command from the captain of the Cruiser they're supposed to be acting as escorts for, I'd assume they'd listen.  I'm sure that the Captain of the Katana will listen to Jason's orders, at least.  (although he MIGHT need to make a command test for anything that puts the Katana at risk or doesn't make immediate sense to him...)<br/><br/>Heck, Cortez would probably listen.  We need a fleet commander right now, and as Someguy's posting speed has been pretty slow recently, it might as well be me, until Cortez chooses to take command again.  Better someone then no one, anyway.  Oh, and "Captain" Harlock wasn't a lieutenant three months ago, he was the XO of the Everest.  The guy next in command if the captain died... (which he did).  He's USED to command.<br/><br/>As for arresting a fellow Captain... Sarah wasn't under arrest.  She was "temporarily detained to verify her identity..." which is completely legit in a fleet where chaos spies have recently shown themselves, don't you think?<br/><br/>And if you don't think that "dressing up as a fictional character" counts as suspicious... well, we'll have to disagree on that.  Even if the fictional character happens to be based on yourself, as far as the crew of the Everest knew, "Void Mistress Sarah" was a character in a movie, not a real person.<br/><br/>Sarah J. Smithe though?  Would the J. just happen to stand for Jane?  If so, I approve this non-de-plume!