Lance Daniels<br/>Position: Engineer<br/>Location: Bridge<br/>With: Keri and Braxton (until Braxton left)<br/><br/>Even as he'd said the words, he could see the gears turning in the heads of Braxton and Keri.  In Keri's case, they were turning more smoothly than the gears on the Line itself.  Braxton was the first to vocalize it, and Lance considered interrupting at the mention of a sizeable financial loss as soon as he finished talking, but someone, it sounded like Sophie, interrupted him first with a squeal, the kind of squeal he'd fantasized about more than once as he worked.  Braxton somehow knew the companion responsible for such a squeal, and Lance almost instantly regretted having lied to cover her.  She was, as he'd feared, some prostitute that Sue had paid for before the mission, and she had only been looking for more money while he was busy.  He sighed dejectedly.<br/><br/>He smiled weakly at Keri as Braxton left, nodding slightly in response to her accusations.  He walked over and sat in the copilot chair, slouching significantly.<strong>"Sue's niece bumped into the panel and accidentally turned off the cooling pump, messed a couple of other things up as well.  I didn't want to say anything since I like Sue, but I don't think she's his niece, and I'm pretty angry about this job.  Sue, Phil, and Cookie are supposed to keep things off of us.  Instead, Braxton's shot, the ship got hammered, and Braxton just wants to yell at me.  If he's angry about losing money on this job, then maybe he should fire the people that don't do anything."</strong>