Seth,

Tell me, what the heck were you thinking? You tossed two security guards at a 71 year old woman that's half blind and needs a stick to walk, to stun her? What was she going to do, whack you over the head with her cane to disable you? You probably could have left her behind with a good brisk walk! Guess who is being painted as the villain here?

Do I want to see M’Rander in command of the Freedom? No, and others have doubts she is fit for the job as well. If you had worked with us, maybe we could have done something. But now I don’t know. Maybe Lee can pull a rabbit out of the hat for you because I am fresh out of ideas.

As to going to Ironbottom, you can forget that. Even if that flyer of yours were to have warp drive so you could get to the starbase before you were 10,000 years old, he is the one that put her in command! I’ve seen the orders and they came through his office. Not to mention when news of this is transmitted you are going to be a marked man that would be arrested on sight at any Federation facility, and you are hardly able to blend into a crowd. If you leave the ship, desertion could also be added to the charges against you. Think carefully about your next move in that regard.

As far as I can tell, no official charges have been filed, yet, but then again she is getting that shattered arm fixed now. They could come at any time.

On a personal note, first thanks for trying to warn Lynx and I that her Mom was coming aboard. I may not have liked you poking your nose into my business in the past, but that was good of you and balances the scales.

Oh, and second, if I find you hacking into my files again I will quite happily hunt you down for M’Rander’s pleasure myself. Noting personal, but I like my privacy.

Good luck,

Milton