In a moment he recovered and I could see fear in him and in the officers around us. "Captain Shingle and I thought the name appropriate since you and ...Dad took it."I just slapped him on the shoulder and said, "That's fine. I would have picked a different name but that is me. The name can stay."We finished the tour and I congratulated the officers on how well the ship was brought up to standards. This was when we, as a race, had just started our first steps into space. This seemed to be the right. She didn’t disagree so they gave her more drinks and kept talking about it. Eventually she agreed that it would be a fun thing to do and put one over her husband. The girls quickly bundled her into a taxi and they drove the short distance to the tattoo parlour. On the way the booking was confirmed. Given that it was about ten o’clock on a Friday night Steph asked if the parlour would be open. She soon found out that it was and that it usually stayed open until the small hours of the morning. I spotted her as soon as I entered the recovery area. She was talking to the nurse while the patient I was supposed to have operated on slept nearby. She pulled me into a hug when she saw me, simultaneously scolding me. ‘You’re supposed to be resting at home, not up and at work.’ ‘You know I can’t just sit around,’ I whispered to her. ‘I needed to get out of the house.’ ‘Did Keven just let you wander off? I’m going to have words with that young man.’ I laughed and pulled her toward the door.. Indeed, personally the last official rank I had held was light commander, now I was a full-blown Vice Admiral. Darius now held the rank of Admiral and Jesse was a Grand Admiral. Three days before departure, the expeditionary fleet was given a three-day liberty to say their good-byes and get the pent-up nervous energy out of their system. I chose to have Miri and Brock come up to my assigned flagship, the Serendipity of Freedom. Dan also chose to remain on the ship since we were the only.