Evening Maintenance (D3, LE, Hanger)

[Nora Crossette]

It was almost dizzyingly high up there, and the railings were not the best for anyone small, making it uncomfortable.

Still.. Nora was sitting in the office/control room, sipping a mug of coffee and studying her noteputer.

[James Hall]

Mata realized that they had not been officially introduced.

She stepped in and saluted. "Hi. I'm Mata."

[Nora Crossette]

Nora looked over and practically melted.

"Hello Mata. I'm Nora. What do you need?"

[Theodore Beker]

James shook his head. "Poor bastards." Whether he was talking about the mechwarriors or the astechs was questionable.

"It's like a rite of passage. Cleaning your first warrior out of the cockpit. I remember when I was first with the pirates, somehow a piece got lodged underneath the cockpit. I didn't notice until later when it started to smell. I could have gotten it then, but..." James shrugged. "They never figured it out."

He laughed. "Yeah, I puked the first time I had to do it. Someone thought their Orion could handle a Hunchback. Nasty bit of business. Kept finding bits throughout the whole repair job."

[James Hall]

Nora looked over and practically melted.

"Hello Mata. I'm Nora. What do you need?"

"We found the LRM's. Dr. Reinhardt asked my da... my father and me to help him look. Dr. Reinhardt was telling me about how maybe the froze General Kerensky so he could lead the SLDF back to the Inner Sphere, and that's when I found them." She shakes her somewhat sadly. "Though my dad told me he doesn't think they froze General Kerensky."

He laughed. "Yeah, I puked the first time I had to do it. Someone thought their Orion could handle a Hunchback. Nasty bit of business. Kept finding bits throughout the whole repair job."

"I wanted to puke, but I knew there would be a beating. The his fellow warriors were right there watching me. I was expected to be respectful. Though at least he was mostly in one piece."

[Nora Crossette]

"Oh. Well... I'm glad to hear that."

Nora poked her noteputer, amending a stock.

"Why did... why did the doctor say they froze Kerensky?"

[James Hall]

"Well, he knows a lot about the Star League, so we were talking about it. My da.. father says the Star League was really great, and everyone was happier back then. And we talked about the SLDF coming back, Dr. Reinhardt said that General Kerensky might come back leading them."

[Nora Crossette]

"Ah.. I've heard his army might come back, but never heard anyone say he would."

Shaking her head, she added, "Still, that'd be something. Really spook the pants off those house lords if that happened."

Chuckling, she added, "Well, Mata, I hope your dad doesn't mind you being up here - it isn't the safest - don't run on the gantries, ok?"

[James Hall]

"As it should. They made a big mess of things." Mata nods. Clearly, not a fan of the House lords.

"Oh. I know. It was much less safe at the pirates' base. They didn't even have railings."

[Nora Crossette]

"Pirates? Oh."

Nora looked somewhat horrified. "That's awful. Well... I'm glad you're out of that kind of place. We'll keep you away from those sorts here."