"You the pilot of that 'nightlight destroyer'?"
I had to chuckle "Aye, that's me." My 30m wedge ship had acquired the nick-name as soon as I got it past STC the first time. It had started, on paper anyway, as a Class-S, but well before it was completed, the original owner met a messy end. The yard was happy to have someone bid on it and pay (upfront) to have it finished, even if it did mean Warsie modification. Only STC actually called it by its designation.
"I didn't see any guns on it."
"That's right."
"Somehow that just doesn't seem right," he said.
"I heard that very thing from Space Patrol."
"How you expect to do your part against villainous space pi... uh Reavers?"
"Boskos, Reavers, Death Eaters, Slavers, whatever they are, I've done my part."
He regarded me for a long moment, "You a veteran of the Boskone war?"
"Aye, flew recon for OGJ. Turned out more than enough men to be killed by others."
He let that settle in for a moment before he spoke again.
"Fought with the Irregulars, myself. What unit you with?"
"Independent."
That took him by surprise: those were unheard of during the war.
"How'd you manage that?"
"Barely," I said.
He had to chuckle lightly at that.
"I heard stories of a ghost, would nip out from US airspace, make trouble for the Boskones, then flit home at the end of the night."
"Hmm. Didn't know there were stories."
"You sayin' that was you?"
"Could have been. I was still based earthside during the fighting."
"This ghost, went by some troublemaker callsign...."
"Spoilsport," I said as I started walking away.
"That was it!"
I had to chuckle "Aye, that's me." My 30m wedge ship had acquired the nick-name as soon as I got it past STC the first time. It had started, on paper anyway, as a Class-S, but well before it was completed, the original owner met a messy end. The yard was happy to have someone bid on it and pay (upfront) to have it finished, even if it did mean Warsie modification. Only STC actually called it by its designation.
"I didn't see any guns on it."
"That's right."
"Somehow that just doesn't seem right," he said.
"I heard that very thing from Space Patrol."
"How you expect to do your part against villainous space pi... uh Reavers?"
"Boskos, Reavers, Death Eaters, Slavers, whatever they are, I've done my part."
He regarded me for a long moment, "You a veteran of the Boskone war?"
"Aye, flew recon for OGJ. Turned out more than enough men to be killed by others."
He let that settle in for a moment before he spoke again.
"Fought with the Irregulars, myself. What unit you with?"
"Independent."
That took him by surprise: those were unheard of during the war.
"How'd you manage that?"
"Barely," I said.
He had to chuckle lightly at that.
"I heard stories of a ghost, would nip out from US airspace, make trouble for the Boskones, then flit home at the end of the night."
"Hmm. Didn't know there were stories."
"You sayin' that was you?"
"Could have been. I was still based earthside during the fighting."
"This ghost, went by some troublemaker callsign...."
"Spoilsport," I said as I started walking away.
"That was it!"
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." - Aristotle
"Being told to be 'open minded' about something is usually a code for 'you're not going to like this, but I want to subject you to it anyway'. Conversely, being told that you are 'closed-minded' is generally a means of asserting that 'I don't like the fact that you're proving me wrong, so I will pretend that your failure to agree with my argument is a philosophical deficiency'." - RationalWiki
"Being told to be 'open minded' about something is usually a code for 'you're not going to like this, but I want to subject you to it anyway'. Conversely, being told that you are 'closed-minded' is generally a means of asserting that 'I don't like the fact that you're proving me wrong, so I will pretend that your failure to agree with my argument is a philosophical deficiency'." - RationalWiki