Note: Even allies have their issues. Spoiler for Harbinger.
Interservice rivalry was certainly nothing new. Back home, the debate had always been whether Nelson or Wellington was the greater. He just hadn't expect it here. Then Hayes and his lumbering MACOs appeared. They had all the finesse of a broadax. His own people were fleet, elegant, true as arrows, perfectly capable of defending the ship alone.
It started small, as these things often do, but escalated from looks, to words, to fists and ended only when Phlox declared the injuries a draw.
Two things were gained in equal measure: Archer's anger and, curiously, a greater respect for one another.
