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A/N: Here's Dax and we're almost done. One more chapter! (Note: References Red Fraternity.)
Dax had expected that after they'd won, that would be the end of Operation Overdrive. Then Mack had begged them to keep him company for some alien competition he'd been invited to go to; and Ty had come back. The competition was followed by an invitation to a Ranger Reunion. Then a group of space pirates had decided to make a run at earth and they had joined the Astros and Lightspeed in proving that Earth was not an easy target.
It grew like that, from a single moment until they were more off planet than on. And then an international grant had come their way to defray the costs of putting in a secure shuttle port. Lightspeed asked them to take over at attending the various off-planet Ranger events, citing their red's firm stand on space travel as to why it wasn't ideal for them to be the face of Earth. Certainly the military tried to take over when they agreed, but that move was eclipsed by their refusal to move to the base and Mr. Harford's inability to 'find them'.
Dax learned the tricks to diplomacy fairly well. Enough to not start diplomatic incidents every trip they made. Amusingly enough, it was Will and Ronnie who were the liabilities in those instances. At least, until Shane introduced them to asteroid racing. The spy-thief and the adrenaline junky took to the sport like ducks to water, leaving Dax, Rose and Mac to charm their guests and talk about Earth.
The marriage of Ronnie and Will had come as a surprise, especially given how Ty and Ronnie had always seemed to be on the edge of a 'thing'. Their divorce three years later stressed the team, but it had been an agreeable divorce and the awkwardness was quickly glossed over. Rose and Mac never married, although it was a sure thing that their eldest son and youngest daughter would be the 'heirs' to Operation Overdrive, their younger son would follow their grandfather as an archeologist and adventurer while their oldest daughter would inherit Hartford Industries.
Ty never married. Losing Vella had done something, for the sociable silver ranger had never even looked for another, even as a one night stand. As for Dax, well, he'd had his share of one night stands, and even short relationships, with partners of either sex, but none of them was more than a moment of lust and a bit of friendship. The two friends shared a place and spoiled their nieces and nephews and consoled Ronnie and Will on their stormy relationship.
In fact, Dax kept a board in his office on which he kept his important dates and whether Ronnie and Will were fighting, sleeping together or 'just friends' from Rose's day to day updates. Thankfully, their child, a little girl, grew up mostly unscarred by her parents' odd relationship. She spent as much time with Dax and Ty as she did anywhere else. Ironically, she also managed to kill the rumors that Dax and Ty were, in fact, lovers, rather than the brothers they claimed anytime their sex life started to creep into the headlines.