Epilogue
"So let me get this straight." Captain Neil Evans of the second company cut in. "The pair of you, alone, accidentally declared war on a planet and won?"
"That's my husband." Dr Cara Gibson replied, hugging her husband's arm and kissing him on the check, much to his embarrassment.
"Your both insane." Neil concluded.
"We're following them, what does that make use Neil." Lieutenant Melissa Rivers replied with a smile.
"Idiots, but I knew that when I agreed to follow a Gibson into battle." Neil replied to the groups general amusement.
"Anyway." Gibson continued, expressing some annoyance at the interruption. "Command counted that as a victory so afterwards I ended up employed as a sort of trouble shooter on the Steiner-Marik border."
"Emphasis on the shooting part right?" Kyle added.
"Naturally." Gibson replied. "Which is how I met you of course. Regardless with those sort of missions it was useful to maintain a contact on the Marik side of the border."
"Between the pair of us we did a lot of good work towards keeping the border quiet and fairy peaceful." Max expanded on Gibson's point. "When I needed to deal with a problem on the Lyran side of the border, first person I contacted was Sam to de-conflict with anything the Fed Com was running and vis versa, I would ensure than anything Sam was up to wouldn't run afoul of FWLM patrols. We ended up heading a number of very hush hush joint ops to neutralise destabilizing influences and well, spend that much time working with someone you either end up as mates or mortal enemies."
"So when I needed an intelligence officer for this mission, I knew from the off who I wanted for the role."
"And for my own part it looked like the Steiner-Marik border is going to be somewhat boring for the time being, so I talked my boss into letting me take a leave of absence with a mercenary group. I get to go do some good and he gets some up to date info on the invaders." Max dusted off the last of his drink. "Anyway I believe it's my round, who's in?"
A series of 'Ayes!' went round the table as the night's festivities continued.