Calm Before the Storm
Location: Somewhere between Terra and System LN23
Time: Two days after escaping Terra
It was getting late but Admiral Morgan and Mike Durgan were still far from turning in for the night. The two men had become frequent visitors of the officer lounge aboard the Terran flagship. For the last two nights they would share drinks at the counter and proceed to chat over a game of billiards. Morgan had grown fond of Mike over the last couple of days.
Michael Durgan was dependable, intelligent, and hardworking. Mike had always been of average height. Always popular with the ladies, he was a handsome man with dark hair, light blue eyes, and a perpetual stubble of facial hair. Mike Durgan had been born to poor factory workers in the slums of Terra but had enlisted in the Terran Navy during his late teen years in order to escape poverty. Mike showed promise early on and moved quickly up the ranks before an ill-fated bar fight put his career on hold. Durgan had witnessed a girl being harassed by two naval officers from another division. Mike was often quick to act and ask questions later, a trait that had gotten him in trouble more often than not. If there was one thing Durgan disliked, it was a group of guys that couldn’t take no for an answer. The two men were drunk and, in their inebriated mental state, did not offer much of a challenge for Mike. Unfortunately for Mike, one of the officers turned out to be the son of an influential politician who knew just the right people. Mike was transferred to a dead end job overseeing the Terran shipyards for two years before joining Morgan’s fleet.
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