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"Tea if you have it, Ma'am."<br />
As she moved about the small kitchen area attached to her quarters, she kept an eye on her three<br />
guests.<br />
"<strong>Southern</strong> <strong>Cross</strong> and her Battle Group are number one on the list."<br />
Returning, she offered Kuguar his drink and taking her own glass of water with her as she<br />
perched on one of the chairs.<br />
"Congratulations. I hope we can keep this up. I know you've seen my Provost, Clarice, and if you<br />
have any problems you can always contact her. I'd like to get together with all of you tomorrow<br />
before we start the war games to see about improving our coordination."<br />
Robin and Kuguar seemed to be listening to her intently, but Reed was nearly openly sneering.<br />
Julie made a mental note to take a good look at her new Captain's service files.<br />
"I've got about an hour before I'm due at an engagement. Let's see what we can come up with<br />
tomorrow, shall we?"<br />
Julie wasn't, despite all her recent intensive training, a Naval officer <strong>by</strong> predilection. She knew<br />
she still had a lot of learning to catch up with, and if anything, the learning curve was just as high<br />
as it had been during training.<br />
Despite her best efforts, Reed said barely a handful of words throughout the hour-long tactics<br />
discussion, and he was the first to leave when she declared it was time for her to get going.<br />
Robin, she found to be rather soft spoken and, if not unsure about her new position, still feeling<br />
her way into it. Kuguar was as loud and boisterous as Julie had imagined he would be, and she<br />
found herself liking the man.<br />
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"He failed out of Guardian training? Really? I didn't know that. He must have gone quickly if I<br />
don't remember meeting him."<br />
It took Emily a lot of willpower not to reach over the table and kiss Julie. The young redhead<br />
was wearing what could only be described as form-fitting pants and a pale blouse that only<br />
served to highlight her hair. Emily wanted desperately to make certain that Julie's lips were as<br />
soft and warm as she remembered them. Unfortunately, she also remembered how Julie had<br />
glanced around in concern when Emie had pulled out the chair for her.<br />
They were dining on North Star's observation lounge. The large armored view ports next to their<br />
table gave a spectacular view of the depths of space at the moment. It was one of five such<br />
establishments spread throughout the Guardian-class ship for off duty personnel to relax in. It
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