"Light-seconds wide". That's how Mikita Drell's smile has been described, not that it has been much in evidence lately, ever since she was promoted to flying a desk as StarCommodore of SpaceDock 3. The one bit of the job she does enjoy is interviewing those who want to join SpaceForce, usually people dismissively referred to as "planetsiders" by spacers, in other words members of the Planetary Defence Force. As the Senior Service in the Charlemagne System, SpaceForce looks down on planetsiders. Well, Mikita doesn't. She'll take talent wherever she finds it. Right now, she's interviewing a planetside Bombardier called Veldra Leng and it's like looking into a holographic mirror. Veldra is brilliant in her current role, which is operating a defensive raycannon, good enough to earn promotion. The trouble is, once promoted, she won't get to fire the gun any more - and that's the bit of the job she enjoys. Somebody has suggested that she apply to train as a SpaceForce Weapons Officer, since a WO has the higher rank which she has earned, but also gets to operate a starship's entire armament. Veldra is pert, confident, irrepressibly cheerful, always wearing a huge smile. "Light-seconds wide"; suddenly, Mikita knows what the phrase means. Surreptitiously she taps out on her keypad, "Memo to self: are Veldra and I related?" She flashes her own supernova grin. "At ease, Veldra. Welcome to SpaceForce." Miki 2 x 2. Mikita has the Mikita texture by Nemain Ravenwood & AngusD SynfulMindz & CP).