poul:

which one is the brainless hothead,though?

Teresita/Buddy Larsen:

The ready cat’s pilots probably have different orders than they did six months ago.

Carrier Captains are both pilots and nukes and tend to make fast, good decisions under pressure. And thus are permitted a great deal of autonomy in running their ships.

This caused me to spend five months on the other side of the “line of death” with no mail. Got a great story about crunchy chocolate chip cookies ,though.