The mechanic shrugs, eyes focused on the lights as they disappear from the panel. "She's pretty simple, compared to some of the Alliance cruisers, but they also got the money for it. Still, she's got her own preferred way of doin' things, her own sequence."

Her eyes leave the panel long enough to glance at the city outside.

"Nearin' three and a half years, I think it was. Met the Cap'n when I was seventeen, and he offered the job on the spot. I went up with 'em the same day."