Confessions of a space pilot

This JP is brought to you by Chrizla and Jessie.
<snip> Phil was suddenly wide awake, every inch the (acting)
captain. "How the smeg did they get aboard?" Holly suddenly
looked very embarrassed. "Well... you remember how the ship locked
down earlier, and I had to do the damage report because the Damage Report
machine was down again..." "Just tell me, Hol." "I
wasn't paying attention and let her aboard." "Her?"
"Yeah, she said her name was Jessie Carter, Space Corp. The ident
was right, too." Phil shook his head wearily. He'd better deal with
this now. "Thanks, Hol. Tell her to report to my office
immediately."
"GODJESUS!" Chrizla shouted as he woke up, "The
hell?  Jessie, what are you doing?" Jessie
looked as if she was about to bolt for it when Holly's face appeared on
the screen next to her bed.
"Jessie Carter, please report to the captain's office
immediately." <end snip>
Who: Jessie, Chrizla, Phil
Where: Medibay, Phil's office, and places in between
"Tell him I'll be there as soon as I can." she replied, then
turned back to Chrizla. "I was going back to my ship, but it
looks like the captain wants to see me now."
Halfway to Phil's office, Chrizla noticed that Jessie was limping. When
he pointed this out to her, she frowned, and shook her head. "I
didn't think i was that tired. Maybe I'd better take a look." she
sat down, and gently rolled up the her left trouser leg, which, until
now, she hadn't realised was caked in blood, almost certainly her
own.
"Ah. That explains that, then." commented Chrizla, when he saw
the wide bandage which covered most of Jessie's left calf. "Yeah,
one of those Space Corp guys got lucky. They probably fixed me up while I
was in the Medibay." she said, standing up again. Seeing his
concerned look, she added "Don't worry, I can walk on it. I got this
far, didn't I?"
Phil was waiting for her when they got there. "Jessie Carter?"
he asked. Suddenly uneasy, she responded in the affirmative. "Your
cover's been blown wide open." "Cover?" "Do you deny
that you are a pilot in the Space Corps?" "Yes, I do."
Jessie paused, briefly. "I used to be, but that's more than a year
ago now. Can I ask why you want to know?"
Phil sighed. "When you boarded this ship, you had a space corps
ident. A genuine one. Explain to me why, if you are not in the Space
Corp, you used it. And it had better be good."
Jessie started from the beginning, condensing her story somewhat.
"The Corp have been chasing me for some months now, I've got no idea
why, and when I managed to lose them I started looking for a ship to hide
on. The Blue Dwarf seemed ideal, but the first time I tried to get aboard
the ship was under a lockdown. I panicked - I thought they'd caught up -
so I used my SC ident, which they'd never rescinded." She looked
down, embarrassed. "Once I was aboard, in all the excitement, I
guess I forgot all about it."
 
"And you have no clue why they're chasing you?" Chrizla asked,
"None whatsoever." Jessie replied; Phil looked okay for a
captain who had just found out that another member of his crew was wanted
by the Space Corps., "Well," he started, "We're all on the
run from something, so you're still okay in my book." Chrizla joined
in with Phil, "Yeah!  If the Space Corps comes knocking,
they'll have to go through us!" Jessie looked pleased, "Thank
you both.  Now let's show the Hymenoptera who rules this
Galaxy!"
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