210 Back In Space

When they got out of the elevator, Nico led them past the crowd and out on to the flight deck where the next shuttle was still cooling down for boarding. 

The guards greeted her with a fist bump and escorted the group through, much to the dismay of the crowd that was waiting in line to load. 

"Shut it. Qualify as a Super Heavy Pilot and you can dodge the line yourself." The staff responded to the complaints of favoritism, silencing the crowd. 

That wasn't a status that any of them would ever make, and the man who walked around the line almost certainly outranked them all. Even worse, they might end up his direct subordinates once they got to the ship, so antagonizing the Pilot or his two cute friends could make their deployment a nightmare.