576 Preparing for a Trial, PT 2

Captain Blaze spoke slowly, his artificial voicebox carefully neutral as he presented his documents. "I am afraid that no excuse could cover for my failure, but I have prepared detailed documentation of the situation aboard Holy Light. While the staff were hand-picked by the Reavers to join the crew of Terminus Trading Company, nearly every single member was selected as a double agent for their family or faction.

While each of them is eminently capable on paper, the infighting and clan politics they have brought have made it nearly impossible to function as a unit. After I blocked all communications from the ship to outside locations, I believed that I had the worst of it under control, and the crew was beginning to work together toward becoming a cohesive unit.

The training reports are in there and have shown great improvements over the first few days after their arrival.