Drinking & Gambling!
When they arrived at Metropolis-D, there was already a considerable crowd assembled near the MTA. People could be seen with drinks, snacks, and cameras.
Someone had even created a site dedicated to tracking the progress of the EDM fleet. Their movements were not hard to predict since they were going in a straight line. It reminded Josh of the apps tracking Santa on Christmas.
When their ships appeared, there was a standing ovation! Well, not that anyone had been sitting in the first place. Kasha happily began to DJ for them while the Fireworks Guy was busying himself. That's when the Metropolis-D MTA soldiers appeared.
They seemed to be in a hurry to board and treated the activity as if a timed mission. As soon as they saw Josh chilling on the command deck, one of them went to meet him. "Sir Markus has ordered us to hurry up and leave as soon as possible so we can—"
"Denied." That is the only thing Josh said before making a call.