Things were running smoothly, for the first few hours. I checked my watch. The Russians could make contact at any..

“Grreetings, Space Stay-shun!” the speakers blared. Aristov!

We all dropped everything and made a mad dash. So what if it wasn’t dignified!

“Good day to you Colonel Aristov! Good to hear your voice! Any voice actually!” I took the radio.

“We khad a successvul launch but vill need to dock at zee stay-shun. Zee dust vill rrreach Russia today and prrrevent rrrentry for a veek.”

“We would love to have you!”

“Furrst ve vill poot satellite in place, no?”

“Of course Colonel! We are looking forward to it!”

After the pleasantries were over, I let Billings back on the radio to monitor the mission. He grinned at me amused with my exuberance in taking it away in the first place. “Call me if anything comes up.” I lamely reply. “Aye-aye!” he quips.

The mission went smoothly, and we began setting up WiFi inside the station. The small Russian crew unloaded themselves, and a crate of Vodka.