The Pilot maneuvered the shuttle into the docking bay without hesitation, but Max noted that there was a lot more traffic than he had been expecting all around the ship. They had only been gone for a few days, so not too much should have changed, but it looked like there was some sort of festival going on, judging by the number of ships coming and going.
Max led Nico and Felicity to his office, where he could tell that Major Miller was more than a little eager to be relieved of his duty and where the Envoys were waiting with overwhelming thoughts of annoyance that they had learned of the situation from a blockade force, while Max had repeatedly missed his daily briefings, both before and afterward.
He would have to apologize for that once he made it there, but he had a number of very viable excuses prepared for his lack of communication, and he had a lot of data to distract them with.
