Troy Rising/Funny

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  • Perhaps it helps if one is actually in the military, but the scene in The Hot Gates where Comet is flying within a thousand kilometers of the enemy fleet (point-blank in space terms) to pick up an envoy while giving their equivalent pilot a lesson in insults to Task, Conditions, and Standards (yes, the actual format for a military lesson). Doubles as a Stealth Pun, as she literally schooled him in an insult war.