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am I going to follow you without a crew to fly my ship?”
    “Your ship will have an auto-pilot.  It will automatically follow my ship without a crew on board.”
    Ana smiled, “Really.”
    “You ship is going to be the most modern up-to-date pleasure yacht in this galaxy.  It will have all the latest conveniences and electronic gadgets available.  I’ll also make sure it will be able to defend itself in a fight.”
    “This is exciting.”
    Leo shrugged, “You haven’t met the Insectoid, yet.  Wait until after that happens.”
    “Could you invite him to come to meet with us as well?”
    Leo sighed and tilted his head, “I guess he’ll come.  I never know with him.”
    “Tell him Victoria is back and she desperately wants to meet him.”
    Leo chuckled, “That may do it.”  Ana smiled and then burst out laughing.
    • • •
    The next day, the purchase price for Ana’s ship was done and she asked him in a moment of privacy, “Why do I need a ship that big?  It cost twelve billion credits.”
    “If the Insectoid agrees to join you, he is going to need a lot of space.  That rear room will be needed if he does.”
    “Why?”
    “He will need the space to put some items in to start your training.”  Ana stared at him and Leo added, “You also need a ship with a big enough hull to hide all the blasters and missile ports I hope to have installed.  You can’t have any visible on the ship’s hull and pull off being a pleasure yacht.”
    “Oh, ok.”  Leo knew she was missing what was coming but she’d find out soon enough.  The ship he chose for her was being built on the frame of an Insectoid Battle Cruiser that was salvaged after their battle with the Unity.  It might come down to him needing it later to help him get out of trouble.  He also hoped that he would benefit from the Insectoid’s interest in Ana.
    • • •
    “Are we going to the planet where you’re going to have the modifications done?”
    “Not yet, Ana.  I’m meeting the boys at another planet first.”
    “Why?”
    “They might not sign on and I don’t want to reveal what we’re doing if they don’t.”
    “Oh.  Ok.”
    They arrived above a planet in the Proxima Sector of the galaxy and took an old shuttle out of Leo’s ship’s landing bay.  They landed at the spaceport twenty minutes later and rented a bus.  “Where are we going, Leo?”
    “The boys arrived earlier this morning; they’re waiting for us at a local establishment.”  Ana nodded and stared out of the windshield; this part of the city they were moving into didn’t look like a high rent section.  Matter of fact, it didn’t look good enough to be low rent either.  Leo parked the bus in front of a large tavern and handed a fifty credit note to the bouncer at the door, “Can you insure it won’t be damaged?”  The huge bouncer took the note and smiled.  Leo looked at Ana and said, “Stay close.”  He didn’t have to worry.  She grabbed his arm and held on tightly.  This was a rough part of the city.
    They walked through the door and immediately heard loud laughter and loud voices in the rear of the establishment.  Leo smiled, “They’re here.”  He threaded his way through the crowd and many of the customers stared at Ana but didn’t try anything with Leonidas escorting her.  As he approached the table one of the men saw him and jumped up out of his chair, “LEONADIS!!”  The others at the table jumped up as well, ran over to him, and began pounding him on the back and hugging him.  Leo smiled and returned their affection as two chairs were pulled over to the table where they could join the loud group.  Leo looked at a waitress and said, “Bring a round for everyone and put it on my tab.”
    “I’m sorry, sir.  But you have to pay in advance,” the waitress said while staring at Ana.
    Leo pulled out a thousand credit note and handed it to the waitress, “Let me know if you need more.”  The waitress’ eyes went wide