"And every other month, once a month at most, we get a distress call from this one planet or another and move in to get aide." She pointed to both of their uniforms. "Red team is what you consider the shock troops. If there's an aggressive force or hostile territory that needs exploration, odds are good that's our assignment."

If she was smiling, it was more just from a twisted sense of nostalgia, combined with curiosity if the young man truly new what he was conscripted to.