Feb 11, 2017 22:21
To: [Alex]
From: [Nathan]
Subject: try not to be too irritated with me...
Formal invitations to the christening ceremony will be forthcoming shortly. I figured you deserved a heads-up, for being in the dark for as long as you have...
-N
[Attached are four pictures - obviously intended for publicity use - of the HMS Ebonshire and the HMS Avalon in drydock. The two big T-O enhanced ships are actually glittering in the light refracted through the shipyard shielding, and the images do a very solid job of illustrating not just their size but their more-than-slightly alien conformation.]