"Captain?" Followed by a Vorpatril? Duv stares at the other man for a good, long time. The same man under his command on Earth who couldn't report in on time somehow holds the rank of Captain? The same rank he has? This has to be a joke. A poorly crafted one though the differences in Vorpatril's appearance nag at the back of his mind.

"When I left Earth, you were still a Lieutenant," he says flatly.