Trigger whacked the panic button. Roadgear was a NAME! "Standing by," she said.
Commissioner Tate came in through the door and slipped into the chair she'd already vacated. Trigger took another seat a few feet away. She felt a little nervous, but she'd always wanted to see a high-powered diplomat in action.
The screen lit up. She recognized Roadgear from his pics. Tall, fine-looking man of the silvered sideburns type. He was in an armchair in a very plush office.
"Congratulations, Commissioner!" he said, smiling. "I believe you're aware by now that your latest report has set many wheels spinning rapidly!"
"I rather expected it would," the Commissioner admitted. He also smiled.
They pitched it back and forth a few times, very chummy. Roadgear didn't appear to be involved in any specific way with the operations which soon would center about Luscious. Trigger began to wonder what he was after.
"A few of us are rather curious to know," Roadgear said, "why you didn't acknowledge the last Council Order sent you."
Trigger didn't quite start nervously.
"When was this?" asked the Commissioner.
Roadgear smiled softly and told him.