…oh, oh this does not bode well.
Edit: And YEP, this defies all logic and reason. If the Admiralty want someone in and out of the place quick, why not just send me up on Vakeback instead of go through the trouble of recruiting all these people and LETTING me pick the infamously heavy duty Obliterator-class (which everyone present should have known I would DEFINITELY pick) anyway? Me bringing my Vake is inevitable, I distinctly remember flying the last time we had roof trouble. It’s just a question if they want the hunt to begin now, or at the worst possible moment.
I can only assume they have chosen calamity on purpose.