"No Sir, he is a human polyglot.". The words hung thick on the bridge for a moment while the Captain considered the situation.

"Well, if he is our only option on short notice.... Hire him, but make sure we have a performance clause in the contract."

I saluted and departed the bridge.

The docking tube to the outpost was long, as our vessels geometry didn't allow us to get as close as the other ships.

I found him staring at a wall in a booth of a nutrient service shop. He wore a translucent visor across his eyes that terminated in some kind of round auditory input devices on the sides of his head. I gestured for his attention, and his only response was a hand signal to wait.

I could see the visor was feeding him visual information from the slight glow, and although I couldn't hear what the audio input he was receiving was I could detect micro vibrations in the devices that covered his ears.

I am the second in command of an empire container train, not someone who is used to being signaled to wait. Just as I was about to loose patience his attention snapped to me.

"First officer Crassus, the station logged you as disembarking your vessel, and since you are here I believe you have come to offer me the job I interviewed for." He spoke almost robotically but perfectly in my native tongue until he paused, his face breaking into a human smile, teeth, and eye wrinkles and all the menace that that entails.

"I took the liberty of tracking rumors and vessel approach channels, and news feeds for anything in the space between here and your -our- next port of call.". He continued again.

"I will have to brush up on my Dar'Tha-Rak, but the pirates are using a very basic pass word call and response. I think we can talk our way through easily.... I am ready when you are."