(Katrina stops by after making ace so we get to talk to her of her exploits and family life as mother to her and Taal’s son. She also offers some of her philosophy on what she does as a pilot and how she justifies the times she's had to terminate another life.) 

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Katrina: (says something in Russian)

Russ: Katrina.
 
Katrina yo.

Russ: dos vedanya.

Katrina: dos vedanya (says someting else in Russian) you speak, I.....

Russ: we'll try it with English?

Katrina: you speak, Kiri speak me.

Russ: okay, fair enough. How are you and Taal?

Kiri: Taal and Katrina are doing fine.

Russ: oh good.

Kiri: she's sitting very close to me, I'm stumped on that next one. Okay so what we're going to do is, you ask questions, I'll translate into Sirian and then she will answer.

Russ: okay.

Kiri: and I will translate back into English.

Russ: okay. Tell her congratulations on her being an ace now.

Katrina: da.

John: so Katrina speaks Russian because that's where she patrols?

Russ: yeah.

Katrina: da.

Russ: she speaks Russian. And she knows she.....

Katrina: (speaks a more Russian)

Russ: right. Now she knows she got, she's world-famous down here now.

Katrina: nyet, nyet.

Russ: yeah tell her it's on the webpage that she....

Kiri: hold on, hold on, we're having a communication problem here.

Russ: oh.

Kiri: I'm translating and she just butts straight in. She goes no, as in surprise, shock, horror.

Russ: no, no she's, she's been made famous as her latest ace making has been made worldwide knowledge here on earth.

Kiri: she says do you wish her to do victory roll over Red Square? She actually said green square but it's Red Square I think she meant.

Russ: yeah Red Square. No that's all right.

Katrina: Kremilinski.

Kiri: yes Kremlin.

Russ: yes it's the Kremlin. Let's see, Boris Yeltsin of course is getting his operation tonight.

Kiri: he's had his operation.

Russ: yes it's very successful and anything happening with her since then?

Katrina: nyet.

Russ: nothing, how's the Babushka?

Kiri: the little one misses his mother when she is on patrol.

Russ: so who takes care of him when they're gone, both gone or does that happen?

Kiri: it happens sometimes and when that happens........I'm not very good as an interpreter or translator.

Russ: oh you're doing fine.

Kiri: and when that happens, yes it stays in the crèche, the little one.

Russ: ahh okay, good. And no more on the way I take it or planned for a little while?

Katrina: nyet.

Kiri: no.

Russ: yes, I figured that part out. Yeah she didn't like being stuck ground bound...

John: grounded, grounded?

Russ: yeah she was grounded for a while yeah.

Kiri: close to two of your orbits.

Russ: right, she's had to do shuttle piloting......

John: oh, right, right.

Russ: which is no fun. So is she training the new pilots at all?

Kiri: yes.

Russ: good.

Kiri: she trains very hard, fly harder.......sounded like her.......she flies harder than she normally would.

Russ: oh, okay.

Kiri: because she has a reputation as being an ace, she has to be good.

Russ: okay, ask her if you could please for something I can put in the Hades Base News in the news section for this next week.

Kiri: I will do so. The key to being a successful pilot is not just skill and determination, luck and a desire to do what is necessary to stay alive is the key. It is no good feeling remorseful for the pilot that you engage,that they would do it to you so you must do it to them. It is sad to have to terminate a entity's existence but it is better that you remove one instead of that one taking many.

Russ: hmm okay.

Katrina: da.

Russ: tell her thank you....then that one taking....great, that'll make great copy for the news.

Kiri: she says bye now.

Russ: bye Katrina.

John: congratulations on your last.......last battle.

Kiri: message from her, thanks. Is that correct? Yeah.

John: yeah.

Kiri: thanks.

John: cool.