The following terms shall apply in these regulations and any subsequent amendments thereto. 001.095 master means the person in charge of a landing vehicle engaged in exploratory operations. 035.08 Notwithstanding anything else in these regulations, from the moment a landing vehicle disengages from its mother ship until it docks: [a] the master is endowed with the autonomous authority of a starship captain, [b] to be more specific, the master is not subject to the overriding authority of the mother ship captain, a ship commodore, or a flotilla commodore, as set forth in Sections 04 and 06, above. General Regulations 2375 edition Busboy-janitor-gofer Seth tidied away the vacuum cleaner hose, wondering as always if the system vented directly to space. Galley and mess were sparkling clean now, but he wasn’t. He went along to the showers to wash his hands and scowl at his stubbled face and tousled hair. Normally about this time he laid out dishes for breakfast and loaded the chefs with the correct materials, but he expected everyone to be late appearing today.