And for all that waiting, he gets a scant two pages of screen time. We’ll see him again eventually. If Fusella’s reaction to Colonel Anderson is confusing to you, rereading this scene, especially the last three pages (pp. 37-39), may help.
Finally I can tell that the colonel has something about his uniform that says he has some kind of ranking. You could have used the old reliable military insignia for the captain.
I wondered at that too, but (although they are wearing the same uniforms) I do believe they belong to different organisations? Fu is Terran Space Administration, Anderswall is Interplanetary Patrol. I didn’t think TerSA is even a military outfit, Fu is a captain as in “captain of a ship”.
Finally I can tell that the colonel has something about his uniform that says he has some kind of ranking. You could have used the old reliable military insignia for the captain.
Why is a colonel “ma’amming” a captain?
I wondered at that too, but (although they are wearing the same uniforms) I do believe they belong to different organisations? Fu is Terran Space Administration, Anderswall is Interplanetary Patrol. I didn’t think TerSA is even a military outfit, Fu is a captain as in “captain of a ship”.