Me, I'm just an old admiral trying to keep his starbase in one piece.

The old admiral didn't come in with requests like that unless something was afoot.

The old admiral laughed and started to fill his pipe.

Anyone from a ten-year old to a Starfleet admiral can read this and understand it.

He certainly resembled his father, the old admiral.

The old admiral was as fresh as when they had started.

Please- like I care about some old admiral's war stories.

It was a ship that could fill an old admiral like myself with enthusiasm.

They only gave it to me to keep an old admiral busy.

And that man sitting on the after carronade, oilskins glistening, must be the old admiral.