>>"Thank you," Tarquini replied. "As you no doubt know, damage control
>>is among the Patrol Fleet's primary tasks when rendering aid to a
>>starship casualty."
>>
>>"Of course."
>
>This is a bit to "As you know, Bob," I think.

It struck me more as Tarquini is a very regs-oriented type of captain, and she's trying to say, in official language "Honest to Kirk we know our jobs and aren't just cocking about out here." Also consider that she's seeing Gryphon the Legendary Wedge Defender, not Gryph the Somewhat Quirky Guy In Charge of the Somewhat Quirky Do-Gooders.

Tangentially, if she is still active during the Symphony era, I'm wondering if Azula is going to do one of her long, hyperactive and awkward expositions on what she would have done had she been in charge of the Psi Corps et. al., complete with genuine "Muahaha" villain laughter.

"This is probably a stupid question, but . . ."