The door iris opened and the group at the bar saw a tall man, with a suare chin and hair rough cropped in a typical "Spacer's cut" enter and swagger across to the bar.
What they didn't realise was that there were actually two new arrivals. The second was a man of medium build, wearing spectacles and a blue-grey space suit combo. This man made so little impression upon their collective consciousness that they didn't even seem to see him.

Dan Solo reached the bar and said "Two large glasses of your strongest liquor, and a bag of something crunchy, Barkeep".
"Thirsty Sir?" the barman replied. Solo gently sighed and decided that it was not worth trying to explain that the second glass was for his companion. Nobody ever seemed to register that he was even there! This was strange, as Dan had found Thomas Inman to be interesting company ever since their paths crossed - literally - in that Bar back on Mudcat 5. Their rapid departure to avoid the trouble brewing had sealed their companionship, and Inman had proved his worth as co-pilot when they had to take evasive manoeuvres to escape the fleet of planet-buster battleships which suddenly appeared as they were about to hop from the system. They had barely escaped with ship fins intact, so Inman deserved the drink he was about to be bought!