"Are you going by Admiral Naismith here?" he hisses. A safer identity than being identified as a mutant and accused of masquerading as a Vorkosigan. But to go so far as to bring out the mercenary fleet admiral at a time like this...

Perhaps he'd be better off without Miles vouching for him.

"How much weight does your word hold with them? If they know you as Naismith then you haven't been with them long enough to build trust."