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SEC #3.

Posted by Admiral HackFor group 0
SEC
Wed 18 Dec 2019
at 05:04
  • msg #428

SEC #3

    The Admiral Move da way from , Roy  and Shadow.. Shade  sat in the chair  watching, while   Larry  layed  curled in a ball.

    The Admiral seemed  more then a little stern, whether  it was because of   Maris, GE-Fi, or the reporters. or may  a little bit of all three.

  depending on how   Maris    handles the questioning.. this   could be a bad  night for him...or the worst  thing that he could ever  imagine...  The LC?  he was  captured once.hjis 2nd time out..he was a Junior  at the academy.. they  worked him  and his teammate over pretty good..his teammate, got the worst of it... he managed  to sweet talk a female Oil Lord Trooper into helping him out..she was lucky..he just killed her..but  he got all 5  people who were questioning him.. and worked on one at a time.. asking questions of the ones  who were 'next'  to make sure he got things  right... so.. he looked  back at the  man in the chair  and  then to Lizzy.

 Now?  this is  for you to know...The reporter.. well...lets just  say gettign on the wrong  side of Beth, isn't much better then  the LC... So...here is the whole thing in a nut shell. If this would have blown up in our face, or even went a tiny bit Wrong, Ge-Fi could have  had his spin masters   ready for us..,,Right now his techs  are trying to   fight  Beth's bots? he stopped  a few of them.. but the rest are broadcasting, in a loop..and.. othe  people who share our..expertise...are passing it  along.....and that's what we  wanted... Those  who are faithful to GE-FI? well.. they won't  understand  until they are laying on a plater, and Empire   folsk are  cutting off slices...

 ..The Report? well? that's too bad.. we offered her the chance  to  do the follow up? but  she rudely declined , we  may have to watch her a bit more closely...

 he waves  a hand  like it  doesn't matter,..now.. the reason i called you in?.  You are goign to have to deal with  this..if/when  anyone knows  Maris  was  your father... and you are going to have to deal with it, with  ..I don't know? Maybe Like Captain Morris would say.. 'stiff upper lip?' That's  all i wanted to say... You knew this was  coming..and now its  here... The fallout is goign to hit both sides, But, at least the  crew of the Neutron..and CAptain Mara..will have a whole  knew chapter  written for them.I suppose that's  all I have  right now...
Roy Spencer
player, 7596 posts
Marine SgtMaj
Security Chief
Wed 18 Dec 2019
at 06:36
  • msg #429

SEC #3

Roy had opened his mouth to begin asking questions a few times, only to be interrupted by outbursts elsewhere in Security.  Once Izzy left, he stood shaking his head, and then turned to Maris.

"Not gonna sugar-coat this for you, Maris.  At this point, you're pretty much dead, no matter which direction you go, because we can easily get word in the wind that you sold out Ge-Fi, and that you tipped us off about the Freeshippers.  Doesn't matter whether it's true or not, because the people in charge of the other side don't have any patience with maybe-turncoats and possible double-agents.  Rather than take the chance that you might betray them again, they'll just kill you.  Maybe feed you to the Demons."

He shrugged, continuing in a casual, conversational tone, "And, frankly, I don't think your odds of getting out of this alive on our side are very good, either.  I mean, you're a collaborator, you conspired in the death of your wife and her crew.  That's high treason, and during time of war, that's a capital offense. So...yeah.  Pretty sure you're going to be dead very soon, one way or another."  He shrugged dismissively.

"Thing is, there are truly shitty ways to die.  So, right now, you're playing for a clean, decent death, which is maybe more than you deserve, but we've gotta have something for an incentive, right?"  He raised his arms in an exaggerated, "Whatcha gonna do?" shrug, then gestured to Shadow.

"Now, the LC here...I'm pretty sure he's got some very clear ideas of what kind of death you deserve.  And if you don't cooperate with me, I'm gonna let him do his very best on you.  And when he's done, you'll be dead...but you'll also be a few VERY painful days older before it happens.  Just so we're clear on the whole playing field, here, and because I'm not a deceitful toad like you.  You know the objectives, and you know the options for helping to achieve them, or for failing to cooperate.  The rest is up to you."

He stepped up, reaching down to grab Maris' stump in a crushing grip.  "So...tell me everything you know about Adem's forces...how many, what kind, where they were at when you left Verian space...I know you're not much of a military mind, but I'm pretty sure you know what basic strategic information we want.  We'll start there, and see just how cooperative you're willing to be."  For all the calm, almost kind tones in his voice, his eyes were like granite, and his fingertips dug into the traumatized flesh at the end of Maris' arm with relentless pressure.
sec
Wed 18 Dec 2019
at 06:57
  • msg #430

SEC #3

 MAris    Groaned   as   Roy grabbed his    stump. Shadow sat   down in a chair infroint of him, but backed off  a bit, incase Roy wanted to Move around. he  kept  walking the leaf shaped  dagger  , back and  forth over one hand, then the  other.

  The captain has  tears  welling up..his  chest was having.. the thought of death  making him panic.Adem is massing his   fleet, to invade Calimite..That;s why we have  Freeshippers  here.. they  have a small fleet, on this  side of Calimite, trying to intercept  any vessel trying to  flee  the invasion I was Picked up  by the  StarDuster . just out  side the    Hillite asteroid  Field, and ...I was  taken in by Nil's call for help.
Roy Spencer
player, 7597 posts
Marine SgtMaj
Security Chief
Wed 18 Dec 2019
at 07:03
  • msg #431

SEC #3

Roy eased his grip.  "Now, see?  Answer questions, the pain goes away."  He set Maris' wrist down...but kept a hand rest on it.  "So, just to clarify, the Freeshippers' fleet is between us and Calimite?  Any idea where Adem's fleet is?"

He lightly drummed his fingers on Maris' wrist, as a reminder of what could happen if the answers were slow in coming or it felt like they were being made up.
sec
Wed 18 Dec 2019
at 07:10
  • msg #432

SEC #3

  Maris    shook his head,..he's between  Calimite and Vera.. H eis afraid the Fleet will invade Vera.. so he  will attack Calimite first, perahps  Hopign to deal with Unden?.. what i do not  understand?  is   why The Empire   sent an envoy to  Vera  now?... They had to know the fleet was ehaded this way?

 Over the PA...

 Admiral?.. Warlord    Lilit and  Captain Shadow , are on  return  vector fer the hanger Dec... we'l get them lands  as soon as the  last two   birds land..Oh?.. An' Admiral? we  Lost a Mech Rider.. Young Clark.. he was   killed when they took the shuttle

 ..Thank you Rivets... send them in when they get here..

   Oh..Jackie Boy?  You ever  see  an Angry  Verian? Lilit   could   tear your  arms off, and beat you with it.
Roy Spencer
player, 7598 posts
Marine SgtMaj
Security Chief
Wed 18 Dec 2019
at 07:33
  • msg #433

SEC #3

Roy's smile grew tight.  "Not much time left, Maris...I mean, I'm sure that Lilit will be far more upset with the Verians that came with you than she will be with you...but you ARE the bearer of bad tidings, what with being the one who brought news that Vera had aligned with the Empire."  He shrugged slightly.

"You could've just gone back to Fuji and continued with your cushy training job there.  Hell, you could've just retired and gotten out of the war, altogether.  But, no...you had to make another grab for power.  And look where that got you..."  He shook his head, feigned sadness on his face.

"How long has Adem been working with the Demons?  And how did you come to call on him for assistance when you thought Fuji was no longer safe for you?"
Lizzy O'conner
player, 1392 posts
Pilot Ensign
Fiery Redhead
Wed 18 Dec 2019
at 11:35
  • msg #434

SEC #3

In reply to SEC (msg # 428):

 Lizzy listened closely and then responded," Sir he deserves everything her gets as far as I am concerned, the Father I thought I had is long gone sir."

 Lizzy looks at the Admiral and she says," I will talk with Izzy Sir I don't know exactly what was said, I am sorry I was a little out of it, but maybe I can smooth things over a little bit Sir." Lizzy nods and adds," Well I will see if she wants to do a follow up with me Sir."

 Lizzy takes a deep breath and says," Yes Sir I will deal with it, and I know it could get rough, again Sir I am sorry I lost it earlier but it was all so new. Knowing he will pay for his crimes against the Neutron and my Mother will make it a lot easier Sir. Yes Sir that is the most important thing my Mother will not go down as a incompetent Commander, the crew of the Neutron will be seen as heroes and Captain Mara as well, that man saved my life. Yes Sir thank you Sir."

 Lizzy wanted to tell him about Harry but this was not the right time, she will nod and head out of SEC not really knowing where she is going. She decided to head to the Officer's quarters maybe to just head to bed, but maybe to see Izzy. She had to tell her she wasn't mad at her and maybe help her smooth things over with Beth and the others.

----------->>>>>>>>>>>> To Officer's Dec
sec
Wed 18 Dec 2019
at 15:40
  • msg #435

SEC #3

  Maris  looked worried, his  eyes  started to  Shadow who just  shrugged his  shoulders  and grinned.

  well? I'm not  to  sure  when Adem signed up...  I was   on  Fuji  , and  i got the COM  from Nil,saying  you and her   had 'words' and I was  to come and  get her...Adem's people  contacted  me in transit ..again, they  met me outside  the asteroid Belt.  The Freeshippers? That's when they said  they were   aligning  with  Vera  and Vera had  Joined the Empire.

 He looked  down ,..Fuji was my home?.... But its  not safe for me any longer, now that  the  recording was sent out.

 Shadow  chuckled  darkly,..That's something  you won't have to worry about, shortly
Roy Spencer
player, 7600 posts
Marine SgtMaj
Security Chief
Wed 18 Dec 2019
at 17:58
  • msg #436

SEC #3

Skepticism was evident in Roy's voice as he said, "Wait a minute.  I want to make sure I heard that right.  Adem contacted YOU, after you left Fuji in response to a private comm message, and offered you safe haven and an escort?  You really expect me to buy that?"

He leaned forward, putting weight on the injured stump.  "I've met Adem.  He's not a telepath.  Did you make some kind of station wide announcement that you were fleeing Fuji to go rescue the Angel love of your life?  This doesn't add up, Jack...you want to try a different flavor of bullshit?"
SEC
Wed 18 Dec 2019
at 18:22
  • msg #437

SEC #3

   Jack   wailed  a bit...Shadow Just smiled.

  NOOOOO!..... I was on a FUJI  Sloop , one of the new  ones.. they  send cap ships out to the fleet. they keep sloops for home defense.  anyway... we  were coming past the asteroid field? we  heard on the   ESN COMs that   you guys did  somethign to the field, that sorta ..trapped   Lady V in there? so i figured it was safe and Fast..... Adem Contacted  me.. himself... on  ship's COM... if i wanted to get to Nil faster. he  has  a ship in the area...... I did not  find out the   Verians turned, Until the CAptain of the vessel told me.... I was thinking, takign Nil from you was a feather in his Cap?

 Hack stood behind   Shadow   his arms  crossed , listening...he was less then pleased  as he said,..and then you punched  the  woman you 'loved'..because   you were trapped?

  JAck looked pained,she laughed at me..made me feel like a fool.. so..so  i Lashed out...

 Shadow chuckled,..you must have to punch alot of people then...

 Hack snorted,well Jack... end time is here.. Lilit  will be docking as soon as a wounded bird of my gets on the Dec...Roy?  You have anything esle?
Melia Kristensen
player, 1987 posts
Combat Corpsman
Petty Officer 1st Class
Wed 18 Dec 2019
at 22:11
  • msg #438

SEC #3

In reply to SEC (msg # 399):

Melia responds rapidly when she gets Stefi's comm, she'd been in the area and had been preparing to question the duster when things had gotten complicated. Ensuring she had her full kit of both medical equipment, and her memory aids for asking questions she headed directly for the SEC office.

As the interrogation started Melia hung to the back with her back of tools, when Shadow mentioned using an OR and demonstrating what had been done to his daughter Melia has a really good idea of the unspoken implied trauma. She'd been remade, improved at a demon's hands... She took a half step forward into Shadow's peripheral field of view to signal her wish to volunteer to assist in demonstrating the process.

She lingered in the room after the Verian had been dragged out, and she finally learned what had been the whispers in the brass and she learned of Lizzy's background, and about her father... who was not sitting in the chair, handless about to answer for the betrayal of his blood and his race. Her facial expression became a stone mask of anger.

Of course the reporter has to go off. She feels sorry for the woman, it's not easy to fill that space between the trooper and the civilian, but sometimes war and the effort comes before good reporting. Outcomes or not. Still the outburst did little more to distract her from her ire which was currently directed at Wombat the traitor.

She was anxious to interrogate the Verian prisoner, and the duster... it seemed there was a lot of questions that needed answering, still it was worth waiting to see what the traitorous vermin would finally reveal.
Roy Spencer
player, 7601 posts
Marine SgtMaj
Security Chief
Thu 19 Dec 2019
at 02:25
  • msg #439

SEC #3

Roy shrugged.  "I still don't buy his story...but I don't think I'm likely to get a satisfactory answer from him.  Lilit has had a few more centuries to perfect her talents, maybe she can get the whole story..."
SEC
Thu 19 Dec 2019
at 03:32
  • msg #440

SEC #3

  Beth Answered  the COM,we'll find out... Rivets   says  she's   here and..um..out-of-sorts..

  UH Oh , MAris..Mommies here... this  is going to  be interesting...and here is  poor  little Wombat.. Adem's newest best friend...

 MAris looked to    HAck.....don't look at me.. you broke my wife's  nose... The only reason you aren't  taking a swim in the Forge ladles , is I am  The Admiral,  and i have  bigger  fish to fry..

 The Door  Hissed opened..  Lilit now looked like the  Demon some folks painted  her as on year  1000's of years ago.

  Maris looked at Roy...

 Larry sat  up thumping his tail

 Dusk entered  a bit  irritated .. Beth  Whispers,..Lose the  heels.. deck shoes  are  great!

 Dusk looked   down  as   Beth's  'sneaker like   duty  shoes  and   smiled.

 ADEM IS INVADING CALIMITE?????

 Shadow pointed to   the miserable MAris   , she stepped   closer  to  MAris.....WELL!

 Maris   was shaking........ He...he... Vera..I mean.. has Joined the  Empire .. They  want Calimite...The Empire  Promised  he  could have  Both Calimite and Unden... at..at least that's  what they said  when the Freeshippers were bringing me here...

   Lilit looked at Hack.

 we lured him here  After  a pilot  who is supposed to be his daughter  wanted to change he r name... it activated  a  recording in her  Files.... Turns out  Maris  worked with GE-FI to stop Nil from getting a posting, and his wife went ot  die instead.. he shrugged,The  ESN 1B Neutron was listed to have   been lost  due to incompetence ?.. the    message ..which you shoudl be able to  hear on Most news  Vids now... brought out the truth...anyway?.. The Freeshippers  collected    Maris  and brought him here..along with a  Verian troops.. we had  a Fire  fight   on the   Command  dec.... One of them is in the Black Hanger The other 11 are dead.

 ..You killed  11   Vrian troopers?

 I didn't..My people  did... Shade  beat one to death with his  hands..

 Shade  gave   Lilit  a Thumbs up with the  good  covered hand.. she grabbed the hand,..That's  purbred   Verian blood?...

  She looked at Shadow,.shot one with my Sanri... didn't take,  he was close  enough to  be staggered.. Shade  jumped on hi,..Roy  and the Others  shot a  few of them....a Gava killd one or two?..Jax   either killed one?.. Garrat..Zob..  Lyri  and Maria..  I never  felt  so useless..

  She    chuckled  deeply  and turned to MAris,what would make yuou think Nil Si would  leave  Admiral Hack's  side...for you? So? You  were going to work with  Adem?

 Maris    shrugged  ..shaking.....if it meant  i had Nil...

   Lilit  laughed again,Adem would have handed her over to    GE-FI..or worse yet..sent her  to  Hel as a  gift.. You said  there was a Verian.. bring him here...

  Zob?..Shadow.. Lilit  is here.. you are to bring  the verian to SEC....thanks Buddy..

 what are you going to do?

 I am sending yuou to Adem.. your  message will  be that i am going  to  kill him  and   Evert, and end  what should have been  Ended   thousands of years ago!

 ..Rats... I wanted to kill Adem...

 Maris laughed  for a a second, as he looked at Shadow,..You?... what makes you think yuou can beat that   colossus?  he'd crush you like a grape.

  Lilit   said,..he beat me three times... the  third  time..had it been real combat.. I would have been dead..

 Shadow  winked  and  point at  Lilit.
Zobaich
player, 1892 posts
In our lord and savior
Larry we trust!
Thu 19 Dec 2019
at 03:48
  • msg #441

SEC #3

-----> From Black Hanger

Zob made sure the trip back to SEC was a rather rough one for the hooded Verian but they did indeed make it, "Somebody order a Verian?" he would wait for Lilit to deal with him before moving off to get coffee and a donut.
This message was last edited by the player at 03:56, Thu 19 Dec 2019.
sec
Thu 19 Dec 2019
at 04:17
  • msg #442

SEC #3

 Dusk looked at the verian.. the wound on his thigh was almost closed now.

 Lilit  took  the   cack off the  verian. The verian was shocked. This was the  Warlord!....

 Warlord!

 Silence, you   Verian lap dog...

 The verian  looked at her...

 ..Are  You  Fly a shuttle....

  ..Yes...warlord..I... she backhanded him...

 ..do not seek to placate me... you  follow the  worst of the Verian strain of life!..

 SHe Motions  to  the  door,..Take him to the  Hanger Dec.... she turned to  MAris      Grabbing the    chair  with one  hand   and Lifted   it  into the  air , and  carried it  over her  shoudler..Maris  was       trying to scream ..

 Shadow followed   them...Hey?..WomBat?.... don't for get your 'safe word!"

>>>>>> those  who wish, to the hanger Dec.
Zobaich
player, 1893 posts
In our lord and savior
Larry we trust!
Thu 19 Dec 2019
at 04:46
  • msg #443

SEC #3

Zob shrugged as he watched the scene and pushed the Verian along out to the hanger dec... this was not gonna be fun.

----> To Hanger Dec with prisoner.
This message was last edited by the player at 04:47, Thu 19 Dec 2019.
SEC
Thu 19 Dec 2019
at 15:42
  • msg #444

SEC #3

 beth was  sending  the same COM at once to those she needed to COM...

 while she sent  the  COMs, she   COMed    Harry.

  HArry?  this is Beth... Shadow   told me to COM you once you landed... Will is in Med Tech..took  some Verian fire, if i inderstand it. He thought you'd want to know...

 then  after the  COMs  ran, and one  by one they were Acknowledged , Beth Hit the PA..All hear this...All hear this... VIPS will be reporting the Hermes  in one hour... The Hanger  Dec  will be off limits  until the meeting is   done..Any  QM needs  will be addressed after they  leave... no grounds crews  will be working on aircraft... and  visits  to  Captain Morris's  Shed  will be  delayed until after the meeting..SEC  will not  be  lax  on this... that is all...
Roy Spencer
player, 7612 posts
Marine SgtMaj
Security Chief
Mon 23 Dec 2019
at 16:40
  • msg #445

SEC #3

-->From Hangar Deck w/ Izzy

Roy guided Izzy past the guards and into his office, leaving the door open.  "There are very few people in the galaxy that can make you disappear from all official records.  Beth just might've one of them...I don't think she's ever tried it.  You want to play with fire,that's your decision...but I'm telling you that if you light that match, you WILL get burned."  Again, it was a statement, not a threat.

"Now, as far as 'being screwed', be thankful that you were kept out of the loop.  If anything had gone wrong with that stunt with Maris, and you'd had any word about it beforehand, you would have been the first one blamed.  And if you think you're having a hard time getting any cooperation now, just imagine what it would be like if there was even the slightest belief that you were an EDT infiltrator."  He paused for a moment to let that image settle in.

"Now, this is gonna be a lot, so hear me out before you try and argue the counterpoint.  There's no sense bitching about losing the exclusive on this one.  For that bit with Maris to work at all, it had to break wide, simultaneously...anything else opens the door for Ge-Fi to point fingers and say that Hack is using the press to smear him.  That argument died before it was born because EVERYONE, not just a pro-ESN news source, got the live feed and nobody knew about it.  This was not a press release, this was a strategic strike.  I would think you'd appreciate not being made to look like Hack's puppet in that...since everyone got it at the same time, nobody can challenge your credibility or integrity.  They can't claim that Hack set this up and had you use that bag of tricks you just mentioned.  You're looking for a news story, so you've got target fixation...tunnel vision.  Hack's been fighting this war since before you even started training to be a reporter, and he's very aware of the big picture.  You're here because it's useful to get news out to people back home...but in order to avoid anyone's claims that you're here as a propaganda tool, you're going to have to lose an exclusive story or being the first one to break the story, here and there along the way.  If you're not good with that, you better put in for a transfer, right now...because Hack's not going to compromise on that point, no matter what kind of a fit you throw in front of him.  We've fought this war for years without an embedded reporter...if it's an experiment that doesn't seem to be working out--if you become more trouble than you're worth--he'll send you somewhere else and go back to what we were doing.  I'm not saying you have to play the obedient puppy...but you've only got so much credit to spend, especially right now.  Choose your battles wisely."  His tone was gentle...almost kind, even...but insistent, and he was taking pains to make sure that he didn't sound like he was making any sort of threat.
Isobel Sakura
player, 229 posts
Ensign Combat Cam
Izzy
Mon 23 Dec 2019
at 18:32
  • msg #446

SEC #3

---> Hangar Dec

She would listen to what Roy had to say with a despondent look on her face as she faced the rather bleak future that seemed to await her "great so I get to spend the rest of my days doing fluff pieces no one cares about, on a ship where everyone hates me, with officers that don't trust me, for a media corporation that's liable to fire me at the drop of a hat because I can't get the stories they want due to the aforementioned officers...I should have stayed with the 25th at least I'd have been able to get a decent nights sleep" she quietly said whilst gently massaging her temples So much for this being my big break! she thought to herself, trying to figure out what exactly she'd done to deserve the situation she was in "Oh and to make things worse I'm stuck with LC Shadow, great....just great"
Roy Spencer
player, 7613 posts
Marine SgtMaj
Security Chief
Mon 23 Dec 2019
at 19:25
  • msg #447

SEC #3

Roy shook his head.  "You think Bura was a fluff piece?  You were boots-on-the-ground in that one.  You know how dangerous it was.  Every other report from Bura is stuck using stock gun-cam video.  You were the ONLY other source of news from that battle.  So don't give me the pity-party."  The chastisement was mild...but definite.

"You apparently misunderstood just about everything I told you on Bura.  You're running around, assuming people owe you something because you're with the media.  Remember, just about everyone on this tub barely trusts the media, at best, and a lot of us have a history of bad experiences with them.  You can't demand anything here...but if you prove that you can be trusted, you'll never need to worry about finding a story.  Now, first thing is, stop worrying about your boss.  You're ESN personnel, and out here, Hack is the voice of the ESN.  The media company may threaten to yank your assignment...but as long as you wear that uniform, you're not going anywhere without Admiral Hack's approval.  They could fire you...but then they lose their only conduit for inside news from the Delta Fleet and they're back to getting the same press feeds everyone else does.  You win Hack's trust, and you're golden...but you won't do that by pitching a fit every time you get told 'no'.  The media can influence the war, sure...but they can't ignore it.  It's news.  They ignore it, they lose out to everyone else who WILL report it, so nobody here is going to be pressured into giving you a story, and the more you try, the harder you make it on yourself.  It might be different if the Delta Fleet was only getting funded from Earth...but it's the edge of the sword for the whole APF.  We haven't gotten support from Earth in about four years, now, aside from an occasional recruit who managed to finagle their way off-planet.  Most of our recruits are from carrier-stations and colonies, and we get more funding from our allies than we ever got from Ge-Fi.  And make no mistake...he does have a throttle on what comes and goes.  One of the reasons you're here is to give news a direct pipeline...but while it helps, it isn't needed.  Every time you try and make someone here feel like they owe you the story, you're bluffing against four aces...and they can see you don't have a Royal Flush, so they're not going to blink."

He shook his head.  "Bide your time, be professional, stop taking every 'no' or lack of invitation personally.  You WILL get chances to write stories nobody else is going to get.  How you collect your information, and how you write it up, is going to make or break you in about five stories.  If people feel like you're here to report NEWS...not behind-the-scenes dirt or gossip page fodder or veiled anti-ESN propaganda, they'll warm up to you.  If they feel like you'll report any damned thing that will advance your career, you'll never get anything worthwhile.  But they need to feel like YOU CARE ABOUT THEM, as much or more than the story.  We've come this far in the war because we trust the guy next to us, even if we don't like him.  There's still people in the Fleet who treat Ambassador Shade like a novelty robot...but when push comes to shove, they know he'll fight for them and he knows they'll fight for him.  Some of our people come out of a past where the media has tried to make them look as bad as possible, which makes your job even more of a challenge.  Shadow's very carefully manufactured an image for the media that doesn't match the man behind it, because it makes his job easier in many instances.  He's going to be very cautious about what he says and does around you until he knows you're not going to screw that up for him."

He held up his hands in a gesture of mild frustration.  "I don't know how much more clearly I can spell it out for you.  But you obviously wanted a challenge, or you'd still be on Earth and writing about skirmishes with the Oil Lords.  You're in the big leagues here.  The stakes are way higher out here, and the people carrying that burden have learned to be cautious about who they trust.  If you really want to be a part of it, you're going to have to toughen up and dig in, and earn your spot.  Nobody's going to give it to you."

He stopped talking for just a moment, his face twisting into a remorse-filled expression.  "Everyone out here has given someone a spot, and had it go wrong on them in some way.  We're very cautious about who we make space for.  Show us that it's worth it to make space for you.  You'll get everything you need, if you can do that."
SEC
Mon 23 Dec 2019
at 19:58
  • msg #448

SEC #3

  <<<<<< Beth and   Lyri from Hanger.

  Beth  came in with Lyri entered  the SEC, Hey Lippen?  Take  Vidboards   2  and 3  thats   two of the Media ships... I want you  to put sniffers  on thier  SIGs  see where they go.. keep an eye on the  on where they  go.... if   they hit a Red Area..let me know and we'll burn some people..

 ..You bet LT... Think we  got  lookers?

 we always have lookers.... this is how we  catch most of them

 Lyri  grins....I would like to be there... just once.. to see them get lit up... You  want me  to  do Vid Board One....

 Beth smiles,no? that's the guy who shot his mouth off.. I'm doing his personally

 Maria   came in, pulling her  armor  off and into her  locker.I have seen  more  big wheels  since i  came aboard, then i  thought  were ever in the   Black.

 Nagy was    checking off   reports  from Bura,every palce  we  go..there is  going to be some  big wheels

 Beth  Plugged  in  her  Vid board    with a dark smile,alright.. nosey..lets see why your  asked  what you did..Hmmmm?
Garrat Wolfrim
player, 6163 posts
field engineer
Mon 23 Dec 2019
at 20:00
  • msg #449

SEC #3

   Garrat had come in to ask Spencer about his position in relationship to security stopped at the door behind Sakura.

   Hearing the last part of the conversation, he made a high risk decision.  Hopefully it would pay off.  "Sir, please give her access to my file.  All of it, including all available footage."
Isobel Sakura
player, 230 posts
Ensign Combat Cam
Izzy
Tue 24 Dec 2019
at 00:50
  • msg #450

SEC #3

With the same despondent look on her face Izzy would meekly listen as Roy delivered his talk, confirming what she was already coming to suspect. That it would probably be years until she was accepted as a member of the crew and that she would be an outcast until that day arrived "I guess so...though I still think I'm going to try and have as little to do with Shadow and his girlfriends as possible, they seem to have it in for me more than most" she quietly said, with the sergeant major currently seeming to have more faith in her abilities as a reporter than she did at the moment. Also it wasn't so much the fear that her bosses would fire her but that they would replace her, after all she wasn't the first reporter to be given this particular posting.

Hearing the sound of someones voice coming from behind her, Izzy would turn to listen as the giant sergeant requested that she was given access to his file. Feeling just a little confused over the request she would turn to give Roy a questioning look to see if he was able to shed any light on the situation.
Roy Spencer
player, 7614 posts
Marine SgtMaj
Security Chief
Tue 24 Dec 2019
at 03:19
  • msg #451

SEC #3

Roy shrugged at the request.  "Some of it, I can't give her access to...compromises operational security.  But anything that we don't need to keep dark, she can have.  Of course, she might appreciate talking to you first, so she knows what to look for, instead of loading her down with three and a half years or so of combat footage, personnel files, and secondary reports.  She's here to report on what's happening in the war now, not a few years ago."

He looked at Izzy.  "This is Sergeant Garrat Wolfrim...he's kind of a special case, not from Earth and not from any of the APF worlds, so you might enjoy talking to him.  He can definitely give you a unique perspective on the war."

He grinned a little, and shook his head.  "And, believe me, if Shadow had it in for you, we wouldn't be having this talk right now because you'd either be in Medical or a bodybag, depending on whether he thought you were a double-agent...just ask any of the rookie pilots about tunnel runs and survival training.  And those are people he's naturally inclined to like..."  He gave a brief bark of skeptical laughter, and continued, "Not trusting you is not the same as hating you.  You actually picked kind of a rough time to sign on...we've just had a fresh bout of betrayals, so everyone's extra-cautious about who they trust, and you didn't really get introduced to anyone until after combat on Bura was over, so nobody knew to pay any attention to you.  We're coming up on Verian space, and there's going to be action there.  How you handle yourself during that action will have a lot of influence on how the rest of the crew perceives you."  He held up a finger, and said, in precisely clipped words for emphasis, "Acting like you're entitled to access is NOT going to win you anyone's loyalty here."  In a more normal tone and cadence, he added, "That's where you went wrong with Beth, and it's going to be the one thing you're going to have to overcome before she's going to trust you with anything.  And Shadow just wants to be sure that you're not some opportunist that's going to screw over the whole Fleet just to get ahead with your career.  Like I said, we've had those types around before...it's their fault you're getting a cold shoulder.  You're going to have to find your own ways to prove you aren't just like the others before you.  Taking rejection like a professional would be a good first step."
SEC
Tue 24 Dec 2019
at 05:09
  • msg #452

SEC #3

  Lippen says,OK?  Got a SIG going outPast  Astra..not  sure where  yet...

 Tortuga?  nothing else out there?

 maybe? won't know until some one snags it..

Beth smiles at Vid board one.....these  folks are busy..double  feeds going out.... the second  one  Bounces  and Keeps going.. have one  headed  to Vampic  Space...the other  head to Vera... Vera  isn't even trying to hide it... maybe  they  think we'll think its  from the Admiral  feed..

 Nagy  looks at the women,how can you tell?

 Because i  never fully shut down the feed.. were into  Adam's subroutines  on, what ever  MAchine  he talked to us one..They'll find it, if the look for it...no reason for them to look though..

 how many people  we have on "spot-light" 

 Last count? 20..might be time to have  them check around and  clean things up...

 'Open Mic" is  clean?

 should be , its  ESN...

so?  Hard Turth..is the ship sending oput past Astra?

 Yeah..APF..they might  have  some loose   folks on there
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