Hack  smiled a Bit, lookign from  Hennings  to  Si  both hide thier smiles, as Orria  translated.

 The most power naval leaders in the Black, hanging on the words of a  girl who could understand a halfbreed Undenese.

 Lilit  smiled a bit as well..Aide  Orria  summed it  up well... A show of force, for those on the surface to see... and  the invasion, should Adem and Evert not surrender, or    be turned over...Vera cannot  win this battle, though it might be costly for  both sides...In the end, Vera  will be occupied  if not taken, and the APF will have another Jump off  point to the  deeper  regions ...

 Bronberry   swirls her  wine,I have no problem with crushing the  Verians

She would intently listen as Beth explained that she was here to film what she wanted, within reason, whilst Beth herself dealt with the technical side of things, with Izzy opening her mouth in order to protest against her comment about her editing links out only to quickly shut it again before she got herself in trouble again. At the mention of the recovered footage a slight smile would appear on her face as she replied "My boss is currently authenticating it, if it's as real as we all think it is then it will be on the evening news...I mean my name won't next to it but I'll at least get some brownie points for passing it along" she said in an excited voice "...Also I like what you've done with your hair, it's really cute...maybe I can do something with mine now that mums not around..." she said, though the last part seemed more for her own benefit than for Beth's.

With Beth manning her station and Sam moving to sit beside her commanding officer, Izzy would stand unobtrusively to one side with a glass of orange juice in her hand as Tali filmed the meeting. She suspected that there wouldn't be anything of any real use that she could broadcast, considering what was being discussed, with her best bet being an interview with the Admiral once the meeting was finished and saving the footage for a later date, a documentary perhaps?

When the subject turned to that of Adem, she would listen as they discussed how they would go about dealing with the leader of the Verian people, frowning ever so slightly at the suggestion of delivering an ultimatum for his surrender or the destruction of his planet. Raising her hand so as to get the attention of the Admiral, Izzy would wait until she was noticed before speaking "Admiral, I know I'm not a "military officer" but I feel that from a propaganda point of view that taking Adem alive and trying him in a Udenese court and imprisoning him in a Udeneses jail would be the best course of action, anything else and you risk turning him into a martyr and the destruction of Vera and the inevitable civilian casualties into a rallying cry for every pro-Empire news outlet in the galaxy...but if you can get Adem confessing to war crimes in court then there is nothing the Empire can do to say otherwise"

 Sam watched and listened, she was too keen on destroying the whole planet just to get Adem, but they had to get them one way or the other. Taking him alive would be the best way so he could stand trial Izzy had a great point there. She took notes and also still kept her ears, eyes, and spyware on Vera trying to get any and all information she could. She had her laptop linked to her equipment on the Cold Stone.

  Beth  have a  sly half smile,..wore it this  way   since ..like..8th grade... it was to show i wasn't  a 'gang chick'..at elast that was the  thing..right?.. but i did it mostly so Roles and Shadow would notcie me at football games and track meets.. our schools  practiced together...I wante dot  run with them..but they were tight..no more then three..4  people...Then , i found out  what they did  'after  school'... that's when i got really interested.. I can tel you some stories... and they all  end up  with gangers,  our  meatballs  in the river, or in the junkyard.


The Officers  at the Table  looked at her, most with amused  face...except  for  Dusk ( who was still by the screen)  to the 'home side' of the  50 yards line.. Shade  and  Lilit.

  Hack  smiled  slightly it was a quick smile,that went away, just as quick, there was no anger  or condescending  lilt in his voice.

 ( beth had  Covered her   head with one hand shaking it )

 Marty's   are good.. they are dead... then some other..'less  strong willed' person steps up to try to take their place and gets even more of our enemies  killed.  This isn't Earth..when the  war is over, we do not need to have trade with anyone we do not want to..there are Goodly folks in the APF who will trade  cleanly and fairly with everyone esle...

 Adam has been around. much too long  and the Ultimatum  of handing him over  serves us thrice...One... We  get him and deal with him..and  it does not include prison....two...he stays  we  fight  and  diminish the population who would fight  for him, Giving the Udenese mless  people to worry about, when they take over..I am sure the Calimaite what thier pound of flesh as well...The third thing is...Like Hyrian.. and Nivar and the Hillite system,  the same hammer  used by the   Empire feels  alot harder when it hits back...

 Captain Si took a  sip of her  wine, we did not  write the rules of  engagement.. Miss  Sakura. But we are defining them... Total war wasn't fought back by the angels   and the  AP..as it was know  at the time....but  we gladly accepted it.

 Hennings  smiled, his was , as if he was giving a lecture at the academy,..The empire  , as we learne..maybe..2-3 eyars  after  we  left the Sol System... would blockade   systems  and   demand  tribute from those who  were 'safe from attack'..yes..they were safe, as long as the lottery   kept the  tribute ships  full and were delivered on time... on earth.. the tribute ships are still moving.. and the lottery  never seems to contain  1% children or  women...unless..those   members  of  the 1% fail to  donate the right  amount of creds.

 look through your  files..you will see  SOL System Officers... and thier Bonding Meals... see cages   and ships tacked  with bodies   in 'semi-frozen conditions, so they will still be, very much alive, when the meal starts.

 Hack nodded to  Izzy,you are  right to ask questions..and you will recieve answers, perhaps, not the answers  you wish, but the answers that are there... We are the Fire, that fights the Fire... as a certain member of  a crew might say.." do unto others....First!"

 Vera  will fall.. and  if the price gets  too steep.. the planet will be  bombarded like we did on Astra..and the Hillite   worlds ..the people on the rgound will understand... the choices  are very limited...and a very real possibility of not leaving too many behind to continue on...

 Lilit stared  at   Izzy as the talkign was going on, when the others  Finished  she said,maybe..when this is over..you will read some of you  books of Myths from your world..and see them in a  new light... 'babes in the woods' trying to  make things  understandable , but tagging  things  with  'gods' or  supernatural ...Adem... the Empires.. even some of  our  allies, who were once our Enemies ,have influenced  your  world   as well as  countess others... that last thing we are worried about  are 'martyrs'...

 The Hyrian  Admiral spoke up... his voice   had a bit of sorrow in it,since the days. my great, great grand Sire was a pup...  Hyrian  aided the  Empire.. we too, found earth..and  those of us who were careless, found our way into myths and legends.....we were self-important.. we relished being  'gods'  and being feared... we kept the Vampic away. even to the point of  some Legends   havign us  as enemies , vying  for the same  food sources.. and..that was not far from wrong..... The Verians  feared us, because we did not fear them..

 He  Nodded, pointed at Hack,,Then he came.. tricks... plans  and savage fighting... we ost most of our  Main battle  fleet  in the BAttle of the Line...The humans in this fleet. were not the same type of humans we  fought   from Everest... Then.. the Admiral's  trick that changed  Hyrian  lives forever

 Deadly  Nuclear weapons, that were set off in the air, and the  water....we did not know what that meant.. we laughed at the  poor  functioning weapons... Until the Admirals   message  of what had happened.. suddenly, it was no longer  about the Glory of war..but whether our pups would live   the next 6 months.... then the Admiral  sent  scientists  to  help , undo, what has been done.. nearly 2 million people killed the first day.. and some 500,000 a  day after that for a week..we gave in... accepted the help. knowing  full and well, what we, or the  Empire  would have done, if the roles had be  reversed....but the  Honor  of the ESN and APF showed... as medicines , clean up  tools..not just from  the earthers, but  from other   APF worlds..it is said, that some places on Hyria will take another  3  years to 'mend'... but  our water  is clean again.. and  our pups  will live... and they will  be  the 1st generation   of the APF Hyrians...

 so.. Ensign? You see? If   Adem becomes a Martyr .. he will create  new  martyrs.. its  easier to  play 'whack a mole'  when they pop up for you.

Unsurprisingly her suggestion was greeted with no small measure of resistance from the assembled officers. She would politely listen to their arguments along with the patronising undertones employed by some of them no doubt assuming that because she was small and pretty that she must be a child and therefore ignorant of the ways of the world. She would wait until the Admiral had finished making his Whack-A-Mole metaphor before replying with an impish smile "I never much liked playing Whack-A-Mole, it always seemed to involve a lot of time and energy for very little gain, Chess was more my game...I always found it was far more satisfying to crush an opponent with a well thought out strategy" she said before proceeding to speak in a clear and eloquent voice "You have just finished recounting the losses sustained from yesterdays battle I believe? Now imagine how much worse they would have been had the Hyrian fleet, for example, not been able to attend because they were tied up fighting rebellions on their home world...don't get me wrong I have no doubts that you have the resources to put down rebellions and battle insurgents indefinitely, but could those resources not be better employed elsewhere? The Demon Home world perhaps?" she said, gazing across at the assembled officers as paused long enough for them to consider the question she had posed to them.

They were all far greater warriors and military strategists than she was and ever would be, but they were currently in the presence someone who talked for a living, Someone that was capable of swaying public opinion with a few well chosen words "Lilit, you speak of our stories, our mythology but have you ever read our history? Have you ever heard of the Alamo? A crushing defeat that resulted in the deaths of all those inside but I can guarantee that the Admiral can name the commanding officers that were in that fort, not to mention the fact that that crushing defeat at the hands of a far larger army resulted in an uprising that would eventually win the war, a wise man once said that those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it now imagine what would have happened if those men had simply laid down their weapons and melted away, now for you Admiral I have a hypothetical question...you are surrounded by your enemies and defeat is inevitable, how would you prefer to go? Would you prefer to be paraded before the entire galaxy in rags and forced to confess to every crime you have ever been accused of, have your name and the reputation of everyone that has ever served under you dragged through the mud, to be branded traitors and cowards before being left to rot in some forgotten corner of the world with nothing to look forward to but the day you are quietly taken outside, shot, and buried in an unmarked grave...or would you prefer to go down fighting with a gun in your hand and a courageous speech on your lips in the hope that your heroic death would inspire others to keep on fighting?" once again she would pause so that the Admiral could consider her question and perhaps even answer it before beginning her closing argument "...that is the decision that you are going to force upon Adem when the fleet arrives...no one is going to fight and die for a coward that wasn't worth the bullet required to execute him, martyrs on the other hand live forever"

  There  were smiles  on  most of the  peoples  faces. The Hyrians , Nivarians  and Lilit did not seems very impressed.

   The Admiral Looked  to Bale, then to   Beth, Beth have him   an 'I told you so'  motions with outstretched  arms.

    The  admiral  dipped a bit of steak into the sauce, he  bite it off the  fork as he  seemed to muse  for a Moment.

 ..we have been playig chess, insome from another.. even as Jetten , when we   found old achrives on MArs...

 The Hyrian Admiral   frowned,..Hyria  would have been there.. rebellions on  the surface, have little impact on a Cap, and rebels  will be there when we get back...not there are many left to start with.

 hack Raised a hand...Your Questions is well taken.. anbd. perhaps may yet come to pass. But  i will go down fighting should it come to that..I am Counting  on Adem to  do the same...

 some of the Delta  Commanders  looked  surprised, Bornberry just smiled as she  asked for a refil.

 In Chess. Ms  Sakura.. you have  time to think... and  need to be  2 or 3..or moves ahead... I have done my thinking...and Adem will get his chocie to make. Now?  will he cower   in a bedroom like some of the 'heroes' of the alamo.. or will he ride out, like 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'.. i care not, as long as we have him. or his body... and take as many as his followers  as we can,and send them to the 9 hells.. If he dies  in some heroic  fashion..all the better for him and his people, to ease the sting of defeat, and come to terms  with being part of the  Udenese government ..no more 'fixing'  broken  Verians..no more stealing  other   races to augment thier own race.. They will have to evolve , or perish...

 he motions to beth,We have means  to send out   footage of encounters... those with an once of  Vid-Tech in them, will see that they haven't been doctored..people have seen  thousands  of   ESN'AP  folks  die.. they have seen Millions of enemies  die... that had   Far   off Gun Cam views , from CAp ships , showing  the massive   battles in space, from the time it starts...until it ends..... from earth?  all we hear  is good thing, for what we do, from the people.. the Bad Things  come through Ge-FI as he tries to denounce us, even as he hands  ship after ship of men , women and children to the Empire.

 ..If I may?.. we also get the 'bad' feeds... the anti-Angel, pro EDT attacks...animals use in killings  like the LC's famliy?  and the  Anti ESN  riots in texas  and CAlifornia, where battles  range, almost house to house..while  homeless  are grabbed  by EDT to send to the Larderships?

 So yes...Ensign, Your point is taken, but it is not of much use out here.... Total war, is just that. And if you are lucky.. you make a few martyrs, so they draw out thier people for you to cut  down..and   as the3y say, History is written by the victors , so? there may be no martyrs  to mention?

 Captain Si    stands  for a Moment,I think  our meeting time has  ended, Please.. help yourselves  to drinks and the desert  sideboard, feel  free to talk among yourselves  or.if you feel the Need..return to your ships?... But... i see no hurry as  we will be docking in the morning..

 I will take  this Moment  to offer  invitations to all officers  of   all the fleet to come to the Palace Of  the  One tree.. enlisted  people   are allowed anywhere in the tri city..., if they wish to  see the country side, that is   up to them..but  be warned of   Hunting creatures ..

  People got up and started Milling around.  Lyri leaned   at the  far  end of the 'north endzone' bar, drinking  some kind of jusice.

 Shoey was   doing much the  same.. The Zeus's  XO was talkign to him and they were laughing.

 Beth  watched  the people her EUs   shifting slowly, but seemingly missing nothing as she   changed  some of her  CAm Views.. the  4  screens  now showed slide  shows  of   ground battles,  Ship boarding action  and  battles in space.

 Sam got up, closed down her laptop for now and then put it back in her bag. Sam then said to Sarah," Ma'am what are we doing now, are we heading back to the Cold Stone or staying here for a bit longer, I would like to say hi to a few people Ma'am if that is okay."

 Sam wanted to spend some time with Izzy of course and then definitely fine Howe and spend some time with him.

 Will led  the  Zeus's  Commander  and his  XO  up the  stairs tot eh recdec, waiting  for  the lift to empty out as more crew man came on board  to take the  brunch.

 well, Corpral , your   crew  seems to  get along  rather  well.

 Wills smiled a bit ,aye sir.. sometimes   we get some bad apples  we need to sort out..But the LC and SM seem to handle that right enough.

 The CAptain nodded thoughfully,I might have to adopt that... seems like a few  fights break out, and it takes a bit  to settle folks down.

 Will  held the  door  for them,well?  it does generally involve a fight or two..but it doesn't last long..and points are made  across the board..

 he then followed the   XO into the lift and they went  down to the HAnger Dec.

 .............

 others  moved  arounbd  chatting.. Shade  would   talk and Orria  would explain  Shades  words the best  she  could

 Beth was giving a signal to her  people  to  take down the screens, then  go ahead up and get something to  eat, they could take the stuff down to SEC when they were done.
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She would hold out her hands in a conciliatory manner towards the Hyrian leader as she addressed him in an apologetic voice "I apologise, I meant no disrespect to you or your people, I simply used your fleet as an example to get my point across" she said before turning her attention to the Admiral as he answered her question. Unsurprisingly he would opt to go out in a blaze of glory if given the option but what was surprising was that he wanted for Adem to do so also. She wasn't sure whether or not she agreed with his logic but there was logic in what he said none the less. However she was more impressed by the fact that he was actually taking her questions seriously and answering them in a serious manner earning him no small measure of respect in her eyes. Had he simply silenced her and had her removed from the meeting she would have started to seriously question whether she was on the right side and whether or not Hack was simply a different flavour of tyrant.

As he moved on to that of propaganda and the footage they were sending out with her waiting until both her and Beth had finished speaking before making her reply "But alas the vast majority of people don't have that ounce of knowledge and will simply believe whatever sensationalist headline is put under their nose, history has proved time and again that the masses will sooner believe a single well told lie by a charismatic leader than all the experts and naysayers in the world"

With the meeting coming to a close, along with an invite to the Palace of the Tree on Uden for all officers, Izzy would slowly meander over to the Admiral "That was a well thought out argument, I can't say that I agree with all of it but I can at least respect it...perhaps I can give you that chess match sometime? I get the feeling that you would make for an interesting opponent"

   There were nods  to  the  thought of propaganda  that some one   might send out to sway the  People.

  I am a student of History..Military, for the most part. I wanted to be a History teacher , before i was informed by my Step father, that was  was Joining the  ESN....  I was sent to the academy by a well meaning   football coach... the rest is history, i suppose.. he smiled slightly at the small joke.

  That  has influenced  me  greatly.. as you can see by  some of the crewman i have signed, or sent through the academy myself...

 there is  one thing  about the Masses  who will follow the  darker leaders,  because of a 'well crafted' story..I find they are no better then the evil they follow...we have seen it in our histroy..even in the United States?

 That is the purpose   of Beth  sending live , raw  vids through the system..Telling some one about  birthing chambers is one thing..people seeing it..is  quite another... If you have a chance? Ask  Med tech Kristensen  about that....Talkign about Bonding Meals , or 'loyality meals'... is one thing... people seeing  a Human Captain preparing  a child for that dinner is quite another...Telling tales of glorious  battles, if differant  from seei8ng  Fighter  vanish in a ball of  fire, or troopers  falling like wheat in real time.....sometimes you have to show the truth, and toss idealism  to the side, and let the gods of luck roll the dice.

 afterwards  she  spoke to  The Admiral,  Hennings was there, the other Admiral sipped  from his  drink as  Hack smiled  slightlyyou would have to  play speed  chess. I'm a fighter Pilot at heart  staring a  board while my gear grows is not something i am suited for.

 Lilit Asked Teh captain to Call Roy and Shadow   down to the Field, she had some questions she  wished to pose to them.

 Captain Si sent out a message to  Shadow and and Roy to  attend the 'social' part of the dinner.

 Dusk, Shade and Orria  were talkign, Dusk  was smiling   As she asked  Orria to  tell her what Shade was saying and   giggled   as the   translations were pretty close to 'spot on' with a little girl's  versions  of the meaning of thsoe  words.

 That is very good!..You must practice!

 Beth came  down  goign to the bar  where Shoey  stood and got  a  rum and coke. Shoey and her  watched the  folks  walking around.. The Hyrian was talkign  to  Bornberry, neither seemed  like they were angry, but the   faces showed  a sterness.

  <<< shado from  rec dec

 walking  down the steps  his eyes    shifted to cover the field, as if he was on a opt. noting thsoe who were  here.

 beth  finger  waved,  Shoey griined his chewing gun grin. Shadow smiled at them... a Stern  Female Voice called his Name,LC Shadow..a Moment Please..

  Turning as  he  stepped on the field to Bornberry and Hirle...Aye, Captain,  what do you need, CAptain Si called me down to the field?

 Hirle  nodded to Shadow,..you killed  my Brother a the BAttle of the Line, he was a flight leader.

  Shadow  nodded,I may have ?  I do not know the names of thsoe i kill, just that they are on the wrong side... he said  with no anger or amusement.

 Hirle  have a  wolfish smile,Spoken  like  a Hyrian!.. I mention it, only that it was a good death., The War Hound..our chief  god, welcomes those  who face might warriors , and fall... it shows  they had no fear... he offered  a Paw and they each gripped each other  wrists.

 .. It is  High praise , indeed. But  i am not a  Might  warrior..i am a damn good pilot.. if you want to talk to  a might warrior , talk to   SM Spencer, and   Master Chief  Mulllins..or..for that matter, any of  out   Assault  Troops...

  The  Hound  smiles again,somewhere in your linage is Hyrian... you talk much like   our best  officers.

 Bornberry swirled her  wine and Looked at Shadow,You forget. LC.... alot of us know  of the tales of your...night life...and we have seen  your..'dances' at the various  balls and  such, like that with the Vampic..or..not long ago, the two Sanri who took offense  to  one such tale ?

  Shadow's eyebrow  went up  as  Bornberry bit her lip as she looked at him...lets  just say..some  stories   might be..'bigger' then the   action?....Now..please Excuse me..CAptain Sin is not in a habit of waiting for those she summons...

 The Hyrian looked at Bornberry,Imagine...1000s  of   humans like him  facing the  Empire...

 you do not have to imagine.. we have 100s  now.. and those  100s are training 100s  more..The Empire is on borrowed time..and it knows it.

 Shadow   Greeted    other   Captains, including, getting a Hand shake from the Nivarian who send along greeting  from the Cavet  to him. The  reported  to the CAptain.

 ..you had some issues  with the Balck Dots... she said with out preamble

 Aye  Ma'am ..i wanted to get it out of the way. I'm sure, after  the 'Dixie' thing, you might   agree with that..

 ..indeed...well, there are some offcicers  that wanted to meet and talk with you..Make  yourself available... and.. Kray.. Bornberry  is staying aboard  tonight, she wants to watch your  ..tunnel run'..DO NOT..end up in her bed...

 Shadow's eyes   opened wide,..WTF..um..Ma'am?

 she  is still working through her grief   at the lost of  The Thor.. she does not need to bed a Hotshot Pilot..'just because'

 Shadow   shrugged,..I..don't  bed   offciers   higher ranking them me , Ma'am...

 ..you forget, I was  at the Academy in San diego as well?

 ..yeah, well.. that was a bit different..right? I eman..it happened to alot of the female pilots...it didn't seem a big thing  if it happened to a Guy pilots.. 9 hells.. i normally got the blame for it!

 She nodded,..get your meet and greet   over with...and..make sure you thin out the ranks of the Black Dots who are 'hermes'

 Aye , Ma'am..already done... He gave a crisp salute and  moved to the bar  by Lyri  to get a drink.. Lyri handed him a  cola  and smiled.how much  of that did you catch...

 ..almost all of it.. you don'[t  get to be a sniper as long as i have been without  being able to read lips, and the CAptain's annunciation's, leave little  to the imagination

 Shadow  snorted as he   sipped from his cola.I guess Captain even want to wrack up a score..huh?

In reply to Samantha Robertson (msg # 77):

Sarah smiled at Sam, "Go have some fun. I'll comm if I need anything." she says re-entering the fray and joining the socializing that was going on.

In reply to field (msg # 80):

Orria smiled, "I talk to Shade every day to get better, when I get older an know more words I will be able do better and tell more meanings." She explained to Dusk.

   Dusk smiled,..yu do yourself  proud...learnign   something no one esle knows?  is not an easy thing..maybe someday you will be teaching  people how to talk, though youy will always have the human accent ..

Orria shrugged, "its cause I'm a human, we like to learn, and talk." she said as if that explained everything.

 Sam smiled at Sarah and said," Thank you Ma'am, I will have my Comms on and also I believe I saw Captain Rivets stay on the Hanger Dec Commodore."
Sam smiled at Sarah and gave her a wink.

 Sam then headed over towards Izzy, when Izzy was done with the Admiral, Sam smiles at the Admiral and says," Good to see you again Sir, what the Harvester did was the bravest thing I have ever seen Sir. The Burian Fleet is aiding the Harvester as much as they can Sir, I do have access to updates, if I get any I will inform you right away Sir." Sam then quickly check her pad and checked for Harvester updates, as she waits for the updates to upload.

 Sam gave her friend Izzy a big hug and said," So good to see you Izzy, and you look different you have a glow about you." Sam lowered her voice and added," So having fun with that gorgeous redhead pilot Lizzy?"

   The Admiral smiled a bit,  yes... the Harvester did one of the most unselfish  moves of this war......there were no PODs used.. one would assume they didn't have time to launch any..but i have  a  feeling, no one would leave.. we won't know until we get information from the crew...what's left...anyway.

 he looked at her  Vidboard..It doesn't even look like a vessel any longer..cobbled together with scraps ..at elast the  Verians can't claim they destroyed her.. though she might have to be written off...

 Handing the Vid board back with a nod of thanks.

 Sam nods and says," Of course Sir you have the right to know, if anything changes Sir I will let you know." Sam nodded again and then went to Izzy.

"Ah so what you are saying is that I should deliberately play slow in the hope that you will make a mistake?" she said with a giggle "It's been a while since I last played, so I will look forward to pitting my wits against you sometime" she said with a friendly smile before moving to meet up with Sam once she had finished speaking to him.

Throwing her arms around her, Izzy would enthusiastically return her friends hug despite the assembled high ranking officers "Thank you, you look great yourself, let's head up to the rec dec and I'll fill you in on everything that's happened whilst we have a bite to eat"

Roy hadn't had a chance to change out of his dress uniform, between dealing with the incoming Black Dots and answering questions...his comm had pinged with the request for his presence as he'd started back to his quarters.  Given the nature of the group he was supposed to go mingle with, he decided, both in the interests of time and making the strongest impression for the Fleet and Admiral Hack, to stick with the dress blues.

As it had been Captain Si who sent the message, he sought her out first after arriving.  "Apologies, Captain...your message caught me at an awkward moment and I was delayed a little bit.  I take it the initial talks went well?"

 Sam smiled and said," That would be great the Commodore told me to go have fun, lead the way this is your ship Izzy."
Sam would follow Izzy too the rec Dec.

--------------->>>>>>>>> To Rec Dec

  The Admiral  gave Izzy a smile, That might  work .. i hate  waiting!

 ....

 Shadow  Gave  Lyirt   an nod, she gave him a gentle push , back into the fray. The Nivarian  came across the field .

  ....LC..what is your  Professional opinion  of our Sunray and Sundrop fighters.

 As  a Professional..and no  diplomatic  crap?... you need  to have something as fast as your  Sundrop, but armored  as much as one of  our Mantis... .. we're gonna be going against  heavier   opposition as the  Emoire tries to  whittle us down?

 Admiral Belga  thought for a Moment, I wills end this  along, the  designers were  more worried  about  speed.

 ..speed..is important.. but you have  to  be able to take a shot, and live?

 The  Admiral nodded again and shook his hand, once more. ..if you get to   Nivar, Stop in see the Cavet..she follows your actions closely.., then Beluga. moved off

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 Si greeted   Roy with a smile,  the Commanders  are now making  small talk, servral  ask  about you and the LC..so..try to be  avaibale  and walk around a bit, it should not be , much longer.

Roy nodded, his reluctance masked fairly well, although the Captain would have seen it enough times to recognize it.  "Nothing quite like schmoozing the brass," he muttered, in a voice low enough to be intended just for him and Captain Si.

He glanced around, spying some familiar faces in the group, and begging the Captain's pardon, made his way over to Dusk.  "Good to see Uden's star captain weathered the battle well," he said, with a chuckle threatening to burst out.

  Dusk turned and Smiled Brightly at Roy,..yes.. i have  founbd, if you talk sternly enough, and act like you know what you are doing...some people will belive it!

 Shade  Blleped  a laugh.

 ..You and Father  were not here.... there is to be an invasion  of Vera.  Unless Adem and Evert surrender..or.. thier bodies  are brought o us..vera is  in a bad  way, they have , but  3 ships left... and thier allies  were scattered to the solar winds, if not, outright destroyed... Teh Calimite are having a draft for    troops...not.. to see who will go... but to see who will stray on Calimite.. they are eager to strik back against Vera... the  short human woman made some questions doubting this policy... the  Admiral countered her... in the end.. Vera  is going to pay, a very stiff  price, for  joining the Empire

With Sam happily agreeing to her suggestion of having a catch up on the rec dec, Izzy would put her arm about Sam's shoulders in a friendly manner as she lead her towards the rec dec, with her enjoying the novelty having someone to talk to that didn't tower over her "Cool, the rec dec is this way...I'm not sure where Lizzy is at the moment but if I see her I'll be sure bring you over to say hi" Izzy said with a cheerful smile as she left the field.

---> Rec Dec