Izzy would manage to maintain the "Reporter" smile on her face long enough to hang up her call with Roy before launching into a tirade of angry Chinese directed at her screen. It was as she was in the process of angrily sorting through the junk file that Sam would arrive with Izzy giggling at the comments concerning Folkes, and Maria's accent "yeah there's no denying it...your accent is hot Maria, wish I had one like it but Chinese unfortunately doesn't have the same level of sexiness" she said with a laugh before giving Sam a weary sigh when asked how she was doing "Not too bad, been trying to sort through this Delta Nights intel but it's proving to be a nightmare! The SM is following up on a lead I found that hinted the Heimdall troopers were a traitor unit...or had traitors in it...but anyway I've been trying to track down the original sender of the message but I'm just getting confused now" she said in a frustrated voice "I think I'm going to have to take a break and go and see Lizzy for a bit...maybe inspiration will hit me while I'm away"

  Beth and  Roles  walked in , Beth was   still doing a 'not-so-slow' burn

 Roles had a  weary look on his face... Don't  call Kray?  what do you think will happen  if you call him..

 Beth sat down in her Chair, a vexed look on her face as she held up her COM...I dunno?  He  Kill Fred?..maybe just beat the  9 hells out of him...alot...

 ..is that what you want?

  Beth  shrugged and stared to type.

 Maria looked over,Amiga?  This  is not the Way.... let  The LC  find out on his own..he will cause much greater Pain that way!

 Roles Looked  at MAria, she smiled.

 ..Just..No>  There is plenty of time  for  shadow to take his head...right now.. we may need  White to stop some bullets..

 Beth rolled her  eyes...Finnnne..... Fred gets to Livvvve.... damn spoil sports...

 she takes a Deep breath, and  opens her  computer, Hooking up some Vidboards  to it...ok? who am I trying to get a hold of...

 Arthur  Church. I met him when   i was first assigned to the Harvester,,, we did  some runs together  before out Captain   Died  and I was promoted.. he stay..about 6 months before  we hooked up with The Hermes... Church   went to the 'union Hall' on Tortuga, and Hired out with some folks, he tried to stay out of the war , and  took protection jobs and such... he is  with the Arch-Tech on  E-1 now...

 Alright... you want your Sig, ot The hermes Sig...

 use  The Hermes Sig/// i don't want them to know  i'm here..they think I'm on Matterhorn  recruting  people for   our  EMS, Delta Fleet ships

 Sam smiled at Izzy and replied," That sounds good when I get like that, I walk away clear my head and restart. Did you want me to take a look?" Sam said not to say Izzy couldn't do it but to help her friend because she looked frustrated. " If we need you badly I will give you a comm message ok Izzy, go see Lizzy. From the sounds of that message she will be busy tomorrow." She will smile at Izzy as she heads out.

Izzy would consider what Sam had said before nodding her head ”sure…can’t hurt to cast a different set of eyes over it” she said, taking a moment to show Sam the original recording and what she had found so far before sending Lizzy an apologetic message saying she would meet her on the rec dec shortly ”see you in a bit guys, comm me if you need me” she cheerfully said as she hurried out of the room knowing that she was more than a little late.

——>Rec Dec

  Beth  gets a COM  back. Church is  on the other end.....This is Arthur Church.  we are expecting the  Rescue teams to arrived  sometime after Mid-day tomorrow.... I will make certain I  am at the LZ, so I can talk to the  person in charge of the  assault troops...its been  a bit quiet, Small fire fights,,, ESN Outposts  report the  same..One LT from the outpost to the North, feels  like they are trying to keep every hemmed in..There is something  going on down here, most of the mercs  are just doing , whatever they are told, But the Arch techs  spend way too much time in the Bowels of this ship..it  creeps me out.. I  am going to wipe this from My COM... I'll see whomever is in charge when they get here... Church out...

 well? I don't liike that, When the SM  Comes in  play that for him, I'm goign back up and talk with the Board...

  Rolesleft on the heels of Izzy, beth was  scrubbing the SIG  trail so no one  could  trace it, unless they had  piggybacked in,,,after that thought, seh  ran sniffers to make sure  there wasn't a tag-a-long

  Shade, Maria, Sims  and Ellen  entered the SEC, dressed, but  flsutered.

  Lyri Loked them  over.. they all had a bit of a blush going, Shade..it was hard to tell, but his  eyes    were  blue/green

  Nice  of you 4   to join us? But  don't  worry, those  people a=out there are Dead..right?  no need  to hurry..

Honor Guard... Zob, Shade, Vaka, Lirg Cora Will, and Rolfe... Simms, go to med tech, Frakas  is in a hover chair, he wants to be present.everyone else  , form  up  with the   troops..

 Shade, You have the Flag... let go out the dot  and wait for the admiral.

------>>>>> From Rec Dec

 Sam looked at Izzy and said before they walked into SEC," Yeah I saw that, I didnt hear what she said, well we do know Lizzy is very emotional give it a little bit she will probably calm down, do you have any idea what it might be about?" Sam held her friends hand, and waited for her response before going into SEC and getting to work.

  beth was in the  Office, she had  two  Tables   ready as well as  two  'heavy Duty' Vidboards to  track the    Runners with.

  Cora   came in and Looked at  Beth.I want to run!

 Beth  shrugged  as she rolled up  some   extra  Vidboards  to carry in her satchel. Izzy isn't running, we  need someone  to be with her  while we are Gone.., You have been Mother Hen, these last couple Jump Offs.. you're elected...

 wait?... so I can't run? because she won't?..WTF is that! she turned  and looked  towards Izzy.

 well?  I know  Orria  wants to run...  we can  have Izzy be our Cable  Girl and  let  Orria  run,  we'll just lock down the office.

 well..yeah????  do that..i want to  run!

  Beth looked frustrated, like  a school teacher..alright  Izzy.. you're gonna  come up and   do  and undo the Cables, so orria and Cora   can run..
 

——> Rec Dec

“Hmm maybe” Izzy quietly replied in a voice that suggested that that might be some of the problem ”I don’t know, She said she was off to speak to that new shrink or hit the SIMs so I said I may as well go to SEC at which point she stormed off…I mean she was uptight about me not wanting to run for some reason” Izzy replied clearly not understanding why Lizzy had gotten so upset over her not wanting to attend the run “I honestly don’t know Sam, I’m starting to wonder if I’m going to need to sleep on your couch tonight” she said in an anxious voice as she desperately tried to figure out what she’d done wrong.

When they finally stepped into SEC things would only get worse as she stepped into an argument between Beth and Cora about how Cora couldn’t go on the run because Izzy wasn’t, though considering that Izzy was yet to tell anyone this she was unsure as to how Beth had learnt this ”What!? Don’t drag me into this, as much as I appreciated Cora having my back down there I don’t need anyone watching over me on the Hermes…I was going to volunteer to watch SEC so someone COULD go on the run, honestly I have a mountain of intel to sort through I’ll be fine on my own” she said hoping to persuade Beth that she would be fine on her own but not holding out much hope.

 Sam looked at Izzy and said," Well she has been through a lot, maybe she just wants to see you succeed and find what did she say before your calling for the war was it. Izzy my quarters are huge so sure you are welcome to stay with me if it comes to that."

 Sam walked in with Izzy and listened to Beth and Cora. Sam went to her computer logged in and then got everything set up and ready for the tunnel run. Sam added," I Think Izzy will be fine here by herself she can handle it or we can lock it up and Izzy can come help us and at least be at the tunnel run." She gave Izzy a wink thinking that might help her Lizzy situation if Lizzy saw her at least helping with the tunnel run.

 Sam then added to Izzy," There will be down time you can bring the intel with you and work on it while you are down there."

 Beth Looked  a  bit sternly at Izzy, not  with condemnation ,You are in  SEC, because you are,,, as close   to a trained COM Tech  as we have, Outside of.. Magin. You are also considered a trooper....

 I can't leave you here by yourself..there is enough baggae  from the last year with the   Reporter  who took the long walk..and Vairous  confrontations with  offciers..including. Myself.  Now?  You can   come  and  work the wires, and  do the  'build up, tear down thing'..or , you can  be  considered  ;off duty'  and  you can take  the LAte  wacth with whomever's turn it is..

  she  shrugged  and pursed her lips in thought.of?  You can Go over my head to the SM  or Shadow and see what they think.

"Maybe I haven't got a calling, has she ever considered that? We can't all be heroes you know" Izzy replied in exasperation with her not really knowing what Lizzy wanted of her, though she was grateful for the offer of somewhere to stay tonight.

With her having not really expected Beth to actually change her mind Izzy wasn't overly disappointed when she said no, though she was rather hurt by the fact that nobody trusted her. After spending all of four seconds considering whether to speak to Roy or not and deciding it wasn't worth the backlash, she would then spend around the same amount of time considering her options in order to find the lesser of two evils "Guess I'll be running tomorrow" she replied finding it only marginally better than the make busy work of running cables or working the late shift, with the only consolation being that it might keep Lizzy happy.

Once that was sorted out she would head over to her desk to begin work on her paperwork.

 beth looked at her,The Tunnel  run is  in about  4 hours, give or take... I'm sure there will be a special one  for  the transfers coming in tomorrow.. But we're Running to day...

  She turns  to the Door and says,every damn person on the ship is  supposed to be a hero.....we  got Stem  Kids  that make the EDT look like  cub scouts.

  over the years out here, there has  been  some  folks  who decide they don't like to  do  somehting....but if you want to get on the bad side of the LC..just half ass what you're  doing, or worse  yet, act like you don't give a damn,  you'll get nudged   closer to the static  field  each time.... we  ran out of fucks to give, for those  who are too self centered to step up... Your   'buddy' drained that Bottle...

she walked out the door. Lyri was  settling her breast plate on...SM  may let you stand down?... heck, he may even let you here  by yourself..but that's  not going to buy you any respect...no one here can  make  you a shipmate, we all tried that before  with the other one... all of us got slapped  back for it, Including the LC....wasn't long ago? beth Got yiu some information, and you came in here bitching at her...we won't go into Hanger  dec things, and cheating on a survival run..

 she  clapped on the   thigh plates  to the mesh...a couple weeks..maybe a month.. you could be hanging on the rec dec  laughing with everyone  esle....or you could be hiding in your quarters.. This..Trooper   Sakura. Is all on you... New time to do newer and smarter things...or..stay as you are, and home that that doesn't fast track you to the Deltas.

 She  grabbed   one of the   tables  and had her sniper  rifle as she walked out the  door.

 Cora  lked at her   and SamSam's gotta be going  soon....Look? no one  expects you  to beat a larg in the tunnels? and No one even expects  you to Beat Roll!... You want to stay..I gotta  stay.. I have been  dubbed ' Stirfry's   babysitter"... if  its  something that bothers you enough, Ask the SM..... You ask the LC.. he won't be surprised..and he'll just refer  you to the SM  anyway she raised her eyebrow   waiting for an answer.

 Sam listened to everyone and they weren't wrong Izzy was her friend but everyone here was a hero if they wanted to be. Yeah Sam knew she wasnt a special forces commando and killed hundreds of bad guys, but she had her skills and found her purpose during this war and will do her best to win it or die trying.

 Sam began packing everything up and then added," Izzy they are right you can be a hero you just need to want to be a hero and do things the right way, fi you dont know what that is then ask we will help you if we see that you really want it and take it to heart, I am and will always be your friend but I guess it is time to see what Ens Izzy Sakura is really made of, I honestly think that is what is eating at Lizzy as well. Just think on that, I have to go."

 Sam got all her stuff together and ehaded down to set up for the tunnel run.

---->>>> To tunnels.

Although she wasn’t sulking as such Izzy was certainly subdued as everyone piled in with their opinions, though she would give Beth  a surprised look with her having thought that the run was the following morning ”Oh…I should probably find my armour” She quietly replied with her having hoped to hide under a pile of paperwork for a few hours and take a little comfort in doing something tedious. Not that she was avoiding Lizzy or anything.

After giving Cora a look that said she wouldn’t be seen dead asking anything of the LC, Izzy would sigh before responding “I’m more worried about tripping over Roll or getting run over by one of the Largs, there’s a reason I walk with Lizzy on this side of me” she said indicating her good side before continuing ”…I said I would go so I’ll go” She said with the air of someone that expected to do badly and was less than convinced by Sam’s assertions that she could be a hero by simply wanting to be one.

She would leave with Sam and follow her as far as the lifts at which point she would head head for her quarters to change into her armour.

——> Officers Quarters

 Cora  gave  her a  firm, if not understand  smile.That's all you ned to do... show  up and sucking, is better then hiding...but...

she added as they reached the door,// SM?...LC...even Lyri?... you suck while you're trying, that's  cool.. you suck because  you don't?..yeah..that never  ends  well. Do yur best, no one will say a damn thing..heck? You might even beat Roll or Orria!m she Giggled   as  the folowed Sam.

>>>>>>>>Tunnels

----> From Civie Section

It was a interesting day he still had Madison a bit on his mind but he had to snap out of it and focus and he did just that as he walked on in and made his way over to the coffee and got himself a cup, "What's on the agenda today?" he asked making small talk.

------>>>> From Rec Dec

 NA-CE walked into SEC and looked around she saw people moved towards them and then said," Hello Corporal NA-CE Combat Med Tech reporting for duty, or do I report into Med Tech I am not sure how it is done here on the Tip of the Spear the Hermes."

 Beth was sitting  at her Desk by the Door, she was  tapping away and checking screens. Well?  right now there are  folks doing patrols, and we have a couple empty Desks  if you want to sort through   info...but  its  not very exciting

she pointed to one empty desk,leave that one open,  The Burian  Offcier uses that,

 NA-CE nodded and replied," Thank you Lt. I can help out I am just not sure if I report here or to Med Tech that was still unclear to me." NA-CE didn't want to fuck up on her first day to bad.

you'll get put into the rotation of  patrols and such..SEC  does patrols..we have  'walking wounded' at the Lifts  and  various doors.

 see what you want to do, or   check out the ship?

 NA-CE smiled then said," Thank you Lt. I think I will take a tour of the ship, and maybe stop at Med Tech." NA-CE then went to the map of the ship and memorized what she could and then began her tour of the ship. NA-CE then headed for Med Tech first.

-------->>>>> to Med Tech

Roy strode in, sitting down with the Duty Officer to put together a message informing all SEC and ground personnel about the upcoming High Intensity Survival Training exercise that Shadow was putting together on Bura.  It was similar to the kind of note he sent out about the tunnel runs...not mandatory but highly encouraged...but he also emphasized that it was a live-fire exercise in a potentially compromised section of the planet.  Unlike the tunnel runs, this meant that all participants were to carry weapons locked and loaded and should expect to need to defend themselves against hostile action from either indigenous wildlife OR lurking enemy forces.

"Failure to participate will not be noted against your record, officially; but it WILL be taken into consideration during upcoming operations.  Weigh your decision to participate carefully.  Crew members HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED in past HIST exercises, and there is a very real chance that participants could die.  That said, the risk is lower than it is in any combat operation.  See those of you participating on the Hangar Dec at the indicated departure hour."

------->>>>>>> From Rec Dec via Quarters.

 Sam walked into SEC and checked the board, she then went to her station and began setting it up." Hello Beth, what do we have that I can work on?"

  Beth   shook her  head...we got alot of codes to send out  for all those  ships  the  SSN and   Empire  gave us, awful nice of them to so that she  giggled

  we have to watch the COMs  as well  , to see if  anyone  is sending anything into
 the Sol System.... We  want Olympus  to know, we  won't be that far away...

  Lyri  was looking through her  Locker checking out her  chest pates, to see which one she would use.either of you doing the  Survival run?

Beth laughs,i do a tunnel run..like..once a week? What makes you think i would  run through the  forest with  giant  animals  who want to eat me?