Admiral  Hack, Commander Si  and   Captain  Morris arrive  at the  QM's..

   Opening His COM,   Hack Types .. SGT MAJ  Spencer....  LC SHadow..SGT  Garrat... EN  Lynch..report to the QM's Lockers... within the next 15 Minutes...

In reply to Hack (msg # 758):

Garrat arrives in his tank top and cargo pants. "Yes sir?"

  Shadow  approaches   from the direction of his fighter..Shade  tagging  along  once more  as he  fusses  with his Vid Board.

   Morris looks at  Shadow,...LC? Do you think Shade  should be here?

 Shade looked up  with grey eyes  and Bleeped a sad  Bleep.

  ..Don't see what not, Captain Morris?.. only me,  the Verians.. and maybe Orria can understand him... and I'm pretty sure he's on ourside...

 Hack smiled a bit warmly at Shade...as did  Si....I'm Willign to allow him to be  around this... If its OK with  Our SEC Leader?

--->Hangar Dec

Upon entering the room Harry would salute the officers present before addressing them "Admiral, Commander...I would have been here sooner only walking is still a little...challenging... at present" she said, shifting her weight to a more comfortable position as she waited for the meeting to begin.

   The Admiral looked at  Garrat, then to  Harry......What  the   Delta Fleet is  to Earth... The   Hermes  is  to the ESN...and... The Unit is to the Hermes.

 He   looked around, Shoey   and Robbins   was  keeping folks away  for a Moment. Commander Si hands him two Black  Pass Cards.... The Unit.. is the Boogie Man... The Bunyip... the thing  that  makes the darkest corners of our enemies   worry..and check over thier  shoulder.... Where Lights Out is  the  face of the Unit... the Black Ops of  the ESN... The Unit  is even darker.. when the Unit  goes out.. people die... buildings burn, and there is a hell of a lot less   bad guys then there where before they went out..

 ...but the OPs  have to be smooth...  and..they are most   likely, never set up to be smooth... in the end.. you have to succeed...

 ..Shadow  has been a Member of Liughts out since he joined the academy.. he was my first pic, for  The Unit... Roy Joined the Unit,a few minutes later..and  is the  team  leader... we have a few others on the Ship, who are either Unit..or workign with us... we have...Lost.. more then a few...

  He holds  out the cards, one towards  each of them,... once you take this card... the weight of  The Black will be on you.. ESN...APF.. even Earth.. the Question is?.... Can you do this...be as cold  hearted  as The Black itself... while being a protector to those who cannot protect themselves?    If  you  so.. take the Card and  we wil proceed... if  not, walk away..and never speak of this...

   Garrat supresses a slight smile at Harry's.  In the feild he would offer to help an injured comrade.  In front of the Admiral he'd want Harry to stand on her own.  She had earned the dignity.

   After hack spoke, he looked at the Admiral warily.  There were requirements he had sworn to uphold before swearing alliegence to another unit.  On the other hand, maintaining the security of midguard was appearing more and more essential to covering another front of Asgard.  If the evidence he'd seen was true, it was only a matter of time before the two were again linked and Hack's black would once again be the black of Garrat's children.

   He reaches out but doesn't take the card yet. "I can bear this burden.  It is one I have born elsewhere, but I cannot yet be a confirmed part of the ESN without meeting certain requirements.  Am I required to give up my attatched forces status in order to be part of the Lights out program?"

  Hack  looks  at GArrat,  the arms  extending the cards didn't waver, Lights Out is part of the  ESN... almost every  Hermes SEC  Trooper, is  a Lights out Agent, or  will be once thier  vetting is done.... The Unit....stands alone. We have whittled  away  the  cancer of  EDT,  and Evols  from the Forces   of the   ESN and APF.... As we have whittled away  those in Lights Out, who have  aided  the Empire or  the EDT....The Unit is  Hermes.. Other ships have thier own SEC... i wager to say, some ships  have Lights Out agents in thier  crew.... But none have ..The Unit....we have people you see   daily, who are not ESN... but are part of the Unit...in the end?  It is your Choice.

In reply to Admiral Hack (msg # 764):

Garrat nods “Thank you” and takes the card.
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  Shadow nods slighty, then turns his eyes  to  Harry.

   Shade  stands  there  quiet watching the goings on.

  Morris has his own Vidboard out and  is   silently typing away

Roy shrugged when the question was asked about Shade.  "He already knows at least half of what goes on with us, anyway, and he's the only being I've seen that can outdo Beth with a vidboard.  No good reason not to let him in on it.  I trust him to keep his mouth shut around the wrong people."

He stood back and listened in silence to Hack's explanation about the Unit, and some of its history...thinking back, for a moment, there were occasions where he wished he'd known then what he knew now...he would have selected different targets, or at least additional targets...Frans would have been an orphan for a long time, now...

He broke his reverie when Garrat asked about allegiances, and scowled slightly...it struck him as an odd thing to think about, but then, he'd never had any secondary loyalties to consider in his own path.  It was easy to say yes to a man whose objectives matched perfectly with your own.  "We're not part of Lights Out...that organization started on Earth.  We belong to the Hermes...and there are several of us in The Unit who still aren't Lights Out.  If that helps clarify your questions about loyalties and allegiances...we serve the needs of the Delta Fleet, which can put us in strained relationships with Lights Out...and, sometimes, even open conflict..."  The former head of Lights Out on Etna was still cooling her heels in a Security cell after proving false, but he didn't bother explaining that.

"But we act under Hack's authority.  Any allegiance beyond that, as long as it doesn't conflict with that, is your business."

  With a bit of a Dark Smile, Hack added to Roy's   comment,..Elge is now in charge of  Etna SEC.... he is also the  new Lights  Out head..With Lydia  by his side, Lights out has to go through him for any Ops ..THEY...plan, and  if the operate with out his consent... I am most certain he will at very least, let me know... and, most like, take care of it himself...Elge  may be one of the biggest Assets   this war....and it couldn't have  come, at a Better time

 There  was a clip clopping of  heels that heralded  the Sound Of Beth, her ver present   shoulder back with 4 or 5 Vidboards in.

 ..Is there a problem, LT Morrow?

 ...no...Ma'am.... Shoey and Lyri kicked me out of SEC , said i wasn't to come back until i got more rest... so..I figured I come here .. see who'd  takign the Black card..

 ..how did yo know....

  Beth rolled her   eyes  and  stands  there with a Hand on her  hip, opposite the Bag,..really?

 ..yeah..OK...Never mind...

Duke finally gets to the QM's after stopping by his NCO quarters to change his clothes into something less formal like for beach attire or something like it.   He arrived at the end of the previous conversation between the noted others.   He waited to be acknowledged by the powers that be, meaning the Quartermaster and his assistant, they were busy with the group talking with the Admiral.

Like Garrat, Harry would hesitate when presented with the Black Cards that would herald her membership to The Unit, although any reservations she had were entirely different to those expressed by Garrat. With Shadow's attention turning to her Harry would cautiously start to reply "I've...um...done a lot of bad things so living with it isn't really an issue for me, at least not for the people that deserved what they got anyway..." she started only to stop suddenly as Beth entered the room, with Harry waiting to see if it was ok for her to continue before speaking again "...I'm not a gang enforcer anymore so if I accept its with the understanding that if I ever learn I'm being used to kill innocent people for a personal agenda...well...it shouldn't come to that" she finished with a shrug before reaching out to take the card deciding that by doing so that she could do far more to atone for her past sins than she would by sitting in a fighter.

Holding the Black card within her free hand she would examine it's surface whilst speaking in a wry voice "I suppose you'll want to know my real name then?"

  "Who you really are is the woman who stepped up to the plate last night.  A name is just a title imposed by others.  If they needed it Beth would have it already."  Garrat looks at Hack. "He told us what they do, if they knowingly use you to do anything else it's a breach of contract."

   "For my part I'll be happier just calling you Harry, that's who you are now."
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 The Seaman ( same one he noted yesterday )  waves    Duke over to  tend  to his Needs.

  ..Alright   Sailor.. what do you need ?

  ..Very Good... then?.. Lets  Get on with this..... he  Moved them  passed the  Cage  door,  the  two 'new'  members see the rack next to  a smooth door, the  rack has other Black Cards in.. nothing on  but  Initials .

  You get you card  there... you put it back when you leave... you loose it..you loose  access to the Black Hanger....that's not a good thing...

 He Motions  for one of the  Two  new folsk to use thier  card...

 >>>>>>>  Group to the BLack Hanger.

"Hey, I forgot to get my medium boarding armor when I signed for my rifle and pistol," replied Duke to the Seaman.

  The   Seaman  moved to open the  cage, called  him  back  and measured him up.

  ...we have a   suit  of   light armor that will fit... we have a Medium set that will be a bit  big, but shouldn't  hurt  your Movements  at  all?..if you want a tighter    fit, you'l have to give us  a day for the Medium?

"I take the Medium armor right now but will come back later and get it better refitted, so keep my measurement," replied Duke to the Assistant QM and as he reaches for the stylus to sign his name to the authorization data pad.   After which he grabs his slightly oversized armor and goes back to his quarters to change into it.

  The Seaman nods  after  the armor is signed for,... when you  use your armor in something more then drills and such, it is recommended  you leave it here  after  a battle to be  refurbished  or  repaired.

 ..Its  all yours...

<<<<<<<<  from Morris's  Shed

    The Captain Taps on the Cage,  Transfer  needs his   gear?

  one of the other   QMs mates  were workign with other   crewman..  another Seaman stepped up...

 ..Hello,   welcome to the Hermes....  Regs say you can have  1  longarm, one sidearm and One bootknife in your quarters... You may select  the weapons you wish, we'll check to see what we have. Most  weapons  come in Pulse or HArd  ammo styles... and we have various Blades...

 She  spun the Vid board   for Alex  to look through

In reply to Alex (msg # 778):

Alexander looks over the list of knifes before he settled with a good old Ka-Bar knife. It was a knife that he knew well and was a good choice for him. The Sidearm took longer to choose before he settled on a Sig Saucer Crossbred for his required side arm. The size of the weapon was a minor concern to him but it was what he used although only the hard ammo version back on his father's farm. The longarm took only a minute to decide.

"I would like a Ka-Bar knife and a Sig Saucer crossbred if possible, Hard ammo if it is impossible, please. Finally for the longarm, I would like a Pulse Carbine, thank you. I am also curious if there is any paperwork that I need to sign for a medium boarding suit?"

  The seaman made a gesture to the cage  door,..they Just finished with  another new  crewmen.  You can go back, we may have one  that fits,, but we might have to alter some.. its  a crap shoot.

 ..Now?.. when Jump off time comes, You'll sign out ytour heavy weapon, and return it when youa re  done.

  ..go ahead  back.. . byt the time they are  done, I should have your weapons  pulled.

In reply to Alex (msg # 780):

Alexander nods and says "Thank you.", as he proceeds to walk over to the door. As he knocked on the door, Alexander said "Hello, I am here to get a suit of medium boarding armor assigned to me."

  It took a few  Moments, But a Medium  suit of boarding armor  that fit rather  well was there.

  The fitter  Looked at the specs  and  runn some numbers on  the  compuer,..Ok?  As we  told the other Guy, you  can keep your  armo9r here... But, if you want to keep it in your  quarters, we  advise  droppign it off  after a battle to get repaired... You should be  all set?