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 Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 7:01 pm
"We haven't been able to calculate how far the main brain's control reaches." Night said. "So we don't have any good ideas for places that may be supporting their colony."
"We're arriving at the Starship Pegusas." Quickpaw said.
As if one cue: the dropship came to a stop and there was a loud clang.
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 7:03 pm
"I don't think she would be able to reach any farther than the outer limits of this solar system, at least from what I can think of." The load bang catches Kray off guard, he jumps a little, not really expecting it.
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 7:12 pm
The bars in front of Night and Quickpaw retreat into the walls and they both stand up.
"We're here." Night said, pressing a red button next to the hatch. The door opened, showing what almost looked like a mall. "The inside of the ship was made to make people feel at home." He said, looking at a small group of Catians on the balcony a floor above him. "We'll take you to the Admiral, and she'll select a cabin that you can stay in." He looked back at Krayton.
"And I'll be at the observatory/cafe." Quickpaw said, walking ahead into a corridor.
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 7:19 pm
"Um, if you don't mind, I think I will just follow you." Kray stands up, ready to follow Night to this admiral. He makes sure that his rifle is secured, and not going to fall off, or shot.
He smells the air, it doesn't smell fresh, but it does smell cleaner than that of sector 9 at least.
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 7:23 pm
"Then just stay close, and try your best to hide that." He said, pointing to Krayton's rifle. "You'd be amazed with how quickly the admiral can load her gun and fire at even the slightest hint of hostility." He walked up a flight of stairs that lead to the balcony, then across the balcony in the direction of the ship's bridge.
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 7:26 pm
"Um, OK." Kray quickly takes the power pack out of the gun, leaving a rather large empty space at the hand grip. He follows Night as they walk towards the bridge.
"She sounds like the kind of person you want at your back in a fight."
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 7:35 pm
"She is, that's why she became admiral of this fleet." He said, arriving at a door that opened on it's own. There was a circular table with several chairs around it. In the center of the table was a hologram screen floating in the air.
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 7:45 pm
"So, where is she now? I really would like to meet her." Kray follows Night into the room.
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 7:59 pm
A door at the back of the room opened. A Catian about a head shorter than Night walked out of the back room and looked at the two. She had sand colored fur with long dark brown hair. She was wearing a dark red vest and blue jeans. Under her vest was a set of dark blue federation chest armor. "Hello?" She asked, Night.
Night laughed. "It's me, Night." He said. "And this is Krayton, we picked him up on Sector 9."
The admiral reached into her vest and took out a pair of gold rimmed glasses and put them on. "Oh," She said, looking over ta Krayton, "Pleased to meet you, Krayton, I'm admiral Rosefur Dega."
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 8:15 pm
"Nice to meet you to Ma'am." Krayton simply replies.
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 8:22 pm
"She's a friend of Quickpaw and mine." Night said. "People who know her just call her Rose though."
"But you, civilian, will call me Admiral Dega..." Rosefur said with a commanding voice to Krayton. She quickly drew her pistol and slapped a magazine into the slot and aimed it at Krayton's head. "Disarm yourself."
"Better do what she says." Night whispered to Kray. "Even though she needs those glasses, she can still hit a dragonfly between the eyes with that."
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 8:40 pm
Kray drops the power cartridge onto the table. "Already ahead of you. This thing wont fire without that." He takes the rifle off his back anyway, just in case the power pack wasn't enough for her.
"Ma'am, I mean, Admiral Dega."
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 8:52 pm
Dega took the cartridge and examined it before sticking it in an ammo slot on her armor. She put her pistol back in a holster and sat down.
"So what are you two here for?" Dega asked.
"Krayton needs a cabin." Night said.
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 8:58 pm
Kray just stands there, letting the two talk to each other.
I wonder what they will do with me?
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 9:06 pm
"Ok, cabin 24's vacant." Dega said, making a chart appear on the holoscreen.
"You'll tell him how to work the locks and get his scans right?" She asked.
"Yes admiral." Night replied.
"Good, and is the injured soldier still on the dropship?" Dega asked.
"Yes admiral." He said.
"Then I'll get him a medic." Dega said. A keyboard emerged from a slot in the table and Dega began sending Skah's information to the medics at sick bay.
Night bowed politely to Rosefur and walked out of the room with Kray.
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