"Yeah I kind of figured Will would be sitting this one out, chest wounds tend to have that effect" Harry said with a nod of her head as Shadow mentioned that Will would be on the hangar dec rather than an assault shuttle this time around. Although the hangar dec was still by no means a safe place to be during a battle it would give her some small piece of mind as to his safety.

With the arrival of Higgins, Harry would give the young man an appraising look before offering the guy a sardonic smirk "Nice to meet you Higgins, bit of advice for you, do as you're told, when you're told and how you're told and you may just live through your first engagement...oh and hand load your own cannon rounds" she said, holding up the HE round currently in her hand before sliding it into the belt and finding another one.

  Higgins  Nodded   he looked at Shadow  as the LC  headed back  towards his fighter...with the words  saying  he and  Shade  could go back to teh Rec Dec  for  something  to drink and a snack before bed..

 ....is  it really as  bad   as  he makes it out to be?... at the Academy , they  say  as look as  we  follow  what we were  taught we'd be fine... he makes it sound like were Gonna  die  the minute  we jump off!...

 One of B-flight's  ground Crew   set two Boxes  of  rounds  and   two of the chain belts  and Pointed to them , then sat down to start to help load.

Harry would consider the guys question for a few moments before giving a non-committal shrug "the average life expectancy for a new pilot in the Black is two missions, the dumb ones won't last that long so like I said you listen to me, you listen Shadow you listen to Kat and Flores, we'll fill in the holes in your training and trust me there are holes in your training, and keep you alive" she said as she continued to load the belt draped across her lap recalling the last set of hopefuls they had received and the inadequacies in their training, hell there had been holes in her training and hers had been better than what the stations taught "oh and whatever you do, don't listen to my baby sister, she's got an attitude that needs beating out of her and is liable to get you killed, now do you know how to load a belt? And before you lie to me and decide to just wing it, a dud round will blow the front of your aircraft off"

  Higgins    shook his head  'no',..Marris's  Instructor s aways  said, ' you have people  to do that for you'... I guess that guy is waiting to show me..

  ..Has the LC eve killed   any of his Pilots?  I mean ..there are offciers  that talk about him like he's  some   monster..others   talk. like he's a Buffoon?.. I mean?.... his Voice lowered,..I thought he was a dick?  ya know... then he  took me down to the field.. I've been in fights  before... but i think he would ahve killed  me, if the Admiral and My Dad didn;'t show up.

 The crewman whistled  for Higgins....that happen?  a Seamna whistle  for  an offcier  like we were dogs?

   Shade and Shadow  started  walkign back down the flight line as Argie Loaded Shadow's belts. putting the other  two  etras   on the  rack in cause  there was  reload  ing to be done  during the fight.

   Flores   had  made her  way to her machine a bit before ,..Why do we  get stuck with Higgins?  why don't we use one of his  Buddies? Helll that   Angel chick will do whatever you tell her!

 Shadow looked at up   Flores  as she  and one of the crew members  loaded in the  Belt.General Higgins   has been  wining, dining and bitching at  Cummings  to allow him some 'glory' in this war... he's gettign his  wish, he's droppign down with three Transport bases  load of troops , onto calimite.... if he lives, he'll get  his glory..... seems like he  pulled  strings  to get his kid here, for the same reason....so.. 'this' Higgins  gets  his shot  too... either way, they  get thier wish and learn something...

 ..or get  dead....

 yeah..sometimes? that's the best teacher...

  there is a frown and a nod  from Flores.

…………...

 he walked past  Harry, as he said,make sure you get some  wind  down time.... we don't know  how long  we'll be out there...

............

 when he reached the last Berth Higgins was   slipping rounds  into the  Belt along  with the  armorer.

 Ok..Higgins?...This  is the big show...we shoudl be able to  out fly them..  our hard Ammo should bring them down..even the Pulse rounds  will  take away, whatever  is on thier  fighters , Until the pusle  stats  hammering them, like any other  craft...don't get  'kill happy'..Kills  will come if you live..if you don't live, it  won't matter to anyone , unless   they are researching  kills and  dig throught eh  kills of   everyone in the fleet.. then you name pops up...

 Higgins looks  up...and you're not scared?

 of course i'm scared.. you'd be an idiot , not to be scared ..but.. the idea  is to make them , more  scared of  you, then  we are of them.... why do you think we have an After party?

 Higgins slipped two more rounds in, and shook his ehad.

 ..Because everyone who lives through a Jump off, deserves to celebrate... and the other side of that coin, is to remember   those  crewmates we lost....be remembered  as  a Guy whom they liked..rather then some one they 'shrug off' , 'cause he's dead.... when you think you got  your ride checked out..get rest...

 Shade  gave him a thumbs  up as the two headed to teh Rec Dec.

Shadow to Rec Dec>>>>>>>>>>>>

"Ah well you can forget about that here, respect is earned and our officers don't treat non-coms like servants...not if they want to keep their teeth that is" Harry responded to Higgins comment concerning Captain Maris' rather antiquarian views on what being an officer entailed.

It was then that he would ask whether or not Shadow ever killed one of his own pilots mentioning first the rumours that he'd heard and then his own experience down on the field the other night "huh I did wonder why you were in a chair..." Harry said in an absent voice as she held as AP round up to the light so as to get a better look at it's casing before pulling a face and tossing it into the rejects bucket "...Not as far as I'm aware he hasn't, except for traitors obviously, but I'll tell you this...Shadow may be a bit of a dick at times but he looks out for his pilots and he thinks someone, say an arrogant jackass newbie know it all, is going to get them killed he won't hesitate to deal with them in the most brutally efficient manner possible...even if that means killing them" she said before giving him a meaningful look. The guy seemed a little more switched on than Besserman and the other jackasses they'd had as of late so with any luck he'd realise he'd screwed up, learn from his mistake and tow the line, something that she sorely wished Abby would do.

It was as she was nearing the end of her final belt that Shadow would pause by her berth with a gentle reminder to get some downtime in whilst she still could "oh don't you worry LC, three more rounds and then I'm heading back to my quarters to keep the neighbours awake" she said with a chuckle before giving Higgins a see what I mean? look, there weren't many commanding officers out there that would tell you to do less work.

Harry would finishing loading the final three rounds as Shadow was talking with Higgins, with her taking the time to feed the belt into her 37mm cannon and shut the hatch. With her bird loaded and ready to go Harry would take a moment to dust off her trousers before heading for the lifts. With any luck Will would have finished whatever he was doing in SEC and be waiting for her their quarters.

---> Officers Quarters

(( next day..getting ready for   Undenese Space, jump off.))


  Beth's people  had the array  of screens up.. solid  pipes  in the  Dec  with    crates and spare plating   set up ,in front  of the 'command center,  that was between the Mech station and the QM'S.

 The three shuttles  were Lined Up...Spade First..Diamond  second..Club last...crewman were carrying  crates  of  extra  Ammo belts  for the  gunners and the  assault troops/.. there  were crates of grenades and  loaded  Mags  for SMGs,  sidearms  a rifles... trooper s would be responsible for extra  Power cells if they were going in  with Pulse  weapons.

  Dana , Sneak and  3 other  waitress  were on the  hanger.. they set up by the fear  end of the  Mech station..Stall folks  were bringing up   hot and cold drinks  as well sandwiches  and fruit.

  the   aircraft were pointed to the   hander doors.. Shadow s    right out  front , sitting at the Middle  hanger  bay  door...The Admiral, the CAptain, along with Hennings  and BAle    were by  Shadow's fighter.. Morris  and Rivets were there  as well drinking some  coffee.. as they awaited the  people to  show up...there  was 40 Minute s left for  'report time'

As  Time    grew   closer to report time,  Son pilots  and Ground crew  were  headed to the   QMs  to  get thier   armor... thsoe who had  armor , the didn't need   repaired last time out.. were wearing thiers.

 Nifty  was  standing  near the shuttles, in view of the Admiral as he  adjusted his boarding armor..he  had a standard ESN  assault  rifle  with  4 mags  in pouched on his chest, and  two more on each hip..he had a standard  Pulse pistol on his  right hip. and a nastly looking. slightly curved   blade on his left.. A small back pack with a few rations  , some water  and  two more mags  for the  rifle.

 one pouch  had  2  pitols power cells

 Jax  was talking to   Sneak  as she held a platter of   sandwiches .  Dana  and a few others  were tending the tables  pouring drinks   and  offering   sandwiches and fruit.


  Supe, Hodden, Minnet and Tucker  stand  on the Deck.. Supe  has aa    50 with a shoulder strap.. he had a Belt   fed in,  and  2  lying on the dec for him to put on his shoulders.. Tucker had  4   ammo  boxes , 2 of them bungie strapped together.. he would also  have  two belts on his   shoulders.

  Minnet was  goign with a BAR, with armor piercing  rounds.. it was a bit lighter, but  would still offer rate of  fire  and  AP  rounds.,, she had  a belt load of  Mags and a shoudler  strap that held  more , she  carriers  a Pulse pistol and a flare gun.

 Hodden, Like  supe , carried  a 50 cal with a  strap, she  would have    two belts over her shoulders.

  Rolfe  was near them , eyes closed  while he waited for the pre-jump brief. He  had  a Grease Gung with  a belt pouch of  4 extra Mags. His grenade LAuncher and   4  rounds on each side of the stock, and bandoleers  with a  total of  24   for more.

 all around  troops  and  pilots  wait  for the  pre-jump...

 Shadow , and   Shade  were walking  down the  rampway from the  elevators, Will , Lyri and  Beth were away the SEC.

 Shadow had his light boarding armor   on, his  Sanri balder  and trench  Knife, his   Greasegun on a  strap.

  Shade  came  down with his  armor,  with both  'Blue Verian ' and ESN  insignias  on he had  his SMG   along with   4  extra Mags over his chest, and two more  in his small back pack.

Zob arrived about 2 minutes after Shadow and them did he was armed to the teeth and clad in his new demon steel armor he approached the gathering of people grabbing a coffee as he did so, "What a lovely morning" he then looked around and spotted Nifty a person he had not seen before, "Who's the new fellow haven't seen him around here before?"
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Kira was busy at work getting stuff stored away for the mission, "I want these other mechs locked and loaded in case of boarding actions while we are gone, if these empire bastards step foot on this dec they die..." She didn't wait around for a confirmation from her crew she was on a tight time frame, "Andre you are gonna be riding in on the Diamond shuttle, Morgan you are on the Club, ill be on the Spade"
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---> Officers Quarters

Sauntering on the Hangar dec with a very smug and satisfied look on her face Harry would make her way over to where the rest of the pilots were currently congregating, blowing Will a kiss as she went. She'd had little trouble in persuading Will to have a little fun with her last night with the trooper walking into their quarters to find the pretty blonde pilot lying naked on the bed save for her Blue Max and a smile. And even though she didn't scream the place down like certain other pilots they'd both enjoyed themselves and Harry felt far more relaxed because of it.

Having already completed the checks on her Mantis and handed loaded the belts for her rotary cannon, all Harry had to do was take it easy until Shadow called them in for their briefing, unless anyone needed any help that is. Either way, with Hamlet safely tucked within her top pocket she would keep an eye out for her friends whilst she waited for the show to get started.

----->>>>>>>>>> From Officer's Quarters

 Lizzy walks onto to the Hanger Dec with her envirosuit and light boarding armor on, she had her side arm and boot knife as well. Lizzy had a smile on her face that told the whole story of what she was doing last night. Lizzy was absolutely beaming and full of smiles and seemed very happy.

 Lizzy walked up to Harry, she tried to hide her beaming and smile but she knew Harry would know exactly what she did last night. Lizzy then says to Harry," Hi Harry you ready for this, time to take out the junk." Lizzy didn't want to start off with her sexual exploits, she wanted to see if Harry could figure out and how Harry was going to make fun of her about it, Lizzy was looking forward to it actually. Lizzy just couldn't hide her good mood that is for sure.

  Dixe  was  walkign  down the  ramp way with Gia  and  Howe... Gia  , looked Miffed..Howe  looked  like he wanted to run..Dixie  was smilign as she chatted  away.

  NO-Ca, Brivet and Chatty smith  were    standing altogether  Near the   LC's   fighter..Rivets  had  two crewman  bring a Mobile  ladder  and lock it  down for the Admiral  to  address  the  troops  from.

 the  three lady Pilot s  had  sandwiches...They Looked, flores  , Kat and Waggles  were  entering the  flight line. Kat got a coffee in and orange, Flores   a coffee  and  waggles a soda..
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 Shade   walked  over to the Troops at the Shuttles. He waved to them as  many waved   to him.

 Shoey smiled  as he nodded to Zob, That New  guy  met the SM on Olympus...Stem kid, sniper... went through the boot  camp on Fuji after Gresh  and his people had to  evac..

   Argie  was talking to  Flores  and Kat..neither one of  looked   very Happy, Kat lowered her head  with a  shake  as  Her  and   Flore s flipped a coin.

  Higgins  was  standing  all by himself   with a cup of  coffee  and a  danish,   Abby came over  with a soda   and sandwich and was   chatting him up.

 Foster  and his  people came  down as a until, lookign  like sharp, well  drilled  troops, until yuou looked at some of thier  eyes... they were more then a  little nervous.

............

 Beth was     have Vid  and sound checks, and   checking   the  'quick feed'  changes. some of the Burian archers  were    talkign with Lyri  as to where thier  'sniper nests' would be  in the   rafters.


............

 The three Med tech..techs.. looked over the remaining   Mechs  and began to  load up the Mini guns..

 Once more the  QM  set up barricades of   extra hull plates to make an MG  nest that  could keep boarders  from trying to get there.. way down By Shadow's  flight line, a  50 cal was  set up to shoot  straight down the  hanger bays towards the Bow.

 Robbins   and  a few others    were  setting up  3 man fire teams.. to stand  watch over the   'war room'...

 Steele  was laughing and joking  with  Mara and Eckles,  Fans  was making her  way to Shadow  and the   board.


 He-La and   DR-NO chatted with the  Burian assault troopers.

 Lirg sat by  Supe  and the others, he had  a Hyriuan  sniper  rifle on his   back, and   an ESN  standard   SMG.. he had   10  extra  mags  strapped  around him, as  well as a Bandoleer  of  AP  sniper  rouns.

In reply to Zobaich (msg # 688):

Melia and Orria arrived shortly after Shadow. She looked exhausted with dark circles under her eyes, like she'd hardly slept. Which was infact the case, she'd fallen asleep in the chair lost in her thoughts after the anxiety attack had subsided, and as a result slept like burning garbage smells.

Orria for her part was chipper and excited she gave Melia a hug and raced off to get to work with Beth right away.

Melia noticed the other women talking near their craft, but the smell of fresh coffee strong enough to melt the coating off Verian armor drew her in like a moth to a flame.

Snagging a very large cup of the dark liquid she didn't bother to let it cool as she took a large gulp. One of the few perks of her genetic re-engineering, quick healing, and well generally absurd pain tolerance meant she didn't  need to wait. She also grabbed a cheese Danish as she looked about taking everything in with a small sigh.

In reply to hanger (msg # 692):

Zob was curious about the recruit he would have to have a chat with him after bit, "will be interesting to see how he preforms in the upcoming mission... so how about you, you looking to get some payback?" he said to Shoey with a smirk on his face.
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  Shoey  jerked his head to one side, still chewing his  gum,I'm gonna  be  dropping some. I won't even pretend to look for priosners. They best make it ..REAL..clear, theyw ant to surrender!

……………………...

 Beth  greeted  Orria  and   motioned to the   Keyboards     and told her to start  connecting the   lines.

 The Felrites  were gather at thier  Shuttle,  talkign to  the Gava as the Little  folks showed off thier 'boarding armor'

……………………..

 The felrite  Pilot    were together   Near the rest of the   Green angels  as they chatted.

 Scots  were coming  down  with Burians

 The Angel  troops  were going over the weapons as AZ-el wanted towards the Board.

In reply to hanger Dec (msg # 695):

Zob chuckled, "I wanted to make sure this time so i picked up this thing..." he nods to the 60 cal by his side, "Well in anycase its good to have you along Shoey, its always fun working with you" He then looked over to Nifty standing by himself, "Hey new guy come here a second"
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<===Officers quarters

Nikki arrived after gathering her armor and weapons, Haley and Roll with Gregor beside her.  She was finishing the check on her armor and envirosuit.  First thing she did was lead them to where Sneak was serving.  "Morning ladies.  Sneak, congratulations.  You wouldn't happen to have 4 breakfast sandwiches would you?" she knew she did and she handed out the sandwiches for Haley, Roll, and herself, then unwrapped one for Gregor who of course was still hungry even after his kibble breakfast.  "I knew they'd want to watch as much as they could.  I've got to attend the roll call and go through checks.  I figured with you here sneak you would make sure they stay out of trouble and get them to the bunker or elsewhere if needed" she laid a hand on Sneaks shoulder and gave her a smile of confidence.  She knew Sneak was more than competant and had their best interests at heart.  Squatting to look both Haley and Roll in the eyes she gave both tight hugs.  "Okay kiddos, I have to go to work.  you two be good."  She moved over to the area where her mantis was and spotted Lizzy  "Morning Phoenix" She began doing the outside check of her ride, and eating her breakfast sandwich and a hot tea she snagged from Morris's shed since she had a moment to report in.

Roy had arrived on the deck early, and stood apart from everyone else, just...watching.  If anyone had bothered to look closely at him...anyone who knew him well...they would see him going through the process of taking mental notes.  It had been a long time since he had thrown this many untested troops into battle, and even though he'd tried to pair the new units with more experienced ones, he still had trepidation about how the newcomers would handle it all.

So, he watched, looking for signs of excessive bravado and gauging whether it was serving as a mask for fear, or if it was indeed someone so cocky that they were actually likely to do something stupid.

While the bulk of his attention was on the shuttle teams, he did notice the pilots, as well...as the Hermes' Security Chief, he had at least some degree of familiarity with who everyone was, and some of the pilots had been around long enough for him to actually feel he knew, and to have developed some sense of fondness akin to attachment.  So he would watch the pilots, as well, looking for anyone who showed signs of 'final mission syndrome' or anyone too excited to get into battle.  Shadow had his fair share of new faces, as well...some had flown a mission or two, but not enough to have settled into a steady routine that could be used to gauge their emotional state...and if Roy noticed anyone looking a little too happy to be flying, or too resigned to whatever fate awaited them, he'd pass word along to Shadow.

But, for now, he watched, and brooded, and ran scenarios in his mind, mentally preparing contingencies and tactical plans, depending on just where Hack sent them, and how the Verians responded to it.

<===Non com quarters

Jug led the Gava first to SEC for a check in then to the hangar.  Quiet, but confident they would go to the shuttle they were assigned to.  Once there Jug had them wait til time to board.  She would search for the SM to again go over their assignment for this battle.

   Sneak smiled,..yeah?   I guess?.. I'm gonna stay  and Help with the food and such, but..if things  get  bad  we  can head to  Doc christie's or  SEC.

  .........………

   Roll nodded he looked  worried ..Gregor  didn't care, he had  a sandwich!

…………

  Jax  lead Nifty over to  Zob..Hey SGT  Zob.. this is   Marine recruit  Nifty... he's  from the  Olympus Stem..Knows  the SM....Nifty..this is Zob?  One of the first  Demons to  decide   our side  was better?

 Nifty,  have a  smile  and offered his hand,I've  seen you on Vids and such...  I shoot things? Pretty good  at Hiding? never  did  ship  stuff, but we ha d practice

.............

 Admiral  Hack was  starting to   climb the  moveable stairs...

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 LArry Followed   Roy  down... the  LArg wasn't in the ebst of moods.... he hated  the boarding  armor and the  head gear.. at least they didn't  stick the helmet on  yet..the   metal clawed  paws of the suit  clanged on the Dec, it was a marvel of   engineering thjat the armorers  came up with, but the Chief Armorer  wasn't  completely happy, always finding  somethibg to    tweak...she  even adapted pouched  ( takign a note   from Mila) so Larry could  carry things... extra  Mags... first aid..and  of  course a few  dozen patches   for his suit.

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 Shadow walked over to Higgins, Abby and  the new pilto saluted... Mott, KR-EN and the other  pool pilto  were making thier  way over  towards  Higgins...perhaps a bit of jealousy in thier eyes.

 So you gonna make it.. if you want to stand  down, you can say  your ribs  are hurt...

 Higgins  shook his head,I'm ready..just..nervous.. you know?

 Abby  laughs,..LC's Never  nervous!

 That's were you're  wrong.. I'm scared to Death...But i am also trained... and I've been through a bunch of these.... if you don't get kill happy..or.. go the other  way  and  try to 'hide"... yhou'll make it back....but? that isn't the main thing here.... we're here for  one reason.... we're  here to  kill bad guys, so  the fleet  can kick the  9 hells out of thier  fleet...and...to make sure  our assault teams come back....when you're out there,  it comes  down to  3 things....1... keep lookigng don't let anyone get on your tail.....2...Help out   you fellow pilots who  are getting tagged up...and 3... you don't let anything   kill one of thsoe shuttles.. a shuttle  goes?  Our people have to find   a new  way home....Now.. get ready  for the Admiral, then   I'll give our  orders  and we'll be off...

 Higgins nodded    , as Shadow walked  away..

 Abby frowned.

Karl had been busy talking through things with his ground crew...they had, by now, adapted to the notion of not only being a combat ground crew, but also, effectively, serving as their own R&D detachment, so systems were constantly being refined.  Ed was, thus far, only directly addressing Karl, but had provided feedback on coding tweaks (his programming inhibited him from writing his own code, and every suggestion the AI provided was thoroughly scrutinized by the entire ground crew to make sure it was optimizing operations and not compromising the safety protocols written into Ed's core program.)

"Okay...next thing is, I know we've been brainstorming about alternative munitions.  We've got to stop brainstorming and get something formalized...send it back to the Proving Grounds, let the Fuji folks at least run some prototypes for us if they don't want to try and test them there.  I've heard the news on the grapevine...some Rear Echelon Roger thinks the Morningstar is a dud and it's time to come up with something new, but so far, nothing that's been suggested comes anywhere close to matching the mission profiles that the Morningstar was built for.  If you have downtime during this mission...which is a big 'if'...I want you to start getting ideas in writing, and building some diagrams.  Do some research...I know a bunch of the ideas that have come up had old weapon systems that served the same function...if we can find video to illustrate how the suggested weapon would be useful on the battlefield, we might just get someone to build a few and try them out."  His voice was crisp, but low...he was speaking for them, not for the benefit of anyone else on the Hangar Deck.

He glanced around, and fell silent as he noticed Hack moving to the ladder.  He turned to face it, the ground crew closing ranks around him, all looking in the same direction.

——> Officers Quarters

Izzy would walk onto the hangar dec a few minutes after Lizzy, dressed in her combat armour with a carbine slung over her shoulder, her helmet in her hand and an excitable drone buzzing around her head beeping and whistling like an over excited puppy. She would pause just long enough to locate SM Spencer before walking up to him with a genuine smile on her face, with it clear that she was in a very good mood ”Morning SM, so where do you want me? I trust there’s enough space for little ol’ me on one of the shuttles?” she asked with hopeful look on her face.

  There was a soft Gong  sound,  to draw folks attention to the Admiral.

  Alright folks... we are almost ready to get this show on the road... he looked out ovwer the faces, a few   late comers  hustling down the  ramp way.

  In a way?  this  Jump off, isn't   any differant then all the others... we meet the enemy, crush them, and go on about our  day...

 there were some chuckles.. In a few Moments, Beth is goign to send out the orders to the   Fleet , support ships, and  those  who will be backing us up... Then they will know, what you all are goign to elarn, in this these next few Minutes....

 He nodded to Beth and the screens  came alive, his address  would  be …live..through  the ESN COM-VIDs

  A few years ago, we knew the Verians  as allies..they may have not be the staunchest, to be sure? But allies  none the less. Perhaps, we got a brief insight into the Verians, during the Battle of the Line, when they with drew  to portect thier own home world while we  Met the   Hyrian Fleet  and her Empire support.... we learned to things  that  battle...the first, is  Verians   worry about Verians.....the 2nd...Some Verians are more  'human' then others.

  Along  CAme Warlord Lilit..we learned of the  'Blue Verians', and  a bit LAter ..Uden.  and through this.. we have learned  That  Undenese  are more like us... and Verians  are more of  the ...'distilled' ..part of thier race... and though we  could get Doctor Christie to come up and give  a talk on this? It boils  down to one thing... Udenese are...The real Verians, as   Verians from Vera, are an off shoot, bred to be 'pure' , Bio-mechanical..as opposed to the Udeneses, that are... 'partly'  so.

   None of us  were more surprised , then myself , when the news  came down, of the Verians   joining the Empire..As opposed to the Vampics , whom  we  could see, leaned  more to  Empire  ways....So.. we are here...

 He looked around again, as if takign a mental picture  of those who were gathered.

 Verians   have Tech... no one here  can dispute that...and there is a damn goo  bet, we  will find out   some more tech  that they have held back when we engage  with them..the difference is... with the Humans, and  thier   Allies shrug this off  and push through.... Uden, has  given us  some insight to  thier tech with the Fighters   and CAp ships they have brought to the fleet.... we know...right now.. they have shields  like the largran and Creshian  have, we also know, thsoe shiled   do not stand up to Mulitple Heavy Pulse, and  do not help..at all..against hard  ammo...

 Only the Sanri, Ape Folk and  Undenese  can stand a fair chance in hand to hand with Verians  troops...do not put yourself in the position, to have to  fight in such a manner...MAke them dead, before  it comes to that... the screens  showed    other ships, crews gathred   listening to the same  talk...grave, yet  eager....

 Now?..... Calimite has been inavded  by Verians....Calimites  are Undenese and Humanoid  Mix... their humans  are shorter then  'average' humans..but taller then Native Burians  and , of course..Gava... The  Undense   part of  our  Fleet  will be  going    to the planet, to  aid in the  shellign of Verian  forces, and take on, what vessels   that are in  Calimite Orbit, to that end...  Troops form the APF  will land   in the northern Hemisphere  and attack what ever  postions  the  Verians  have set up... 3  Transport BAses, Led  by General  Higgins  we be the spear head for this.. .. Uden's Promise, however.. we   be  comign with the Delta  fleet..our  Goal is  to Push, into the Verian  Fleet... the  object of this, is to destroy  or capture  as  many verian  vessels  as we are able.. and strip Vera  of  thier    vessels ...after  this...first battle  is over.. we shall see what Vera and Unden come to , as far  as 'what happens next'...I do know this.... Calimite   is Undenese  ..and there will be no Verian  troops  allowed to stay..no verian vessels  alllowed in its space.


As  we speak.. the  Fleet is  accelerating  and will continue to do so... the ships who are  attacking those  on the ground , or in orbit of Calimite, will drop out... the rest of us  are goign to   smash through the  Verian   fleet, and not   slow down, until we have passed... then, we  will cross  thier  rear and engage... Delta   1 and  Delta  2, are going through the 'middle , as it were... Delta  3  and Delta  4 are  swinging out  on the flanks.. the  Verians  will have two chocies... fight... or  drive  past  Calimite  towards Uden... Our  support vessels  are already dropping out to  form a Metal  shroud over  Uden....if every thing goes..even partly right?... The verians will have to flee, rather then fight...but they won't be able to go home

 A question was asked  about   the Vampics  and  Roussians.. they  can come form either Flank... that is the  2nd  reason  the  two  sections of the Fleet that are swinging out... the first.. to Hem Verians in.. the second. to protect the flanks of the fleet  from these  two...'threats'.. we also have some surprises  in store, should we need it... with luck..we will not... should we need it...  he smiles,..it may  be the thing that ends the battle  early..

 ..I am Just about done here, before i turn things over to  the LC... But i will say these  to the Fleet.. I have always  been proud of the Delta  Fleet.. we have suffered  from  knives in the back... slander  and misfortune. But the Fleet has  always rose  above  it.. defeating enemies in the field, as well  as  in our own 'houses'..there  have been   Leaders in the past, that  have  struggled  with force  as 'the answer'  and.. for the most part, they are right. But when this   all comes to an end...We..as a  a Galaxy, do not need those who  belong to the Empire.. the APF  has  new members  joining on a weekly basis. And   Those who join. make the  APF stronger... Naragrans, Gava, and Apefolk have risen to have thier own voices  in the APF Meeting tables, when they were  once, treated  as  less that  worthy... Nivarians  are now becoming a solid member of the APF, while the Hillites  struggle  to  join or remain as  Empire vassels... Know this.  I long to be in the cockpit, flying along  side you... or . crossing the   boarding tunnels    with you, to take on the enemy..but know,  that with   Lt Morrow's  tech.. i am 'there' with you..seeing  the action..hearing  the sounds,  and..at times  sending my input...I thank you, not  for your actions....because    we all signed up for that. I Thank you on behalf , of all those    non-combatants, whose lives   you save..or  avenge because, they as a whole, cannot thank you... Good Luck out there.. and Come back for   the After parties!

 he  tossed the  Mic to Shadow  who caught it  with one hand  as he stood on his fighter.

While waiting for things to start Melia notices she has a comms message. Opening it and reading the message she quickly sends back, "can we talk after the battle? I... I need some help during things..." as she sends the message Admiral Hack takes the stage.