In reply to hanger (msg # 700):

(Before the Admirals speech)

Zob listened as Jax gave a introduction, "Probably the only Demon knowing my luck" he said with a smirk in regards to his comment about being one of the first to join the delta fleet.

Zob then shook the recruits hand his big hands engulfing his, "Well Nifty i look forward to seeing what you are capable of the Stem people have been quite remarkable so far, some advice though keep your eyes and ears open when you're on these ships gonna be in close quarters and you don't know if there is gonna be a heavy weapons emplacement at the end of a hallway or a false wall with some enemies waiting to blind side you..."

he then gave a Nifty a small pat on the shoulder, "Just remember two in the head and they stay dead" he then sipped his now lukewarm coffee and it brought on a small disgusted look to his face as he just set it down.

Right after Hacks speech Nikki begins singing.  Trying to get the hangar singing cappella and in unison.

(Ooc: at work but we all know the tune I'll fix it when I get to a real computer)
"WHO WILL COME AND WITH OLLIE!

 Shadow smiles  at  Nikki as she   begins to sing. He would  wait until he is don't  for his part of the breifing/talk/pep rally.

 Mitch stood  by Nikki, his   torpedo man  double checking the  aircraft.

"As ready as I'll ever be" Harry responded to a smiling Lizzy who looked very much like the cat that had got the cream. Pausing long to grab a sandwich from a passing tray she would give Lizzy a mischievous look that told her she knew why her friend was in such a good mood this morning "I would ask how your night went but me and the entire Officers dec kind of heard you, hold on, let me see if I can get this right" she said holding up her hand to forestall any response she might have until she properly composed herself "Ohhh Izz-ee, Yes, just like that! ohhhh yeah Izz-ee!" she loudly said in close approximation to what she had overheard last night whilst passing the reporters door "...ohhh yee-ess do that again Izz-ee...honestly how you're still able to talk or walk for that matter is beyond me" Harry said with a grin seemingly un-bothered by the looks she'd received as a result of her little performance "so go on, tell me about her I can see you're dying to kiss and tell" she said looping a friendly arm about Lizzy's shoulders, with her friend having just enough time to answer the question before the chimes were sounded and Admiral Hack started to speak.

 Lizzy was ready for have Harry make fun of her but then Harry gave her a look like she knew something. Then she said she and the entire Officers Deck heard her, Lizzy would become redder than her hair as she looked at Harry, still smiling though.  Lizzy was about to say something when Harry than started to say loudly what she was screaming last night. Lizzy got even redder and then gave Harry a look of oh I am going to get you back for this. Then Harry said she was surprised Lizzy could talk or walk, then it seemed like Harry was giving her a chance to talk.

 Lizzy said to Harry, " Oh the 9 Hells we where that loud I knew it, and the reason I can walk is we didn't use any toys." Lizzy took a second and said a lt quieter then Harry was," Well it was amazing Harry, I went over for a nice dinner and a movie, we had some Burian wine, we talked then one thing led to another, I never pushed her I told her many times we could stop. Harry it was amazing I felt connected to her, it was more if you know what I mean. Also I wished you didn't announce it Izzy wants to keep it a secret for as long as we can, but from the sounds of it everyone heard us. Don't worry she wanted my friends to know, but the other night Dixie really treated her bad when we where at the OC, that bitch needs a beat down big time." Lizzy actually got mad like she was defending her lover, and getting someone back for hurting her.

 Lizzy then got closer to Harry and whispered to her," Harry I can't explain it, I really really like her, aww fuck it I think I have fallen for her Harry and hard. I just have no clue how to do a real relationship, plus finding out my whole life was a lie and my Father was a murdering traitorous bastard was another big blow. I think I would rather take 0n 10 Demon fighters than try and handle a relationship it scares me I will fuck it up badly."

 Lizzy heard Nikki say her call sign, she replied to Nikki," Good morning Banshee, again great work on the nose art." Lizzy was about to say more to Harry when the Admiral spoke. After the Admiral spoke she got a text message form Melia. She would quickly send back a text to Melia," Oh sure we can talk after the battle, if I can help in any way you know I will Melia, plus I have a few things to tell you, you probably heard about my Mom and my asshole father, and then my new girlfriend, we will talk after sorry I wasn't there for you last night."

 Lizzy would stay near Harry waiting for what was going to happen next.

Roy looked at Izzy in response to the question, a mixture of surprise and disappointment on his face.  He opened his mouth to respond when Harry's little reenactment sounded, not loud enough to carry over the din but audible as part of it.  He spared a moment for an annoyed look in Harry's direction, before turning back to Izzy...just as the Admiral began to speak.

He said, in hushed tones, "In a minute..." focusing his attention on Admiral Hack's discussion of their plans.  As the song broke out, he turned back to Izzy.

"Do you make a habit of assuming everyone is going to hold room for you?" he asked.  "The whole ship has known we were going into battle for over a day...and you're only just now telling me you want a spot on a shuttle?"  He shook his head.

"Was I not clear enough in laying things out for you, about needing to demonstrate your interest and competence in order to win crew respect?  If you'd said something twelve hours ago...hell, FOUR hours ago, I could have planned a spot for you.  Now?  If I pull someone off a fully loaded shuttle to make a spot for you, everyone knows you're expecting special treatment.  You think you've been having a hard time getting anyone's respect thus far?  Just wait until word gets around that a trooper had to surrender a seat because the reporter decided to hitch a ride..."  He shook his head, the look in his eyes speaking volumes about what that would do to her already dubious popularity.

"I know you're feeling desperate for a break, and I want to help, believe it or not.  But you really need to think this through.  If you want it, I'll do it...but you need to think about what it's going to cost you in the long run.  You can stay here, monitor the feeds over Beth's shoulder, and get an overview of the ENTIRE battle, not just one boarding a ton, and it won't cost your reputation a thing, unless you manage to piss off Beth again...and that would do less damage, because two-thirds of the crew has managed to piss off Beth at some point--of course, they made some effort to patch things up afterwards, which you seem to have a problem with.  So, you decide, Ensign...do you want the up-close-and-personal story that might be the last interview you get on this tub, or do you want to risk Beth's wrath again?"  He crossed his arms, looking down at her with a look that could have been natural on a disapproving parent.

  People    smiled  and  grinned  a bit after Mikki's song.. then The Admiral Nodded to Shadow.

  Right?  Well..another Jump off. Those of you who are new   to Jump-offs.. try to relax. remember  yor training, and listen to the Vets..  Higgins?  what's the Number on your Tail Fin?

 He Looked  around, Abby was hanging real close to him...151....LC?

 As the  first 24 will tell you...that is, what is left of us. we used to  just...give the   empty fighter's number to the next guy..but we didn't thing that was  right... so now... every knew  pilot gets a  number... you are pilot 151 of the 'starters'.. when the pool piltos  get thier  ride? they'll get the  next number in line... I want that to  sink in to all of  you newer  folks... 151..that tells you how many came before you..

 he   looks  over at his fighter's  Kill decals, then back to the Hanger. Here's what were gonna do.... when Jump off  happens... the fleet is  emptying out its hangers... the  pool pilots   will be thier  with, whatever pool aircraft are left, will be  back up.....

  Captain  Nilsson... your  job will be  two fold.. you will   trail our  boarding shuttles as they  head  towards, what we believe, will be thier Flag ship.... I'll.um.. do my best to try and draw  that info out...  people laughed.

 Fighters?  of  all  ships , everywhere.. will be tasked with knocking  down thier  fighters.. But with one..VERY..important  provision... You must protect  the shuttles.. we block for them to get there.... keep fighters off them while they are there, and Make sure  we cover them  when they are  ready to move... If a Shuttle goes  down... and we see on the  footage, that a fighter was chasing kills rather then protection...well... it will turn on very bad..very......bad..

 The  2nd part of the Morning star's  job will be   to  fire at, and   destroy or disable   the   engines  of the enemy Cap ships... if they can't move, its  damn hard for them to  fight... if one or two blow up because you  cracked a power Cell..  , that's the way it goes, we didn't ask them to fight us...

 Admiral Hennings?   you have  some   signals, I believe?

 Hennings had his own mic, as he said...Admiral Hack pointed out, that we  want to   strip  Vera  of its  fleet... so... The boarding partiers  all across the board will have this  as their Objective..... Capture, or destroy.... prisoners  are not  in the  thought process now... You go in, try to take the ship... if you cannot... then you  access the engine   Rooms and try to send it to the 9 hells.... if you captrue it... prisoners   get assembled on the hanger  dec... if you have to destroy it... then they all die?...

 because  this might be on the same scale, as  The Battle of the Field, there is goign to be alot of broadsides being traded....because of that..   each boarding shuttle   will ahve   an Extra  Transponder... or..what has  be named,  The Morrow Beacon..... this  beacons   will be set up on a CAp ship....A purple  light, means   we have  people on the ship.... a Blue light, means  we have people …IN... The ship....a Green Light means  we have  people ..INSIDE..the ship...flashing  Red means, the ship is  about to be destroyed by the  boarding parties... or..a signal for  the Ships that may fire on that ship..at will.. As a Back up to that... The leader of the boarding parties  will Also COM Beth so she  can relay to the  Fleet , the ships that have boarding parties on...

  One  thing  More... LT Jug? Your people , on this  ship, will be the first, purebred   Gava  Boarding Unit, ever sued  by the  ESN.. this isn't a troop drop.. or  havign you come in mice the ship has  a 'beachhead'... but you'll be going  in, to take the ship, and kill our enemies... do you people, proud….wrap this up  LC....

 Shade   blared  and  bleeped  loudly, ,scaring a few  folks, who were around him as he held up a  balled up fist.

almost as  one, people  turned to wards the LC, Shadow  Grinned, He   says  "...Let the  feel  what it really means, to be broken!.." some  folks   Cheered  as  Shade  stood there with  flashing green eyes.

 ..Now  Niki got us warmed up... but this  song  is meant for everyone   in this  ship..in this fleet.... don't be afraid  to   join in....then..we  light them up!

 Beth smiled  and   started the  Hanger's Main screens  with a Vid.

 People  started  to clap  along. some   started   sings along with Shadow, Floes  and Hemsly who was also standing on the LC's  Fight.

  Folks   shouted out  when the lines  "  we are  the warriors, who learned to love the pain...we  Come from differant  places , but have the  same name..."

 Shadow Points to the Hermes   insignia on the back of his  flight jacket..

   Sneak and Roll  were jumping up and down as they sang  along.. Dana  did the same  , not  far away

 "  we are the Broken ones  ...who chose to spark the flame, watch as the  fire  rages, our hearts were never tame.."

 Supe  Picked Up   Shade  at this point

  when the second ' we come  form  differant places  , but have the same Name.. Trooper s patted  Lirg on the  back.. Felrites   flicker their tails  and  patted Gava on the  backs... Burians Grinned  as    SCots and Angels     fist bumped them .. a  few  Burians lookign at the 'Bumped  fist in confusion'  but  soon got into the  song

 Larry   howled    from  time to time as he  thumped his tail

"But...but there must be some space somewhere!?" She said, though her panic would quickly turn to that of utter defeat as she came to the conclusion that she was trapped in an impossible situation; Force her way onto a shuttle and make her already tenuous position untenable or stay on the hangar dec, get nothing and then get fired "no...I'll stay here" she said as what little fight she had left in her slowly flickered out and died "I think I'll go and find someplace where I won't get in the way...I doubt Beth would let me work alongside her even if I asked" she said casting the woman in question an anxious look before returning her attention back to Roy "I won't waste anymore of your time...um...best of luck" she said in a deflated voice before turning to head for the back wall.

She hadn't got far before Tali would emit a series of beeps and whistles causing Izzy to glance up at the little drone "huh? Oh...um...yeah ok go and watch the live feeds just...you know...don't get in Beth's way" she quietly said to Tali, with the drone zipping off towards the screens that Beth was working at as she meanwhile went to find a crate sit on at the back of the hangar dec where she could contemplate the death of her career.

 When the  song finished   Shadow   tossed  The Admiral  the Mic. Admiral Hack went  down the  steps , shadow   walked  across  his   wing and caught his Helmet from Argie....

..Mount Up!... My flight  first...  then Frans's, every  flight   in others... form up on your Flight leader  at 12:00 High....

 beth had  turned   the word s off, but the  music  still played  as they   pilots  ran towards thier  fighters... The troops  formed  up to  march into their shuttle, the  Felrites  and Gava, fewer   then the other  two shuttles.

 The  QM stood  By Roy  for a moment and said,I'm  thought about  them  Verians?.. an' i figurred that them  Flash bangs  and Concuss grenades  won't  work.. so , each shuttle has  2 crates of  frags... 48  per  crate..... tehre  is   another  crate of   50 cal belts fer  the   Heavies.. and   two more ammo boxes   fer the demon's  60 cal... gibe him 4 more belts.... the other  50's  are  fer the Gunners... there is  a case of  dermaplast  and  i of foam fer  each   shuttle.. 12 in a crate..... two coils  of  50 foot   flexi-steel rope  shoudl  ye  need ta  pull  folks out  real quick like....that's 'bout it..'cept  for   two cases  of  water... 24  per case?.... Go get some..pop a few fer me..

 Larry    waited  by Roy thumping his  tail, the waited   ted  sounding like  a hammer on the plates.

 Shadow  took  off  a,d the   fighters  followed   one  by one...

 CArl and the tropedo plane  would leave  after the shuttles.

 to Uden's fight>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

 The Admiral   and the Board  clinbded the stepsm   at the  war-room' area.. each of them had  thier  weapons with them, as Hack watched   the screens....


  the Main screens were blick, but one would   shuffle through fighter  Gun cams, while the other  would shuffle through the Herme s boarding party.

  Beth  watched the little   camera  thing , but not  'take notice'.Admiral... Delta   3 and Deltas  4 in position in 10 minutes....

  Very Good LT... send  COMs  for them to Hold  , until the word is given...

 Already done....  beth had purposely  given  Orria the  Job of routing COMs into  the main screen on Beth's  'desk'...but it also provide Orria the Job to  watch the shuffling screens  so she would see   Melia  and  Shade.

………...…...………..

 Roll looked at Sneak,we were supposed   to go to the  Bunker?  he loked worried..  Sneak  seemed  nervous, but sent  Jax of with a hug and a smile.

 Yeah?  but you  and HAley and  gregor stay  behind these tables.. and If bad  guys   come.. I'll take you, straight away to SEC...  we'll be safe there...meanwhile, you each have a sandwich and sit on thsoe  crates?.. you'll be able   to see those  two big screens.

 Will was  frowning  as she checked his carbine for the 3oth time.. Maria  wore the same  face he wore... Lyri, was just  as bummed but  was on her head set movign  people around as the Burian archers  climbed to the rafter and secured themselves.

Haley listened to the long speech.  She'd wave at Nikki now and then.  Nikki would wave back.  When she was done singing she noticed Mitch was there.  Smiling she planted a big kiss on his lips "For luck"she said quietly.  Then she'd listen to Shadows speech. When the word given she mounted up into the mantis< battened down the hatches (so to speak) and went through the checklist and start up> She made sure the lights were green across and took stock of her ammo stores.  She was ready to rock.  When control gave the signal for her flight to go she would lift off and head for space.

In reply to Isobel Sakura (msg # 712):

Orria scrambled around connecting splitters in the right order and checking and double checking the connections on her vidboard until she was satisfied with the connections. Taking her old small vidboard she plugged it into the outbound data traffic and queued it up and moved on.

Melia gave Lizzy a weary thumbs up when she got the chance. She listened to the speeches and worked on her coffee during the songs. She watched the exchange between Izzy and Roy and the walk of... shame afterwards. She grabs another cup of coffee and a refill.

Stopping by Izzy and setting the full cup down. "I don't know any of the details but you look like you need this more than me. Come find me after this.

She left the coffee not waiting for a response that was up to the reporter whether she wanted to follow up.

Orria was set on her screen ready to go.

When the order came to mount up Melia checked her carbine and headed up the ramp taking her place in the shuttle. Much like the others her face was a grim mask as she mentally shifted into the battle mindset.

     Garrat hands Sneak a Verian pistol in a shoulder harness, “You know the drill, be safe, watch those younger than you, and stay alive.”

He smiles at her.  “” I am proud of you.” He says simply.

Garrat passes Izzy “ You did great on Bura.  We’ll catch you on the next deployment.  Enjoy the overview, it will give you a good idea of what’s happening behind the scenes next time you come and play with us.”

     He enters his shuttle where Zob was harassing the new sniper.

Jug nodded when they mentioned that Jugs troops were first of their kind.  Made her proud to be Gava, Proud to be Hermes.
When the time came she would lead her squad aboard their shuttle ready to take on any enemy.

  When   The Admiral  reached the    makeshift war   room, he  Have Beth a Pointed look. At first she  was unsure, then smiled as she  reached , pulling up  a drum fed automatic  shotgun.

 Hach  had  a slight  smile and gave her a  nod...Me Shadow?...  Your  are  cleared to  advance  to  until you see the Vrian Fleet..then>  Do what you do best.... wait for the word , before  engaging

 Already Done  , Sir....... all fighters   Move   until  you have visual contact of the Verian fleet... then  hold postions, until word is given

 Hack snorted as he looked at the   screens  that showed ..for  now...darkness. as thje fighters  moved  forward.

 Beth  looked to Orria.....open the sniffers.. nbe ready to send the Audio when the LC gives the word...

Orria's fingers tip tapped away on her board opening the sniffers directing them when and where necessary letting them do their job. They ran through her small vidboard picking up an additional bit of code that Orria had been working on. A virus that when triggered would show incorrect damage readouts on ships running empire or allied empire tags. The code was simple running an algorithm that given an array of data from a ships computer adjuster masked damage that would lead to creation of either a bigger problem than reality or would act to show less damage creating scenarios where Captains might push their ships harder than the should causing more damage.

After Shadow's  greeting...

 Hack  nodded to BethFleet COMs  only....

 Fleet COMs, aye...

 ..This is  it.. SM... Vera ship #1   is the Flag ship.. that's were our shuttles  are going.... I want  one transport carrier  to follow them in....


 Captain Roles... I Trust you heard?

 Roles  voice  came over the COMs, there was laughter  mixed with it,Aye sir... EMS  ships on thier  way..Good Hunting Admiral...

 Alright  Shadow... take your People In...Fleet..Full speed  , fire  at will..look for   Beacons once  boarding shuttles  begins  to  burn through...

(( as the attack begins))

 beth  smiled   at  Orria  as the Music  played,     One   Vid baoird  was   for   Verian COMs only...

 Hack smiled and shook his head  , Henning s    sipped from  coffee  as they listened...


'...  Adam!.. the Fleet is here.. they are   goign to make  contact I less then 5 minutes.. they..they are  moving  at flank.."

 "  That's impossible.. there are ESN troops   landing , as  I speak to attack our Northern  fortification on Calimite! "

 " I do not Know ..I see the   damned    Humans!... but they are not on our  scans!..and..and this....music..its is fouling   transmissions... Our  fleet is in disarray .."

 Adem can be heard  to  Shout  orders in the back round, "  you have to stop them!.... we cannot have the Fleet reach Vera! "

 " should I call our allies....?"

 " Yes!..Yes!!  we cannot have  the  Fleet reach  Vera! "

 Hack shook his head, he looked  at BAle… general bale just gave a disgusted Look and laughed.

 there  was  a wait of   2 minutes or  so...

 Apollo here..  we have Roussian vessels    with some LArgrans... coming  from our  port side...."

 Admiral Hack  to   Fuji and her  combined fleets...  sweep  out   and attack  the  in  coming...  Apollo, split yur   sections.,,Half  to take on the   incoming, the other have, attack the  Flank of the Verians...

 Fuji  and  Delta  3     relied with 'already dones'...

 Zeus here...  we have the same.. we  Got Vampics  with  creshians  coming in from our starboard...

  Hack   still shook his head,  Split your  section Zeus...  Call  in  Admiral  Hirg...

 ..This is   Admiral  Hirg.. we   noted the Vampics  passage.. they did not even bother  to  hail us...

 Ahh.. Admrial Hirg..good to here  you voice...  it was a gamble... But it was an easy guess, for teh Vampic to  thing  those ships around  Hyria were there , working on  your  atmosphere!

 There was a  wolf  type  laughter,..you are cunning   Admiral.. you must have Hyrian in your Blood.. we will be  in contact with the rear of the Vampic  fleet  in 2 Minutes...

  Hennings  nods to Beth to have her open  a channel..

 Admiral  Hennings  to   Bura-Nivarian  fleets...... head  full speed ... the Burians to  take   the starboard  side  of   the Middle.. to aid   if any Vampics manage to break through....

 ..Nivar  Golden fleet... move to the  port side of the Middle...aid  Delta  3 with  the Roussians...This is it!  all pieces  are in play!

 Hack smiled.we have one more... but its on its  way...

As Izzy was walking away, Roy spoke up.  "You keep hiding away every time you face an unpleasant situation, and you'll never get anywhere out here.  Beth's a professional...treat her like one and act like one yourself, and you might be surprised to find out just how much help she can be.  Whatever you do, keep a weapon handy...odds are real good you're gonna get some eyewitness footage, even here."

He didn't wait for a response, just turned and head for Stoly's shuttle, Larry at his side.  As people moved in to load, he nodded and gave them encouraging nods, thinking about what the QM had told him.  Once the hatch closed and the shuttle launched, he got their attention.

"Okay, there's a handful of us that have tangled with Verians before.  Don't try and take them hand-to-hand, the only ones here who have even a prayer are Lirg, Garrat, and Zob.  If we're lucky, they won't have had time to put on body armor, but if they have...it's very pulse-resistant.  Hard ammo has little trouble with it, but you've gotta hit the same spot four or five times in rapid succession if you're using pulse rounds before you're doing any damage.  The QM loaded us up with a full complement of frag grenades...take extras and don't be stingy with them.  Our mission is to take their flagship out of the battle...I'd like it captured, but if it looks like it's going to be too much of a fight, we just need it disabled.  That may mean blowing the engines, or blowing the helm controls...we'll decide when we get there and see what we're really facing."

He looked around at the assembled troops, his face showing a grim smile.  "You all heard the Admiral...taking prisoners is not a priority on this mission.  If they want to surrender, they get one chance to drop weapons and get moving to their hangar Deck.  Anyone who doesn't comply instantly gets treated like they're still in active combat.  Verians may be physically tough, but Adem's a weasel at heart and false flag surrenders sound just like something he'd try.  They don't get a second chance..."

He grinned a little wider.  "Some of you are new to boarding.  It will be tempting for you to either get carried away or worry too much about getting back out.  Don't worry about the shuttles...Stoly and his crew have been doing a beautiful job of babysitting them for us, it's their job.  Let them do it.  Our job is to make it impossible for the Verians to wage war.   Don't get so enthusiastic about it that you wind up separated from the group.  Nobody goes anywhere alone, never assume that the hall you're in is secure until the ship is flying ESN colors.  When in doubt, take just enough time to be sure it's not friendlies...light 'em up if you're not sure whether they're surrendering or not."  He looked around again, and then flashed a bloodthirsty grin.

"Time to make the other poor dumb bastard die for his country," he said, almost as a benediction.  Anyone in the shuttle who'd studied Earth's military history would likely understand the context.

Catching up a bit

Henry, Val and Mila arrived as the gong sounded, and stood together to hear the Admiral's speech. The two humans joined in the song. Henry sings a deep bass and put in some harmonies to the main tune. At one point he broke off to look at Mila.

"No howling!"

When the song was over, he kissed Val on the cheek and headed off towards the shuttles.

With Tali hovering at slightly higher that head height monitoring the feeds Izzy would go and take a seat on a crate at the back of the cavernous Hangar dec. With first Melia and then Garrat speaking to her as they passed on the way to the shuttles she would quietly say "thank you" as Melia left the cup of coffee on the crate beside her along with the offer to talk once this was all over great another lecture about how no one likes me she thought to herself miserably. As for a next time, she didn't think there would be a next time if that message she'd received was anything to go by.

She would silently watch as Shadow gave his speech along with it's accompanying sing along, reminding her very much of the football jocks she'd had the misfortune of knowing at high school before watching as the waves of fighters took off and headed out into the Black.

With nothing for her to really do at this point in time, Izzy would slowly and methodically begin field stripping her carbine; neatly arranging the pieces on the crate beside her to be inspected before being once again reassembled. She wouldn't be receiving any awards for speed but it would be clear that she at least knew what she was doing.
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Mila sat beside Her Human while the Admiral talked, not really paying attention. Then the singing began and she wanted to join in, but Her Human didn't seem to like the idea. It wasn't her fault that the canine throat is not built for singing! She lay down and put her paws over her nose in protest.

When the song was done, she sprang up onto her feet and trotted off towards the shuttles, tail wagging.

"Lizzy love, that particular ship has sailed, hit the rocks and sank...the guys on duty were placing bets on how long you two would keep going at it" Harry said with a grin. Ok the last part was a lie...well...most likely a lie....maybe, anyway they wouldn't be able to keep it a secret for much longer "Look I'm sorry, and I am genuinely happy that you've found someone that makes you feel that way, also you're not going to fuck it up just relax, don't rush into anything and enjoy yourselves...quietly preferably" she said putting a friendly arm around her friends shoulders.

As Shadow made his speech Harry would stand there with a bored look on her face, having heard his entire spiel about the tail numbers before, eager to get in her fighter and get the whole thing started so that her stomach would stop tying itself in knots.

After singing along with the rest of the pilots and a war cry from Shade that may need to be explained to her on a later date, Harry would be given the signal to go with her quickly dashing the short distance to her Mantis and clambering inside. Within minutes of doing so she would be taking off and heading out into the Black.

---> Uden Fight

 Lizzy blushed again when Harry said Izzy's and her relationship was known by everyone already and the Guards where taking bets, Lizzy said," Oh no we where very loud, well I hope someone good one we went a long time on both sessions." Lizzy actually smiledand then after Harry's talk of going slow she wouldn't fuck it up, but be quieter. Lizzy chuckled a little and said," It is okay we where loud but we had a great time, I can do that Harry. Thank you Harry I must be your most umm complicated friend ever, but I am so glad I am here, and we will try to keep it down but we didn't even use my toy box yet." Lizzy smiled at Harry but before she could say anything else, Shadow made his speech.

 After the singing she saw Izzy heading away sadly towards the back of the Hanger, fuck she thought things didn't go well. Lizzy quickly sent a message to Izzy on her Comms," Izzy I don't know what happened but I know you can get a great story, do what you have too do, like I will. Now get off your ass and get your story or one that your Bosses will love and kiss your feet, not like the way I do though. I have faith in you and I know when you put your mind to it and use the fire within yourself you can do anything, see you after the battle my love."

 Once the singing and everything was done, Lizzy tried to wave to Izzy as she headed for her fighter to kick some Verian ass. Once in her fighter Lizzy got into fighter mental mode and did all her checks, she then got clearance, saluted everyone still on the Hanger Deck and then when it was her turn her brand new nose art popped out as she took off and headed into the black to do her job.


------------------>>>>>>>>>>>>> To Uden Fight

After pausing to take a sip of the cup of coffee she had been given, Izzy would continue to carefully reassembled her carbine; making sure that every moving part was correctly fitted and moved perfectly before selecting the next. She'd been kind of surprised to receive Lizzy's message with her having thought that her mind would have been firmly in the game by this point. However Izzy had read the message in which Lizzy had gently comforted and encouraged her in a similar manner to which her mum had after a bad day at school, though Lizzy probably wouldn't appreciate the comparison considering what they'd got up to last night.

With her weapon fully assembled and loaded, Izzy would cast a nervous look towards the cluster of screens, knowing that Lizzy was right and that she wouldn't get any kind of a story sitting back here, though unfortunately that would mean having to work alongside Beth which despite what Roy had said she didn't think would happen. Then again if Beth refused to work with her then at least she'd be able to say as much when she and Roy next met.

Cautiously approaching she would quietly watch the screens in a vain attempt to figure out what the hell was going on before rather timidly asking "is there anything I can do to help?"