Once they arrive at a safe house J’ra leads Bridger inside where they sit down as they start talking some more.
Bridger: I brought this with some of my former work to show you that I know what I’m doing and am very good at what I do.
J’ra takes the padd as he starts looking over it.
J’ra: it does seem you have a very good understanding about the kind of work we are involved in. You will stay here for now. I’ll take this to my superior and they will make the decision if they want you to join our teams or not. Until then please feel free to enjoy the luxuries this safe house has to offer.
Bridger: do you know how long it will take to hear from them?
J’ra: I would expect tomorrow or the day after. They are currently on a time table to get a project done so the more they have on hand the better for them I’m sure.
Bridger: thank you. I appreciate it.
J’ra nods as he gets up and leaves. Two Agents stag by the door as Bridger heads to one of the other rooms to rest a bit while he waits.
" Now the gate has been unlatched headstones pushed aside; corpses shift and offer room ,a fate you must abide."
Osman walks into her office setting down her coffee mug as she takes a look at the recent reports.
Atlas: nothing from him yet ma’am. But I’m sure he is and will be fine.
Osman: if only I had that kind of confidence or assurance Atlas. The fact is he is going to be in Ana extremely dangerous situation. One we aren’t going to be in a position to get him out of things go wrong.
Atlas: ma’am with all due respect isn’t that why you chose him. He has strengths that no one else has that can help him not only blend in there but also be able to help him sneak out if he needs to.
Osman: I know that but it doesn’t make it any easier.
" Now the gate has been unlatched headstones pushed aside; corpses shift and offer room ,a fate you must abide."
J’ra: the head of the project has agreed to see you. We meet her in a few hours.
Bridger gets up as he follows the large sanghelli outside again.
Bridger: it must be difficult for you to be in a place like this. Not many of your kind outside of the Milky Way are there?
J’ra: a few. It is easy enough to blend in here with the large number of different species.
Bridger: well that’s nice to hear.
J’ra simply lets out a grunt as the drive in the speeder clearly not interested in small talk. Bridger takes a closer look at the sanghelli beside him though. He notices the black armor with red lines and the blue symbol on his chest. Meaning he was or is a spec ops and from the design on his chest from a high end family. Leaving him to wonder what he is doing here.
" Now the gate has been unlatched headstones pushed aside; corpses shift and offer room ,a fate you must abide."
Ooc: to be totally honest I haven’t quite decided. Probably going to make one that incorporates a little bit of them and some different ones. If you have any ideas or anything with it feel free to let me know.
" Now the gate has been unlatched headstones pushed aside; corpses shift and offer room ,a fate you must abide."
*Johanna hurries off to the cargo holds, trying not to sprint and to stay focused as she Hope's to find Mila in here*
*When she gets there, she finds a normal series of cargo holds, most carrying cereal products. She does however find Weston and the security team scanning a locked door to one of the holds.*
Security: The hold's screened by a scattering field.
Weston: Can you break through it?
Security: I don't think even Columbia's scanner array could.
*Weston taps his combadge.*
Weston: Weston to Allen. We've found something near the aft holds.
*Within minutes, Dani is there with the Orion Captain in tow.*
Dani: What is it?
Weston: The door's sealed and there's a scattering field stopping us from scanning the contents.
Strauss: you said you wanted to speak for a moment.
Harper: yes I did. Please have a seat.
As Strauss sits down Harper takes an padd and sets it down for Strauss to read.
Harper: I’m sure your aware of the gateway network we had found years ago that spans much of this galaxy. Even some outside of it.
Strauss: yes I am aware of it. Why?
Harper: given our current situation and the low number of ships we have in reactivating the program to link all UNSC controlled worlds and colonies in the gateway network.
" Now the gate has been unlatched headstones pushed aside; corpses shift and offer room ,a fate you must abide."
Strauss: I understand. Are you sure that’s still the best decision? Do we know how anyone else will respond.
Harper: at the time we don’t have the ships or resources to do it any other way. Me you and Col. Flynn will be meeting with the new president in a few hours.
Strauss: I see. Well then I better take a look at these older files I suppose.
Strauss gets up and takes the padd as he leaves. Heading to his office over at Highcomm.
" Now the gate has been unlatched headstones pushed aside; corpses shift and offer room ,a fate you must abide."
Vanguard stands by a large pool that shows him earth and the work from Halsey is doing.
Vanguard: does anything being done here threaten to make Alduin stronger?
Ur: no not that I can tell. He hasn’t made any type of move since he lost the undine.
Vanguard: are they in any danger looking into these things?
Ur: no. All the older and ancient races put in key safety measures to make sure their technology wasn’t reached before anyone was ready.
Vanguard: good. Things are slowly calming down it seems for the most part which is good. Still I want you to keep a close eye on them at earth. If they start to get into trouble we will take steps to make sure they are safe.
Ur nods as he leaves the large chamber leaving vanguard alone.
" Now the gate has been unlatched headstones pushed aside; corpses shift and offer room ,a fate you must abide."
Harper: Computer engage security lockout of office.
A moment later
Harper: what is wrong.
Carter: ONI has a joint operation with section 31 in Pegasus. Genetic modification that sort of thing. As of recently I have been unable to reach any of them.
Harper: they’ve gone rogue?
Carter: possibly. If they have the research they have and the resources
Harper: how bad
Carter: bad.
" Now the gate has been unlatched headstones pushed aside; corpses shift and offer room ,a fate you must abide."
A few hours later Harper is walking into the presidents office with Strauss.
Lang;”: gentlemen it’s good to finally meet you both.
Harper: madam president it’s goo to see you as well.
Lang gestured her hand as her aide leaves the room leaving them alone
Lang: I’m told you have some things we need to go over.
Harper: yes ma’am. A number of things actually.
Lang: well let’s jump right to it shall we.
Harper: as you know the UNSC military here is stretched extremely thin as it is. Right now we can patrol the border lightly and protect a number of key areas. But a vast majority is under patrolled and open areas for pirates and criminals to work and thrive in.
Lang: I am aware of the situation here admiral. What options do we have to deal with it.
Harper: I suggest restarting the gateway program and using that to transport goods and people between worlds and for the time being refitting any available ship to be used in at least a patrol capacity.
Lang: and how long would it take to implement?
Harper: about 2 months altogether.
Lang: I see what else do you have?
" Now the gate has been unlatched headstones pushed aside; corpses shift and offer room ,a fate you must abide."
Johanna: Yes Captain. *she begins to manually override the lock, using her engineering experience*
***
Serah: I feel a bit better... *She stretches and pants, standing over the hologram*
*Karen steps into the cage with her and checks on her.*
Karen: Is it helping?
*Orion Freighter. The door opens, revealing a hold full of contraband such as weapons, tekasite, and biomimetic gel. Dani gets frustrated, grabbing the Orion and ramming him up against a wall.*
Dani *angry*: Where's The Pit?!
Orion Captain: You can't do--!
Dani *angry*: WHERE?!
Orion Captain: We just... relay the signal! I don't know where it is!
Dani *angry*: You must pick up the signal from someone! Who?!
Orion Captain: Do you have any idea what J'sani'd do to me if I told?
Dani *angry*: My daughters are in that place. Do you want to find out what I'll do if you don't?!
After a few hours of speaking Bridger is led to a small lab with adjacent quarters as well.
Song: you can use these for now. I’ll have some work sent down for you to start on. Feel free to explore the compound but do not enter any restricted areas. If you do there will be severe consequences.
Bridger: understood loud and clear.
She nods as she leaves him alone.
Bridger: alright let’s see what we get to work on today.
He walks over to a small desk with a terminal that he starts going through.
Elsewhere on the base.
J’ra: well was I correct?
Song: most likely yes. Keep a close eye on him. If he is what we think he could be a most useful test subject.
J’ra nods as Song leaves the security room as J’ra takes another look at the security screens.
" Now the gate has been unlatched headstones pushed aside; corpses shift and offer room ,a fate you must abide."
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Bridger: I was starting to think no one was actually going to be coming.
J’ra: I wanted to see if you would stay around. Most people would have given up already. Let’s me know your serious.
Bridger: glad I hung around then.
J’ra: so I was told you wanted to do some work with our organization? I hear you are involved in genetic augmentation?
Bridger: yes I am. I was working on some things back in Milky Way but the risks there have become to great. I prefer a safer area to work.
J’ra: well we may be able to accommodate you. Follow me. We can talk some more in private.
He leads him to a waiting speeder that takes him to another location.
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Bridger: I brought this with some of my former work to show you that I know what I’m doing and am very good at what I do.
J’ra takes the padd as he starts looking over it.
J’ra: it does seem you have a very good understanding about the kind of work we are involved in. You will stay here for now. I’ll take this to my superior and they will make the decision if they want you to join our teams or not. Until then please feel free to enjoy the luxuries this safe house has to offer.
Bridger: do you know how long it will take to hear from them?
J’ra: I would expect tomorrow or the day after. They are currently on a time table to get a project done so the more they have on hand the better for them I’m sure.
Bridger: thank you. I appreciate it.
J’ra nods as he gets up and leaves. Two Agents stag by the door as Bridger heads to one of the other rooms to rest a bit while he waits.
Halsey is in a set up lab as she is looking over some of the pieces that have writing on them.
Halsey: Guilty Tangent run this through your translation matrix and let me know what you come up with.
Guilty Tangent: yes doctor.
She walks over to the replicator set up in her area.
Halsey: tanberry juice cold.
She takes the drink as she walks back over to her desk looking over the pieces and taking a look at the translations on her padd.
Atlas: nothing from him yet ma’am. But I’m sure he is and will be fine.
Osman: if only I had that kind of confidence or assurance Atlas. The fact is he is going to be in Ana extremely dangerous situation. One we aren’t going to be in a position to get him out of things go wrong.
Atlas: ma’am with all due respect isn’t that why you chose him. He has strengths that no one else has that can help him not only blend in there but also be able to help him sneak out if he needs to.
Osman: I know that but it doesn’t make it any easier.
OoC: I'm sorry, I've been pretty sick since New Years day, been stuck in bed.
Johanna: Thank you captain. *she looks determined, wanting to hurry and get ready to get Mila as soon as possible*
OOC: No problem man. Hope you're feeling better.
*The three soon beam over with a security team, Dani immediately turning to Weston.*
Dani: Search the cargo holds.
Orion Captain: Captain, this is an outrage! You have no right to board my vessel and search my ship! This is piracy!
Dani: We tracked an illicit signal to your ship, Captain. A signal indicating one of my crew is being held captive on this ship!
Orion Captain: As you can see, Captain, there are no Republic Officers here.
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Bridger: good news I hope.
J’ra: the head of the project has agreed to see you. We meet her in a few hours.
Bridger gets up as he follows the large sanghelli outside again.
Bridger: it must be difficult for you to be in a place like this. Not many of your kind outside of the Milky Way are there?
J’ra: a few. It is easy enough to blend in here with the large number of different species.
Bridger: well that’s nice to hear.
J’ra simply lets out a grunt as the drive in the speeder clearly not interested in small talk. Bridger takes a closer look at the sanghelli beside him though. He notices the black armor with red lines and the blue symbol on his chest. Meaning he was or is a spec ops and from the design on his chest from a high end family. Leaving him to wonder what he is doing here.
Halsey: well now we seem to be getting somewhere.
Construct: greetings please state inquiry
Halsey: I would like to know who built this place and what happened to them.
Construct: this place was built under a combination effort of a number of species. Forerunner and preservers being among them.
Halsey: so they where both involved. Any other races involved that predate or out technology those two?
Construct: I have only one record of any race that fits that category.
*When she gets there, she finds a normal series of cargo holds, most carrying cereal products. She does however find Weston and the security team scanning a locked door to one of the holds.*
Security: The hold's screened by a scattering field.
Weston: Can you break through it?
Security: I don't think even Columbia's scanner array could.
*Weston taps his combadge.*
Weston: Weston to Allen. We've found something near the aft holds.
*Within minutes, Dani is there with the Orion Captain in tow.*
Dani: What is it?
Weston: The door's sealed and there's a scattering field stopping us from scanning the contents.
Dani: The other holds?
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Strauss: you said you wanted to speak for a moment.
Harper: yes I did. Please have a seat.
As Strauss sits down Harper takes an padd and sets it down for Strauss to read.
Harper: I’m sure your aware of the gateway network we had found years ago that spans much of this galaxy. Even some outside of it.
Strauss: yes I am aware of it. Why?
Harper: given our current situation and the low number of ships we have in reactivating the program to link all UNSC controlled worlds and colonies in the gateway network.
Harper: at the time we don’t have the ships or resources to do it any other way. Me you and Col. Flynn will be meeting with the new president in a few hours.
Strauss: I see. Well then I better take a look at these older files I suppose.
Strauss gets up and takes the padd as he leaves. Heading to his office over at Highcomm.
Vanguard: does anything being done here threaten to make Alduin stronger?
Ur: no not that I can tell. He hasn’t made any type of move since he lost the undine.
Vanguard: are they in any danger looking into these things?
Ur: no. All the older and ancient races put in key safety measures to make sure their technology wasn’t reached before anyone was ready.
Vanguard: good. Things are slowly calming down it seems for the most part which is good. Still I want you to keep a close eye on them at earth. If they start to get into trouble we will take steps to make sure they are safe.
Ur nods as he leaves the large chamber leaving vanguard alone.
Carter walks into harpers office.
Carter: we need to talk.
Harper: Computer engage security lockout of office.
A moment later
Harper: what is wrong.
Carter: ONI has a joint operation with section 31 in Pegasus. Genetic modification that sort of thing. As of recently I have been unable to reach any of them.
Harper: they’ve gone rogue?
Carter: possibly. If they have the research they have and the resources
Harper: how bad
Carter: bad.
Lang;”: gentlemen it’s good to finally meet you both.
Harper: madam president it’s goo to see you as well.
Lang gestured her hand as her aide leaves the room leaving them alone
Lang: I’m told you have some things we need to go over.
Harper: yes ma’am. A number of things actually.
Lang: well let’s jump right to it shall we.
Harper: as you know the UNSC military here is stretched extremely thin as it is. Right now we can patrol the border lightly and protect a number of key areas. But a vast majority is under patrolled and open areas for pirates and criminals to work and thrive in.
Lang: I am aware of the situation here admiral. What options do we have to deal with it.
Harper: I suggest restarting the gateway program and using that to transport goods and people between worlds and for the time being refitting any available ship to be used in at least a patrol capacity.
Lang: and how long would it take to implement?
Harper: about 2 months altogether.
Lang: I see what else do you have?
Johanna: I haven't found any other locked holds or atleast none that have a scattering field.
***
Serah: Ah! *She grunts throwing heavy punches at the hologram, she's getting rough, but not as bad as when Karen and Tsuki have fought before*
OOC: Okay man. Hope you get better quick.
*Karen watches as she quickly manages to take the hologram down.
Orion Freighter. Dani turns to the Orion Captain.*
Dani: Open it.
Orion Freighter: You have no--!
Dani: Ensign Strauss, if our friend here doesn't open that door in the next 5 seconds, force it.
*Five seconds pass with no action by the Orion.*
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***
Serah: I feel a bit better... *She stretches and pants, standing over the hologram*
*Karen steps into the cage with her and checks on her.*
Karen: Is it helping?
*Orion Freighter. The door opens, revealing a hold full of contraband such as weapons, tekasite, and biomimetic gel. Dani gets frustrated, grabbing the Orion and ramming him up against a wall.*
Dani *angry*: Where's The Pit?!
Orion Captain: You can't do--!
Dani *angry*: WHERE?!
Orion Captain: We just... relay the signal! I don't know where it is!
Dani *angry*: You must pick up the signal from someone! Who?!
Orion Captain: Do you have any idea what J'sani'd do to me if I told?
Dani *angry*: My daughters are in that place. Do you want to find out what I'll do if you don't?!
Weston *concerned*: Captain...
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J’ra leads Bridger into a small room
J’ra: wait here. She will be with you soon enough.
Bridger nods as the sanghelli leaves. A few moments later Song walks in.
Song: so I hear you are wanting to get into some genetic work?
Bridger: you hear correctly.
Song: well let’s talk business.
***
*Johanna stays quiet, agreeing with the Captain's stance but not sure what she could do to threaten the orion*
*Karen hugs her briefly.*
Karen: Wanna see if you can take me?
*Orion Freighter.*
Orion Captain: The Siobhan System! We pick up the signal from there! That's all I know!
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Song: you can use these for now. I’ll have some work sent down for you to start on. Feel free to explore the compound but do not enter any restricted areas. If you do there will be severe consequences.
Bridger: understood loud and clear.
She nods as she leaves him alone.
Bridger: alright let’s see what we get to work on today.
He walks over to a small desk with a terminal that he starts going through.
Elsewhere on the base.
J’ra: well was I correct?
Song: most likely yes. Keep a close eye on him. If he is what we think he could be a most useful test subject.
J’ra nods as Song leaves the security room as J’ra takes another look at the security screens.