“GDS Tempest Eternal, Thanatos-class carrier.” She corrected, a little too boastfully.
“It’s nice to meet you, doctor.” She added. “What kind of laboratory is this?”
Aegis saluted as well and followed after the carrier, both pausing at the door to let Hope and Lumi through as they met in turn with Vice Admiral Yoshino.
Once the two cruisers entered and the doors slid closed, Aegis turned briefly to Tempest. “The training will be in one of the holodecks, starting tomorrow. I’ve sent the location and time over to Adrianna.”
A moment of silence. “And…that’s about it for today, Tempest. Do you need me to take you back to your quarters, or do you plan on heading elsewhere?”
She seemed disappointed; she’d expected the training would be outside, where she had the most fun.
“I think I can find my way back for now, I’ll return to my quarters until I’m needed.” She answered softly. “You’re… welcome to join me whenever you want.”
Aegis simply nodded. If Tempest needed some time alone, she was willing to leave the carrier be for a while.
Though the fact that Tempest was alright with her joining in did warm her heart quite a bit. Aegis exhaled softly, and the two returned to their floor of the habitation sector in comfortable silence.
Just before they split up to return to their own quarters, Aegis turned to the carrier. “I’ll…see you soon, Tempest.”
“Confirmed, Sumeragi, hope to work with you again, Yumi out.” Yumi said. Wolf gestured to some soldiers, who manhandled Czar into the cell, a sarcophagus-like box perfectly sized to the cyborg. Locking him inside, they began to move him into a shuttle. Wolf moved into a change room, getting into his Necromancer armour, and then put on the Mask to Truth.
Once the mask was connected to the rest of the armour, Wolf checked the armour’s subsystems. It had been a while since he’d last worn this armour. With the HUD of the mask fully online, he moved to his shuttle. Sitting down in the passenger’s seat, he looked to see the soldiers had moved the cell onboard as well.
It didn’t take long for the shuttle to move out of the hanger. The pilot moved towards the leading cruiser. Once they got close, the pilot sent a signal to the ship.
“GDS ship, this is Shuttle Wyvern, come for negotiations and prisoner exchange. Entry codes sent, permission to come aboard?”
“This is the GDS Vigilance of Battlegroup August. Codes accepted, permission granted.” came the clipped reply from the lead cruiser.
Once Wolf and his escorts had landed in the Vigilance’s shuttle bay, they were met by an armed escort. Natural, considering the nature of their planned prisoner exchange.
Though one may have doubted for all of those escorts to be a full team of veteran Shadows.
Wolf gestured for his soldiers to hand over the cell, the sarcophagus-like box being pushed over to the GDI side of the hanger.
“He’s all yours.” Wolf said to the lead shadow, “Just make sure he suffers.”
“Suffering is inefficient.” came the Shadow’s dispassionate reply. Within their armor, it was near impossible to tell what species they were. “We’ll deal with him according to protocols.”
Which in the case of treason, was usually a court martial and then some form of stasis imprisonment for life.
In any event, as a traitor Drake Czar wouldn’t be missed. His family had more or less legally disowned him, his service record in the GDI military had been expunged. And many by now reviled his very name.
Imprisonment was a mercy compared to what most wanted to do to him. A mercy that many argued he did not deserve.
“Fuck protocol.” Wolf said, “And fuck efficiency, he doesn’t deserve it. He’s caused both of our factions grief for 40 years. Make him suffer, or I will.”
Pressing a button on his wrist, Wolf triggered the torture mechanisms within the cell, and screams could be heard coming from inside of it.
“Enough.” Came a cold voice.
The torture mechanisms shut off, as a sharply dressed male figure flashed into being beside the lead Shadow. Clearly the Vigilance’s AI, just as Noriega had been for the Sumeragi.
“Czar is under Initiative jurisdiction now, not yours. He will be tried under military law, then dealt with accordingly.”
The AI walked close to Wolf, staring him down. “We will have none of your irrational nonsense.”
Wolf stared down the AI, then looked at the Cell.
“Hmm, I’m sure you won’t be saying the same thing when he kills your posse here in a minute.” Wolf said calmly, “You kinda shut down all the things keeping him locked down.”
As the cell began to shake, Wolf unsheathed the Master Sword.
“You guys ready to fight this bastard?” He asked, “If you really want him to survive to trial, then by all means…”
The cell burst open, a very pissed looking Drake Czar growling as he moved extended his mechanical, spider like limbs.
Almost immediately, Czar’s form froze as it was enveloped within a stasis field. Light grew and formed into shapes around the traitor, resolving into the frame of a stasis capsule.
As it was replicated fully, the capsule activated and kept the stasis field going. Beside the AI, sudden flashes of light from the team of Shadows revealed that they had all been armed with heavy weapons generated by their armor’s portable replicator.
“If the traitor wishes to attempt violence, he will be subdued.” Stated the AI. “Our orders are to bring him to stand trial.”
Almost on cue, another GDI vessel dropped out of FTL into range of the Vigilance and activated its systems. Any and all magic or sustained magic effects was suppressed completely.
A nullifier vessel.
“We should proceed onward to negotiations.” came the words of one of the other Shadows.
“Confirmed, Sumeragi, hope to work with you again, Yumi out.” Yumi said. Wolf gestured to some soldiers, who manhandled Czar into the cell, a sarcophagus-like box perfectly sized to the cyborg. Locking him inside, they began to move him into a shuttle. Wolf moved into a change room, getting into his Necromancer armour, and then put on the Mask to Truth.
Once the mask was connected to the rest of the armour, Wolf checked the armour’s subsystems. It had been a while since he’d last worn this armour. With the HUD of the mask fully online, he moved to his shuttle. Sitting down in the passenger’s seat, he looked to see the soldiers had moved the cell onboard as well.
It didn’t take long for the shuttle to move out of the hanger. The pilot moved towards the leading cruiser. Once they got close, the pilot sent a signal to the ship.
“GDS ship, this is Shuttle Wyvern, come for negotiations and prisoner exchange. Entry codes sent, permission to come aboard?”
“This is the GDS Vigilance of Battlegroup August. Codes accepted, permission granted.” came the clipped reply from the lead cruiser.
Once Wolf and his escorts had landed in the Vigilance’s shuttle bay, they were met by an armed escort. Natural, considering the nature of their planned prisoner exchange.
Though one may have doubted for all of those escorts to be a full team of veteran Shadows.
Wolf gestured for his soldiers to hand over the cell, the sarcophagus-like box being pushed over to the GDI side of the hanger.
“He’s all yours.” Wolf said to the lead shadow, “Just make sure he suffers.”
“Suffering is inefficient.” came the Shadow’s dispassionate reply. Within their armor, it was near impossible to tell what species they were. “We’ll deal with him according to protocols.”
Which in the case of treason, was usually a court martial and then some form of stasis imprisonment for life.
In any event, as a traitor Drake Czar wouldn’t be missed. His family had more or less legally disowned him, his service record in the GDI military had been expunged. And many by now reviled his very name.
Imprisonment was a mercy compared to what most wanted to do to him. A mercy that many argued he did not deserve.
“Fuck protocol.” Wolf said, “And fuck efficiency, he doesn’t deserve it. He’s caused both of our factions grief for 40 years. Make him suffer, or I will.”
Pressing a button on his wrist, Wolf triggered the torture mechanisms within the cell, and screams could be heard coming from inside of it.
“Enough.” Came a cold voice.
The torture mechanisms shut off, as a sharply dressed male figure flashed into being beside the lead Shadow. Clearly the Vigilance’s AI, just as Noriega had been for the Sumeragi.
“Czar is under Initiative jurisdiction now, not yours. He will be tried under military law, then dealt with accordingly.”
The AI walked close to Wolf, staring him down. “We will have none of your irrational nonsense.”
“Confirmed, Sumeragi, hope to work with you again, Yumi out.” Yumi said. Wolf gestured to some soldiers, who manhandled Czar into the cell, a sarcophagus-like box perfectly sized to the cyborg. Locking him inside, they began to move him into a shuttle. Wolf moved into a change room, getting into his Necromancer armour, and then put on the Mask to Truth.
Once the mask was connected to the rest of the armour, Wolf checked the armour’s subsystems. It had been a while since he’d last worn this armour. With the HUD of the mask fully online, he moved to his shuttle. Sitting down in the passenger’s seat, he looked to see the soldiers had moved the cell onboard as well.
It didn’t take long for the shuttle to move out of the hanger. The pilot moved towards the leading cruiser. Once they got close, the pilot sent a signal to the ship.
“GDS ship, this is Shuttle Wyvern, come for negotiations and prisoner exchange. Entry codes sent, permission to come aboard?”
“This is the GDS Vigilance of Battlegroup August. Codes accepted, permission granted.” came the clipped reply from the lead cruiser.
Once Wolf and his escorts had landed in the Vigilance’s shuttle bay, they were met by an armed escort. Natural, considering the nature of their planned prisoner exchange.
Though one may have doubted for all of those escorts to be a full team of veteran Shadows.
Wolf gestured for his soldiers to hand over the cell, the sarcophagus-like box being pushed over to the GDI side of the hanger.
“He’s all yours.” Wolf said to the lead shadow, “Just make sure he suffers.”
“Suffering is inefficient.” came the Shadow’s dispassionate reply. Within their armor, it was near impossible to tell what species they were. “We’ll deal with him according to protocols.”
Which in the case of treason, was usually a court martial and then some form of stasis imprisonment for life.
In any event, as a traitor Drake Czar wouldn’t be missed. His family had more or less legally disowned him, his service record in the GDI military had been expunged. And many by now reviled his very name.
Imprisonment was a mercy compared to what most wanted to do to him. A mercy that many argued he did not deserve.
Given their nature as a part-equine chimeric race, it would be expected that their strategic doctrine falls along the lines of guerilla warfare and high mobility.
Though their low opinion of other races apart from their own is hardly unique, it is still concerning.
“Confirmed, Sumeragi, hope to work with you again, Yumi out.” Yumi said. Wolf gestured to some soldiers, who manhandled Czar into the cell, a sarcophagus-like box perfectly sized to the cyborg. Locking him inside, they began to move him into a shuttle. Wolf moved into a change room, getting into his Necromancer armour, and then put on the Mask to Truth.
Once the mask was connected to the rest of the armour, Wolf checked the armour’s subsystems. It had been a while since he’d last worn this armour. With the HUD of the mask fully online, he moved to his shuttle. Sitting down in the passenger’s seat, he looked to see the soldiers had moved the cell onboard as well.
It didn’t take long for the shuttle to move out of the hanger. The pilot moved towards the leading cruiser. Once they got close, the pilot sent a signal to the ship.
“GDS ship, this is Shuttle Wyvern, come for negotiations and prisoner exchange. Entry codes sent, permission to come aboard?”
“This is the GDS Vigilance of Battlegroup August. Codes accepted, permission granted.” came the clipped reply from the lead cruiser.
Once Wolf and his escorts had landed in the Vigilance’s shuttle bay, they were met by an armed escort. Natural, considering the nature of their planned prisoner exchange.
Though one may have doubted for all of those escorts to be a full team of veteran Shadows.
“GDS Tempest Eternal, Thanatos-class carrier.” She corrected, a little too boastfully.
“It’s nice to meet you, doctor.” She added. “What kind of laboratory is this?”
Aegis saluted as well and followed after the carrier, both pausing at the door to let Hope and Lumi through as they met in turn with Vice Admiral Yoshino.
Once the two cruisers entered and the doors slid closed, Aegis turned briefly to Tempest. “The training will be in one of the holodecks, starting tomorrow. I’ve sent the location and time over to Adrianna.”
A moment of silence. “And…that’s about it for today, Tempest. Do you need me to take you back to your quarters, or do you plan on heading elsewhere?”
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