As always waking up from Stasis made Butch feel naked, not because she wasn't wearing anything but a black sportsbra and matching boy shorts but because she was unarmed. One could never be sure what to expect. For all she or anyone else knew Ares 8 could have been intercepted by either one of the pirate syndicates that plagued the neighbourhood. Slipping out of the glass pod she stretched, touched her hands to her feet, did a few squats to get the stiffness out of her muscles and joints.<br/>"Fuck. I truly hate this shit," she said to no one in particular as she pressed her hands against her hips and leaned as far backwards as her back would allow which was quite a bit.<br/><br/>At the other end of the room she could see her employer and Sergeant West who seemed to be giving some kind of briefing as to the reason they had all been pulled out of stasis, and unexpected change in course that took them away from Cynosure it seemed if ever so slightly. She grabbed one of the protein bars from the box and bit off about half as she walked up and found herself next to Corporal Aras. She nodded after the corporal had volunteered for the EVA mission, swallowed and said that she had quite a bit experience with such herself.<br/>"Including zero-gravity combat," she added as it was never a good thing when ships like Ares 8 made course adjustments on their own.<br/><br/>"Doesn't Ares 8 need for a Divinity representative to confirm any deviations from the set course?" she asked Jaxx while taking the opportunity to casually and subtly taking in her employer's forms in those tight fitting underwear.<br/>"I don't like this one bit and I think it would be best if I were part of the retrieval of those pods. Just in case," she added as an explanation to having volunteered for the EVA mission.<br/><br/>It was not an unknown practise by pirates to jettison escape pods and wait for a ship like Ares 8 to pick up the distress signals and approach to investigate and rescue. This far beyond Pluto though it didn't make much sense unless these pirates had known Ares 8 was en route to Cynosure and even then it might have made more sense to wait until it returned from Cynosure.