At Edwin’s voiced opinion, Angela’s actions stilled and the tension in the room nearly doubled. It already felt so oppressive that despite the cool and regulated air that was vented throughout the ship, the air felt thick and stifling.<br/><br/>“What did you say?” the question was punctuated by a thick snarl that was only just intelligible pass her fangs, such was her anger. “Care to repeat that?” this time with a growl as she turned to face him.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold"> Edwin glanced up at Angela and glowered. If it wasn’t for the sharpness of her tone, what she said might have fallen on deaf ears, having still been deep in thought about everything that happened. There was an urge to shift his position and back off a little, but something deep within caused him to resist. It seemed as though she wanted to argue, and though it was utterly stupid, there was some part of him that would gladly take her up on that.<br/><br/>“You know damned well what I said.” He snapped, drawing himself up to his full height, his jaw set. However, he had not repeated his exact words. “And it’s true, isn’t it? If it wasn’t for them leading the Children to us, we wouldn’t be in this mess!</span><br/><br/>“You fucking coward!” she snapped back and rounded on him to get in his face. “It was not<span style="font-style: italic">HIS</span>fault! None of this shit is his fault! Not his fucking war and sure as hell not your fucking place to say that it was his fault!” she nearly yelled in his face, though she managed to somehow resist the urge for the moment. “He saved us, just as surely as anyone else here in this room and because of that he is gone and you have no fucking right to blame him or his friends for what happened,” at this point her tone was low and deadly ready to full on hit him should he mouth off again. As it was she was already in trouble and did not see a point in not voicing her opinions with her fists. There were tons of lacks of fucks to give at this point and all she wanted was to save the one person who was the least responsible for this shit storm they were currently in.<br/><br/>Before anything could escalate to the next level, Jared had his own little outburst, Which, Angela was far from impressed with and was more than prepared to round on him next had the Neko not entered at that point. As it was the air in the room was so tense and strained that it was a wonder the whole of the room had not erupted into just one bloody brawl. Angela sure as hell would have enjoyed the chance to get at Edwin and another chance at Jared. However, before anything further could be said or even thought, a person Angela had not been expecting entered and she felt her heart stop.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">No…it could not be….his ship had been….</span><br/><br/>Fractured thoughts filled her head about a man who should have been dead, but there he was standing right there before her. At that moment she was certain she was in the Captain’s ready room about to go ape shit on her fellow pilots, but now she was no longer sure. With how she was feeling now and with the sudden appearance of someone who should be dead, she began to wonder if she had died in that last fight. It would serve her right to be dead and would make sense given the shitty mech she had to use.<br/><br/>It was about this time, that Veronica entered with a datapad in hand. Her appearance seemed to get the world going again for Angela, but before she could react, before she could go to him like she wanted the Captain spoke up.<br/><br/>“Alright, enough of this bullshit,” her own datapad was sat down before her on the table, an eye taking in the damage that Jared had caused it. “You will be repairing that, somehow,” is all she said to him before she motioned for Veronica to join her and for Jon and Rega to sit down as well. “Now, what happened was not anyone’s fault, save for the Sons. They started this war and we have been fighting a literal battle for our survival as a species,” clear authority rang in her voice as she regarded those at the table. “This fight has not changed and it will not change until we eliminate them for the threat that they are!” this time her own fist was slammed down on the table, though it of course lacked the effect of the engineered pilot that was Jared.<br/><br/>Silence filled the room as they all took in the words of their Captain, taking them to heart and knowing them to be true. If they were going to win this battle, they had to stop fighting from within and focus back on the battle outside their walls.<br/><br/>“Now, let’s start thinking about how we are going to go on the offensive and get our friend back,” she looked to Veronica. “I know I am certainly tired of being on the defensive and would rather take a fight to them for a change, right?” the statement directed to those gathered at the table, “Veronica,” another nod and gesture for her to take over.<br/><br/>“Um, so we have been damaged rather severely, but it is not too bad that we will be down for long. Especially not with the supplies that we just got and if our new allies help us,” she looked to Rega before she then brought up a large display of the system they were in and the one they had just left. “Alright, so we know that Michael’s ship was jumped by Dren, though we don’t know to where exactly. If we went back to our original jump area, it might be possible to get a location from there,” she tapped some buttons on her pad and the display changed to show video of the last battle. “They seem to be trying to isolate us and break our formation, then hit the ship and hit it hard,” she explained as the various clips continued to change. “We need to work on tighter formations and operate in more than just teams of two. They are not better than us, but they have the numbers and the lack of care to preserve their own lives. As we know this makes them deadly and efficient. For the next attack I think if we went in stealth and tried to slip in on a smaller craft we could get them before they even notice we are there. Get to the ship that is holding Dren and free him before punching it and jumping to the nearest solar system before anyone even knows what hit them,” Veronica went on to explain.<br/><br/>“Anyone has anything they wish to add?” Captain Troy asked those gathered around. Right now they were all in desperate need for something to happen and she wanted more opinions on their next course of action.