Darion looked at the speaker in his chair in surprise when he heard the sound of the strange alien voice over the comms.  He hadn’t expected any answer at all to the hails that they had been sending.  But somehow after the Zax ship had been destroyed, the newcomers had become talkative.  Though the voice they eventually heard through the comm channel was one he did not recognize.  It was female, disembodied, and alien.  It took a moment for the computer to translate.<br/><br/>Thinking a moment, Darion didn’t respond right away.<span style="color: seagreen">“Keep the warp engines ready, and keep an active scan on that ship.  As soon as that ship drops out of warp, get us out of here.  Don’t wait for me to even stop talking.  Just go as soon as they exit warp.  If I don’t get any answers, we will just have to ask our guest.”</span>He ordered, changing his previous orders.  It was obvious in his mind.  He was curious, but not enough to risk the team or mission if he had to.  No, he wouldn’t let them get a shot off to stop his ship.  Or his crew.<br/><br/>After that he opened his end of the comm channel to the strange ship.<span style="color: seagreen">“So, Queen Asha'va huh?  We were never given her name.  So what is so special about her other than she is a hybrid?  She seemed to have everyone after her for some reason.  And we lowly mercs seem to be in the dark.”</span>He had heard Toi’s suggestion, and after a short pause he took it.<span style="color: seagreen">“If you want her, we will be at Horizon.  You can argue with our boss, Commander Klaxx about getting her.  As long as you pay us then and there you could get her over him.”</span>Ok, that was a lie, but he actually didn’t sound like he was lying.  And if they were using a translator as well, they wouldn’t know.  He really wanted to talk to this queen.<br/><br/>At this time he wasn’t sure who would get her.  He wanted to talk to her and find out what the hell was going on before he turned her over to anyone.  This whole train of thought was completely open in his mind.  He wasn’t shielding with his card playing trick at this time.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>