Darion couldn’t help but smile and grin a bit at the mention of them getting a ship from what they were missing from their paychecks.<span style="color: Green">“If that is where our missing money is, then I have no problems with that.  Better than what I could buy for myself.  And better than what I was planning to do to that AI.  I had a grenade ready for its core.”</span>After that though he fell silent upon hearing Rhi’s words, and hearing the sound of someone else enter the room.  That drew his attention to the Zax female and looked her over.  The queen that they had rescued had been attractive to him… this one was not.  Maybe it was the Camarian in the hybrid’s blood, more than likely it was.<br/><br/>The Camarian that came over the hologram definitely was attractive from what he could see, but her clothing as well marked her as someone very important.  Similar to what the Zax female was wearing.  They looked familiar, but he couldn’t place them… until the human leader came over the hologram.  The President for life, William Davis.  That was when it clicked where he recognized the others from.  They were the leaders of the races of the alliance, or at least some of them.<span style="color: Green">“Oh… shit…  What did you drag us into…”</span>Darion muttered, looking at Klaxx after his reaction to the queen.<br/><br/>At least it wasn’t all the leaders who showed up on the holograms.  It wasn’t so important that they all found the time to show up.  Still this was pretty bad that they had gotten the attention of the actual leaders of the alliance.  Though he stayed silent through most of their chat… and of course the human leader was the one who thought they should have let the trash take the half-breed.<br/><br/>The old gunny he had worked with before moving to the unit that got Darion discharged had been right, this President was a complete idiot.  Did he really think it would have been better if they had taken the queen?  He believed that if they had gotten her, they would have bred an army to add to whatever forces they had.  If they had let them take her, the alliance would be fucked.<br/><br/>At least some of the leaders seemed to agree, such as the Zax Empress when she stopped the argument between Shora and William.  She seemed to be the one to address during this whole thing.  Until she turned to them.  Darion took a breath before speaking up.<span style="color: Green">“I really can’t say I can say what you should do with us.   All I can say is, legal or not, our mission did everyone in the universe a favor.  As Empress  Kricka said, we deprived them of a breeding source for a Zax army on their side.”</span>Darion said that, and actually sounded like he could do respectful, even though his mind was showing that he was forcing himself because of who these people were… unlike the queen they rescued.<br/><br/><span style="color: Green"> “Since you’re talking about them and I am guessing you are going to ask about what we know.  Phantoms, they are real as the AI’s information says, but we have nothing more than what the AI already provided.  Their contact with us was only audio so we don’t even know what they look like.  But, in my opinion, by the sounds and looks of what they did… they are at war with the Kryslin, and they would not agree with you Mister President on what should have been done.  They probably would have shot you for the suggestion of letting the Kryslin have the Queen.”</span>He had no clue if this was right, but it was his guess.  He remembered seeing how fast and ruthlessly they had attacked the monsters…  and it was colored a bit by his hate of the president.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>