<b>1605 Alliance Standard Time (GMT)</b><br/><br/><br/>William had the target. A young redhaired woman named Sienna, the child of a famous Alliance AI designer. His contact "Gulliver" had informed him that the package had been moved, and was now in possession of this young woman that sat before him on the bridge of an Alliance destroyer.<br/><br/>William scowled to himself, he couldnt be sure, but he had the feeling someone had tipped the mother off, and she had intentionally sent this AI off with her young daughter in order to insure its safety.<br/>Which seemed uncharacteristically pragmatic, in William's opinion, especially for an Alliance. They ususaly put the safety of the individual above all else. This was even more true in Alliance civilians.<br/><br/>Imperials understood that sometimes the few had to be sacrificed for the greater good, and they knew that they could be called upon at any moment to make that sacrfice.<br/>However, this curiousity puzzled William, even though it had frustrated him at the same time. What had been a simple breaking and entering, an assault or two and at worse a murder, had now become much more complicated.Of course, in these troubled times, with the Alliance suffering material and food shortages, alot of people had become increasingly easy to...convince with the right persuasion....<br/><br/>He hadn't even had to change his alias. John Wolfe was now an offical Division of Interal Security field agent. William had grinned when the papers had gone through, there was no better alias for a spy, than a spy. So there he stood on the bridge of the Restless, watching events unfold wordlessly as he stood to his station, his Alliance perscribed alias that of a young marine on his first tour of duty, standing another boring watch on the bridge to ensure nothing would happen to the CO or the XO or any other ship critical personnel.<br/><br/>He allowed himself to dip into character, submerging himself in the thoughts and beliefs that he would associate with a Alliance Marine. Proud. Strong. Disciplined, but at the same time, annoyed and anxious, the mind of a unproven, itching for combat and his first taste of blood. Deep in his mind, William had had more than his fair share of blood, it was a cup he qaufted from far too often for his liking, but William was gone now, so too was the Agent John Wolfe. No, the Marine Johnny was here now, and he would stay until he was no longer needed.<br/>That was his burden. To be a man of so many faces... he just hoped he would never forget himself.<br/><br/><br/>XO Farquhar went through the checklist, his voice cycling like a fan blade as he called out the routine beat.<br/><i>"Navigation.”</i><br/>“Nav is go.”<br/><i>“Tactical.”</i><br/>“Tac is a go!”<br/><i>“Fleet.”</i><br/>“Fleet report ready, Commander.”<br/><i>“Ground control.”</i><br/>“GC confirms, seals broken and clear,sir.”<br/><i>“Engines.”</i><br/>“Engines are go, XO.”<br/><i>“Hanger”</i><br/>“Hangar Deck is clear-ready for departure.”<br/><i>“Gunnery.”</i><br/>“All green, Commander.”<br/><br/><i>“Personnel”</i><br/>"All personnel accounted for, sir.”<br/><i>“Cargo Bay.”</i><br/>“Cargo Bay confirms, full load, sir.”<br/><i>“CAG”</i><br/>"CAG here, all pilots are on Alert Five, ready for action, sir."<br/><br/><br/>Farquhar nodded.<i> "Very well, helm, take her out, nice and easy."</i><br/>A slow hum took the ship as the Restless slowly edged out of the dock, the rumble of the engines murmuring as the ship cleared its berth into open orbit above Earth.<br/><i>"Increase the output of the inertial dampeners by .25 Gigajoules."[/I ]Farquhar murmured to Engineer Choy. The woman nodded and her fingers danced across the console. Instantly, the rumble became little more than a whisper. Farquhar nodded sagely. <br/>
<i>"Very good, steady as she goes Lieutenant."</i><br/>
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"Sir, we are being hailed by the Ambition II, should I put it through?"<br/>
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Mctavish nodded, speaking up for the first time, brushing her long golden hair out of her eyes.<br/>
<i>"Aye Ensign, Put Captain Kgosi up."</i></i><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>