<div class="floatright">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/9/9a/Tony_Leung.jpg)<br/>(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/5/5e/Sarna_reserves_kamakura_s_hussars_spider_by_viereth-d585zvf.jpg)</div><strong>Hiro Kagekaze (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=207352.msg10171354#msg10171354)</strong><br/><strong>In the <em>Dark Star</em></strong><br/><strong>Tagged:</strong>DJ<br/><hr/><br/><strong>Trutzburg-Class Dropship <em>Dark Star</em>, attached to its Jumpship<br/>Callison System<br/>Republic Remnant<br/>21 January 3145</strong><br/><br/><em>"We'll do a deployment brief about a day in from landing.  Any other questions??"</em><br/><br/>I didn't have anything else to ask at the moment.  We seemed to know as much as knew, and the rest would come with time.<br/><br/>One thing Allia said stuck out - about newbies taking the time to know their lance mates.<br/><br/>After Damian dismissed us, I stood up and turned to the newest member of Recon Lance, putting out my hand to shake hers.<br/><br/><strong>"Hey, DJ, I'm Hiro.  I read your file a bit.  Welcome to the Black Sun."</strong><br/><br/>I may have held onto her hand a bit longer than I usually would have.  Something about her made me not want to let go.  I also felt a surge of energy go through me that led to me giving her hand a bit of a squeeze before finally letting go.<br/><br/>She was definitely an attractive woman, but not the type I had gone for in the past.  The red hair, the snakebite lip piercings, the tattooes - all features that didn't usually draw me in, but seemed to work in this particular combination.<br/><br/><strong>"Since we don't know much about our current opposition, I think it might be worthwhile to check out what we do know about similar enemies we've faced.  Might gain some insight on how these pirates operate.  I'll be back here in about an hour to go over data.  You're invited to join."</strong><br/><br/>I went and ran a few errands, but DJ was very much in my mind.  I passed by the briefing room a few minutes early, but DJ was already there, bent over a table, playing with the console.  I was just going to walk past the briefing room to get some beverages, but I had to stop for a moment and enjoy the view.<br/><br/>Eventually, I knocked on the open door to get her attention.<br/><br/><strong>"Hey, you're already here.  You trying to impress me?"</strong><br/><br/>I had a couple of cups of coffee and bottles of water with me, and invited her to have some.<br/><br/>We were there for a while, both of us bent over the table, bringing up feeds and summaries.  We started seeing common traits among the three pirate groups we analyzed, but after a while, there was nothing else to glean from the information.  After knowing our enemies, it was time to learn about each other.<br/><br/><strong>"Is there a Mr. DJ out in the universe?"</strong><br/><br/><br/>