Jade reclined lazily in her captain's chair as Jory stood at the controls navigating the<em>Novalis</em>. They had departed Grand Bastion days ago after cashing in on a very lucrative run, one that could afford Jade and her crew to lay low comfortably for a few month without having to take on another discretionary shipment. Fully restocked and fueled the<em>Novalis</em>was on its way back to Paradise Cove, Jade's personal floating island when she over her the coded messages come over the communication system. Glacial blue eyes narrowed as she sat up and began typing away at the console in front of her. Not only had the message come over a very specific channel but the phrasing was would confound anyone listening to it that wasn't in the know.<br/><br/>And only three people knew that coded distress call. Feline ears perched atop her head perked a twitch listening to the voice, hearing the inflictions in the voice that told her whoever was on the other in was a shifter of some sort. Thoughts and concerns ran rampant in her head as she tried to dervie a logical explanation why a female would be calling out for help from Tarkan's ship. What the hell was going on? Why was there another woman on his ship to begin with!!?!?!<br/><br/>Locking in on the signal the message was coming from Jade opened up a line. "This is Captain Jade Magnus of the Novalis. I hear you loud and clear. What is the nature of the emergency."