Effie sighed a little and then nodded. "Aye-aye, ma'am." she said, as she walked back into her bridge, and her whole hull flickered with pulsating light, as she activated her Klein Field and began to rotate her gun turrets and torpedo tubes, and hatches opened all over her decks to prime her VLS launchers.<br/><br/>"All ships, this is<em>Effingham</em>." she then signaled the others. "Negotiations have fallen through. Run out your guns and prepare for combat operations. This is not a drill."