Alistair finished the meal in silence, choosing to not participate further in the ongoing dialogue.  When dinner finally finished, he retrieved the datapad he'd brought with him and headed for CIC.  Finding that Kol was headed to the same place, he altered his destination to the Flag Bridge.<br/><br/>Once the battle itself started, he settled into the weapons station.  His fingers flickered rapidly across the console, deploying several recon drones which he would use to record the battle in a bit better depth for review later.  That done, he settled back to watch what would turn out to be a lopsided battle with his own eyes.