<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"> "Commander, do you know anything about Aquarius?  Heim?"</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Jacob shook his head, solemnly.  "I'm sorry, but we don't know anything solid, yet.  As I said before, the reports we've gotten are of a systematic attack on all the Colonies, simultaniously.  The lack of any comms-traffic seems to indicate that the attack was well thought out, and thorough."<br/><br/>Heller took a second to get his breath, and noticed as Sephone Nagala walked by, heading off towards the XO's area.  Mark had noticed her upon her arrival on Ares, but he'd never thought about saying anything to her.  What could he say?<em>'Hey, I'm a commander, on your dad's new ship!  Wanna go out?'</em>Every time Heller thought about it, it seemed more ridiculous than ever, and all the more reaso for him to keep his mouth shut.  Still, he could admire her from a very long, very discreet distance, and ponder what might never be.<br/><br/>Jacob was brought from his mental wanderings by the sheer amount of activity that was moving around him, as the Ares became ready for war.  Heller only had the skeleton crew to man her, but they proved to be good, so far, and it seemed that the news of the attack was being taken well.<br/><br/>Just like himself, Jacob had presumed that eh real shock and sorrow would hit in it's own time, in it's own way.<br/><br/>Right now, he had to get things moving.