<div class="floatleft">(http://s3.zerochan.net/RyuZU.%28Clockwork.Planet%29.240.2081510.jpg)</div><strong>Amelia Krutzfeldt</strong><br/><hr/><span class="bbc_u">Ace Lightspeed Frame Pilot</span>- 5<br/><span class="bbc_u">One last chance</span>- 4<br/><span class="bbc_u">Face, meet fist</span>- 4<br/><span class="bbc_u">Orders are orders</span>- 3<br/>Weakness -<span class="bbc_u">Maiden of the Moon</span><br/><hr/>Amelia shook her head as she waited, going over the information in her head.  Jerrod was an oddity for his family, and well on his way to becoming a counselor for the Girls that his family was so famous for putting out.  Odds would have been that he'd have been a welcome addition when he'd finished that schooling.  But desperation was something SolForce knew well, and they were feeling it right now.<br/><br/>Shaking her head, she rose, and moved around the sitting room, glancing at the various titles on the shelves, leaning closer to inspect the various trophies and awards and figurines on the shelves.  She refrained from touching, though a few of them were new since the last time she'd been here for one of the McKenzie family's legendary parties.  She straightened, and shook her head again, pacing slowly across the small room.<br/><br/>She turned when the door opened again, and drew a deep breath.  She knew why they'd chosen her, but there was a complicating factor that meant she'd easily be able to get Jerrod to do what her superiors needed, and it burned at her that she was going to have to abuse his feelings like that to get what her orders demanded.  But she had no other option.  No one would want a Lightspeed Girl who'd ceilinged at Warrant Officer due to insubordination and initiative outside allowable limits.<br/><br/>She forced herself to smile, however, when he came in and the door had closed.  "Ser McKenzie, I know all this.  Normally we would not approach you for this matter.  But we..."  She drew a deep breath, sensing the choke coming on the lie she had to speak, a half-truth that hid a whole lot more than what anyone would suspect.  "We have need of you, Jerrod."  She used his first name, hoping it would give her a little more leverage.  "The Battalion needs your talents and skills, and I would consider it a favor if you would... come with me?"  She licked her lips in a calculated gesture as her eyes darted aside, and folded her hands together in front of her in another calculated move that pushed her breasts together slightly.