Leaving the tickilish decision asked by the Tau to Cortez, Sarah leaves the conference to prepare her ship for it's next duties.<br/><br/>Sarah took the time before Baromir's return ordering the refit the Reliquariy of Alexander with the rail gun, transferring the worn Macrocannons to one of Ares new orbital defense platforms.  She then sought out Thraxius.<br/><br/>Approaching him along the hallway, Sarah noted again the man's strange reluctance to look at her directly.  She placed herself firmly in his path, and asked.  "Thraxius... what's going on?  Have I offended you somehow?  If so, tell me, so I can try to make amends.  We're shipmates, and we need to work smoothly together... Especially as the rest of our command staff couldn't tell a Plazma coil from a Warp conduit.  What's wrong?"