Old Connections

Posted on Sun Jun 28th, 2015 @ 4:20pm by Commodore Kathleen O'Shea & Lieutenant Commander Adria "Tempest" Desoro

Mission: Paradise Lost
Location: Taranok IV---Forward Base of Operations
Timeline: After Returning From Ba'Ku

"Ma'am? There is a comm for you...a Lieutenant Blevans at the Pelnar Interceptor Squadron Base. Says he knows you, and that it's no-shit important."

Adria immediately directed her attention to the younger crewman. With everything going on she wanted to give him a look that indicated most things fit that category lately. However the name and something else stopped her. Pulling her headset back on, "Put it through."

"Adria, it's Scott out at Pelnar. We just had the strangest visit out here from a group calling themselves the Council Protectorate. They spent two days here basically taking inventory of everything, then when they left they pulled the CAG and his staff out with them to return to Earth. No orders...no anything. What the hell gives?"

Hearing that Adria couldn't help but feel the distinct knot in her stomach. "It's not safe. Get out of there quickly and quietly. You know the protocol." A long time ago they'd come up with a plan to reunite depending on who was in a safer location at the time.

The line was silent for a brief moment. "Understood. But we need to pack first. We have two-twenty hunter-killers plus support. Say four hundred total. We will have to pack em in tight but we can handle all pax on this end. Question is...where are we going?"

"Starbase 80," Adria replied simply.

"Are you going to have room for all of us there? I mean...if this has happened here, it's a sure bet it has happened at a lot of other bases as well. Things might start to get a little crowded out your way."

Adria didn't have to consider his question long, "We can handle it. Just get here as safely as you can."

"OK...another question then. What should we do with the facilities here? I mean...it's awfully close to Frontier space, if you get my meaning."

"We'll see if we can use them at some point depending on how things progress. However the main priority at the moment is to get you to safety," Adria commented.

The comm was silent for a long moment. "Uh...well, what I was thinking...maybe we should leave a few 'surprises' behind. Just in case somebody wanted to use this base as a FOB against us."

Adria considered the comment for a moment, "That's perfectly reasonable. Set it up. We want to do our best to keep that from happening."

"Copy. We are loading everything possible into our Aries transports as we speak now...just pulled the trigger on that. Hopefully we can get all weaps and support equipment out with us. We have a bunch of Cerberus craft as well. Spare parts though...gonna have to be left behind this ride. Maybe we can come back for em. Just have to wait and see."

"Excellent. We'll keep an eye out for you. Yep just get packed what you can as quickly as you can." Adria replied. The more assistance they could get from people they trusted would help their situation in the long run.

"OK...see you soon then, Commander. Pelnar Operations out."



Lieutenant Scott Blevans
CAG
Pelnar Interceptor Squadron Base

Lt Commander Adria "Tempest" Desoro
CAG
Starbase 80