Breathing Underwater

[Angel Ryder]

"No arguments there." Angel said as she tapped her communicator. "Becky, punch it. Maximum warp to Terra Alpha." she glanced at the body bag that held Tomarah. "And inform the morgue we have one casualty."

Ang gave a Romulan salute to Tomarah as she walked down the ramp and squinted as she walked into the shuttlebay. "You really keep the lights on this bright Angel?"

"Inspection lights... you're not used to that are you?" Angel winced and pulled out a pair of sunglasses from her overhead compartment and handed them off.

"Blingy shades... " Ang chuckled. "Thanks." she looked at Yoshi and Becca. "Thank you... again for the rescue."

"And thank you for helping us get the intel we needed on all this. So we at least got two good things out of this." Yoshi replied and looked at Becca. "Since you probably know this ship... mind helping me find a science suite with a holographic matrix?"

[Rebecca Talon]

"Unfortunately I had no hand in the Kitna design. I have three or four in the fleet to my credit, but this isn't one of them. You'll have to ask Ang... Admiral Ryder that my friend."

[Angel Ryder]

"I think he's trying to spend some time with you." Angel whispered and looked over at Yoshi, walking backward as she spoke. "There are probably more science labs than anything on this ship, was part of the deal with getting his crew from the New Zealand to join up. As for holographic matrixes... we have holo-emitters everywhere, you could holographically prototype something in the bathroom if that's your cup of tea."

"It isn't but thank you... " Yoshi said with a half smile and was about to say something about her hitting a wall, but she sidestepped it and continued talking.

"Now... I would probably suggest the labs two decks up, they're linked to the central core a bit more than the others, so if you need raw computing speed those are the best bets... of course empty may be another story. Half the crew is usually working on some project or another but... just tell them Admirals Ryder and Talon told you that your project takes priority. They'll gripe but only name drop if you can't find a lab that's empty."

"How are you doing that?" Yoshi raised an eyebrow.

"I know this ship like the back of my hand and just a tiny bit of iljuna perception." Angel said with a smile and turned around. "I know, shockingly graceful for a woman who's carrying twins. By the way Becca... did you see how big Trinity's gotten? She's only a few weeks ahead of me but holy crap. It's starting to hit me that I'm going to be technically a grandmother. I'm barely 40..."

"Look at it this way Angelica... you're young enough to actually have fun with it and by the time they have kids... you'll be a young perky great-grandma." Ang teased.

"And you'll be my grouchy spinster sister." Angel stuck her tongue out.

"Hey... I'm going to just live vicariously through your kids. These guts are so messed up, uterus was the first thing they took out because if I ever got pregnant my liver would be in my chest. My heart's already in a different spot, I actually have a small tattoo where it is so the medics can find it." Ang shook her head. "No idea how much more messed up I am until I get to sickbay, BUT I'm running on way too much adrenaline and I want to get a shower."

[Becky Sandoval]

"The rest of the Erebus Carrier Group has arrived and is escorting us back to Terra Aplha. The Ajem'dasis ships are not in pursuit," Becky announced as she caught up with them. "The Mound is having a field day with the intelligence you guys sent them." Becky paused looking from her PADD for the first time seeing Ang. "Woah. Every time I think I've gotten a handle on this reality you guys throw me another curve ball."

[Ang'Jhu t'Radiak]

"Well technically I'm from a very similar reality to this one, that's why they grabbed me." Ang said and crossed her arms. "I would have thought Angel would have given you a ship of your own by now."

[Becky Sandoval]

"I don't want one," Becky replied. "Last time I commanded a starship I was Borgified, not that is my reasoning. I just really don't want the responsibility." Returning to her PADD she continued her report. "Captain Cor'el reports that the orbital defense satellites around Talaria is complete. Captain Taylor reports that they are still two weeks away from completing their part around New Romulas. The fusion reactor at the Westfall Power Plant suffered a catastrophic failure and they had to shut the reactor down which has caused blackouts in three regions, including El Dorado."

"C'mon," Rebecca said to Yoshi, "Let's see if we can't find you a lab."

[Angel Ryder]

Angel looked at the padds and hummed. "Alright... tell Taylor they need to work faster, they're already a week behind and another two weeks? Tell him if he doesn't get it done in one week, I'm sending the Theta Team to whip his crew into shape and get the work done. That should get them moving. Two weeks to do a defense sat network is bullshit." she grimaced at the power plant details. "Have Northgate Power divert some of their lines to Westfall until we can get them a new reactor. Contact Damien with AliceCore dev and see if they can't get a AC set up there until we can get a new fusion reactor online, AliceCore won't be able to last long term but long enough." she took off her glasses and rubbed her eyes. "And see if we can't find out why a brand new reactor failed within only two years, that thing should have been good for at least five without needing any major updates. I'm thinking sabotage."

[Becky Sandoval]

"Do we need to get AIB involved or should I just let the local authorities investigate?" Becky asked.

[Angel Ryder]

"Send our own investigators." Angel said as she tapped her chin. "Last thing we need is a whole thing with the media. Just chalk it up to a bad system and 'things will happen' but we'll look into it. For all we know it's the Ajem'dasis and we're getting local cops killed."

[Becky Sandoval]

"Understood. I hope it's just faulty workmanship. It does happen you know," Becky said. "So the mission... sounds like you have quite a tale."