*** Tigress' Armory, Draco City, Dragon'taan ***
"What
kind of odd readings?" Kyle asked Serena.
*** Indari Manor, Dragon'taan ***
"You could take the couch or one of the vacant rooms," Maria responded.
*** Anna and Kyle's bedroom, Indari Manor, Dragon'taan ***
Anna slept soundly, evidently unaware of Raz's glowing soulstone.
*** DMC Military R&D Lab, Draco City, Dragon'taan ***
"Of course," Daala responded to Shoon. "This way." She led Shoon and the "volunteer" to a sterile room just off the labs.
*** Tigaria system ***
"Home..." Travis sighed, melancholy clear in his tone. "Been here many times, yet never once did I visit the surface."
*** Sangheilios Orbit ***
"We don't need new ships, but we do need to know the meaning of this sudden attack - proceed," Thel responded to Fyra.
The fleets awaited the order to fire. Andrew turned to Blaine and asked, "Care to lead a boarding party to gather intel?"
*** Flagship
Chimera, Coruscant dock 14-A ***
A loud
click-clack-clack! answered Gypsie's question as Kyle racked a round into the chamber of his rifle. That done, he walked to Gypsie, dressed in his usual attire with his cloak over everything. "We can transport down or fly; your choice."
*** New Berlin ***
As the drop ship flew Fayam to his destination, Cerberus' personal files on the Triple Alliance would contain a wealth of intelligence on their activities and force composition - which was, to say, a mixed fleet of ships from the Trader Emergency Coalition, the Ascended Advent, and the Vasari Independent Republic - and it was abundantly clear Cerberus openly was against the Triple Alliance intervening with affairs in the current galaxy. Also of note was their foreign origins - a galaxy very far from this one. Included in the dossiers was detailed information on all three member factions:
http://sinsofasolarempire.wikia.com/wiki/TEChttp://sinsofasolarempire.wikia.com/wiki/Adventhttp://sinsofasolarempire.wikia.com/wiki/VasariAlso of note was the location of a broadcast station and fleet gathering point, one of several, hidden in remote, inconsequential areas of zero tactical importance. In the right hands, this information could be used to build ties to this Triple Alliance - and if it fell into different hands, it could be a major intelligence coup that could be used to drive them from this galaxy.
*** Tomahawk Orbit ***
The Vasari ships continued to fight, woefully outnumbered, outclassed and outgunned, even as their numbers dwindled into nothing - first steadily, but rapidly increasing in pace. With so many different kinds of firepower hitting them continuously, it was not long until the only thing remaining of the VCC Fleet was the drifting, derelict hulks of their once-proud vessels.
"General Bellator to Tomahawk - word of advice, you may want to capture and restore those derelict ships; they could come in handy both as defense vessels and blueprints for your own variations should they ever come back," Draco signaled Tomahawk.