{"id":289,"date":"2011-03-15T10:14:47","date_gmt":"2011-03-15T14:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.auroraforce.org\/blog\/?p=289"},"modified":"2011-03-15T10:14:47","modified_gmt":"2011-03-15T14:14:47","slug":"vong-war-annals-an-hour-late-but-with-credits-to-spare-03-15-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.auroraforce.org\/blog\/?p=289","title":{"rendered":"Vong War Annals – “An hour late, but with credits to spare” 03.15.2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nylan tried to smother a yawn and took a long swallow of caf, glancing at Indy.\u00a0 \u201cLooks like Tag was wrong about Janet making it up here.\u201d
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Indy shook her head, still watching the feeds from Aten-Re.\u00a0 \u201cFirst time for everything.\u00a0 Go to bed, Nylan.\u00a0 Rather have you sharp for tonight than keeping me company now.\u201d
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Jedi considered this and glanced at the chrono.\u00a0 0657.\u00a0 He could<\/em> hit the sack for a few hours…she was right.\u00a0 Better he be sharp when he was actually on the watch later than falling asleep in a chair behind her.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cAll right,\u201d he said, and got up.\u00a0 \u201cG\u2019night, Admiral.\u201d
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cGood-night, Colonel,\u201d Indy said softly, not looking at her cousin as he slipped out of Ops.\u00a0 She shook her head slightly, though, and frowned.\u00a0 We\u2019re not twenty anymore, Nylan. \u00a0We can\u2019t do forty-eight on our feet anymore.<\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cAdmiral, I have a priority transmission from the Sentinels group,\u201d one of the dayside communications techs piped from the next bank of consoles over.\u00a0 \u201cShould I put it through?\u201d
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Indy nodded, leaning forward to shut down the Aten-Re feeds.\u00a0 She adjusted her headset as she straightened up again.\u00a0 \u201cPatch it through to this console, Biru.\u201d
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The tech nodded and hit a few controls.\u00a0 Indy heard her voice pickup go live.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cAurora Force Operations, go ahead.\u201d
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cAdmiral, we have a little situation up here that I felt we should apprise you of.\u201d\u00a0 It was Dorrin Drake\u2019s voice, which alarmed Indy for half a moment.\u00a0 Her heart settled as she realized Dorrin\u2019s voice was perfectly calm, and if something had happened to Cay, she wasn\u2019t sure that would have been the case.\u00a0 \u201cWe had a freighter pop out of jump on top of us looking like it\u2019d run afoul of the Vong.\u00a0 I put the pickets on high alert, but it\u2019s been an hour and we haven\u2019t seen anything.\u201d
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 An hour.\u00a0 They\u2019re <\/em>all from the Derik Bel Iblis school of \u201cDon\u2019t worry Indy just yet\u201d aren\u2019t they?<\/em>\u00a0 Indy took a deep breath, counted to five, then exhaled before she answered.\u00a0 \u201cAny survivors on the freighter?\u201d
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cOne, human male.\u00a0 Molly\u2019s handling him.\u201d
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Indy nodded slowly, even though Dorrin couldn\u2019t see her.\u00a0 \u201cBring the Legacy<\/em> in.\u00a0 Which crew is the most solid with the modifications?\u201d
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cMarconi\u2019s crew seems pretty solid.\u00a0 Davil said something about old engineers learning new tricks better than expected.\u201d
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cAll right.\u00a0 Leave Captain Marconi in temporary command of the picket group until you get back with the Legacy<\/em>.\u00a0 Bypass Wayfarer and land on the south field at Shay.\u201d
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dorrin hesitated. \u201cYou sure, ma\u2019am?\u201d
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cYes,\u201d Indy said very precisely.\u00a0 If the ship <\/em>looked like it ran afoul of the Vong, it probably <\/em>did, and I want the ground crews to have a chance to look at what kind of damage those weapons can do so we can figure out some ways to defend against it.<\/em>\u00a0 \u201cThose are your orders, Mr. Drake.\u00a0 Where\u2019s your captain?\u201d
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cOn Wayfarer, Admiral.\u00a0 Order business, I think.\u201d
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Order business.<\/em>\u00a0 Indy shook her head.\u00a0 I\u2019ll deal with that later.<\/em>\u00a0 \u201cHave the pickets stand down from red to yellow.\u00a0 I want them alert, but not on pins and needles.\u00a0 If he wasn\u2019t immediately followed, they might\u2019ve decided not to give chase.\u201d
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cYes ma\u2019am.\u201d
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cAnything else?\u201d
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cNo, Admiral.\u201d
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cRight.\u00a0 Ops out.\u201d\u00a0 Indy nodded toward Tinian Biru, who cut the line.\u00a0 The admiral took another deep breath and exhaled it slowly.\u00a0 \u201cAdvise Wayfarer to raise its alert level from green to yellow and advise base personnel that we are raising the alert level from blue to green.\u00a0 No one oversleeps their CAPs this morning without reprimand.\u201d
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There was a quiet chorus of \u201cyes ma\u2019am\u201d from several of the officers and enlistedmen that moved to carry out the order.\u00a0 Indy glanced toward their dark holoplot and restrained herself from patching back into Izra Dargan\u2019s tightband feeds from Aten-Re.\u00a0 Somehow, the galaxy had a way of reminding them they could quite possibly have their own problems.<\/p>\n

~ Erin<\/p>\n

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