[Naked Crook]

Meanwhile: The Dreadhawk and The Infinity's Voyage had engaged The Ulterior Motive, and the three ships were now exchanging fire. Kolya: Status of enemy ships!? Trust Officer: The Dreadhawk and The Infinity's Voyager have sustained minor damage to their out hull. Their point defense weapons have been neutralizing the majority of our Archer Missiles. Kolya: Status of The Ablative Armor? Trust officer: The Ablative Armor is holding strong. We have sustained limited damage to the port armor. Kolya: Turn our port section away from the attacing ships, and resume fire. Do not allow ONI to attack a single section of armor for too long. Meanwhile: HAWK and Temple, along with the team of ODSTs they were with, had entered Epsilon Wing, and were making their way down towards the sub-basements. They had stopped at a large elevator. Temple walked up the the controls for the lift and tried to summon the elevator. Thankfully, the elevator still worked, as it was on an independent system. Temple: So far...so good. We have ot really engaged any hostiles. HAWK: I guess we can be thankful for small miracles. Temple nodded. Temple: So...how exactly do you plan to reinitialize the base operating system? HAWK: I am hoping at least one of the redundant server did not suffer any hardware damage when the servers were halted by errors. If at least one of them can be reapired, we can get this facility back up and running. We could isolate The Trust intheir respective sections and pick them off one by one...and anyone that tries to escape...we can shoot them down. Temple: Seems like a solid plan. How long will it take? HAWK: 10...15 minutes. It all depends on the condition of the hardware down there, as well as however long it takes to bypass corrupted Operating System files. Temple: Well...the sooner the better. The elevator beeped, and the door opened. HAWK, Temple, and the ODSTs stepped inside. Temple pressed the sub basement button. The doors closed, and the elevator began its long journey downwards. Temple: Alright boys...listen up. When we get down there, we have to secure the perimeter...and we have to disable this lift as soon as we get down there. We cannot allow The Trust to gain access to this part of the facility. There is one elevator that leads down here...and we are going to lock it down once it reaches the bottom. AFter that...we cover the door with everything we have...explosives, guns...you name it. Nothing gets by. Meanwhile: Nighthawk had his weapon raised as he walked near the front of the group. He was at full attention, keeping his eyes open for any traps or enemy contacts. Nighthawk: Does anyone know if there are any ONI personnel inside Alpha Wing? Whatever we can get in terms of backup would be rather helpful. Anaconda: We don't need backup...we are the backup... Nighthawk: Still...Black Team is notorious for being highly adaptive and very cunning. The more people we have on our side...the better. Nighthawk paused. Nighthawk: Then again...I think The Trust killed just about every ONI military contact on that sky bridge. The Scientists assigned to this wing may of evacuated. Anaconda: That means it is just us...and Black Team. Good... Meanwhile: Black Team moved through Alpha Wing, making a B-Line right for the cold-storage where the genetic samples were stored. Black 1 led the group, with Black 2 watching their flank. Black 2 had his Automag in one hand, and his PDA in the other. Black 2: Boss...I think the majority of our clones have been wiped out. I am not sure...but we may be the last of The Trust in the Citadel. I have not heard from any of the other teams. Black 1 sighed. Black 1: Well...forget the clones. Do we have any HUMAN soldiers left? Black 2: I think Seth's team is still active...and I believe The General is still active as well. Black 1: Good enough. They will have to keep ONI busy for a while.