[Naked Crook]

Yates: Let Harrison know you are ready, and go along with the plan. Carry out the plan as best as you can. Yates paused. He consider his own situation. Yates: I will contact you later Reynolds. Return to your posting, and deal with your crew. Yates out. Yates closed the comm line. He then turned to look at Black Team. Yates: Gentlemen...we are on the ship of the damned here. Harrison is about take this boat into a combat situation. They seem to have a pretty solid plan and they may actually end up doing serious damage to The Covenant, which could undermine our efforts. Black 4: Please tell me you ant us to sabotage the ship. Yates: I would only order THAT if we had a sure way out of here. Yates paused. Yates: No...I have a better idea. I want you four on one of those teams that are going to partake in boarding action against The Covenant. I want you four to...mitigate a possible UNSC victory, bringing it down from a total victory...to something less clear cut. Black 1: You want US to help the Covenant? Yates: No...I want you to be...biased officiators in any combat situation between the UNSC and Covenant. I want you to make sure the...balance of power in San Angeles remains intact, and that we are left with an endgame that does not disrupt the projected and desired path of our operations. I want you four to make sure The Trust wins. It is why you four do best...is it not? Black 1: Yeah...that seems to be a big part of our job. So...how do you expect us to get onto Harrison's little boarding party? Yates: I do't klnow...but I want you to improvise an idea, and improvise one with the ever prevalent notion that you DO have authoriztion to kill anyone you must in order to complete this mission. Black Team exchanged a few looks, and then nodded to Yates. Black 1: We will think of something. For starters though...we need to get to where ever the hell those ODSTs are going to be launching from. Yates: Agreed.