[Naked Crook]

Meanwhile: Aboard The King Raven, had a grin on her face. She could see The Ulterior Motive, clear as day. She knew The Trust must have been flipping its shit at the moment. Jennifer, however, simply sat patiently, waiting for the comm line to establish...ready to give her ultimatums. Comms Officer: Ma'am...channel is open. Jennifer nodded, as she began to speak. Jennifer: Ulterior Motive...this is Captain Jennifer Frost...Office of Naval Intelligence...that is, the REAL Office of Naval Intelligence. Jennifer paused. Jennifer: I am ordering the immediate surrender of your vessel, into my custody. All personnel will stand relieved, and boarding parties will be given full access to all facilities. Faliure to comply with these demands will result in immediate destruction of your vessel. Jennifer paused, as she waited for a response. After a moment, she got a reply over the comm line. Spender: Captain Frost...this is Director SPender...ONI Section 0. I am ordering you with withdraw from any and all engagements and leave the system immediately. I am currently engaged in highly classified engagements, and you have jeoprodized my mission by exposing my vessel. Spender paused. Spender: Do you have any idea what a serious offense that is? Jennifer frowned as she gave her rebuttal. Jennifer: Do you have any idea how big of an offense TREASON is? Jennifer paused. Jennifer: Cut the crap Spender. I know all about The Trust. I know what you have been up to. I am fully aware that you have been the mastermind behind everything. From ONI Installation Desert, to the Apex Applied Research building. I know everything I need to know. Jennifer paused. Jennifer: I also know about Vanguard. Jennifer paused again. However, she did not get a single response, short of the comm lines going dead. Comm Officer: Ma'am...the comm line just closed. The Ulterior Motive closed the channel. Just as the comms officer finished speaking, the sensor officer spoke up. Sensor Officer: Captain...The Ulterior Motive is coming about on an attack trajectory. Jennifer: Looks like this prick has chosed to fight instead of surrender. Jennifer paused. Jennifer then activated the ship wide comms, and spoke to her crew. Jennifer: All hands to battle stations! Jennifer thought for a moment, as she considered what she was getting into. She knew that she would have support from the rest of the fleet, and that The Ulterior Motive was outgunned. However, Jennifer knew that she had to keep her involvement with OBNI a secret from the rest of the fleet. Jennifer also knew that flat out destroying The Ulterior Motive was not her first option, given the fact that Anaconda was stuck on that ship. She needed a way to get her teams on that ship. That is when Jennifer had an idea. She quickly looked to her side, as she opened a private channel with Nighthawk, using the comm frequency he had provided her. Jennifer: Nighthawk? Do you copy? After a brief moment, Nighthawk responded. Nighthawk: I read you loud and clear. What do you need? Jennifer: Well, to be honest...I need ideas on how to get you onto The Ulterior Motive. We can see them...but I doubt we can get you close. Nighthawk: It will not be easy. If we try and approach that ship, they will try and shoot us down. Nighthawk paused. Nighthawk: Speaking of which...how the hell did you find them? Jennifer sighed. Jennifer: Honestly? Jacob helped me. He provided me with their exact coordinates. Once I had them...I took the chance. There was silence over the comms for a moment. Nighthawk: That is a huge gamble to take. The word of a traitor has no value. Jennifer: He was trying to help Anaconda. Given how much he hates you two, I thought it was a fair risk. Besides, the fact is, I will take what I can get. He provided an opportunity, and I took it. Nighthawk: Well...I guess it worked out. Nighthawk paused. Nighthawk: In any case...we need to get on that ship. If you can get us aboard...all the better. Nighthawk paused. Nighthawk: Focus the firepower of The King Raven on his hanger bay section. If you can breech the main doors in those sections, we can land without any trouble. You only need to open one of them up. Jennifer: What about decompression? Nighthawk: We can send Cameron out into the hanger bay if need be. He is fully rated for EVA. We also have that other Spartan if need be. Cameron can make his way to the operator console in the hanger bay, and repressurize the section to allow the rest of us to get our boots on the deck. From there, we can move about as needed. Jennifer: Alright...sounds good. I will see what I can do for you. Keep this line open just in case.