[Naked Crook]

Anaconda peered through the window, as he took a quick look inside. Anaconda: If we rush them...we can take them down before any of them sound an alarm. If you stick to the left side of the room, I can move in on the right, We should be able to sweep through there no problem. Anaconda paused. Anaconda: Focus on the Marines first, as they appear to have the biggest weapons. The Officer and the engineers are either unarmed, or only armed with small hand guns. Anaconda held his assault rifle with one hand, as he readied the weapon. Anaconda: I will go first, and draw fire. Follow up and keep me covered. Anaconda looked at Jacob. Anaconda: Ready? Meanwhile: Harrison: Helm, bring us about! Bring all point defense guns online, defensive maneuvers! Spender grinned as he heard Harrison's order The Vigorous Inferno to turn away. Spender: The spineless prick is now on the run. Good. Spender lit up a cigarette, as he looked at his weapons officer, and issued an order. Spender: Bring our forward heavy deck cannons online, and target Harrison's point defense arcs. Put a hole in his defenses, and then target the exposed areas with a full barrage of Archer Missiles from our port quadrant. Spender then heard Jennifer issuing commands to the fleet. Jennifer: Admiral...we are coming about. The Ulterior Motive has given us a clear shot at their aft point defense weapons. Spender frowned when he heard this. He then gave another order to his weapon's officer. Spender: Arm all starboard archer pods, and get a weapons lock on The King Raven with our aft deck guns! Fire the decks guns at will, with a simultaneous spread of Archer Missiles! Just as Spender said this, Kolya spoke up with a suggestion. Kolya: Sir...I have an idea how we can further tip the scales in our favor. Spender looked at Kolya. Spender: What do you have in mind Kolya? Kolya: Do you remember the Sabres that Black Team was using to "rescue" those evac transports from the New Havana spaceport? Spender: Yes I do. We recalled those Sabres back to the ship. Kolya: We should redeploy them, and commence a precise stealth strikes on The King Raven and The Vigorous Inferno. We can catch them off guard and hit them hard where they are not expecting it. Spender took a drag of his cigarette, as he nodded. Spender: Assemble our best pilots and deploy them immediately! Yates then spoke up. Yates: Sir...I may also have something of value. Spender then looked at Yates. Yates: Based on the way The Mind's Attrition is moving along side The King Raven, it is very plausible that Reynolds is flying support for Captain Frost. If we can coordinate with Reynolds...we can pull off a perfectly orchestrated assault on The Mind's Attrition which should sideline them, without doing too much damage to them, but also prevent them from working against us any more than they currently have to. Yates paused. Yates: We could "pretend" to cripple them. Spender: It would also make our offensive strikes against The King Raven easier. Spender nodded. Spender: Figure something out, then contact Reynolds ASAP and take care of it. You are the one that brought Reynolds into this, so you should be the one to yank on his leash when he needs it. Get it done! Meanwhile: Aboard Nighthawk's Vulture, Nighthawk was alone in the cockpit, as he watched the sensor readout from the battle between The UNSC and The Trust. Nighthawk was focused on the battle, but his attention was broken when HAWK appeared on his dashboard, and began to speak. HAWK: Nighthawk...you have an incoming transmission...on a Covenant carrier wave. Nighthawk nodded. Nighthawk: Patch it through. Nighthawk waited a moment, before he spoke. Nighthawk: This is Nighthawk. With who in The Covenant do I have the pleasure of treating with? Nighthawk waited for a response. He eventually heard a voice come through the comm line. Xyrho: It is I...the one who fought by your side against The Trust... Xyrho paused. Xyrho: I prefer not to use my name. Nighthawk: Ohhh, don't worry there buddy. I totally understand. I don't like using my real name either. Nighthawk paused. Nighthawk: So what do I owe the pleasure? Xyrho: I am looking for an update. We agreed upon a sharing of information. Nighthawk: That we did. I would be more than happy to share some news with you. Nighthawk paused. Nighthawk: I am sure you are seeing the battle between the four Human ships? Xyrho: The entire Covenant is watching that. Some of us are amused. I am sure The Brutes are wagering on who wins. Nighthawk: I don't doubt that. Xyrho: I, on the other hand, am doing no such thing. I know more than they do, so I am inclined to see this less as entertainment...and more as a development. I want to know where we currently stand. Nighthawk: Well...if you take a look at your sensor readout...you will notice a ship with the IFF "ULTR-MOTV" Xyrho: I see it. Nighthawk: That is The Trust. We are trying to get on that ship. Xyrho: A prudent course of action. Nighthawk: It is. We can do serious damage to The Trust, and by extension, Vanguard, if we can get aboard. Xyrho: The Covenant has methods of boarding hostile ships. If you managed to get aboard, you could then help me get aboard. I could bring loyal warriors to help you combat Vanguard's Acolytes. All you will need to do is expose vacant escape pod hatches. From there, we can latch onto the hostile ship and begin our attack. Nighthawk laughed. Nighthawk: Vanguard's Acolytes? You know, Elite...I like you. You make me laugh. Nighthawk paused. Nighthawk: I will be more than happy to help you get aboard. I really want to see how much damage you can do. Nighthawk paused. Nighthawk: Go and get your boys ready for battle. I will contact you again once I free up a few life pod docking ports for you. In the mean time...we should maintain comm silence unless there is a complication or emergency Xyrho: Agreed. Nighthawk: Nighthawk out. Nighthawk closed the comm line, as he chuckled to himself again. Nighthawk: Vanguard's Acolytes...that is gold!