[Naked Crook]

Jennifer: Very good, Captain. We can continue this aboard The Ulterior Motive. Jennifer paused, as she issued one final command to Tye. Jennifer: Keep a docking bay open for us Tye. Tye quickly replied to Jennifer. Tyber: Yes ma'am! Jennifer: Very good. Frost out! Jennifer closed the comm line, as she too left the bridge and proceeded to make her way down to the hanger bay. As she walked through the corridors, she placed her hand on her earpiece, and contacted Burke. Jennifer: Captain Frost to Doctor Burke...David, do you copy? After a moment, Burke's voice began to come through Jennifer's earpiece. Burke: I hear you Jennifer. What can I do for you? Jennifer: I need a medical team prepped for The Ulterior Motive. There is no doubt wounded still aboard that ship, and they will require your expertise. Burke: Do I need combat medics, or will regular medics suffice? Jennifer: Combat medics would be preferred. Even though we have secured The Ulterior Motive, we cannot be 100% sure that the ship is totally secured. I want anyone who goes over there to be combat ready. Burke: Yes ma'am. Jennifer: You may as well tag along as well. There will be a debrief, and I would prefer that you are informed. I will be heading over now. I want you to meet me in Hanger Bay 1. Burke: Understood. Let me gear u. I can be there in a few minutes. Jennifer: Excellent. Frost out. Jennifer closed the comm line, as she continued to make her way to the Ulterior Motive. Meanwhile: Nighthawk and Anaconda were still in the Prowler Bay. Both of them were still resting up from their last engagement before they joined the others. Nighthawk: Well...Vanguard aside, I still there there is a hell of a lot we learned about The Trust today. For starters...what can you tell me about The Consultant? I have never really seen her before. Anaconda: She is very odd. She seems to have some sort of obsession with me. Nighthawk: Did she say why? Anaconda: No...but perhaps it was my ruggedly handsome good looks. Nighthawk: Let's put a pin in that theory for a moment, and explore other possibilities. Anaconda: Are you saying I am not ruggedly handsome? Nighthawk: Yes...no...no... Nighthawk scoffed. Nighthawk: I don't think you are her ruggedly handsome type. Anaconda growled. Nighthawk: Let's stay on topic here. Anaconda: We are on topic. Now, I am no expert on Humans, but I think she was trying to make a move on me. She was way too comfortable. Nighthawk: Yeah, you mentioned that. What is her deal, anyway? Anaconda: I do not know. However, she clearly is obsessed with me in some way. She wanted me to join The Trust, and she was going to have it no other way. Even after I threatened her, she was still very persistent. Nighthawk: She was clearly after something. I want to know what it was. Anaconda: Are you going to suggest that I seek her out? Nighthawk: Oh, God no... Nighthawk paused. Nighthawk: I am suggesting that we should dig around on this ship to see if we can find anything which might point us in the right direction. We might even be able to find out where they went. We may be able to stop this Vanguard thing before they activate it. Anaconda: I doubt it. Anaconda paused. Anaconda: I will say this much; I know how this is going to end, and it is going to be with a battle with Vanguard. There is no beating this or escaping this. I am going to have to face Vanguard...again. Nighthawk: You? What makes you think that you are doing it alone? Anaconda: Because I am the only one who has ever beaten it. Nighthawk: So...? Nighthawk paused. Nighthawk: Look...Vanguard is technology...and if there is one thing I know well, it is technology. Anaconda: This thing is beyond any technology that you know. Nighthawk: Beyond any technology that I know...so far. Anaconda looked at Nighthawk. Nighthawk: Wherever the Trust has run off to...I am sure there is more technology like Vanguard. Any technology like Vanguard can be used against Vanguard. Anaconda: You assume this. Nighthawk: No, I know it! Tell me, when you fought Vanguard the first time, where was it? Anaconda: Another forge... Nighthawk: And I am sure that the first forge had a shitload of weird-ass technology that you had never seen before. Anaconda: More or less... Nighthawk: My point exactly. You are not fighting this thing alone, not as long as I still draw breath. If it turns out that the only way to beat Vanguard is by shooting it with lots of guns, I am prepared to do that. However, I will not abandon the idea of finding a technological solution to Vanguard. I will be my life on it that there is something we can use against him, and I intend to find it. Nighthawk paused. Nighthawk: Vanguard may be a very sophisticated and powerful killing machine...but I am a military grade scientist, and a damn good one at that. There is nothing in this life that cannot be beaten by military grade science. Frankly...part of me hopes I get to face Vanguard. I am itching to show this prehistoric motherfucker what I can do. Anaconda began to laugh. Anaconda: I swear it...there are times I could almost believe that a Brute had his way with your mother before you were born. That sort of talk is something that my kind is known for. Nighthawk: Pretty sure I am 100% Human.