[Naked Crook]

Jennifer: Frankly, Admiral...I don't think any of us knew Jacob as well as any of us thought. There is nobody in this Pelican that could have predicted his momentary defection to The Trust. Jennifer paused. Jennifer: Don't assume that you know him any better than we do. ONI would be a pretty terrible intelligence agency if it did not know things about people. Jennifer remained standing, her hands behind her back, with her back to the cockpit. She listened as the engines began to fire up. As the engines engaged, she turned her head, and barked a single order at the cockpit, giving the pilot a single destination and instruction. Jennifer: King Raven...double time it! Jennifer then turned back to face Harrison. Jennifer: FYI Admiral...the one thing I will not compromise on is being forced to sit out of any questioning or interrogation of Jacob Sharpen. I will be present for any questioning that takes place. That is non-negotiable. You may not care about ONI Protocol...but I do. I live by it, and I stand by it...and I will not allow you to stop me from doing my job. In the interest of full disclosure, I will say that I do have options and I do have recourse if you try to stone wall me in my responsibilities. Jennifer paused. Jennifer: This is not a threat...just a friendly reminder on behalf of The Office of Naval Intelligence. Meanwhile: Spender, Yates, Novak, and The Consultant had left the hanger area, and had moved to Firebase Mediterranean's CIC. Upon their arrival, Spender began to bark orders at all of the Trust Officers that were stationed there. Spender: Someone open an encrypted channel on the lower EM bands, and direct the message directly at The Mind's Attrition, addressed directly to Captain Reynolds. I wish to speak directly with him...immediately. Flag the message as priority 1, and mask the communication signature using a UNSC header. Spender waited a moment, as the communications officer carried out the order that was assigned to him. Comm Officer: The channel is open, and the message is sent. We will now have to wait for someone to respond, and forward the message along to Reynolds. This will depend on Reynold's availability, and his crew's ability to forward the message along. Spender: I can wait. I am nothing, if not patient.