The Scarman Enigma

[Robert Merlow]

Bretonian Cruiser Yorktown
Unknown Grid Location
Los Angeles System / Liberty Space

Captain Doyle was happy about the new assignment and the new vessel. He was reluctant in accepting the Bretonian Cruiser as his command, but with the offer coming directly from Lady Integra Hellsing of the Hellsing Organization, how could he refuse? He was happy to know that the vessel came with it's own brand of sophisticated technology, not to mention the modifications fitted by the Freedom Fighters.

He was awaiting confirmation from the Teleporter Deck, waiting on one of his engineers to confirm the rematerialization of those three special patterns from the pattern buffer. He heard a beep over the comm.
"Sir? They've arrived." the voice said.
"Good. Tell them I'll be right down there." Captain Doyle killed the line. He nodded to his XO to take over as he walked off the bridge onto the turbo lift.
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Thomas Serov stepped off of the pad, cursing almost immediately, "Goddamn! Who the hell dropped the ball!?" he exclaimed pacing around the small room, "We've never been caught so off guard! Running for President!? Not to mention the fact that we had public enemy number one walking just yards away from us..."
Scarman stepped down from the platform, shaking his head, "Not good. Not good at all."

Captain Doyle entered the room just in time to witness Serov nearly throwing his Wakizashi across the room, halted only by the entrance of the Captain.
"General Serov... What has you so worked up?" he asked tentatively.
Serov quickly sheathed his sword, "Sorry Doyle, just a little angry about how re-goddamn-diculous this turned out to be."
"What do you mean?" Doyle asked, clearly in the dark.
Serov took a deep, shaky breath, "Just watch the CNN. Intel really screwed us over this time."
Scarman nodded, "Let's go to the Observation Deck. Our net link should get us some great footage."
Victoria simply nodded, "Yeah," she sighed, "It's not looking too good."
The four of them left the Teleporter Room, Doyle leading the group to the Observation Deck.

As they stepped into the room, the holo-emitters in the center of the table activated, showing the latest report from CNN.

"This is Joanna Williams reporting live from the Montgomery Village Shopping Center in Santa Rosa, the Capital of Planet Los Angeles. Just moments ago we found out that Senator Marcus Scarman has a twin brother, Matt Scarman! This rather unexpected development came to light during what seemed to be a normal day here at the Capital's busiest shopping center."

"The question on everyone's mind now is: How will this effect Senator Scarman's election? From the looks of things...

The report faded into the background as Doyle looked back at the trio standing around him.
"Oh, Damn."

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Commander in Chief of the Migrant Fleet / Former Fleet Admiral of the Liberty First Fleet
Second Survivor of the Mentat Program.
We must give and take with good measure. Give too much, we become complacent. Take too much, we incur the wrath of our own. Tread Lightly.
--Supreme Bashar Robert Merlow--