The Burning Skull Rises

[Charos]

A fighter wing consisting of five fighters was approaching Incursus's location in a dispersed formation around a single fighter, it was the Lord Commander and his escort, they were nearing the rendezvous location.

As the Lord Commander was checking the navmap to confirm their location, the scanner picked up incoming signals that alerted him, they were not hostile however, it was a patrol from the Incursus holding the perimeter. "Alright men, I've picked up something.. It's them, deactivate your weapons and sit tight, we'll be on Incursus soon." Markus sighed with relief as he thought Cristina would set him up in the middle of nowhere - "Lord Commander, I am the Beta squadl eader, we've come to escort you to the Incursus, please follow us and restrain yourselves from unecessary actions."
Their tone surprised the Lord Commander, they were acting as if they were the enemy but given the circumstances he had no choice but to follow their lead if he wanted to talk to Cristina in person.

-Several minutes later the fighters were approaching the Incursus-

"There she is, she is still the same despite what she's been through." His eyes sparkled at the sight of Incursus, one of the flagships of the Legion and he must convince Cristina to return it into its service. A brief transmission from onboard hailed the Lord Commander and gave him docking clearance on Bay Three.

There was nothing on the deck except for their fighters and the hangar's equipment, it had been prepared for the arrival of the Lord Commander. As he was exiting his fighter, he was immidiately surrounded by his four guards, his welcoming commitee was consisted of several armed men at the entrance towards the inside of the ship saluting him and infront of them a young woman who he had never seen before, but she seemed to be an officer.

"Where is your commander? I was expecting her to greet me in person, not to send a girl to do her job." Markus sighed slightly disappointed and approached the girl "You look out of place, like Cristina does." He began visually examining her from top to bottom, incase he was wrong, this girl however was not from anywhere near Liberty. "Do you have a name?"