The Exodus

[Fuski]

Maverick standing amidst all the captains and crew, staying silent amongst the gathering. Looking over to Sylus who was arguing with another member of the little clique amongst the room. He leans into the little AI unit, "Ray? You there?" Maverick asks the holo display. "I am, Maverick." Ray replies, appearing off the side of the display in the center that shows the ship's little blue icons. "What is it that you need?" Questions the artificial intelligence. "Can you access the images stored on the front deck of the Overlord?" "Yes. I can, Maverick. This one here looks helpful. Do you require it?" Stingray pulls up a small display, showing the picture it picked. "Yes." Maverick says. "Let me get everyone settled down first." Maverick stands up after talking to Ray in the console and yells out amongst everyone for attention.

"Hey-Hey-HEY! Everyone SHUT the HELL UP! Calm it!" As Maverick rings out his bellow off the walls of the room, some of the men hear it and come to a silence, while others continue, but just seem to quiet down slowly until each member is looking at Maverick. He looks around the room, Making sure that all the attention is focused and everyone's mouths had no noise coming from them. "Mister Hunt." he begins, "I believe I have something of notice. During the times of panic, we may have just missed this. But As a Naval captain for some time, I watch and I document. And now that we've all had a chance to calm down for a bit and relieve some tensions by yelling and spitting on each other, Let us see what we have. On the way in, I noticed something in the distance. Before pulling up to the Sovereign, we broke off the formation and scoped it out. It was this station here." Maverick points to Ray in the console before them, Ray knows what to do on that signal, and pulls up an image. The one from before and makes it large enough to see, even in the corners of the room.



"This was identified by the systems as Freeport-9. As we all know, Freeports are Zoner colonies and welcome everyone there. I propose, we use this freeport to alleviate some of the much needed tension. Moore to the points available. Get shuttles for some of the crew to go home or to other sections. I'm sure there are places on planets you can send them until needed, Mister Hunt. We have CT-73's. They're not the most comfortable to ride in. But they can hold passengers long enough to get them somewhere other than here. Zoners will welcome us. We have the credits. They have supplies and extra space. We have a repair ship within the Hangar of the Cincinnati, And a Corvo that's seen some use moored to the side of the Friendly. If not a CT-73, then a Corvo can accomodate them a little more comfortably. We can scrap out some metal somewhere and fix it up. What do you say?"

Maverick gestures to Hunt and awaits a response.