Pakhet

[Tenacity]

Aki saluted the Commander as he boarded the ship, along with the other officers that constituted the greeting party.

"At ease, Kimura," He said as he passed, the officers falling in line behind, "We need to get into the air ASAP, I have orders for the Pakhet from the fleet admirals directly. Get us up and running, I'll brief you in my quarters."

"Yes sir," Aki replied, turning to the other officers, "You heard the commander, get to the bridge and get us off the ground, on the double."

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Aki approached the door to Eisen's quarters, and pressed a button on the wall nearby. A buzzing sound filled the room beyond, and a small comm panel on the door lit up with the commander's voice, "Enter."

The door swished open and Aki proceeded in. Commander Eisen was sitting at a desk in the corner of the room, reading files on his personal computer. He flipped off the screen and turned to her, "Ah, Sub-commander... Have a seat."

Aki sat across the desk from him, "What are our orders, sir?"

"I know you werent around for the nomad war, but you know the details, yes? A freelancer by the name of Edison Trent assisted the order in using Daam K'vosh artifacts to pull the nomads back beyond colonized space. They still get out now and then, but not in the numbers we experienced during the war. Command wants us to proceed to Omicron Major and investigate the nomad structure there further; Order scientists have been tied up in other projects, and the Pakhet's scanners are better than most in the Order fleet."

"Sir, Permission to speak freely?" Aki asked.

"Always, Aki."

"Isnt it a bit foolish for them to send anything smaller than a battleship into Major? The system is flooded with nomad fighters, and who knows what else..."

"I agree, but we have our orders, no other ships can be spared at the moment, and certainly none of the Osiris Battleships. Those are rare, and we dont have the resources to squander them on research and surveillance projects. The Pakhet has more than enough shielding and firepower to fight off the nomads, I think... but nobody said this would be your run of the mill scouting mission, I'm expecting more trouble than the admirals let on to." Eisen explained.

"Yes Sir," Aki said, as she stood and saluted, "I'll give the order, we'l be in Omicron Major within a few hours."

She left the room and proceeded to the bridge. This mission had disaster written all over it...

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