Guess who's coming to dinner?

[Heartless]

.....Rear Admiral Sius Malacos stood at the bridge of the Order Nomad Research Project vessel, the Reliance. A ship like that, with all it's Nomad cargo and hazardous equipment needed frequent check-ups and inspections to ensure it's safety. A communications stood behind him as Sius talked with the head inspector he sees quite often.
-"Sir, we have a message for you being forwarded from Toledo."
-"That's wonderful, give me a minute"
.....Sius continued talking but his officer became quite anxious.
-"Sir, I real..."
-"Excuse me officer, I am a little bit busy at the moment. Whatever it is, it's going to have to wait."
.....The officer bit his lips and closed his eyes then went for it.
-"We have reports of a Nomad Power Cell in the custody of the Xenos. They contacted the Zoners to get rid of it and the Zoners contacted us. I reaaaaaly think you should take this."
.....The officer now red faced, swallowed expecting either a good reaction or a bad one. Sius just stopped talking and straightened up.
-"Get Dr. Fisher up here at once. And forward the call to my com. device."
-"Yes sir'!"
.....Relieved, the officer did as he was told.

-"Admiral Malacos? This is Dr. Ronald Eckleburg, head Nomad Scientist on Freeport 11."
-"Yes, Dr. Ecklesbury. We have met before I believe. One of my officers tells me you ran across a Nomad Power Cell, is that so?"
-"Yes sir, it is. We got a transmission from the Xenos saying they captured it from an Ageira convoy in the Colorado system. Frankly, they don't know what it is and want to get rid of it. So they called us and now we're calling you."
-"And now you want use to take it to ensure the safety of the cell as well as everyone around it."
-"That is correct."
.....Sius was silent for a moment, thinking about what to do. Then after a quick moment he made up his mind.
-"Doctor. Patch me through to the Xenos."
-"Understood, forwarding comms. Good luck Admiral"

.....The Cell was still onboard that Xeno freighter deep in the Asteroid Fields, safe from outside detection and hacking. The Xenos were growing quite anxious as to what to do with it and what it even was. Sius's message was sent straight to the head of the Xeno Alliance.
-"Greetings. I am Read Admiral Sius Malacos of Black Squadron and the Order. I was contacted by a Dr. Ecklesbury whom you contacted about a certain... power cell you came across, am I correct?"
.....It took a little on the other side, but someone finally answered.
-"Yes, umm, hello? Oh, greetings Admiral Malacos. Yes, yes, power cell. Nomad power cell or whatever it is. We got one, and we don't want any of them around here. So who else to call than one of the only organizations whom we aren't hostile to?"
-"Haha, yes, well you made the right call to say the least. Now I would like confirmation of all of this. Would it be possible for you to take some pictures and primary scans and then have them sent to me?
-"Of course, well have our... specialists... get right on that. You'll be notified when they're done.
.....And with that, the line was ended. Odd people Sius thought. Dr. Fisher arrived to the bridge. Sius and him talked about the situation and what action should be taken if the cell is in reality a Nomad Power Cell.

The reply from the Xeno's didn't take long... at all. That same communications officer got Sius attention at his first caught this time.
-"Sir. We have uuh... Xenos on the line..."
-"Patch them through Officer."
-"Right away, forwarding..."
-"This is Admiral Malacos."
-"We got the scans and pictures like you wanted."
-"Good, now just send them through the same com. line. Don't worry about someone hacking it, we're friends with a certain Hacker and these lines are secure anyways, just send them."
-"If you say so."
.....There was some background chatter and noise on the Xeno end of the line and after a short while another Officer on the bridge of the Reliance asked for the Admiral's attention. He got it immediately.
-"Seems we got the information. Thank you for your help. We'll contact you once we've made progress and notify you as to what our actions are."
-"Great, don't take to long now."
.....Sius just cut the line then. He stood up and walked to the center of the bridge were Dr. Fisher was looking at the images on the large forward view screen.
-"I'll be damned."
-"It really is Nomad Power Cell."
-"It is. Sius, I think we should take these guys seriously. And that cell is better off here than anywhere else."
-"Agreed. I'll send a message To Dustin immediately."
.....Ian nodded and watched Sius walk away. He then turned his attention back to the view screens.

.....Sius sat in his office. He opened a direct communications channel with Admiral Dboy but no one answered. After two calls he just decided to leave a message.
-"Admiral Hoff, Sius here. About one standard hour ago I received a transmission from the head scientist on Freeport 11. They had received a message from the Xenos about a certain "cell" they had come across. Once the Zoners found out about it they decided to contact us. I contacted the Xenos myself and confirmed it with Dr. Fisher. The Xenos have a Nomad Power Cell. After some deliberation with Dr. Fisher, we both decided that it would be best for us to take custody of it. The Xenos don't want that thing anywhere near them and we're the only ones who can safely keep that cell. That, plus more cells could heavily increase our insights into Nomad technology and power. If something were to go wrong, the entire Sector could be wiped out. We need to act soon and get that cell out of there. Please let me know what happens, this is very important."
.....Sius then stopped the message and reclined in his chair.

Sius wondered what could happen with it... he had never met any Xeno before and certainly never expected to. He didn't know too much about them either but he had a large instinct telling him he would know more about them than he had previously thought...

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