A Ray of Hope

[Promotheus]

Carrier Bogue, Omicron Mu 19:50 SMT

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It felt like a completely different world, standing onboard a Liberty carrier.
The vessel wasn't finished of course, the agreement was that, to avoid suspicion, the carrier would be delivered
mostly intact and provided with the components the Order would have trouble producing. The rest however,
would be up to them.

The Order agents wasted little time once they had said their farewels to their Libertonian counterparts and went
straight to work. Preparations needed to be made before the Carrier would be cleared to enter Omicron Epsilon;
the system was limited to the strictest of standards in terms of access so they had to make sure noone had managed
slip onboard or plant a bug. While the Overwatch had confidence in the Fifth, they had significantly less so in any potential
LSF operative that might have tried to sneak something on the ship.

While this was going on the carrier, accompanied by Delta, Bravo, Gamma and the Dawnbreaker Wings, proceeded to Omicron Mu.
Solandros couldn't help but smirk a bit, the ride home definitely was a lot smoother then the trip on the Zagazig, but then again
they had to stripdown the Zagazig to properly look like a salvageable wreck and ensure that the tech present onboard consisted entirely
of their old understanding of Liberty tech. A little touch to add to make the salvage more believable.

The female officer that had been with him on the bridge of the Zagazig walked alongside him as they headed to the command center,
her trusty datapad in hand. "We can expect preliminary reports to come in in roughly half an hour sir, the ship is significantly
larger than we are used to." Solandros nodded in response and said: "Understandable, make sure the initial sweep
is done before we get clear of the minefield."


Omicron Minor Minefield, Omicron Mu 20:40 SMT

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Preliminary reports had indicated that no suspicious devices or signals had been found, clearing the Bogue to continue along its path.
With a small beep Solandros activated the communication panel and sent a transmission to Taba starbase:
"This is Colonel Solandros, operation went off without a hitch, we are approaching now."
A few moments of silence filled the room before the reply arrived:
"This is Taba starbase, you are cleared to proceed Solandros, they're waiting for you.
The Carrier and its escorts passed through the minefield and set course to the Bogues new home:
Fort Carthage in the Omicron Epsilon system.


Fort Carthage, Omicron Epsilon 21:55 SMT

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With the Bogue now docked with the shipyard and undergoing maintenance Solandros was finally free to sit down
and examine what parts were still required to be constructed in order to make the vessel fully operational.
All the essentials were present, crew quarters would still need to be properly arranged as well as weaponry.
The armor plating could do with extra reinforcement as well to make it combat ready.

The vessel looked complete from the outside at least, an intimidating appearance to all its enemies and quite the view
from the Colonels office.



All in all, things were looking quite well. Solandros smiled, turning to his assistant in the room and said:
"Send word to the rest of the Overwatch, the carrier has arrived and is ready for completion."
With a small pensive stroke of his beard he added:"I think we will dub this vessel the Apocalypse. A fitting name
for its service in the End Times battlegroup."