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[color=39b54a]Clinical Precision and Messy Memories[/color][/h2]
[h3] Drono Loyalty Mission Prologue[/h3] [/center]

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[b]Dex, Bridge[/b]

Dex had barely heard Drono’s footfalls from where she sat at the helm, hadn’t moved since take off. Before getting out a hello he had leaned over Iosif’s chair turning the ship intercom on calling everyone up to the bridge. He looked like [i]shit[/i], what the fuck had he been doing the past two days? She squinted at him. When everyone filed in Drono began to speak and it immediately made her uncomfortable. It was like listening to a hollowed out Drono.

[color=a2d39c]“I know I am usually the first to crack jokes and be inappropriate at times like this.”[/color] He said. [color=a2d39c]“But I can’t now.  If you read my earlier message, you know I am in a bad shape. It seems to be progressing at a more rapid pace, and soon, the deterioration of my nerves and spine will reach a critical point.[/color]”

She didn’t pretend to know what he was feeling, but she felt anger boiling in the pit of her stomach it rumbled through her sub vocals when he mentioned what Yestin did to him. Her fists clenched.

Drono’s attitude right now was produced by fear. That much was evident.

Vellios brought up some good questions about the station, while Serena added her input supporting her ability to take care of Eclipse tech.

While Dex had personally dealt with Eclipse before, they were bastards and ballsy as a two bit thief with credit chit passcodes. They’d be tricky to fend off any of their hacking attempts individually, especially when they tried to ID them. She could fuck with them but not on eight varying fronts. 

Tanya and Tonka made the obvious point of needing to be more prepared this time around, Dex nodded at them. “[color=007236]Abso-fucking-lutely. We have three weeks of travel time to make a solid plan A and plan B.[/color]”

She pointed to Drono fiddling with his detonator, “[color=007236]If we’re going to be prepared we need to confirm what you know, get some more intel. For the record? This - [/color]” She gestured at him vaguely. “[color=007236]-is making me uncomfortable. If taking on some Eclipse means fixing this then that’s enough incentive for me.[/color]”

She had swiveled in her chair facing everyone, “[color=007236]Anyway, I’ll aim for some comm buoys on the way there to grab whatever information I need. I’ve dealt with Eclipse before. I’m sure I can fend off their bullshit hacking attempts, I can’t do it for everyone. Especially those with piss poor security. I can work on bolstering our security as a crew so we don’t register as blip on their radar, can’t be ID’d, and protect our own tech. Cover our tracks.[/color]” 

“[color=007236]Serena I’ll need your help for crew wide security, I can dig for intel while we plan.[/color]” She leaned into her seat, audibly creaking. “[color=007236]Got some all nighters coming up with all this work to do. Worth it though.[/color]”

“[color=007236]Drono I’m going to need to steal you after this meeting to get any information you have. [i]Anything and everything[/i]. What you’ve heard, seen, have in your files. Station layout, medical staff names and positions, [i]everything[/i].[/color]” She paused looking him in the eye, her mandibles flicking. “[color=007236]In between preparing for the Eclipse I can look for leads on Yestin. Where he’s operating and track him. Get some eyes on him. That fucker is going to be a problem, the sooner we deal with him the better.[/color]”