[b][i][center]A Long Trip There[/center][/b][/i]

10:12, 19 February, 6,302,412,515,923 ET&C (Earth Time & Calendar)
Outpost "Germa III Fort", "Fort" class fleet support station, orbit of Germa III, CL "Istria" dock

A number of men and women, some marked with various tags of EDF special operations units and other from various larger or smaller organizations which make JCU, were boarding "Istria". Amongst them only four had the rank of Major, and one of those with such a rank was the designated commander of team 3, Major Yakov Shinosaki. He was dressed, just like all of the other EDF soldiers, in a basic military combat uniform and carried his two pistols, the rest of the gear for all of them was already teleported into the main armory of "Istria". Just like the rest of unit leaders, four Majors and a Colonel, Yakov was in the middle of checking if all the members of his units were present, deserting was a rare occurrence both in EDF and JCU, but you never know so it was needed to check just in case. He called out the next name, the dead last on his list, a JCU attache, and probably the least experienced of them all: "Attache Megumi Wolfbane Soma!?" He walked up and down the docking rig which connected "Istria" and the station, calling out for the last person on his list...