The moment H.A.K.E.S.A.T.H contacted the corvette Alexis latched onto the signal and tried to trace it back to the source, but the frequency bounced back and forth between multiple planets on multiple galaxies. Alexis considered the possibility of the Terrarial H.A.K.E.S.A.T.H being comprised of many different parts located on each planet, but to make his job simpler he tried to focus the signal down to a single point. Unfortunately his time was running out as the Terriarial H.A.K.E.S.A.T.H was almost done with its briefing. 

Alexis took a moment to calculate his chances of attaining a single location in the estimated allotted time he had left and deemed that he would be unsuccessful. Nevertheless he took a moment to record the locations he traced the signal back to, noting that it was a different set than the last time he had tried to do something similar. 

The room fell silent as the all-too-familiar sign-off of the Terrarial H.A.K.E.S.A.T.H reverberated against the walls. Alexis breathed a sigh of disappointment and flexed his fingers, chastising himself on how slow he was getting. His age was getting to him.

This was disconcerting.

But he had a job to do. Judging from the Terrarial H.A.K.E.S.A.T.H’s briefing the enemy complement would be easy to handle, it would just be the mark that would prove to be the problem. Perhaps a kinetic beam, but that was only if everything went FUBAR. Alexis grabbed two of his EMP grenades and a XD-40. Jemini was carrying his plasma pistol for self defense and distraction should the need arise as the noise it created would be too much for this operation. She also carried the rest of his explosives. A final check on his rifle, making sure the silence was tight and uplinked onto his HUD proved he was ready before he ventured out with the rest of the crew.

He did his best not to comment on any of their fashion choices.

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Buckles walked out of the airlock first, but it was Creeper that provided the base plan. Looking at the map provided by the Terrarial H.A.K.E.S.A.T.H, Alexis agreed with it. They would need an exit plan though, and Alexis already had one in mind. 

As Creeper and Gas Mask went ahead to secure 28, he, Buckles, and the rest of the crew stayed behind to wait for them to clear the room. He also sent Jemini ahead in all her stealthy glory to follow the lovely couple and connect to the soon-to-be dead guards’ helmets so that she may tap into their communications network and provide the Ephemeral access to enemy chatter.

“We’ll also need an exfil plan. Getting to the Star Marshall will be one thing, leaving will be another. If all goes to plan we’ll be in and out like ghosts, but chances are with this guy, it’s not happening. So once we eliminate the mark I propose that Jemini Cricket, my lovely companion, go into one of the large rooms and set off a nice series of explosions, giving us a big enough distraction so that we can escape. Good luck Ephemeral.”

Hearing this plan, Jemini naturally turned to cursing him out profusely as there was a high chance of her not coming back, or at least this version of her, but she knew very well that he had multiple copies of her back on the corvette as well as multiple replacement bodies. She’ll be fine.