[b]Lawson[/b]

Lawson was sitting beside the fire in the old farm house when he got the call. "-All right General." He turned to see his daughter walk in. "Yeah, I'll be there in the morning. Have a pleasant evening." He hit the hangup button and the phone beeped as he put it on the small table beside his recliner, picking up the TV remote he hit mute. "That looks like that'll be me Ruth." She came in and sat on one of the other seats. "Already? You just got back a week ago." Lawson just shrugged. "You know what it's like, I go where I'm needed-""And don't come back till the jobs done, I know. It's just I miss you Dad."

At times like this, Lawson really wanted to tell her what he did. Though while he originally didn't believe in secrecy he had grown accustomed too it, and knew how important it was. "I know Ruth. Though I just need you to believe that what I'm doing is important.""Though you can't tell me?" Lawson just let loose a sad smile. "That's the rule. I wish I could, I really do but I can't." She sat forward a bit. "Not even if I pinky swear?" Phillip just laughed. "Not even if you pinky swear. Though for now, lets just enjoy it while I'm here as you know I could be gone for a while." She smiled. "Yeah, I know.""So what's going on with you? I've already caught up with you but there has to be [i]more[/i]."

"Well..."

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[b]Next Day[/b]

Lawson put his clean clothes down on his bed, everything else he needed was already on board. After that he took to the bridge, there was a reason he called called back so quickly. He'd need to find out, and make sure everyone did the pre-flight correctly. It was the first time for some of these officers doing a pre-flight aboard the [i]Nyx[/i]. They were already powering up, and going through the checklist. He walked onto the centre podium and a SF behind him stepped forward. "Sir, that's the Generals spot." Lawson just turned back. "Don't worry, I designed the ship. Besides, the Generals a friend of mine." 

He stood on the podium and input his command code, bringing up his own screens. "Alright people-" They looked at him and he winked. "-Don't worry I'm not in charge of the ship just checking you're doing everything right." He pointed to one of them. "No need to be so gentle, she's been flown before. She works fine. You got your green light bring them online." He then looked around at the rest of them. "Rest of you are fine, so far. Don't worry I don't bite, the General might though. So lets get this right before she gets here."