A solid two hours passed before Aidan emerged from his room once more. He hadn't been disturbed by Val or some other entity. That was a good sign. He walks up to Vals room and knocks loudly on her door. "Come on Val. I think we'll have clearance by now. Time to look at your best. We're going to board a Core Ship."

He settles down in the pilot chair and turns on the comms. It doesn't take long for the commander of the Blackguard to respond. "Thank you for showing patience inquisitors. You are cleared for docking and/or passage." Aidan nods in response and closes the comm channel. He takes the yoke of the ship and flies for the Core Ship.

The Core Ships looked like cities in space. The only difference was, that the entire thing was for military purposes only. A soldier could enter a Core Ship, just to never leave it again. The Invictus was cleared for docking on Core Ship [i]Fearon[/i], the 'capital' of the fleet. It was by far the largest of Core Ships in the fleet and probably held about half a million heads of crew.

It wasn't something new for Aidan, but still, after all these years, his heart still skipped a beat when he passed the massive turrets that were pointed at him and his ship. But the turrets let him pass, and the Invictus lands in hangar 92E without a problem.