It wasn't often the Captain took his calls in his quarters, instead of on his omni-tool in the middle of the bridge. Kaelyn brushed aside a mechanic and the open hatch he had fitted his head through, nodding apologetically at one another. The Captain would only do that when the message was from The Alliance. And the only time The Alliance was to contact them was for a mission, which would not bode well. It wasn't known by the majority of the crew that the ship operated for the Alliance, and every mission they were sent where they didn't loot everything there raised suspicion. Captain Maurinnus walked a fine line between leader and mutiny. She entered his quarters, making a point of not knocking.

[color=violet]"Morning sweetheart,"[/color] her playful greeting immediately felt crass when put next to the hard look he fixed her with. If it were possible for a Turian, she would say he looked gaunt
[b]"We got a priority message,"[/b] He started, and waved at his terminal. This didn't make sense, [i]The Every Dawn[/i] didn't get priority messages, it lacked the tech to pick up wide band military transmissions... Unless this wasn't aimed only at military...
[b]"It's threat level omega."[/b] He spoke the words like they had heavy meaning to them, but Kaelyn wasn't Alliance ops, so it meant very little to her.
[color=violet]"Is omega the kind of alert that's often transmitted to civilian ships?"[/color] she asked.
[b]"Yes, it demands we clear all distance from the affected worlds. Earth and Palaven, as far as the message goes, are war-zones. We are being reassigned to Arcadia, to receive further instruction there."[/b]
[color=violet]"War zones? War zones with who? Eachother?"[/color]
[b]"I don't know."[/b] he got up, presumably to plot a course from the bridge. Kaelyn followed close behind,
[color=violet]"And why Arcadia, that's no staging ground for any reinforcements, the planet can barely support itself."[/color]
[b]"Prepare yourself and your team for combat, we have to be ready for anything once we get there."[/b]
[color=violet]"Sir,"[/color] she pulled on his shoulder pad, and he turned to face her. [color=violet]"Don't you feel like something this major would have more weight to it? Something more than just a message or something?"[/color]
He fixed her with another hard look and let it hang in the air for a moment, he bristled in that way Turians do, [b]"It's omega, the message code isn't common knowledge and it has only been used once before, undercover when some terrorists were going to fly a moon into Earth. Your government kept that quiet at the time to prevent panic, but this they announce to everyone. That should speak louder than anything you were expecting. Tell Cabin to get the stealth systems ready and prime the engines."[/b]
Kaeyln saluted, and headed off to her errands. And to think the day was going so well... This vessel was a Turian ship technically, if they were in combat with each other, she might be playing for the wrong side