Daniel had reached the docks an hour ago, in preparation for the mission, and was well into cleaning his carbine when he received word of the General's arrest. His initial instinct had, of course, been to embark immediately on a rescue mission - after all, seldom do the captives of the Heavens' Eyes live long under their influence - but he soon recognised the fruitlessness of that sentiment, and abandoned it.

The mission was more important. What good would the General be if the Eversky was plunged into war anyway?

Plus, with the General having been arrested - a radical move on the part of the Eyes - chances were good that the Solace peacekeepers would find themselves presided over, or replaced entirely by the Heavens' Eyes' soldiers, and the Inquisitors.

Which, naturally, meant that Daniel knew to expect the Heavens' Eyes to move on the Ascendó itself.

Quietly, he positioned himself behind the port side barrier, and raised his recently reassembled carbine rifle to it, taking aim at the ramp down to the dockyard, in anticipation of the arrival of the Eyes' forces - or, Clouds help us, the Inquisitors.