"… Sister, please do see she does not go too far in her explanation. Not to the classified stuff and all. I'll keep our guards in check."

The Captain scrutinized her cerulean compatriot and the scholastic Aeon, naturally attracted to the conversation cuddled between the duo. Her frenetic visors ensnared the glint of orbiting satellites, stranded by the intergalactic sanctions, until she was within recorder-shot. Before much data was exchanged, Vropda interjected her Exoframe, obscuring his vision and obstructing his interrogation.

Not satisfied by her initial physical assessment of Gavin, he offered a verbal salve, to satiate the curious wound in the sage’s question.

[color=orange]“Witness this, young humanoid. We are the Scroungers. Nothing less or more. Know, though, our name is not our own. Our ancestors borrowed this moniker from rumors. Our honor is not our own. We plundered this prize from our descendants.”[/color]

Vropda inspected again the computing devices hosting tubes running along her upper extremities, circulating bodily fluids to and fro, for nutrition, suppression, and provocation. 

[color=orange]“Our blood is not our own. It is a gift and a curse of generations, yet unborn and birthed. We now carry this zeal with devotion. We come to exchange heritage and legacy. Death smirks at everyone. We are only here, on Vasishka, to smile back. That is all.”[/color] 

The titanium skull stared at the man with the Datapad, whilst Vropda’s hidden frown concealed itself under the myriad of digital screens, flashing messages and numbers outside her inner helmet. Swiveling to the Doc, her metallic voice irked out more whispered tones, suggesting diplomacy and discretion should pervade their delicate dialogue.

[color=orange]“Lady Farohm, in efforts to topographically chart the geodesy of this Hub Planet, my suit’s sensors confirmed his field. Three times.  I trust your tact, but if these calculations serve us correctly, the inquisitive one before you is emitting a rather strong gravitational potential.”[/color]

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