Neil felt trapped, something he really disliked. The young pilot did his best to struggle and shove himself out of it, but it was to no avail. Drake watched him struggle with a smug grin as he cradled the core like a newborn babe. "Don't have any witty remarks now, do you?" Drake said. 

"Turn these shields off and I'll show you plenty, along with a gun-butt to the head free of charge." Neil replied, gritting his teeth through the shimmering haze of the blue field. Drake merely snorted, and held up the core as if to gloat, giving Sayeeda a mocking wink as he made his way out of the room and up the rise.

"Well...this is a poor end to a new crew." Neil said, slumping back. He briefly thought of shoving the stasis field with his feet, but he knew that would lead to nothing. These things were built by beings humanity built their civilization on. "So...wanna play 'I Never'?" He looked at Sayeeda. The question was never answered, for in the center of the light, matter suddenly billowed and coalesced into what appeared to be a...face? 

It looked to be wrought of thousands of different metallic cubes formed together into a face that looked somewhat human. It had an 'Uncanny Horizon' feel to its features, elongated and somewhat flat nosed, with ears stretched like heated leather. 

"Representative, what is the meaning of this?" It asked, it's echoing voice feminine. Neil blinked, and glanced toward Sayeeda, before looking back at the shape. "Wha-...who?" Neil said to it, palms on the blue walls of the stasis field. 

"You bear the mark. You are the Representative." It said as if it was the most blindingly obvious thing in the universe. Neil raised an eyebrow, but he didn't question it too long. He asked who the being was, and it described itself as the facility's AI system. The AI asked its question again. Neil replied with "Some punk trapped us and took the core of the facility with it." 

"You must stop him. The anomaly will be released. All life in the system will be wiped out without mercy or restraint. Allow me to free you." 

"Whoa wait, [i]what's[/i] going to happen?" 

It paused, as if it was uploading a file to share, and spoke once more. "3,000 years ago, the Aelahyne creators of this facility trapped one of their most dangerous creations. The Harbingers. An artificial being of power beyond comprehension. If all of them had been released, the Aelahyne would have become extinct. Thankfully, these facilities were built to keep the population of their creations in check for study. In twenty standard galactic minutes, the lack of power and cohesion from the core unit of this facility with awaken the Harbinger, and it will create a new order of domination in the system." 

Neil sighed, and ran a hand through his hair as the stasis shield suddenly vanished. "Well fuck," he sighed. 
[@Penny]