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(Before Meta leaves the cell block)

He does not even turn to Rufus while he calls him out, instead merely pausing and speaking.

[b]Meta:[/b] I recall seeing your ship not far from here.

He pauses again as Rufus talks about how he doesn't even know how to get to his own ship and asks Meta to check for him.

[b]Meta:[/b] Hmph, I have a much more important task at hand. If you can figure out a way to return to your own ship, do so. I will not aid you for now.

Rufus' last comment seemed to have irritated Meta quite a bit. With his somewhat rude refusal, his apparent ignorance about the details of his own craft, and his last request. Nevertheless, he instructs the ASP to tap into the ship's sensors and show Rufus a holoview of his ship.

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[b]Meta:[/b] You're calling me out for having a sharp tongue?

He then lets out a small chuckle, audible enough for Dino to hear over the coms. As he enters the armory and receives Dino's further transmissions, he switches to a private comlink with Niner once again, now instructing him in a language unknown to most of the galaxy, even the Quatis, the language of his home. 

[b]Meta:[/b] Di'kai kui hi'ge tien'oi bo si'nal.

As he gives the command, Dino's voice suddenly stops due to unknown reasons. He let out a sigh of relief as he thought to himself.

[i]Thank God it cut off earlier, he was a pain to listen to.[/i]

After a couple of seconds, the DGS would suddenly be unable to scan the Tempest at all, as an area of extremely heavy interference appears in its area instead. The only way the DGS can see his ship now is through basic visual sighting, as all forms of sensors are seemingly ineffective at acquiring any further information on the Tempest.

Niner had activated the Tempest's ultrajammer, a system which jams all communications in an area at the cost of power from other systems. Due to the low area the jamming covers but the high power that Niner had set it to, the sublight engine systems have decreased to 50% capacity. Meta then went to work on constructing his loadout for the new mission, as this might be his most challenging one yet.