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[center][h2]UNSC [i]Unbroken Hope[/i][/h2][/center]

[h3]1530 Hours, April 16th 2550 (Military Calendar) /
Unknown system, Unknown sector.

Security Team One / [i]Unbroken Hope[/i] Hangar / Interacting with: [@Sep] , 

	A slender figure flanked by two armored Marine MP's happened to glance in her direction, looking rather perplexed at her sudden materialization. Weapons lowered, the trio began to approach the lone scientist as she made her introduction "A pleasure to meet you, Doctor Novak- My name is Elizabeth Carver. If you'd just follow us, we'll take you to Engineering." The CSM flashed an assuring smile; she was doing her damnedest to make Novak more at ease. Last thing she wanted is a panicking egghead running around her section of the ship. After winding about the various backroom corridors, they would finally approach a massive room striped in caution colors. With the door sliding open, the interior was revealed to be massive; housing a massive center generator wired up to the brim with connections to servers, cooling devices, and the two giant turbines in the back. Beyond that, the interior was relatively spacious; allowing for a manner of workbenches and light manufacturing facilities to line the walls. The temperature was notably hotter, but nothing uncomfortable. Elizabeth turned back to Novak with a light smirk. "Welcome to Engineering's domain. The Chief Operation's Officer is up in that room at the top of the stairs, should you have any questions." Elizabeth said, pointing to a single flight of stairs leading up to an upper platform supervisory station overlooking the rest of the interior. However, she lowered her hand and mentally slapped herself as she cleared her throat, her face reddening. How could she possibly expect to simply point and go when this egghead wasn't at all familiar with the ship? "Excuse me, just... had a bit of a brainfog. Right this way, please." 

	The MP's seemed perplexed at the woman's sudden burst of confusion as she headed toward the station, but nonetheless trailed after her while keeping the scientist in their line of sight. Approaching the top of the station, the woman knocked twice as the door slid open to reveal a middle-aged man with frizzled short brown hair and light hazel eyes; dressed in an orange Engineering uniform and equally covered in patches and streaks of soot, oil and some bruises. Elizabeth stepped inside, with the Engineer seemingly puzzled as to why the hell Security was down here. "Mark, got a second? We've got a scientist to see you regarding potential upgrades to the ship." The man's puzzlement esclated to confusion, then softened to a polite acknowledgement at the mention of a scientist. Then, back to a light puzzlement. Regardless, the man looked to the new arrival as he spoke up with a comfortable Southern drawl. "Good to meetcha' Ma'am. Mark Bradford, Cheif Operatin' Officer of this here Engineerin' Bay." He noticed she wasn't wearing a UNSC science uniform, which only served to confirm his puzzlement with a series of microexpressions as he held a relativity clean hand out in greeting.

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Marcus Oliver / Bridge / Interacting with: [@EliteCommander]
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	Not even a few hours had passed before he was jolted out of a daze once more, this time by a rather publicly broadcasted statement. The bridge went silent, as the panel lit up with an automatic connection to whatever had initiated it on the other end. Marcus bit back a scowl as a booming, throaty voice met his ears. Getting up out of his chair and straightening himself out, the Admiral walked into view and stood at Parade Rest, speaking up soon after. "This is Admiral Marcus Oliver, how may we be of assistance, [i]Shipmaster?[/i] Internally, he nearly screamed. Never in his life had he actually seen a Shipmaster, Covenant or not. The closest he had seen was a General, and he'd swore that would have been his last had Omicron not stepped in. He wasn't dare going to say the Sangheili's name either- he didn't know how their customs worked and didn't much feel like being destroyed over an assumed short tempered alien.