[center][h1][color=00a651][b][u]NERO KAYAKOS[/u][/b][/color][/h1][/center]

What was the age-old saying, still relevent to this day?  'The enlisted men always run the war because their CO is talking out of their brass'?  Well, this wasn't war, and Joey wasn't really a CO, but it amounted to the same, especially since the guy had the delusion of being in command.  Nero didn't even respect the people that actually [i]had[/i] the authority, so what chance did a Joey-Come-Lately have?  Take, for instance, the moment where the guy thanked him for providing information the clueless bastard didn't have.  That resulted in Nero flipping him the bird and saying [color=00a651]"Oh, [i]anytime[/i], dunce cap."[/color].  He was running on piss AND vinegar, when it came to that guy.

However, [i]after[/i] that...Nero actually leaned back and seemed to relax as there was a discussion of some sort outside the room.  So, true to Nero form, he just seemed to be deriving pleasure from busting that guy's chops in general.  It'd make the horrible food taste better later, if he ever got around to eating it.  Thus far, no.  But anyway...as everybody was made privy to a meeting by hologram...apparently, Moonstrike was calling [i]them?[/i]  Well, we'd like to say it was unexpected, but...eh, it was only a matter of time.  The odd part was that it was Moonstrike [i]Two[/i], who was presumably someone they'd never actually spoken to before.  It was here that Natasha began to lay out for the M2 that they had some problems, to which Nero was just idly paying attention to [i]until[/i] he heard the part about parents.

[color=00a651][i]Huh?  Who the fuck is worried about-  Ohhh...[/i][/color]

See, he was under the impression that most anybody here was on pretty bad terms with their parents, given that they were all draft picks for the Ascendancy's dirty little project.  Nero hated his and didn't even give a rat's ass what they were doing in life or if they were even dead.  He [i]kinda'[/i] wanted 'em to be dead, and he [i]kinda'[/i] wanted to kill them.  And of course, we all know Narvia's not on good terms, either.  The list goes on, but he remembered as he was sitting back that Avelyn had gone to talk with Natasha, so it might've been [i]her[/i] folks.  To which, Nero was like [color=00a651][i]'Yeah, fine, whatever.  Just don't do mine any favors.'[/i][/color], because the hell with them.

Anyway, he listend on, and the M2 seemed to indicate that the pirates had their own agenda, because they were basically jailbreaking rebels.  Recruitment drive to the yar-yar bunch?  Might be, or they might be calling in for favors from Moonstrike itself.  Hell, even the Joester might be right, for once, and that it was more frame-up work.  Nero listened on, actually keeping his own yap shut for a bit.  Because as the information unfolded, it seemed very much...like the pirates were acting...kinda' like himself.  Think about it.  There were people who actually thought of Nero as 'the silent assassin', but what does he do?  He talks shit at people and pisses them off.  He's baiting, he's goading, and sometimes...he's a real asshole.  More to the point, the list of people that Nero actually gives a damn about is on a short list.  Perhaps only the people in this room, minus at least a couple of them.  You probably already know who.  Still, the point was this: The pirates were trolling Moonstrike, and then lying back and enjoying it like Nero would.

The conversation continued to indicate that because Moonstrike was far too busy putting out literal and metaphorical fires, thanks to the pirates, they were kind of on their own to pursue the pirates themselves, which they would've planned.  However, there was a supposed information source that indicated that there was a victim of the pirates joining the crew, and that they had a dangerously-violent Star Marine to gain in all of this, as well.  Nero found this to be suspect, through and through, so he'd be keeping an eye on stuff with that.  And the price?  Some Moonstrike members being turned over to the rebels the pirates just screwed over, which the M2 indicated would be used to go on a mole hunt.  Good plan!  If they pick the right ones, the rebels get to tear ass on the ones that REALLY caused this mess.  Now, [i]that's[/i] planning.

What everything boiled down to was this: They had a series of objectives - info gaining, mending fences, handling the pirates, etc. - and these would not be all in one location.  So, against all logic of Dwellings & Deathtraps - the weird tabletop game made by the Rau've when their Star Marine guests started asking for something fun to play - they were splitting the party.  And while the potentially-dangerous Marine made him curious, you all know what Nero's into.

[color=00a651]"Well, I'd personally like to kick some pirate ass and make them walk the plank.  And by that, I mean shove 'em out an airlock.  Let's do this thing."[/color]