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

[h3][i][b]Later On...[/b][/i][/h3]

[center][youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIw2CFxDRLM[/youtube][/center]

The Blowfish is a small craft, and therefore not much room in it to do anything, so what you [i]should[/i] do in a ship like this is a whole lotta nothin'.  Specifically, what Nero had been doing for the duration was taking up one small nook or corner of the interior and lying against it.  Was he asleep, or vibing to the music his Omni-Tool was putting through his mask?  Well, you couldn't tell because, of course, the mask...but the fact is that he did doze off at some point during the journey.  Fact is, there was a pretty good chance of this, since he'd taped a sign to the wall, stating that [b]'Nero.exe has stopped working for the moment.  Wake up when we're actually there.'[/b].  He obviously didn't want to be bothered for most of the trip if he didn't have the luxury of moving around much.  Even the vents didn't offer him much to go on...or go IN.

Ah, the vents of a small cruiser...  That reminded him...

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[h3][i][b]Back During The War...[/b][/i][/h3]

[b]"...and then, we'll move on with the left flank of the main battle group-  Kayakos, are you getting all this?  HEY!"[/b]

A smallish vessel, on its way from a bigger one to a planet that might detect the big one, but not the little one...somewhere in outer space.  A strike time was harbored within, and they were discussing their plan of action while they waited.  While they did, though, their secret weapon - a certain Star Marine - had stolen a marker and taken up residence in one corner of the room, writing [b]'Nero's Corner.  Fuck off.'[/b] before going to sleep.  It wasn't on a ship [i]exactly[/i] like the Blowfish, but accommodations were about as terrible, and the company was worse.  Nero was resolved to ignore them for the journey, but the commanding officer turned and found him slasking off, and with a grumble he pulled him up by the scruff of his neck and took his mask off so he knew he was looking at him.

[b]"Listen, kid.  You're a soldier in this army, and that means having to learn a little strategy, especially so you know what your squad is doing, got it?  So, get over here and study this map!"[/b]

He was pulled over to the map of the region they'd be attacking, with pushpins being used to represent their forces and the markers having been used to crudely draw in locations and plans of attack.  Nero looked this over, and then pulled out his own marker as he pulled out one of the pins and put it in away from everybody else.  He then wrote [b]'BAIT'[/b] with a circle around the group, and wrote [b]'ME'[/b] with an arrow pointing to the lone pushpin, before tossing the marker in his CO's face and turning away with a smile.  That caused the man to shove him into the wall, hard.

[b]"Stupid kid!  You think you're invincible?  You need to learn how wars are FOUGHT!  Alright, let's go over it again.  Fucking kid's useless..."[/b]

There wasn't any immediate reaction from Nero, there, but as the men were three hours into their rest later, the CO suddenly found himself garrotted in his chair, with the last words he ever heard being [color=00a651]"Wars are fought by [i]killing[/i], dumbass."[/color].  Nobody heard any struggle, and they didn't even find the [i]body[/i], afterwards, which was a shock when you consider there wasn't much anywhere to [i]go[/i].  He'd been pulled into the vents, of course.  Operating an airlock was NOT quiet, and he didn't want to wake anybody up.  When the other men asked him if he'd done in their captain, he said...

[color=00a651]"Well, that depends.  Do we all go on that planet and kill some folk, or do I have to go and do it alone?"[/color]

From then on, the rest of the men decided to obey the sign and kindly fuck off.

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Nero was a bit kinder, these days, because he'd had significent time enough to relax, and because he didn't actively hate the people around him.  So, that was why his note on the wall was just a piece of paper, and not even rude.  Furthermore, he didn't silently want to kill Alan when the boy asked his question among those that were here.

[color=00a651]"Oh, it'll be the ship that has the most speed and guns you can put on it without compromising it too much.  Pirates like surprise attacks, so they wanna move in with speed and gunfire so fast that you don't have time to react, and not very much left to react WITH once you get around to it.  Well...it's what I'd do, anyway.  I could be a pirate.  Pirate is just assassin with more drinking involved."[/color]