Lucia nodded along and leaned in closer to the camera, a pleased grin on her face, "I'll admit, I didn't think she had a chance. Thank you so much, Cronic... You and your guys gave us back someone we wouldn't be whole without. Count on the Minerva's support, we'd love to return the favour some time!" She offered, as if the rest of the ship wouldn't mind delving into hell and back for the CSC.

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Izumi turned her gaze up to the ceiling in thought for a moment, formulating some kind of probably-dangerous idea. "Admiral Maddox's ship was never destroyed... So he's somewhere in the system, with working hibernation units on board. It'd be nice if we could track him down and get one back.. Or if he's up for it, Maddox could come back to the fleet and face Uncle Kira like a responsible officer [I]should[/I]... Bastard shouldn't call himself a man if he won't face the fleet."

Sighing, the injured pilot began flicking through Aethon's files.