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SETBG "brigscene.jpg"

PLAY music "Music_CW_Ambient4"

SHOWICON lau file="portrait_lau" text=" " color="none" x=65 y=35
SHOWICON kendra file="portrait_kendra" text=" " color="none" x=35 y=35
ACTION FADEIN 0.5
"HOSHIKUZU BRIG" "==THREE DAYS LATER==" ""

MOVE lau x=65 y=33 time=0.5
"LAU" "Kendra." "16a-01"

MOVE lau x=65 y=35 time=0.5
MOVE kendra x=35 y=33 time=0.5
"KENDRA" "Katherine. Took you long enough to show your face." "16a-02"

MOVE kendra x=35 y=35 time=0.5
MOVE lau x=65 y=33 time=0.5
"LAU" "I needed some time to think. About what to do with you." "16a-03"

MOVE lau x=65 y=35 time=0.5
MOVE kendra x=35 y=33 time=0.5
"KENDRA" "That's a fucking laugh. More like you needed the time to work up the courage. What did you do to my crew?" "16a-04"

MOVE kendra x=35 y=35 time=0.5
MOVE lau x=65 y=33 time=0.5
"LAU" "Don't worry about your crew. Navo's marines are looking after them." "16a-05"

MOVE lau x=65 y=35 time=0.5
MOVE kendra x=35 y=33 time=0.5
"KENDRA" "I'm impressed you managed to make friends with such well-trained thugs. Andri Gadaria has a name for you, you know. The 'mercenary whore of Sulsia.' " "16a-06"

MOVE kendra x=35 y=35 time=0.5
MOVE lau x=65 y=33 time=0.5
"LAU" "Stop it. I didn't come up here to trade insults with you." "16a-07"

MOVE lau x=65 y=35 time=0.5
MOVE kendra x=35 y=33 time=0.5
"KENDRA" "Then spill it. What do you want? If our roles were reversed, you would've been spaced long ago." "16a-08"

MOVE kendra x=35 y=35 time=0.5
MOVE lau x=65 y=33 time=0.5
"LAU" "I'm not going to space you." "16a-09"

MOVE lau x=65 y=35 time=0.5
MOVE kendra x=35 y=33 time=0.5
"KENDRA" "You're what?" "16a-10"

MOVE kendra x=35 y=35 time=0.5
MOVE lau x=65 y=33 time=0.5
"LAU" "Whatever you've done to me, you're still family. I just want to talk." "16a-11"

MOVE lau x=65 y=35 time=0.5
MOVE kendra x=35 y=33 time=0.5
"KENDRA" "Then you're even stupider than I thought." "16a-12"

MOVE kendra x=35 y=35 time=0.5
MOVE lau x=65 y=33 time=0.5
"LAU" "I guess...I just wanted to know first. Why you did it. What did I do that made you hate me so much?" "16a-13"

MOVE lau x=65 y=35 time=0.5
MOVE kendra x=35 y=33 time=0.5
"KENDRA" "You sanctimonious bitch. Even after all this time you haven't taken responsibility for what you've done." "16a-14"

MOVE kendra x=35 y=35 time=0.5
MOVE lau x=65 y=33 time=0.5
"LAU" "It's not my fault your mother was an abusive piece of shit Kendra. She's the one to blame. After all this time you haven't realised this?" "16a-15"

MOVE lau x=65 y=35 time=0.5
MOVE kendra x=35 y=33 time=0.5
"KENDRA" "Shut up! You don't get to talk about her. You turned her against me." "16a-16"

MOVE kendra x=35 y=35 time=0.5
MOVE lau x=65 y=33 time=0.5
"LAU" "..." ""
"LAU" "Okay, I can see we're getting nowhere. If you really want to know Kendra, I haven't killed you yet because once upon a time I considered you the sister I never had." "16a-17"
"LAU" "I didn't ask for my parents to leave or for me to live with your broken family." "16a-18"
"LAU" "Maybe I am stupid. Maybe I should drop you out the airlock right now so you never get the chance to attack me and mine again." "16a-19"
"LAU" "I owe it to my crew. We don't need this albatross around our necks." "16a-20"

MOVE lau x=65 y=35 time=0.5
MOVE kendra x=35 y=33 time=0.5
"KENDRA" "You think I'm the only danger to your crew Katherine? Wake up. You've made a lot of enemies out there, it's only a matter of time." "16a-21"

MOVE kendra x=35 y=35 time=0.5
MOVE lau x=65 y=33 time=0.5
"LAU" "I'll deal with them when the time comes. We're done here. You can spend another three days waiting for me to decide what to do with you." "16a-22"

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hide kendra
ACTION fadeout 1

SETBG "fleetcommunique2.jpg"
PLAY music "Music_Neu_OpeningTheme"
SHOWICON kaur file="portrait_kaur" text=" " color="none" x=20 y=30
ACTION FADEIN 0.5

"MESSAGE INBOX" "DEREK KAUR - HOSHIKUZU" 

"Kaur" "Ross, I've got good news. Master Badami of the logistics ship Hopewell has contacted me with an interesting project." "16a-23"
"Kaur" "I don't know the full details, but it looks like the Hopewell is in the process of being converted into a light carrier. Vicare yards have already started the workup." "16a-24"
"Kaur" "Master Badami has asked me to help train the crew in strikecraft maintenance. In return he's loaned us two Warden fighters from the Hopewell's strikecraft complement." "16a-25"
"Kaur" "If you're not familiar with Wardens, they are decent heavy fighters. They're cannons only, but are a lot more agile than the Comet missile gunships." "16a-26"
"Kaur" "The only issue is the guns overheat with prolonged fire. However, if you time your fire they can do a lot of damage to anything in front of them." "16a-27"
"Kaur" "Like the gunships, I've modified them to accept modular primary cannon banks. You'll be able to fit one bank of light kinetics and one bank of medium cannons." "16a-28"
"Kaur" "I've kept them in storage in the Vicare Station hangars alongside your gunships, but we should be able to bring them along to the Hoshi's next sortie." "16a-29"
"Kaur" "As usual, let me know ahead of time so I can make the necessary arrangements." "16a-30"
"Kaur" "If you need to find me, I'll be on the Hopewell running deck training. See you soon." "16a-31"


ACTION fadeout 1
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SETBG "briefingscreen.jpg"

ACTION FADEIN 0.5

SHOWICON Pillar file="icon_scinewton" text="Pillar of Fire" color="none" x=50 y=35
"LAU" "Looks like our reputation precedes us. I've been approached by Reverend Lightowler of the survey vessel Pillar of Fire. He's been running the Children of Renewal operations here at Vicare." "16a-32"
"LAU" "Lightowler wants an escort for a mission out near the edge of the Pallavian Veil. If you're not familiar with the Veil, the closest border is at least twenty light years from here." "16a-33"
"LAU" "So it's definitely not a small journey, but we've got the time. The Hoshikuzu is fully repaired but the Vicare yards report Nassau will still need at least a week." "16a-34"
"LAU" "I'm not sure if you've ever been there. It's a huge multisystem nebula around a star cluster. The radiation and gravity makes it a volatile area of space." "16a-35"
"LAU" "It's a long way away from colonised space and far out of the way of major transit lanes. I'm not expecting any trouble, but I wouldn't want to sail through the Veil without a good astrogation suite." "16a-36" 
"LAU" "I haven't seen any ship like the Pillar of Fire before. She looks...pretty unique. Her master assures me that her astro equipment is up to specification." "16a-37"
"LAU" "I don't know what Lightowler plans to do out in the Veil, but it seems like an easy enough job. The Renewal are planning to take the Sulsian refugees to the Covenant system in a few days to meet up with their congregation." "16a-38" 
"LAU" "Lightowler wants the survey mission finished before they move out. He seemed to think this part was important." "16a-39"
"LAU" "I'll round up the rest of the Hoshi's crew. We sail in two hours." "16a-40"  
ACTION FADEOUT 2
ACTION ENDMISSION