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[Video] [Locked on the private encrypted frequency]

[The video is fumbled on as Tyrion Lannister is staring out the front of the First Breath, abject horror touching his face.]

By the Seven ... by the fucking Seven! What is that - what is that -

[He looks at his video, fumbling with it, to point it towards the Marvisa.]

There's some sort of .... terrifyingly large gun coming out of the ship and it's - Ah.

AH SHIT!

[He slapped on the communicator, flipping the ship to the encrypted frequency.]

This is a warning! Repeat, this is a warning! You are in grave danger! You must leave immediately - I repeat! Grave danger! The giant gun is pointed Right At You and you have to get out of there NOW -

[The gun goes off with a giant flicker of light into the nothing, and Tyrion sucks in a harsh breath.]

... oh no.

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[Well. Shit.]

Do you think they heard the warning? [Vash wanted to send a warning as well, but Tyrion has been faster. Hopefully fast enough.]

I don't know. I -- I am not hearing anything. I've locked the Atroma out so it is safe but ...

[A heavy sigh.]

I fear they might all have perished.

I hope not.

[A beat.]

I'm a pilot with a free shuttle. I'm thinking I'll see how far I can go out that way before the fleet pulls me back. Want to come with me? See what we might find?

[An exhale, before Tyrion speaks firmly.]

Yes, I am an engineer and I want to see what has happened. I am on the First Breath, and I will be waiting in the docking bay.

I'll be there soon. [And he will. It will still take a few minutes as he was out on an asteroid, but he heads straight for the First Breath as soon as he gets back to his ship.]

What we find may not be pretty.

[It's a hollow warning. He's heard Tyrion's speeches about the world he's come from. He's guessing Tyrion is prepared for the worst anyway.]

[Tyrion is waiting for him, his satchel on his shoulder and his holster on his hip because he is not Entirely Certain what they will find. A dagger is also strapped to his small hip.]

I doubt it will even be ... presentable. Still, we must see. We must know what has happened to our allies.

I'm actually hoping not to find anything at all. [Then they can have maybe just the tiniest amount of hope that they had run away.

He moves the shuttle out and points to where the canon shot.]

Hope is a frail thing, here. [Tyrion murmured, mismatched eyes scanning the space before them. Looking for any parts of the shuttle, or perhaps some horrific body floating in space, expanded from the lack of vacuum.]

[Vash keeps his eye on the Marvisa. Just in case their host decides to attack them for going out this way. He doesn't think they will, but he wants lots of time to start running if needed.

When not keeping an eye out for that canon he's checking the radar.] Nothing big enough for the radar to pick it up yet. [Not that is a good thing.]

I will be honest with you - I am not sure if we should find that comforting or not.

[Tyrion leaned forward a little, before he glanced over at the radar.] However, a lack of something might indicate that they have managed to get away.

I know, but I like to live with hope. [Vash will lean aside so Tyrion can take a clear look at the radar.] That blast was one of the biggest blast I have ever seen. [And he's created some of the biggest he's seen himself.] But there's usually some sort of debris even from the biggest blasts if they hit something.

[Tyrion looked at him, before a little smile came across his face as he looked back at the radar screen. He gave a soft noise of approval as Vash moved so he could see it.] I agree. I have seen an explosion like this before, and there was very little left of what it exploded.

[Green fire eating up everything in front of it ...]

Perhaps it will be different in a vacuum?

Not sure. I admit, I haven't done any fighting in space except when we were attacked.

[Vash shifts in his seat as he peers out the window. In the distance he can see some small pieces that could be some sort of rumble.]

You may hear some bumps against the haul, but don't worry, nothing dangerous. [The pieces will be too small to avoid everything as he moves them in for a closer look. Between his augment and his years with the fleet he knows what he can't avoid won't do any damage]

Me either. And all the other fighting I have done was on an asteroid with my very angry Captain and my very angry friends. Nothing like this.

[He too, peers out the window again.] I am not worried about danger -- but -- this does not look like any part of a ship. Or a body.

No, looks mostly like smaller bits of space rocks. And the blast definitely came through this way. Looks like some of those rocks have scorch marks on them.

Hmmm. Which brings us to another interesting query. One that a friend reminded me of, which is starting to think is more possible.

[He arches an eyebrow.]

Either our friends got away - or our friends are not our friends at all.

I'm going to hope that they got away. Not saying that I doubt that a watchful audience wouldn't like to see someone getting stabbed in the back and betrayed, but I also got to meet Angel in person. [Okay, he did know her real name now, but never know if the ships are bugged so he defaults to the nickname he gave her.] And I like to believe I'm a decent judge of character so I'm hoping she's okay.

[Tyrion looks over at Vash for a long moment, before nodding his head briefly.] If you say it is so, then it is so. So what that means is ... we most likely have a mole.

Or some sort of device acting like a mole.

One or the other.

Could have been the AI. They could be listening to us now. Have known since the beginning. Or yeah, there's so many different options. [He'll avoid saying it was someone within the Fleet. As he doesn't want to start any kind of possibly unneeded rift among the ships.]

[Now there was a possibility he had not considered, and he made a note to look up how to dismantle an AI from whatever he could gather fro mhis notes.]

There has to be a way to block them from seeing or hearing us altogether.

I'm sure there is. First step though is figuring out how they do it in the first place. Once we figure that out we should be able to find a way to stop it.

However they're doing it though it's no way that I'm familiar with. I've gone up and down the ships I've been on and have found nothing in the years I've been in the fleet now.

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[Video] [Locked on the private encrypted frequency]

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[Locking all of this to Private]

[Locking all of this to Private] (Opps knew I forgot something)

[They must not be found out or TERRIBLE THINGS HAPPEN.]

[AND VASH WOULD HAVE KNOW BETTER! CURSE PLAYING A MUSE SMARTER THAN MYSELF/HAS MORE SLEEP THAN ME]

[We are all sleepy it is morning no worries.]

It's 12:30am in the land down under so really early morning! 8D

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