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Post by dakota on Sept 21, 2007 4:59:00 GMT -5
" Sorry bud, we're with Lt. norrin's squad now." Ellie answered. Snowball offered a salute to Mar, " Good to see you again, Sergeant."
Ellie smirked. " Thats the most he's ever said in one sentence.." Her chuckle drew a growl from the battlecat.
"Later Sam. " Norrin replied as he went back to his logistics. Col. Wallace met her in the corridor. " Luietenant." he nodded, much more composed than when she'd been in his office, giving the impression that wallace was one of those officers that would chew you out to get something off his chest, then go for coffee with you after saying his piece. " How's Trassk's recovery coming along?"
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Post by Renekin Skywalker on Sept 21, 2007 11:59:01 GMT -5
Mariana raises an eyebrow, saluting. "You look pretty healthy from someone who landed on a mine." She says to Snowball. "as to where they're going, McCain, well, you'ld have to be psychic to get it from these two. Carry on." And she heads off.
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Post by Mierin on Sept 21, 2007 14:53:59 GMT -5
Sam is annoyed and thinks 'No, not later - I want to know what the hell is going on NOW!' She's about to follow Norrin to insist he tell her what is going on when the Colonel appears. Nodding politely at the Colonel, she replies "I was just going to check to see how he is doing now, sir." Cursing silently, she had hoped to avoid Shep, not really in the mood to deal with him right at the moment.
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Post by dakota on Sept 21, 2007 16:50:51 GMT -5
" Armor took most of it." Snowball replied with a shrug. " Knocked me into the river. Got picked up downstream."
Ellie called after Mar," Sarge, is it true shep got your squad asigned to go after Lt. Archer's killer?"
Wallace nodded. " Good. He can fill you in on mission specs since it was his request I approved. Carry on." And the Colonel continued on. In the logistics room, Sam could hear Thomas snicker without looking up.
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Post by Mierin on Sept 21, 2007 19:08:22 GMT -5
Sam waits until the Colonel is no longer within earshot before glaring at Norrin and hissing "That wasn't funny!" She then storms out of the room and heads toward the infirmary. Once there, she takes a few deep breaths in an attempt to calm herself down. After a minute, she heads inside and goes over to where Shep is and asks "How are you feeling?" Once he's answered, she'll then ask "I'm told you are supposed to fill me on mission specs since it was your request that was approved by Wallace. So, what are they?" 'What wild goose chase am I getting sent on now?' Sam wonders to herself as she waits for Sheps answer.
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Post by dakota on Sept 22, 2007 4:49:21 GMT -5
Sam could hear Norrin's laughter as she departed.
Trassk was sitting on the edge of the infirmary bed when Sam found him, picking at his bandages. " I'm fine, LT. These are just for precaution." He gave her an odd look. " He gave us a green light? I just pushed for us to go after the the guy who took out the guy you replaced. We didn't have time to track him down before, but I'm sure I know who it was. Before Tolkeen, some genius in command got the bright idea to tune some non-CS operatives for commando work. You know, black op stuff that couldn't be traced back to the Coalition. anyways, a couple of them were d-bees.
"Anyways, to make a long story short,the program was transferred to another officer and the new guy, an idiot named Marshall, was a hardliner. He managed to turn the non-humans against us with his stupidity and now one of them is turning our people into shooting gallery targets near Sung country. If Wallace gave it to you, I guess we're going after him." He didn't sound enthused by the last part.
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Post by Renekin Skywalker on Sept 22, 2007 13:02:38 GMT -5
Mary paused, looking at Ellie. "I wouldn't put it past him to get us involved in his vendettas." She says, calmly. Then heads on to the mess.
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Post by Mierin on Sept 22, 2007 19:57:07 GMT -5
"It seems like it. Quick question" Sam replies "Why did you put in the request if you didn't think it would be approved, especially since you don't seem to be all that happy that it was requested? What's your motivation? And please don't lie to me."
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Post by dakota on Sept 22, 2007 21:57:03 GMT -5
" No reason to lie to you ,LT." shep replied with a shrug. " I helped train them, so I know this guy's a threat. And since I know him, it's a hard thing to do too, even if he blames me for the way things ended up." He looked Sam in the eyes for a moment before adding," If you prefer, I'll ask Wallace to reassign me until this is handled."
The mess hall was fairly empty as Mar entered, and Dyson was the only familiar face. He nodded to her over his cup of coffee before returning to listening to a conversation between a pair of pilots.
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Post by Mierin on Sept 22, 2007 23:53:46 GMT -5
Sam sighs quietly "You haven't had any problems about lying to me in the past, so it makes it hard to trust you." She looks worn out as she is quiet for a few moments before adding, "I don't know. I just don't know." Sam gets up and walks out of the infirmary and heads back to her room.
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Post by juggernautsb on Sept 23, 2007 17:52:25 GMT -5
McCain decides that since he can't get a straight answer from anybody he heads to the armory to get his kit together. If he isn't being ordered to go, he figures he might sneak a ride, thinking "I hate getting stuck here with nothing to do."
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Post by dakota on Sept 24, 2007 18:57:04 GMT -5
when Sam got back, she found a missed message from her brother. Nothing more than the usual big brother teasing and to say things were keeping him busy in Lone Star.
while checking his gear, McCain heard someone storm through passed him. He didn't get a look, but the sputtering was unmistakable. " She doesn't know... what the hell is there not to know?" Shep sputtered as he walked back past the end of the row with his armor iunder one arm and what looked like the nastiest Wilk's rifle ever made in the other hand. " What are you, one of those oddballs that can't leave their weapons alone?"
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Post by Mierin on Sept 24, 2007 19:22:52 GMT -5
A smiles comes over Sam's face as she listens to her brother's message and she realizes just how much she misses having him around. She tries to call him back, not really expecting to get a hold of him, but she feels like she really needs to talk to a friendly voice right now.
Sitting down on her bed, she starts wondering if she really has what it takes to command a CS unit and if it wouldn't be better if she just transferred or retire before she ended up with a bellyfull of ulcers.
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Post by Renekin Skywalker on Sept 25, 2007 6:56:06 GMT -5
Mary sits at the table with Dyson and puts her head on her arms and tries to relax a little.
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Post by dakota on Sept 25, 2007 20:44:08 GMT -5
" Are you kidding? No way anyone made that shot with a rifle. It had to be automated." One of the pilots was arguing when Mariana sat down mid conversation. " That's gotta be damned near impossible."
the other pilot shrugged. " Thats what the investigation team said. Quinn's bird was doing 250 mph at 1500 feet when he took a single head shot. It was a cannon he had for a rifle, but still a single plasma shot through an open window. Luckily he running empty."
Dyson whistled. " That's crazy. Stationary target, maybe but," he glanced at Mar," but tagging a helo pilot like that. " He swallowed before changing the subject, as if not sure he wanted to bring it up, " did you go see Shep?"
One of the pilots cut in," You mean Trassk? That old goat didn't buy the farm yet?"
" Calm down Sandy." the other looked at dyson and Mar. " Trassk has had his run ins with almost everyone on this base at one time or another, but he must get the job done or they would have put him out to pasture by now." He smirked.
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" Staring at the ceiling doesn't make things go any easier." Colonel Wallace's voice broke into Sam's train of thought as he let himself in and sat down casually in the chair behind the door. " At ease Samantha, this isn't an offical visit. Just wanted to touch base.I try to do this alot sooner after a new officer comes under my command , but I generally do this over a scotch at the officer's club. I get the impression that wouldn't be your style."
He toed the door nearly shut and leaned forward to rest his elbows on his knees. " How are you holding up? Special Operations can be a bit of an adjustment from regular army."
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