Admiral was witnessing the chaos that Baffin has become. "One cruiser. Fifteen minutes long intervention." He told himself when watching stars in general direction where Nomad homeworld would be at, standing alone in observatory deck. "How long till the vultures will descend?" He tried asking himself a question he had no answer yet. All he knew, it was inevitable. He expected that at some point he would have to face as many enemies Orillion had did during Nomad War. He was retrospecting upon his decision taken long time ago when Sol Fenrir recommended sending some cardamine addicts he knew over to Gran Canaria.
"Maybe Doc is truly doing something good out there." Yet good deeds do not wash away sins and vice versa. He took personal interest in Cryer's research himself, yielding Stabiline in their most recent breakthrough. The Zoners are divided as he had remembered, insinuating conflict where it was sown. Situation troubled him just as excited - Wounds both fresh and old were opened all too easily. He wanted to heal one of those wounds - 818 A.S. Zoner Alliance fiasco was beyond his control. He was but a freshly promoted Captain at the time with near to no influence. Since then he got more experienced... "It was just a matter of time." He tried to reassure himself that nothing would have stopped it.
The Order fleets stood where they were, awaiting his order. East fleet headquartered in soon to be repaired Thebes could strike at any place in Omicrons without warning at a whim. With Core showing its devious face again in Omicron Delta, he was just in time to recall the Inquisitor battle group from Omicron 74. His thoughts were with the West fleet at opposite end of Sirius. This picket force in Inverness suffered a considerable decrease of firepower. Recalled carrier OCV Fedayeen, his personal pride in The Order's technological advancement left the shipyard not so long time ago and remained in Omicrons ever since.
Hesitating, he kept one cruiser to cover independent worlds. What Akiyama and Burton stated unsettled him. He never really considered TAZ to have guts enough to take half the Zoner VIP's hostage. This already had raised concerns among Phoenix. What Commonwealth were thinking? What game are they playing and under what rules? The Gallic Zoners allied with him hastily, no doubt to rip the profit rather than humanitarian reason. Michal got a different priority through... rescuing the prisoners: people like Solar Runners that unlike Gallics, he could trust.
Comm ID: The Order Overwatch
According to the news we have received...
The Temporary Antonomous Zoners have took several Zoners hostage at Shasta, including Freeport 11's administrator John Douglas, Solar Runners representatives and their respective aide's and bodyguards alongside several unnacounted Zoner independents. Shortly said, this act of terrorism will not be taken lightly. Releasing ALL of the prisoners unharmed is additional term we place upon Discordians.