The Line

[Nine]

Deputy Chief Agathon's Liberator approached One Police Plaza and landed immediately. As soon as he exited his ship a young woman approached him. By the way she walked it was apparent she had a purpose in mind.

"Sir! welcome back. The Chief would like to see you immediately!" she reported

"Alright, thank you"

Great, often seeing the Chief never went well, though he had a thought as to what this was about. He left her in the docking bay and headed up to the Chief's office. Before arriving however he ducked into his seldom used office. There wasn't much to find here, but he had some documents in his locked filing cabinet that he would probably need.

The initial meeting with the Chief went better then could be expected... he mostly just wanted to speak about Division 9.

"Well Sir our grand plans are to eventually utilize the Outcast Cruiser which was captured about a year ago by our SWAT team, but our engineers have hit a few major snags" he handed a file to the Chief "As you can see, the Outcast sabotaged a few of its key systems before surrendering and sadly we can't get replacement parts very easily. "

That was an understatement, many of the parts could not be rebuilt or replicated and needed to be brought directly from outcast shipyards... not something that will happen any time soon. That and the engineers on the project still had no idea what most of the systems did.

"Now a little bit closer to being ready, is this" He passed a folder with the name Pontiac on its cover "Pontiac is what we've named a Rogue Gunboat which was captured recently. Unfortunately it was damaged but our engineers have mostly patched it back together using parts scavenged from ships all over our scrapyards"

The Chief looked unimpressed..

"Well Sir, the reason it isn't ready right now, is that a few needed parts are missing, and will require time to procure or recreate..."

That was the truth, in the grand scheme of things it wouldn't take that long to get the parts, but Karl knew the selected crew would need to practice and learn to control the ship, and he did not wish to rush that part of the operation.

"Now, finally we have this " He passed a third folder over "These ships are ready to go immediately. We have a Barghest Bomber, various Rogue fighters, and an assortment of other ships. These small ships proved ultimately easier to repair."

"The first Bomber to be ready has been given the code name "Razor" and I plan to send a team out in it immediately to the likely location of a smuggling route in the Coronado system"

"I've hand picked a team to go undercover. Completely reliable, completely loyal. Razors"

The bomber was infact parked in a dark hanger few Officers knew of and was being prepared.

"Do you have any specific questions or orders Sir?"

He turned to the Chief.





The Chief sighed. All well and good, and he believed Karl had the best intentions, but he wanted a more hands-on role.

"I'd like to have someone on your team that reports directly to me, if you don't mind."

Karl looked something taken aback (the Chief didn't trust him?), but nodded. "Have anyone specific in mind?"

"I do. I'm gonna have him transferred to Division 9 as soon as he gets to Illinois; he's on his way now."

The Chief obviously wasn't trusting of communications in this matter. Anything could be intercepted and decrypted; face-to-face meetings were much more secure, especially if in private rooms which were swept for bugs every day.

"Who?" Karl asked, curious.

"Jack Sawyer. Boy's been itching for some action, and he's been on SWAT for some time now. Led the team on Toronto that took out those idiots who tried to blow the station up. He's got a cool head and steady nerves."

The Chief had other reasons, both for choosing Jack Sawyer specifically and for wanting a man that reported directly to him. He chose, however, to keep them to himself.

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<span style="color:#FF6666">Division 9... &quot;Just as every cop is a criminal...&quot;</span>

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