The defector

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[font=Arial Black] Permission ! A permission! What the ?! Do you know who I am boy ?!

[color=#FFFFFF] Yes, a permission.... Oi ! ... Hey ! You can't go in there...

Hello, friend! Enjoying you new television?

Man, I have to say it: The Order had many drawbacks, but at least we had free television..

*Black seems annoyed but this little comment*

Very well, let'€™s get back to business then.

Wait'€¦you'€™re already done with the pleasantry?

*Turns on a little recorder*

Tell me about yourself.

*sighs* My name is Darius Salem and I'€™m the captain of the Arachnia, a Order Light Assault Carrier.

Go on.

I used to be a Freelancer, I worked hard and had a good reputation amongst the Liberty lawfuls. I decided to venture out onto the fringe and came across the Order. I was allowed to stay in Order controlled space and did some work for them, eventually changing my ship to an Order version, a gunboat.

That'€™s a strange choice you made there'€¦

I realized that soon enough *sighs*. I returned back to Liberty and to my shock my friends, family and closest allies all turned against me. Why ? Because of my choice of ship, apparently the ship was illegal, forget who flew it or why.. No.. the Liberty I used to love, rejected me.. I suddenly realised what I had been working for... well frack them.. I joined the Order full time.

*grins*

Then I realized my mistake, forced to serve and ignored by my supposed superiors, we ended up almost rogue anyway.

*pauses for a few seconds*

Forced to attack Liberty forces, that stuck in my throat and a few of my crew felt the same, we finally made the decision to defect.

Some of the crew still sympathetic to the Order reported us and we were forced to fight them, not before they called in Order ships to take us. We were forced to fight and are now hostile to Order forces.

*stands up* Are those member still with you?

Calm down, they are not. We eliminated them, as they could have been a threat.

*sits back down and sighs*

The crew is bare minimum, just enough to run the ship. The ship itself is DNA profiled and engineers will not be able to enter without it's commander, it is also rigged to self destruct if tampered with.

*sits up again* Damn you! You could have said that earlier! Boy! Come here!

*whispers something *

Will do, sir.

*walks around the room, saying nothing*

If it hasn't been done already, I'll have the entirety of the ship searched and every scrap of data on board retrieved, with the highest security protocols in place.

Very well, mister Salem. Anything else I should know?

I am willing to provide information and possibly access to technology if Liberty Forces accept us into their ranks. As long as we stay imprisoned, our information and access to the ship will remain secret.

Judging by this nice room, I wouldn'€™t say you'€™re imprisoned. We are only keeping you here for safety reasons.

Prison Station Mitchell is a prison and the cells we are kept in have one way doors. The fact we are not on our ship and still in cells lends to us being imprisoned.

As for accepting you in our ranks'€¦how can I put it.. . We will not, evidently, allow a defector to join our ranks straight away. Much less a full ship crew! It'll take time for them to earn our trust.

Allow us to return to our ship and we will stay within 5k of Prison Station Mitchell and provide defense against Order and Nomad attacks. This will go some way to proving our commitment to Liberty.

*sighs* Hell no!'€¦you want us to allow a Geb to roam freely through Alaska? You will not do that without a LSF/Naval armed escort. We can arrange some try-out missions, but we will do that when we have at least three bombers available to escort you.

That would be wonderful and...

*interrupts him*

I'€™m not done yet. Even that needs some degree of trust, one that right now lacks. We can however grant you, and some of your officers the right to fly one of our fighters, one without a cruise disruptor, and make you come with us in low-risk missions.

Sir, your presence is requested.

*sighs* Damn'€¦we'€™ll finish this later, Darius. Lead the way, kiddo.