"Inner Thoughts"

[Cptn Corizon 0]

Did it ever end? Corizon took a deep breath, mentally compartmentalizing everything happening on the bridge of the Excalibur. An away team had been lost on the planet, and from the conversation he heard Betty having a few meters away from him, found. The power network on Excalibur had completely failed then miraculously went back to normal, just as the Scorpiad fighter being stored in the cargo hold broke free of the ship again, though this time sans hostages. Oh, and there was a Scorpiad ship en route with no doubt malevolent intent.

 

When this was all over, Corizon was taking one very long vacation. He didn't care who he had to bribe, black mail or out-right extort he was going on vacation; but for now that would have to wait.

 

In order he tried to assess the situation. The away team clearly had some explaining to do, and if they knew what was good for their careers, they'd have some information about the "Ghosts."

 

The Scorpiad fighter, he imagined, had gone to rejoin its bigger brother, or was it cousin? Now there was an exercise in genealogy that might make someone's head hurt, the relationships between the various Scorpiad vessels. He made a mental note and filed it away.

 

Maybe, just maybe, the Clickity-Clicks would want to talk instead of shooting at everything that moved. A little voice inside his head suddenly wondered when Corizon became an optimist.