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A part of you -a part that’s a lot bigger than you’re comfortable with- considers simply ignoring your XO, and volunteering to lead the operation. You’re no stranger to shipborne combat, hell that’s what you spent a significant part of your early career doing. And you’re no stranger to fighting the Covenant either, thanks to your exploits during the Arcadia mission. A bridge officer managing kills against Covenant elites isn’t an insignificant feat, even if it did cost you a few of your original organs.
Then again, there was one hell of a difference between VBSS missions to civilian freighters, and an armed boarding action against a Covenant warship with a prepared defense. And there was the simple fact that you’d been incredibly lucky on Arcadia, both in terms of how well you’d done under fire and how stupid the enemy had been. And you couldn’t guarantee either of those factors today.
Plus, that little fiasco had been a special case. And from the looks of it, Dyad wasn’t too keen on you repeating it today.
You sigh, and decide that today discretion is the better part of valor. Well, and not ticking off your XO. “All right. I’ll leave them to it.”
Dyad instantly relaxes, giving you a small smile as she takes her hand off the mute button. “Thanks boss. You had me worried for a few seconds there.”
“Looks like we’ll have to reschedule the sight-seeing tour then.” You joke, getting a small giggle out of the lieutenant commander and lightening the mood a little before unmuting the meeting.
“-ere anything that you’d like us to do to help you out?” Commander Trafford asks as you return. From the sounds of it, they’d decided on who was going to lead the operation without you.
“Yeah, if you could vent the hangar before we go in, that could help break the enemy’s defenses and soften them up.” One of the marines -identified as Lieutenant Norden- replied. Of course, a lieutenant leading a force this bit was a bit unexpected, so you had to assume that he had prior experience that made him more suitable for the job.
“We can do that, and we can give your boys intel updates on the location of enemy squads, and warn about imminent ambushes using the ship’s security camera network.” You reply, offering the best aid you could give them. Information.
“That’d be very useful, thank you.” The lieutenant thanks you, before addressing the rest of the meeting. “If that’s everything, then we’re ready to begin the operation right now.”
>Offer something else? (write in)
>Say nothing, let the operation begin.