PHASE 5: A Needle in a Haystack (ATLAS)

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Mao approached the mess hall and entered it quite quickly, feeling his hunger set in. Upon entering he realized that only about three people were there; some people popping in and out of the room were they "cook" the food, and one scantily clad woman reading..a travel magazine?

Hmmm... this doesnt strike around the oddly dressed range, more like a barely dressed range...Mao thought to himself, only to be interupted by his stomach growling. He walked up to the person and simply said:"Uhh..Ensign Shyne?"
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Nosi Bridge

Waters quietly left the bridge, her expertise in this field was minimal, and the current situation just frustrated her.

Wayans nodded as he took his position.

"we'll keep in contact with the away team. As long as they are in broadcast range. We are currently in the designated moving point, but with the way the wreckage is drifting we may have to relocate..."


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Ens. Shyne gently closed her magazine before glancing up at the crewman and smiling rather innocently.

"It's a little late for lunch. Are you here to ask me out on a date?"
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"Uhh..I am hungry, but no." Mao was somewhat dumbfounded at this girl who immediately thought of someone asking her out. Mao was getting irritated
when his stomach grumbled loudly.

"Well I just got orders to get you prepared for a launch. And being as conceited as that is bad for your health hahahaha!" Mao turned around and went for the food that was just apparently "cooked".
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Enzo felt his relative youth and inexperience weighing down on him more than ever once Alastar stepped in and chatted it up with Chien. He sank back into being an observer, hoping to one day have the right to stand up and speak as a tough, experienced soldier.

Then yet another pilot walked through the door. That was hardly unusual, given it was the pilot lounge, and thus a prime place for pilots to go in their precious off-time. This time, it was Patricia, the B-Team Doppelhorn pilot. Enzo was thought she preferred "Patty", but he didn't know her too well so he couldn't be sure.

One couldn't help but think of the female pilots aboard the Nosi in comparative terms, given there were only two, and Enzo thought immediately of Aura Shyne when he saw Patty. It wasn't that they were similar; it was that they were polar opposites. Perhaps it was the way Aura dressed - and behaved - provocatively, and deliberately so, that Enzo never felt comfortable in her presence.

Patty was hardly a welcoming personality herself, but perhaps the fact that she always wore proper uniform and wasn't the type to flaunt her sexuality to mess with everyone's heads (then again, she didn't have Aura's assets in that department) allowed her to figure far less imposingly, or dangerously, in Enzo's mind.

Unlike everyone who'd come into the lounge up to that point, Patty exuded purpose. She'd come to the lounge for a specific reason that wasn't getting rest or socializing.
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Patty and Chien

When Patty entered the lounge she saw the majority of B-Team was chatting away. She also noticed that one of the pilots she was seeking out was there, Ensign Enzo Cagliari.

Moving towards where he was seated, Patty was temporarily interrupted by an outburst from Chien.

"Hey Peppermint Patty," He called interrupting his conversation with Alastar, "What brings you to a social environment?"

"Zip it Hsu," she retorted, causing Chien to noticeably wince.

Now standing in front of Enzo she looked him in the eye with a stern expression on her face. "On your feet Cagliari, we have a mission to take care of."

"Hey," Chien yelled, "whys he get to go on a mission. I'm ready too."

"Hsu," she said still looking at Enzo, "zip it or I'll zip it for you."

She smiled, not that Chien or anybody could see it. The only person who could would be Enzo. "Come on, lets get ready," she said in a normal tone of voice, "We still have to find Ensign Shyne."
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Alastar raised an eyebrow at the intrusion, somewhat lost as to the internal relationships and politics of the vessel. He felt awkward in a way, a passive observer in this little encounter.

He honestly hoped that would pass, too...
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Enzo's gut sank at the implication that Aura would be involved, but he was nonetheless feeling a few pounds lighter knowing that he'd been selected for some kind of mission. Seeing Patty smile, too, or even express any kind of warmth (or so it seemed to him, though it was likely more along the lines of smugness) was a jolt.

He stood and snapped a brief salute. "Uh, yes ma'am." Then he stood uneasily. He figured they'd go fetch Aura, but wasn't sure if he was supposed to wait for Patty to march off or what, so he waited with a rather clear uncertainty.
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Patty and Chien

Patty gave Enzo gave puzzled look, 'The kid has heart,' thought Patty, 'But he seems a little to nervous. Then again, it could be worse. O'conner could have assigned Chien.' She visibly shuddered at the idea of having to lead both Chien and Aura on a mission.

Returning his salute she continued, "Anyway, we'll head to the briefing room in the mobile suit bay. Chief Foulken went to look for Ensign Shyne in the mess. If she's there she'll meet us at the briefing room. If not, well I'll have to get her attention over the PA."

She then stepped towards the door and motioned with her thumb, "Shake a leg Ensign." She then stepped through the door and headed for the briefing room.

As she left Chien made a face, "That, Alastar, is out fire support for B Team." He then sighed, "Sometimes I get the feeling she'd shoot me down from a distance and claim I got in the way."
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Nosi Bridge

"Can we use it?" Cherryh had asked Wayans. "The wreckage I mean. Either use it for personal cover or just move it out of the way." Cheeryh then almost shivered, not just a chill down his spine but a spark of excitement creeping upon him. Excitement that led his mind back to days of an old profession before the war.

"Otherwise how much longer can we stick around before we should relocate?" Awaiting an answer.

"Alright then," taking in Wayans answer.

"So about our search party," moving onto another matter. "Can we spilt them up and have them search from a position relative to the ship?" He dabbed a finger a points around the display of the Nosi. "Stem, stern, starboard, port, aloft and below us. Even if they move outside of boardcast range they can relatively be located and located us without truly becoming lost or having to search for them as well among this mess. Think we can pull that off?"
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Alastar paused for a moment and then chuckled, "Maybe thats why we can mount the shield on our backs then?"

The crew was amusing, and he was rather amused to know the obvious truth that people were different here then expected. The united cause hadn't stripped any of them of their own quirks, it would seem. Seemed friendly enough, at least.

He hoped that was a good sign.
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Ensign Shyne scoffed at the rude mechanic and promptly got out of her seat. The vagrant didn't even offer to escort her to the hangar. She floated towards the hanger in heels no less.

'Why the hell would they want me to launch? The better put with me someone who knows what they are doing.'

She glanced at her beautiful Elle and shrieked in horror there was a splatch of oil all over the left ankle. When the other two would arrive they would find her energetically washing the oil away.

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Wayans

The man rubbed his chin. "Of course we can do that. I suggest we send them in the direction we came from. They should be able to follow us...we've had to eject a lot of refuse because it was the only logical place to do it, when the mirage colloid was engaged."
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Enzo followed Patty through the suit bay to the adjacent briefing room. He'd told himself not to, but he couldn't help glancing furtively to Aura's Aile Dagger L. There, of course, was Aura, as always in her highly non-regulation attire, scubbing away at a stain on the mobile suit's foot. Enzo involuntarily clenched a fist, then unclenched.

The kid quickly set his sights back front and away from Aura in her shamelessly scant getup only to find too late that he'd unconsciously quickened his pace in that short span of time. His face met the back of Patty's head with a light thud.

"Sorry sorry!" Enzo blurted, "Ma'am, uh, I've located Ensign Shyne." He pointed to the dangerous woman across the deck.
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Patty

As they moved across the hangar towards the briefing room Patty was lost in thought. Not about the mission though, but about...

Her thoughts were suddenly interrupted as Enzo collided with the back of her head. Though it had been a minor bump, she hadn't been paying attention and was sent into a tumble and hit the floor of the hangar.

Letting out a slight groan as she could feel her face flush from embarrassment she turned over and was ready to shoot Enzo a glare when she realized her cap was covering her eyes. With a sigh she pushed the cap back, although not into proper placement, and looked at Enzo, her face still flush.

She couldn't bring herself to yell at him, mostly because it would attract attention to the situation. "Thank you, Ensign," she managed to get out as she stood up, her cap still at an odd angle.

"Ensign Shyne," Patty then yelled, "Get over to the briefing room now!"

She then turned away from the two of them and moved towards the briefing room. After entering she leaned on the wall for a moment before they followed in and sighed.

"Oh geez, what have I gotten into. I must look like such a klutz."

She then stood up and brushed her uniform off and moved towards the front of the room.

Chien

"Pal, that's a good one," Chien let out with a laugh in regards to Alastar's comment. "I think this will all work out just fine," he then added, "With our senses of humor combined we'll be unstoppable."
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Aura Shyne

Aura spun around with grace, eying both Enzo and Patricia.

Patricia was the only other female pilot aboard the ship, but her and Aura rarely spoke. The two women were obviously very two different people, and didn't have much in common besides their integral beliefs.

She didn't think much of Enzo, he seemed nothing more then a tool that could easily be manipulated and tossed away with ease. He always seemed so nervous and fidgety in her presence...

Aura quickly made her way into the briefing room. She was actually disappointed to only see her, Patty, Enzo and a few mechanics. But she calmly and quietly took a seat beside Enzo crossing her legs slowly.

"I take it you'll be leading this operation Lt. Patty?" She asked as soon as the others were settled.
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Alastar nodded and smiled, extending a hand for a loose shake. This was working out rather better then the the shy guy had expected. The crew was personable, or at least some of them where, which would make life far easier for the new pilot.

"Yeah, I bet. So, whats going on, anyway? I've been sorta out of it lately."
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Enzo, in his haste to apologize to Patty, hadn't immediately registered that he'd knocked her to the floor as a result of bumping into her. He decided, with the feeling of little weights pulling down at strategic points on his skin, to remain completely silent from there on.

He still felt the contact of his face with the back of Patty's head and the texture of her hair as he took his seat. Compounding the discomfort of his embarassment was the discomfort of Aura seating herself right next to him. Enzo furtively shifted to the left just a little just so that Aura's partially exposed thigh wasn't touching his leg, then willed himself to pay attention only to Patty.
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Patty

All the personal going on the mission had arrived and were now seated. She didn't have to do a very detailed briefing, mostly since the mission was pretty cut and dry.

She was going to begin when she heard Aura ask her a question: "I take it you'll be leading this operation Lt. Patty?"

Clearing her throat, mostly to keep her disdain at bay because Aura called her by her nickname, she replied, "Yes, Ensign Shyne is correct. The Commander has placed me in charge of this small operation."

She stared directly at Aura, hoping to get the point across that since she was in command not to cause her any trouble. While doing so she noticed that Enzo looked rather uncomfortable sitting next to Aura.

'Hmmm, I wonder was his hang-up is,' thought Patty, but then quickly dismissed the idea since she had to continue the briefing.

"The mission we've been assigned is simple, we are to fly to the last know location of the Hedland and from there locate it and find out why they have fallen behind. The mechanics accompanying us will then assist the crew of the Hedland with any repairs that may be necessary while we fly a CAP (Combat air Patrol) in the immediate area. Following the repairs we are to escort the Hedland back to the fleet. Nobody should know we're here, so this should be a fairly simple mission. But that doesn't me get careless. Keep on your toes and be ready for anything. Right now the techs are beginning to attach our three Dagger L's to the shuttle that the mechanics will be flying in. We'll sit in our Mobile Suits powered down till we reach the target area."

She watched their faces to see if it what she had said was sinking in.

"Any questions?"

Chien

"Not much lately. Following the Op in Copernicus City we've just been hiding out. I suppose we're waiting to see how the world will react to what we've done."

He then had an idea to relive his boredom of the two weeks they'd been in hiding.

"Say, lets head down the the Mobile Suit Bay and see Patty and her team off. Maybe even do a check up on our Mobile Suits if they need anything further."

He was already at the door when he finished his sentence, using his left thumb as an indication to get going.
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Uniform straightened and a grin on his face the Alie Dagger pilot found himself walking into the pilots lounge. His serious eyes gazed at everyone lounging around. He gave a sigh and walked over the a drink machine and had it spit out a coffee drink for him.

Spinning around in a single motion he opened his drink and took a shallow swallow. His eyes fell on Aura who he had came into contract before and during the lunar battle. They had been something of partners but he had seen through her game early on. She liked to strum others to her tune and then play them to an end. And he noticed her gaze on the jittery kid from Bravo squad. He felt sorry for the poor fellow because he didn't seem to know what to do.

But quietly Kyle watched everyone in silent. He didn't have anything to contribute personally to their unimportant conversation.
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"Of course we can do that. I suggest we send them in the direction we came from. They should be able to follow us...we've had to eject a lot of refuse because it was the only logical place to do it, when the mirage colloid was engaged," Wayan's replied.

"Perfect," Cherryh agreed. "Afterall, if we're gonna find the Hedland the best starting point to be searching is along our trail. Have them launch the moment they're prepped and ready for takeoff."

Cherryh to a moment to float on over to an occupied chair, verifying Wayans information considering the debris gathering about the ship. "And have another team on standby at the least. They'll be needed to move aside any junk wanting to get friendly with us. And if we have to relocate we can turn some of it into breadcrumbs. Mark them up if need be for our away team should we lose broadcast range. They can just follow our refuse to this location and follow the debris train from here to us. But for now we remain in this spot as long as needed."
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A Few Hours Later

Under the leadership of Lt. Patricia Johnson a small shuttle with three Aile equipped Daggers made it's way through the shoal zone.

Ensign Aura Shyne yawned boredly, her and her companions were stuck in the confines of their mobile suits for the entire trip. But atleast they could communicate with each other.

"It was awfully nice of them to loan us some extra Aile packs...I hope we don't run into much trouble....you'll protect me if we do right Enzo?"

The Bridge of the Nosi

Wayans stood at his position and quickly acknowledged a crew men before turning to Cherryh.

"I've gotten word that search party has launched as planned. They crew from inside has said that following our debris trail is slightly difficult. Should I alert Miss Waters or O'Conner?"
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