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'''Nika:''' So, no one in or out.<br>
 
'''Nika:''' So, no one in or out.<br>
 
'''Commander:''' Not easily. It’s space, so it’s hard to wall it off entirely.<br>
 
'''Commander:''' Not easily. It’s space, so it’s hard to wall it off entirely.<br>
'''Rina:''' So, you’re ''not'' Alliance, hence the PDF instead of the IAV.<br>
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'''Rina:''' So, you’re not Alliance, hence the ''PDF'' instead of ''IAV''.<br>
 
'''Commander:''' Right.<br>
 
'''Commander:''' Right.<br>
'''Rina:''' Who’s ''funding'' you?
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'''Rina:''' Who’s funding you?
  
 
The Chinese gentleman steps forward and clears his throat.
 
The Chinese gentleman steps forward and clears his throat.
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'''You:''' Captain Kramer is well known to us.  And so I assume if you are in her confidence, then you can be in mine as well.
 
'''You:''' Captain Kramer is well known to us.  And so I assume if you are in her confidence, then you can be in mine as well.
  
And thus one of the puzzle pieces clicks into place: Do we want to know about ''Harbinger''?  Do we ''really'' want to know?
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And thus one of the puzzle pieces clicks into place: Do we want to know about Harbinger?  Do we really want to know?
  
 
'''You:''' Well, we can catch you up on what you’ve missed.<br>
 
'''You:''' Well, we can catch you up on what you’ve missed.<br>
 
'''Christian:''' That would be nice.<br>
 
'''Christian:''' That would be nice.<br>
'''You:''' We would like to know what ''you'' have found on Miranda.<br>
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'''You:''' We would like to know what you have found on Miranda.<br>
 
'''Arden:''' A bunch’o’nothing.<br>
 
'''Arden:''' A bunch’o’nothing.<br>
 
'''Christian:''' There is nothing there.  I mean, there’s what you saw on the Wave—I’m assuming you saw the Wave—but beyond that there really is nothing.
 
'''Christian:''' There is nothing there.  I mean, there’s what you saw on the Wave—I’m assuming you saw the Wave—but beyond that there really is nothing.
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'''Rina:''' The men on the ''Pandora'' are yours.<br>
 
'''Rina:''' The men on the ''Pandora'' are yours.<br>
 
'''Commander:''' Yes.<br>
 
'''Commander:''' Yes.<br>
'''Rina:'''  So the ''Pandora'' was ''yours''.  So what were they doing fighting the Feds?<br>
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'''Rina:'''  So the ''Pandora'' was yours.  So what were they doing fighting the Feds?<br>
 
'''Christian:''' (heading her off at the pass) No, no, no—!<br>
 
'''Christian:''' (heading her off at the pass) No, no, no—!<br>
 
'''Nika:''' Oh, that would explain much.<br>
 
'''Nika:''' Oh, that would explain much.<br>
'''Commander:''' I wouldn’t call them ''mine'', exactly.<br>
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'''Commander:''' I wouldn’t call them mine, exactly.<br>
 
'''Arden:''' ‘Patriots of the Blue Sun system’ might be the correct phraseology.<br>
 
'''Arden:''' ‘Patriots of the Blue Sun system’ might be the correct phraseology.<br>
 
'''Rina:''' (undeterred) So, is Blue Sun breaking away from the Alliance?<br>
 
'''Rina:''' (undeterred) So, is Blue Sun breaking away from the Alliance?<br>
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'''Rina:''' Oh, that makes perfect sense to me.<br>
 
'''Rina:''' Oh, that makes perfect sense to me.<br>
 
'''Commander:''' Well…I don’t know.<br>
 
'''Commander:''' Well…I don’t know.<br>
'''Nika:''' Now that’s a ''chilling'' thought.<br>
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'''Nika:''' Now that’s a chilling thought.<br>
 
'''Rick:''' They made the Pax.<br>
 
'''Rick:''' They made the Pax.<br>
 
'''Rina:''' Yeah.<br>
 
'''Rina:''' Yeah.<br>
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'''Rina:''' I told you tofu was evil.<br>
 
'''Rina:''' I told you tofu was evil.<br>
 
'''Christian:''' Then being on Miranda may have kept us from getting the disease.<br>
 
'''Christian:''' Then being on Miranda may have kept us from getting the disease.<br>
'''Commander:''' Quite possibly.  If you weren’t in the food supply.  The problem is it may have started on Persephone, it may have started on Beaumonde, it may have started on Osiris but it seems to have hit ''here''.
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'''Commander:''' Quite possibly.  If you weren’t in the food supply.  The problem is it may have started on Persephone, it may have started on Beaumonde, it may have started on Osiris but it seems to have hit here.
  
 
Con-agra Terrorism, perhaps?  Or is that just too insane?
 
Con-agra Terrorism, perhaps?  Or is that just too insane?
  
'''Christian:''' If it was in one ship that came here…?<br>
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'''Christian:''' if it was in one ship that came here…?<br>
'''Commander:''' And it was one ship that obviously supplied ''Intrepid.'' And then we took it over.<br>
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'''Commander:''' And it was one ship that obviously supplied Intrepid.  And then we took it over.<br>
 
'''Nika:''' But you can’t backtrack it?<br>
 
'''Nika:''' But you can’t backtrack it?<br>
 
'''Christian:''' And you know the Alliance would have records somewhere.<br>
 
'''Christian:''' And you know the Alliance would have records somewhere.<br>
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'''Nika:''' Because she’s that good.
 
'''Nika:''' Because she’s that good.
  
Not that we believe it would happen, but it makes for a good parting joke.  Nika chuckles all the way back to the ''Gift''.  We gain our ship and once safe aboard, we release a collective breath.   
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Not that we believe it would happen, but it makes for a good parting joke.  Nika chuckles all the way back to the Gift on it.  We gain our ship and once safe aboard, we release a collective breath.   
  
 
'''''Whew!'''''
 
'''''Whew!'''''

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