Episode Nineteen: Succession

[Abi Ely]

1040
BC-304 Odyssey
Bridge

The sky. The sun. The breeze. Weather. These simple super-natural (not to be confused with supernatural) elements from Earth, was what she missed most. Just don't tell her bestie, Cameron, that she said that. He would full on throw a tizzy and take back her ukulele. Well - maybe not that harsh, but at least frown a little. She still emailed him quite a bit, though there was very little she could say. Most of the conversations were one sided - Abi nodding and smiling at Cameron's good news. He was getting married soon, to one of Abi's few female friends, Ginger. He wanted her to be his best man, and Ginger wanted Abi to be her Maid of Honor...so it was decided that Abi was the Best Maid. Too bad she probably couldn't go. Damn. Maybe she could pull a few strings and start speaking in Latin to a higher-up, and scare them to the point of giving her some leave? Hm. That might work.

Mind pushing away thoughts of home, Abi continued to toil over her new job - find ze hacker (not to be confused with the hacker). She studied languages all through college - which did not include what computers spoke, sadly. She had a base understanding of it, thanks to a few super-geeky friends from Johannesburg (they are everywhere), but knew from the get-go that Armstrong was the woman for the job. Sure, Abi was hired for her strong ability to crack codes - also known as a Cryptologist, even if that wasn't her concentration. She was just working as a DJ and managed to break down an alien transmission to the point of getting the message 'wee come in pieces', and a few weeks later - bam - the SGC ate her, fresh out of college.

Reaching down with her right hand, she silently scratched her ankle - the one with a slightly woven-looking tattooed bracelet, that was just below the normal sock-line. Stupid socks made her itchy. She was a sandal girl. Taking a deep breath, she focused her deep blue eyes upon the screen. Abi could do this. She had too...

Wait a second...
Leaning her head to the side, she announced her findings aloud (well managed to get it out the second time, after a brief quip in Japanese), the pink slowly fading from her cheeks, out of her language confusion. Glancing over her shoulder, she jumped slightly, as the Russian Ninja proved his namesake. Damn, he was good.
"<Where have you tracked them to?>" Alek asked in Russian, causing Abi to realized it was better to keep this on the down-low, until they new exactly who was behind it; just in case they had an accomplice upon the bridge. Ah, he as a smart one.
Tilting her head so she could see him clearly, she smiled, obviously proud of her findings.
"<I have tracked him to the Commissary. Apparently they're getting a horrible meal, as they slowly destroy us,>" she replied, forcing her voice to fit the template that was the Russian accent. Maybe that's why her voice sounded so odd when she spoke one of her native tongues. It was all bent out of shape from putting on whatever accent needed, to make the speech clearer to whomever she was speaking to. Any language spoken with the wrong accent sounded funny.

Her dark blue eyes followed Alek's hand, as it dropped to the sub-machine gun that was slung around his shoulders. How had she missed that before? Damn - he pulled another Russian Ninja move on her.

Then the lights went off.
"<I would like the blame the hacker, but that was caused just over there,>" Abi gestured, to where the redhead she had seen wandering around the bridge, suddenly apologized, quickly followed by the lights going back on.

"All right, what else can be done by the PK Tech Girl?" she asked, as Alek silently motioned her over, "We have hacker on board vessel," he said in English, an obvious 'grr I'd rather be speaking Russian,' tone threaded in his vowels. Yes - Abi was good at reading voices. She blamed her minor for that; Psychology. There had been one single professor that was obsessed with reading people. Abi wasn't that good, she just picked up on the subtle things, sometimes.
"How well do you know workings of vessel?"

"Dia duit," Abi greeted Saoise, knowing the girl was versed in Irish Gaelic (not to be confused with Scottish Gaelic).

Hearing footsteps behind her (since he was no Russian Ninja), she peered over her should again - past Alek - to she the Shaft approach.
"Hola, monsieur," mixing languages was fun.
"What are we conspiring on now?"
"Umm..." she trailed, dropping her voice, "<We're busy, go away,>" she whispered in Russian, under her breath, before glancing up again, ready to answer, in a voice only slightly louder than her previous whisper, "We may be onto something, Sha--sir," too easy to call him 'Shaft', "Just keep stuff in order on the bridge, and we'll take care of your little hacker problem," she winked, with a smile, before turning back to her the other two.

The triumphant trio was ready for action!

<Tag Alek, Saoise, SHAFT, Bridge>

[brenna]

1040
BC-304 Odyssey
Bridge

On the inside, Saoise was breathing a sigh of relief that no one said anything about her turning off the lights by mistake. Kamarov motioned her over closer, Saoise gulped and meekly went a little closer to the Russian and the other girl, who's name escaped her. She kinda hated being caught not knowing someone's name. There was like a thousand people on the ship, remembering everyone was next to impossible. Her first thought was that she was going to get reprimanded for her mishap, which caused her mouth to go dry. "We have hacker on board vessel," was watch he said to her. Saoise gulped again, waiting for something else, there was a pause and her musings just came out. "Yeeah, I kinda got that from the bits of conversations that was actually in English." she tried not to sound conceded.

"Dia duit," the girl had greeted her, which relaxed Saoise a bit, she smiled and relpied. "Dia is Muire duit, a linguist I take it?" Her first clue had been that she had heard Abi, (a name tied to the linguist ephiphany), speak in two other languages other then English and her accent while speaking English was not natural to either language.

"How well do you know workings of vessel?" Kamarov continued on with asking her a question. Saoise blustered around an answer, "Well, I know them well enough, I mean, I'm not a genius wizard about it or anything like some of the others are, but I get by good enough. I mean...I know I kinda screwed up with the lights just now but......" she was quickly interrupted with her ramble, which did indeed put a light to the fact that she was indeed rambling. It happened sometimes, "Sorry, shutting up now." she pierced her lips together like a child would who knew that they did something wrong and just wanted to disappear right there and then. Especially with Colonel Mitchell coming up to know what was going on. Saoise did what she thought was smart and let the others talk

After they all talked about what was going on, or something like that, Saoise leaned closer to Abi and asked in a whisper, "So...what are we doing?"

<tag>

[Aleksandr Kamarov]

1041
BC-304 Odyssey
Bridge

"I have tracked him to the Commissary," replied Abi. "Apparently they're getting a horrible meal, as they slowly destroy us." Hiding in the commissary was a wise mood; Kamarov would have started his search for the hacker in the computer core or the major wiring conducts to see if the hacker were hardwired into the computer mainframe. By being in the commissary, the hacker was either doing their hacking tirelessly, or had taped into a minor computer line that run under the commissary. Furthermore, there would be any number of innocent people having their meals in the galley, making the 'going in guns blazing' approach out of the question.

"What are we conspiring on now?" Colonel Mitchell asked, having snick up on the small group that had gathered. Eli brought the Colonel up to date, who then turned to Aleck. "Can we get any power at all to the engines? Even a few seconds? Just enough to get Sara's fighter in range. Don't worry, I've done this before ..." Kamarov pointed to the console he had just been working at. "Hyper drive is offline for moment Colonel, but maneuvering thrusters online. They could be used to move vessel closer to location of downed fighters." It would be a slow effort, but it was the best he could offer at the moment.

Miss Brenna, who had just managed to accidentally trip the bridge lighting explained her knowledge of the vessel."Well, I know them well enough, I mean, I'm not a genius wizard about it or anything like some of the others are, but I get by good enough. I mean...I know I kinda screwed up with the lights just now but," she replied, before cutting herself short and apologizing. "So...what are we doing?"

Dramatically, Kamarov locked and loaded his sub-machine gun, hoping he remember how to clear the American weapon in the event of a jamming. "We are going for deliver 'light refreshments' to the commissary," he replied, hoping the joke would no be lost in translation or his poor accent.

< Tag Crew! >

[Michael ''Death Wish" Reynolds]

1040
BC-304 Odyssey
Bridge

Reynolds walked towards the group assembling on the bridge his M4 was slung over his back. He noticed the Russian loading his gun. Whats the situation on the hacker do we have any idea where he is? he didn't like this situation he preferred situations he could control hacker attacking a spaceship wasn't his expertise so his was willing to do something about it not just sit around while the tech specialists handle it. We need to find and disable that hacker so he doesn't mess up anything else anyone who messes with Reynolds usually got him all trigger happy but he wouldn't go in without a plan I need plans of all the corridors surrounding the commissary and any other ways I can access it we need to figure out the right approach before we go in guns blazing someone might have to distract him the most important thing is not make him aware that we are on to him he looked at the colt holstered in his thigh holster do we have any non lethal solutions we can access on board we might not want to use bullets where they can hit people

< Tag Crew! >

[Abi Ely]

1041
BC-304 Odyssey
Bridge

It was just one of those 'gnaw on your fist until something happens', sort of days. Frustrating, yes, but eventually something happened. It only took Ninja-ing (a new word) her way out of the Infirmary, back talking SHAFT in Russian, letting Alek's mind take a break from translating everything into the mildly boorish language that was English, and staring at a frakking screen, trying to connect the dots (la-la-la-la-la)*, until some vague form that looked like a mix between a giraffe and a caribou appeared. Wow, that was an odd comparison. What had they shot her up with in the Infirmary anyway? Hm.

Being as awesome as she was, Abi figured out where the hacker was residing. The Commissary! Oh, that fiend! How dare he consume possibly-deadly-food whilst he fraks up their lives? Couldn't he at least have the decency to hack somewhere secluded, so when they went in there - guns probably not a-blazin', since someone would so die that didn't need to...or maybe the chef would get it and they would all rejoice. Was there even a chef? Hell - Abi didn't know...and hell, Abi couldn't even finish a complete thought anymore. Fail.

Saoise was then added to the mix, which Abi wasn't too sure about, though she was far from throwing a hissy-fit. Hopefully the lights turning off was just a fluke in her skill. As she approached - as summoned by Alek - Abi silently watched her, allowing Alek to get his words in, before she greeted Saoise in Irish Gaelic.
"Yeeah, I kinda got that from the bits of conversations that was actually in English," the red-head admitted, causing Abi briefly glance over at Alek. Maybe it was for the better that they were constantly speaking in Russian. Who knew that the bridge was so intent to eavesdrop? Pfft.

"Dia is Muire duit, a linguist I take it?" Saoise replied to Abi's greeting, causing a brow to raise upon Ely for just a moment. She was aware that she remembered people than they remembered her - not matter how outgoing she was. Some people had a way with remembering numbers, others - word spellings. Abi was good with faces and names. She called it her 'awesome social memory', and it was a bit annoying that no one remembered her as much as she remembered them. Obviously Saoise was one of these people - considering she just asked Abi's profession, yet Abi just spoke in a language that only Saoise could understand on the ship. Lop-sided knowledge of each other, anyone?

Brushing it off, as she normally does, Abi smiled, bowing her head slightly, "Yar," she replied, resisting the urge to flex her language skills by reply in some other language she hadn't spoken yet today...like Dutch, Latin, Hebrew, or maybe some obscure African language? Hmm...maybe later.

After the Russian Ninja questioned how well Saoise was versed in the vessel, she replied, "Well, I know them well enough, I mean, I'm not a genius wizard about it or anything like some of the others are, but I get by good enough. I mean...I know I kinda screwed up with the lights just now but......" she shut herself up, before continuing, "Sorry, shutting up now."

"Niet blijven gaan," Abi mumbled under her breath, with a smile, in Dutch. No, she wasn't going to translate, 'no, keep going,' in a language that Saoise could understand...simply because she didn't feel like it. Gah - Abi was getting bitter in her 'old age' - or maybe it was the constant throbbing of her arm? Probably. Or maybe it was the 'mean cell' that was living in the tissue of her arm and screwing it up released it into her body! Dear God, she needed a nap and an ibuprofen.

With SHAFT (his name was too fun) saying his bit, which Abi - in all intensive purposes - didn't really listen to. She was mostly double checking her work, to make sure that the hacker was actually in the Commissary. A sudden whisper caused Abi's wide blue eyes to glance over at the one with fiery hair.
"So...what are we doing?"

Abi opened her mouth, as she rose from her seated position in front of the console, using her right arm - rather than her normal left - to push herself upright, fully intent on answering Saoise's question - but Alek (being the Russian Ninja that he is) beat her to it.

In a way she didn't know Alek was capable of, he locked and loaded his sub-machine gun (which had Ninja-ed its way onto his shoulders, earlier).
"We are going for deliver 'light refreshments' to the commissary," he replied, causing Abi's mouth to fall open in an amused smile.

Oh my God, Alek was so epic.

Abi snorted in failure to quiet her laughter, biting her bottom lip, as she shook her head slightly. The action mixed with the joke...well that quite simply made Abi's day.

"<Wow,>" Abi replied in his native tongue, simply out of reflex from talking to him in said language, earlier, quickly feeling a pang of guilt from keeping Saoise out of the loop, "Don't frak with a Russian with a sub-machine gun, and with a purpose," she teased, with the sudden mental image of the three of them running down the hall - screaming a war cry at the top of their lungs; Alek with the gun triumphantly pointed in the air (which probably wasn't safe), Abi on his back (piggy back FOR THE WIN) with a sword pointed forward, Saoise doing a deadly dance just to the right.

...

Abi blinked the mental image away, weirded out by her own mind. How awkward yet funny. Her eyes narrowed slightly at the thought, before she pushed the entire random mental bubble out of her thoughts.
"Désolée, my brain just went somewhere very strange," normal people didn't admit these things aloud - but who would ever insult Abi and call her normal?
"Mental image of the three of us trudging down the hall," oh yes, she was going to say it, "Saoise doing a deadly dance, Alek running with the gun pointed in the air, and me on your back," she was looking over at Alek, "Like a piggy back ride," she smiled, remembering all the times she had spent on other peoples back. Being small in stature and weight caused people to think that they could just pick her up and throw her around like a doll...but she didn't exactly fight them. There was something oddly fun about it.
"...with a sword pointed forward to lead the way - all of of screaming war cries," she smirked, shaking her head slightly, "Anyway, shall we head off and defeat the forces of evil that plague us?" she questioned, raising a brow, as she leaned her head to the side slightly, causing her wavy mass of dark-brownish-black hair to slide around her shoulders, slightly, revealing one of her highly-pierced ears...which really wasn't that bad. Only like four...wait...five? Three? Pfft...she didn't remember.

<Tag Alek & Saoise!>

*Peewee Herman reference!

[Samantha "Thumper" Armstrong]

1041
BC303/4 Odyssey
Jumper One

"Nervous or something? I've got a base code uploaded to the Jumper, been writing it in my head, but we need to make it so the Jumper can upload the code and translate it to whatever system the station is using, take about a few seconds, but its a matter of getting there"

Sam was about to answer the egotistical ….. but just decided to listen to him. It was hard for the warrant officer to take in suggestions from other crews, but it was even more disconcerting when the other crew members believed themselves to be more intelligent than God. It was obvious these two were going to butt heads on more than one occasion, but arguing about schematics or the simple fact his ‘idea’ needed more time for possible flaws was simply going to have to wait. If the plan didn’t work, he’d take the fall, not her.

When the man sat back down, she walked over and bent to his ear so no one else could hear. ”I’ll hack into their system via my data pad and see just what we’re dealing with in terms of their coding. I simply download your data into mine and integrate it while you make sure we remain in one piece. Two of us working as a …. team will better our chances of making no errors and getting everyone back in one piece.”

Patting him on the shoulder softly, the computer geek returned to her seat taking out her laptop opening the pad. Integrating into the jumper’s main frame was simple, but getting into the adjoining vessel would be tricky. With a few clicks and furrowed brow, the young woman found a way in (back door so to speak). ”I’m in their database. I only have a few minutes before they pick up that someone is tinkering inside, so we have to make this quick. Hansford, the base code please.”

<Tag: Hansford>

A smile came across her lips seeing the program render itself like a band of locusts through the screen. She only had a few moments until her little distraction (a medley of space static and other interruptions that are common sources of annoyances for databases). ”It looks like the same coding as the one we received on the ship. I’m decoding it now so our little plan can be unseen like they initially programmed it themselves.” Sam continued to work not looking up, just hoping that she was quick enough before it was too late.

<Tag: Strike Team>

[Aleksandr Kamarov]

1041
BC-304 Odyssey
Bridge

"<Wow,>" Miss Ely replied, first in Russian before switching to English. "Don't frak with a Russian with a sub-machine gun, and with a purpose." Kamarov smiled silently. His forefathers had not captured the Reichstag during a Battle for Berlin and essentially ended the Nazi war campaign by sitting back, they'd won by throwing themselves - quite literally - onto the swords of their enemy. While he could do nothing to stop the enemy energy beamed trained on the vessel, that was the job of the strike team, he would do all he could to stop this hacker.

Miss Ely went on to paint her mental image of Alek piggybacking her into combat, swords and weapons raised. Unsure where the outburst had came from, Kamarov offered a smile, sure something had to have been lost in translation!

As he turned to lead the party he'd assembled down to the commissary, he spotted a heavily armed Marine on the bridge. His rank insignia showed him to be a First Lieutenant, and his name tap stated 'Reynolds' was his last name. Weapon still in hand, Kamarov approached the officer. "Conrad sir," he said, in broken English. "We have located hacker in ship's commissary. Will you assist and led raid to apprehend traitor?" While Kamarov had basic weapons training, it would be useful to have someone more proficient with weapons along for their raid.

< Tag Crew! >

[Tony Hansford]

1041
BC303/4 Odyssey
Jumper One

Tony stared at Sam, Damn you persistant woman! But I like your style.., he thought to himself as the code was transferred to her tablet, "There we go, I'll uplink for you, Oh wait, I'm already in!", Tony says sarcastically. He turns the Jumper on its side, as he lines up with the only entry into the facility.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, please prepare for a nice trip inside the belly of the French!", he says as he goes over and under pipes and lines towards the only way into the station without beaming, he spins the Jumper around, lining the rear door up with the docking door, Lets extend the shield around the door.., he says as he configures the shield in his head. The Jumper door opens, and Tony jumps up, "Lets do this!", he says as he grabs his M4A1, life-sign detector, Tablet and a small device he bought just incase.

< Tag Jumper One >

"Odyssey, this is Smarty, we have entered the building, permission to recover hostages and blow this place sky high", Tony says into his earpiece as he uploads the schematics of the station over to the Odyssey and to every PDA and Tablet near him, including the location of the hostages.

< Tag Mitchell >

[Michael ''Death Wish" Reynolds]

1041
BC-304 Odyssey
Bridge



''Well lets see what we can do about that hacker'' Reynolds looked at the others ''Do we have something non lethal I want to take him alive to know who he works for'' Reynolds considered the fact that hacking this ship would take a lot off skill ''he might be well trained, we have to prepare for the fact that taking him down will be hard, hes probably smart so simple tricks wont work here, but such a public place gives us an advantage since we can just walk in there. We need someone to distract him and then I will take him down''

he gave the others another look ''we need someone who he will not be suspicious off someone who isn't military. We need to make him feel safe like his in control like he is the king of the world and no one can touch him. When he is overconfident we will take him down over confident people always make mistakes. Confidence is the worst enemy even for the most trained and skilled people and if his not skilled it will only make my job a lot easier''

He looked at the Russian officer ''Praporschik sleduite za mnoi v oruzheinuju mi naidom shto to podhodashee (Praporschik follow me to the armory we will find something we can use) He then looked at others and switching back to English he said''someone should go to the commissary and find a way to distract him I'll give a sign when you have to duck then I will do the rest''
<Tag crew>

[Nolen "Dragon" Syaira]

1041
Nolen's F-302

Nolen had almost but given up on trying to fix the engines. The crack in the canopy had opened up a little more with the air leak now unstoppable. But that was not the only problem he had but it was the major one. His fighter was falling apart and no one to help him. He had told Lisa to put on her mask to stop them from suffocating a little longer. But she was starting to hallucinate, saying that the Odyssey was slowly moving towards them. Nolen just stayed quiet not wanting to upset her by saying she was seeing things. After giving up on the repairs he looked out the window trying to stay awake. "I must be seeing things, because the Odyssey looks to be in ...." He was broken off by a white light engulfing both him and Lisa. He closed he eyes thinking that this was the end.

1042
BC-304 Odyssey
Medical Bay - Bridge

Nolen awoke to the doctors of the Odyssey trying to wake him. "Squadron Leader Syaira, Wake up. Ah there you are. You are fine to go straight back to duty sir, but your Rio and Captain Andre will have to stay here" one of the Doctors said to him after he had fully awaken. Getting dressed again Nolen walked straight for the bridge, he was joined by one of his pilots 'Wolf' and they went to see how things were going.

Nolen arrived on the bridge to see the whole area busy with activity. "Shaft, One Thanks for the rescue, and two I don't think it was just the Odyssey that was tampered with. Our 302's Guidance systems were screwy and Radar was out the door" he informed Mitchell then noticed Alek talking about finding the Hacker. "Sir permission to help them with their little pest problem" he asked Mitchell

<Tag all on the Bridge>

[Aleksandr Kamarov]

1041
BC-304 Odyssey
Bridge

Lieutenant Reynolds was more than prepared to take down the hacker, and quickly formulated a plan. "Do we have something non lethal I want to take him alive to know who he works for?" Reynolds asked. "We have zat guns in arms locker," Aleksandr replied, referring to the Jaffa energy weapons which could stun or kill an individual depending on how many times they were shot. "We also have stun and flash grenades." Using a combination of high pitch noises and blinding lights, flash bangs would be a man to his knees, covering his eyes and ears with his hands, thus rendering him much easily to apprehend.

The Lieutenant suggested sending in a civilian to distract the hacker, and Kamarov unconsciously looked to Miss Ely and Miss Brenna. Hopefully they believed in the security officer enough to put their lives in his hands. Reynolds turned to Alek, and in a surprise move spoke to him in Russian, asking him to follow him to the armory. In slight shook at hearing so much Russian today, Alek replied in his native tongue. "< Yes Conrade sir, right behind you.>"

1043
BC-304 Odyssey
Outside Commissary

Moments later, armed with more weaponry - including some less-lethal options - Kamarov and Michael were positioning themselves outside the entrance to the commissary. Squadron Leader Nolen was with them too, having just had his F-302 recovered from space. The civilian who'd headed in to distract the hacker had their radio active, and the three men listed as the distraction moved into position, awaiting the order to move in...

< Tag Crew! >

[Samantha "Thumper" Armstrong]

1042
Outside Jumper One

Sam came out with the rest of the team. Unfortunately, she wasn't armed with any weapons, only datapads and other equipment. The others would just have to cover her behind if hostiles were found once they were inside. Scanning the area, a signal gave her the indication that there was a control panel near by. "Good, there's an access panel on the south wall. I'm going to see if our little program can be configured right from here. Would make for a nice short trip, wouldn't it?"

Heading over to the panel, Sam didn't bother to notice anything about the room. Her mind was focused on getting in and getting out...in one piece.

OOC: I apologize for the shortness, kinda stuck on what to post.

[Michael ''Death Wish" Reynolds]

1043
BC-304 Odyssey
Outside Commissary

Reynolds prepared his weapon he had take a rifle modified to shoot darts but he was prepared to draw the colt that he had holstered in his hip holster, Reynolds wanted to take the hacker alive but as soon as he posed any great threat to the distraction he was prepared to take him out with well placed shot to the head risking a live for military personnel was one thing they were trained for it but a risking a civilian was out of question.

This was easy I have done it hundreds of times I have taken out everyone starting from terrorists with little to no skills to highly trained Guerrillas and mercenaries this was supposed to be piece of cake go in put a dart into the hacker find out who he works for Reynolds though.

He gave the Squadron Leader Nolen a look a pilot I hope he knows what to do I wouldn't want him to shoot someone by mistake it might be hard to explain why did a civilian got shot a dart or no dart its still not a good idea to hit someone who isn't supposed to be Reynolds didn't show his concerns to the other 2 now is not the time to argue he said to himself.

[Abi Ely]

1041
BC-304 Odyssey
Bridge

"Conrad sir," Alek began, "We have located hacker in ship's commissary. Will you assist and led raid to apprehend traitor?"

''Well lets see what we can do about that hacker'' the other guy began, causing Abi to gaze over her shoulder. Was everyone a frakking Ninja today?
"Stop them?" Abi suggested, with a sort of 'no duh' tone, as she played with her arm brace.
''Do we have something non lethal I want to take him alive to know who he works for'' the guy continued, suddenly acting as if he was in charge. Awesome.
''He might be well trained, we have to prepare for the fact that taking him down will be hard, hes probably smart so simple tricks wont work here, but such a public place gives us an advantage since we can just walk in there. We need someone to distract him and then I will take him down...we need someone who he will not be suspicious off someone who isn't military. We need to make him feel safe like his in control like he is the king of the world and no one can touch him. When he is overconfident we will take him down over confident people always make mistakes. Confidence is the worst enemy even for the most trained and skilled people and if his not skilled it will only make my job a lot easier."

"Shame - I left my French Maid outfit at home," Abi shrugged, noticing that Alek was looking over at both her and Brenna.

''<Praporschik follow me to the armory we will find something we can use>" Reynolds said to Alek, before addressing the two civvie girls, ''someone should go to the commissary and find a way to distract him I'll give a sign when you have to duck then I will do the rest''
"Hmmm, <Another that knows Russian>," Abi mumbled in that very language, before deciding that - considering Brenna did not speak Russian - she'd try to keep her language to English or Irish Gaelic around the girl, not wanting to make her feel like they were keeping things from her.
"< Yes Conrade sir, right behind you.>" Alek replied, before heading out to follow the random guy. Reynolds.

Looking over at Brenna, Abi puffed out her cheeks to show that she basically had no idea what to do.
"I guess we head down to the Commissary and do a strip tease to the geek," she stated simply, "I'm gonna laugh so hard when it's a straight girl. She'll get all suspicious and blow the place. Too bad we don't have a random stud to bring with us, just in case. That way, all our bases are covered," she mildly ranted, before grabbing Brenna's arm, quickly heading down to the Commissary.

1043
BC-304 Odyssey
Bridge

Abi and her new partner in crime silently wandered into the Commissary, her wide blue eyes looking for someone that seemed to fit the profile. Meaning...someone with a computer. There were five. Awesome. Hopefully they wouldn't blow the place before the dynamic duo could figure out which was which.

Looking over at Brenna, Abi whispered, "You take everyone on the right side of the room - I'll take left," before she set a relaxed smile upon her face, and set herself down across from a girl that was on a laptop on the left side of the Commissary.

"Hey - do you have the time?" Abi asked, crossing her ankles under the table.
The dark haired woman raised her eyes from her computer - looking highly annoyed at the interruption.
"Oh - I'm sorry - I just..."
"1043."
"Umm...thank'ya. Ooh..." Abi leaned her head to the side, before looking up at something shiny that was hanging on the wall. A framed picture that someone had managed to get to stick to the wall. All the was on Miss Grumpy's laptop was Microsoft Pin-Ball, and an email that was about a paragraph long. Not her.

Two to go on her side.

Next in line was a quite young woman, who giggled at Abi's joining her.
"Ohhh HI,

[/color]" the girl greeted, before spinning her laptop around to show Abi the cutest picture of a kitten she had ever seen.
Not her.

After sliding away from kitten girl, Abi sat down across from a guy that had glasses, but wasn't that geeky looking. Almost a normal looking guy. He smiled sheepishly at her.
"Hi," she waved.
"Hi there, he greeted, with a bow of his head.
"How are you?"
"Quite good - having a rather good day actually. Very productive," he explained, typing non-stop while speaking. The dude was good.
"Really? I woke up in the Infirmary and escaped," she admitted, motioning to her arm.
"Ouch."
"Yeah...what'cha workin' on?" she asked, leaning her head to the side, with a slight frown.
"Ah - just my success of the day.[/color]"
Damn it's him...
"Really?" she asked, "My only success from the day was managing to back-sass people with higher authority than me in Russian without their realization," she laughed, before standing up, "Excuse me one second..."

"Wait,[/color]" he motioned for her to stop, before his entire expression changed, "Where are you going?[/color]"

"I wanted to ask my friend Brenna a question," she admitted.
"Which is?[/color]"
"...just a question. I wanted to borrow her nail polish."
"Oh...[/color]"
"I don't have to go, if you don't want me to," she smiled, taking her seat once again, "I like you better than the colour of my nails, anyway."

He smiled, blushing slightly.

"I like you too...hey - wanna see something cool?[/color]"
"Matters," she smiled.
"I can turn on and off the lights in here with a push of a button." he smiled, "Like this,[/color]" and the lights went off.

Abi could dimly see his outline before her, standing up - making a break for it. Not wanting him to find a new place to hide, she threw herself in his general direction, feeling something hit, before the harder surface of the ground. The people on the bridge apparently saw the lighting anomaly, restarting the lights after a few brief moments.

And she was good.
"I didn't want you to leave," she frowned, while sitting on the hacker, "Brenna! GUYS! Come meet my new friend!"

This wouldn't last. He'd get out from under her in a brief moment. As soon as she saw the guys, she'd jump off of him, and let them take care of him.[/blockquote]
<Tag Alek, Brenna, Reynolds>

[Michael ''Death Wish" Reynolds]

Reynolds and the others listened to the conversations

The first person was a woman but Abi Ely quickly eliminated her.

The second woman greeted Abi Ely but it wasn't her either.

The third one was a guy
Abi Ely greeted him
''Hi there'' he responded
She asked him how he was to which he replied
"How are you?"
"Quite good - having a rather good day actually. Very productive,"
after a short conversation the guy said

"I like you too...hey - wanna see something cool?"
"I can turn on and off the lights in here with a push of a button." he smiled, "Like this," and the lights went off.

It was him. ''let's go!'' the lights went on shortly after but Reynolds had already went through to the commissary.
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Reynolds barged into the Commissary just as the guy got up under Abi Ely and made a run for it, he clearly wasn't a professional at the running away part since he made a run for the guys that barged in with guns Reynolds quickly dispatched him by putting an arm in his way, the guy dropped to the floor obviously knocked out.

''So this is over lets get him to the brig, we can question him later good right now lets just get this hacker problem sorted out but that's not my expertise anymore, that's up to the smart guys'' he turned to others ''well this wasn't as hard as I anticipated, now we can tell the Colonel the good news that we got our ship back to ourselves'' he looked at Abi Ely '' Nice work finding the guy, you all OK?

<Tag crew>