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"POLLUX ARROW BRIG" "==THREE DAYS LATER==" ""

SHOWICON lau file="portrait_lau" text=" " color="none" x=17 y=78
"Lau" "Kendra." "16a-01"

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SHOWICON kendra file="portrait_kendra" text=" " color="none" x=17 y=78

"Kendra" "Well, well. Look who's finally decided to grace me with her presence." "16a-02"

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SHOWICON lau file="portrait_lau" text=" " color="none" x=17 y=78

"Lau" "I needed some time to think. About what to do with you." "16a-03"

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SHOWICON kendra file="portrait_kendra" text=" " color="none" x=17 y=78

"Kendra" "That's a fucking laugh. More like you needed the time to work up the courage. What did you do to my crew?" "16a-04"

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SHOWICON lau file="portrait_lau" text=" " color="none" x=17 y=78
"Lau" "Your crew are safe back on Nassau. Navo's marines are looking after them." "16a-05"

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SHOWICON kendra file="portrait_kendra" text=" " color="none" x=17 y=78
"Kendra" "I'm impressed you managed to make friends with such well-trained thugs. Andri Gadaria has a name for you, you know. The 'mercenary whore of Sulsia.' " "16a-06"

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SHOWICON lau file="portrait_lau" text=" " color="none" x=17 y=78
"Lau" "Kendra, please stop. I'm not here to fight." "16a-07"

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SHOWICON kendra file="portrait_kendra" text=" " color="none" x=17 y=78
"Kendra" "Then spill it. What the hell do you want?" "16a-08"

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SHOWICON lau file="portrait_lau" text=" " color="none" x=17 y=78
"Lau" "You're angry and hurt, and I'm sorry if I played any part in making you feel that way. I just want to talk about what happened." "16a-09"

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SHOWICON kendra file="portrait_kendra" text=" " color="none" x=17 y=78
"Kendra" "Well I don't want to talk about it." "16a-10"

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SHOWICON lau file="portrait_lau" text=" " color="none" x=17 y=78
"Lau" "You tried to kill me! And it wasn't the first time either! We can't go on like this. I can't go on like this. How did things get so bad?" "16a-11"

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SHOWICON kendra file="portrait_kendra" text=" " color="none" x=17 y=78
"Kendra" "You just don't get it, Katherine. You never did. You were always the golden child, and I was the screw-up. Nothing I ever did was good enough." "16a-12"

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SHOWICON lau file="portrait_lau" text=" " color="none" x=17 y=78
"Lau" "I'm sorry that you feel that way. But that's not how I remember it. I always looked up to you, even if I didn't show it. I wanted to be like you." "16a-13"

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SHOWICON kendra file="portrait_kendra" text=" " color="none" x=17 y=78
"Kendra" "Yeah, right. You always had everything handed to you. You never had to struggle like I did. You never had to fight for anything." "16a-14"

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SHOWICON lau file="portrait_lau" text=" " color="none" x=17 y=78
"Lau" "But...I didn't...Kendra, I know it seems that way, but it's not true. I had my own struggles. I didn't ask for my parents to leave, or for me to be fostered into your family. I know it wasn't fair to you or anyone else." "16a-15"

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"Kendra" "It's too late for apologies, Katherine. You can't undo what you did. You can't change the fact that you betrayed me and sided with my parents when they kicked me out of the family. I can't forgive you for that." "16a-16"

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SHOWICON lau file="portrait_lau" text=" " color="none" x=17 y=78
"Lau" "I was a child! I'm sorry! What else was I supposed to do?" "16a-17"

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SHOWICON kendra file="portrait_kendra" text=" " color="none" x=17 y=78
"Kendra" "You were a coward. You're still a coward. Hiding behind your hired thugs." "16a-18"

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"Lau" "Enough, Kendra. We're getting nowhere. I've tried to reason with you, make things right, but you're not listening." "16a-19"
"Lau" "I want both of us to heal and move past this, but it seems you're not ready for that." "16a-20"

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SHOWICON kendra file="portrait_kendra" text=" " color="none" x=17 y=78
"Kendra" "I'm not ready. And I may never be ready. So just leave me alone, Katherine. I don't want your help...or your pity." "16a-21"

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SHOWICON lau file="portrait_lau" text=" " color="none" x=17 y=78
"Lau" "Okay. I'll leave you alone for now. But understand if you ever come after me again, I won't hesitate to protect myself. And I won't hold back next time." "16a-22"

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"MESSAGE INBOX" "DEREK KAUR - HOSHIKUZU" 
SHOWICON kaur file="portrait_kaur" text=" " color="none" x=17 y=78
"Kaur" "Ross, listen. I've got some big news. Master Badami of the logistics ship Hopewell has contacted me with an intriguing proposition." "16a-23"
"Kaur" "The Hopewell is undergoing conversion into a light carrier. Vicare yards say she'll be ready for flight operations in just under a week." "16a-24"
"Kaur" "Badami asked me to train his crew in strikecraft maintenance. In return he's loaning us two Warden fighters from the Hopewell's strikecraft complement. Yeah, I told you it was big." "16a-25"
"Kaur" "If you're not familiar with Wardens, they are decent heavy fighters. The Sulsians make good use of them in their navy. They're cannons only, but can move better than your missile gunships." "16a-26"
"Kaur" "Like the Comet gunships, I've modified them to accept modular primary cannon banks. You'll be able to fit one bank of light kinetics and one bank of medium cannons." "16a-27"
"Kaur" "The only issue is the guns tend to overheat quickly. The frame wasn't really designed for heavy cannons. However, the platform's got a versatility you won't find outside of current-gen strikecraft." "16a-28"
"Kaur" "I've kept them in storage in the Vicare Station hangars alongside your gunships. We should be able to bring them along to the Hoshi's next sortie." "16a-29"
"Kaur" "As usual, let me know ahead of time so I can make them ready." "16a-30"
"Kaur" "If you need to find me, I'll be on the Hopewell running deck training. See you soon." "16a-31"

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SHOWICON lau file="portrait_lau" text=" " color="none" x=17 y=78
SHOWICON Pillar file="icon_scinewton" text="Pillar of Fire" color="none" x=50 y=35
"Lau" "Looks like our reputation precedes us. I've been approached by Reverend Lightowler of the survey vessel Pillar of Fire. He's been running the Children of Renewal operations here at Vicare." "16a-32"
"Lau" "Lightowler wants an escort for a mission out near the edge of the Pallavian Veil. If you're not familiar with the Veil, the closest border is at least twenty light years from here." "16a-33"
"Lau" "So it's definitely not a small journey, but we've got the time. The Hoshikuzu is fully repaired but the Vicare yards report Nassau will still need at least a week." "16a-34"
"Lau" "I'm not sure if you've ever been there. It's a huge multisystem nebula around a star cluster. The radiation and gravity makes it a volatile area of space." "16a-35"
"Lau" "It's a long way away from colonised space and far out of the way of major transit lanes. I'm not expecting any trouble, but I wouldn't want to sail through the Veil without a good astrogation suite." "16a-36" 
"Lau" "I haven't seen any ship like the Pillar of Fire before. She looks...pretty unique. Her master assures me that her astro equipment is up to specification." "16a-37"
"Lau" "I don't know what Lightowler plans to do out in the Veil, but it seems like an easy enough job. The Renewal are planning to take the Sulsian refugees to the Covenant system in a few days to meet up with their congregation." "16a-38" 
"Lau" "Lightowler wants the survey mission finished before they move out. He seemed to think this part was important." "16a-39"
"Lau" "I'll round up the rest of the Hoshi's crew. We sail in two hours." "16a-40"  
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