"Gentlemen, I'm sure you'll all show yourselves out. It will be a pleasure working you."
Yilne walked out of the briefing room. As he was walking he realized he completely forgot where the docking bay was, he somehow got turned around. Then he eventually heard nearby voices.
"No! You can't just shoot him!"
"He's compromised the Expedition by stealing..."
Yilne recognized Argyle's and Roam's voices, he must be near the Bridge, he thought. He stepped closer to get a better listen.
"...I don't want to have to compete with anyone to get there first. If he refuses to yield, we have no choice." Said Roam.
"But-" Began what must've been Argyle.
"Captain, the Invisible has cut off the signal." said a third voice Yilne didn't recognize.
"Fire."
Then the ship began Vibrating and Yilne heard distant noises- explosions! Yilne recognized what must've been heavy Cannon fire. Yilne spoke into his Ship's designated Com channel.
"Just what the hell is going on?! Tell me what's happening, I can't see in here!"
"Captain, one of the other ships docked with the valiant disconnected a few minutes ago...they're shooting at it!!"
"Start up the ship, I want us disconnected and at minimum Battle range from the Valiant the instant I get aboard!"
"Combat Alert, sir?"
"Combat Alert: Sigma. i want us prepared for the possibility that Argyle and Roam betrayed us!"
"Aye sir."
Back aboard the Xielumbus the Helmsman armed the un-docking procedure and the Sergeant put up the rehearsed Combat Alert: Sigma. Once Yilne reported he was aboard the ship the Helmsman closed the docking bay, and disconnected the robotic anchor. Yilne made it up to the Bridge.
"Sergeant! You had the Targeting Buffer on standby, right?"
"Yes sir, of course."
"great, play the last few minutes of the targeting activity log back to me on the main screen."
Then on the main screen the image of The Invisible flickered on. It disconnecting from The Valiant, and a few minutes later being engaged and destroyed.
Yilne just stared at the screen for a while, he was trying to piece together what happened. He did not even remotely expect this, he thought there was something off with the human, but murdering him? He decided that that option didn't make any sense. The Jiespher had made his decision and his eyes began to glow intensely at the thought of what he was prepared to do.
"Sergeant...target the Valiant. Fire all on my mark." he said sullenly.
The main screen flickered and then came a feed from the targeting buffer. Yilne watched as three areas of the Valiant had been selected. Yilne opened up a private comm channel with the Valiant.
"Professor. Roam." he began. "My ship has three vital sections of the Valiant targeted and my weapons are armed. Believe what i say when i promise you that i will shoot you into oblivion...now tell me...what in the hell just happened." He said with no trace of emotion in his voice whatsoever.
