Middleton congratulated as soon as he entered the brig.“Thank you, Captain,” Joneson replied with a curt nod.Captain Middleton came to the last cell and looked at its lone occupant for several moments before turning back to the Lancer Sergeant, “You made quite the run, from what I hear.”Joneson shook his head. “It was a team effort all the way, Captain; I was just calling the plays.”“Still,” Middleton said with a short laugh, “I’m not sure I’ve heard of anyone employing your breach methodology before.”The Sergeant shrugged his broad, powerful shoulders, “Read and react, sir; there’s no way we could frontal-assault two dozen armored Marines on their home turf. Even still, we’re lucky Lu was outside the ion blast they detonated on the bridge during our entry.”“That same ion blast cut out their primary comm. system,” Middleton nodded. “Otherwise we would have kept jamming and couldn’t have received your signal. You’re certain the Cardinal’s Wrath is secure?”“Gnuko kept a dozen Lancers over there, and after seizing Environmental they started cycling off life support throughout the ship so they could round up the crew.
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