Bridge
Raza had been briefed on their Inspection situation, all but one of these imperials was to be detained in the hanger bay. The officer was free to tour non-essential areas, under extreme guard, to his heart’s content. 

The two MP’s outside the bridge saluted which he hastily returned before the bulkhead hissed open and he made his way into the bustling room. “Report” His bridge officers continued to work as each gave a report in turn.

“Main reactor ready to go sir, I can give you 100% power. Secondary reactors are still offline at this time, Vasilyev can give you a full report. “ Officer Garza had the best report, It got worse from there.

“MAC system seems to be having some problems sir, it will charge but only slowly. We have teams checking the power conduits but by my estimates it will take 20 minutes to charge to full power again once we fire” Scott shrugged, Caber knew he was doing the best he could given the circumstances but still sighed to himself, the MAC was there main offensive weapon.

“Nothing new to report sir, only new contacts on scan are civilian in nature, awaiting helm controls” Officer Kim was the only one of the bridge crew who was still, her hands poised over the controls that would get the ship moving.

“Sir, you going to want to review com logs since you relinquished the bridge. It looks like Caden made everyone angry” The last part of her sentence delivered slowly, Officer Haley winced as the AI looked in her direction from the direction of the holo tank.

“Forward the logs to my station Lieutenant” The logs appeared on his console and he went through them as quickly as possible. He face became stern as he listened.
“Caden” his voice almost a whisper. Realizing what the AI had done was completely within the bounds of orders he had received in the hectic first moments in this new galaxy, he looked at the glowing avatar in the forward bridge “monitor traffic from the confines of this ship, you are not to execute Cyberware unless I order it, is that clear?” The Hooded AI betrayed no emotion, simulated or otherwise. “Perfectly sir, I will attend to my task” his avatar flickered and died, Wendak looked uneasy at the dismissal of his counterpart. [i] That, is the most pig headed, stubborn AI Ive ever worked with [/i]

“Lieutenant Haley, open a channel to all the ships Caden attacked which we believe are not of this galaxy” Officer Haley quickly compiled a list and set the com to open broadcast on the frequencies they were believed to be using.

“Extra-Galactic vessels, on behalf of the UNSC I would like to formally apologize for the actions of our cyberwarefare suite, it acted of its own initiative and against standing orders” [i] A white lie, but necessary [/i] “We have gathered data on our current location and are willing to share this data as an act of good faith. This channel will remain open as a direct line to the bridge of the UNSC Icarus and its command crew. Caber out” he gave a cut gesture to his communications officer and the transmission was cut, the direct channel left open.

Sitting down he “Navigation, give me engines 20%, Come to heading Zero Four Nine, Declination Zero Zero Five Point Eight” Lieutenant Kim repeated his order back to him before the Icuras moved slightly beneath him, slowly nudging them toward the quickly forming group of The Ospery and the Andromeda.

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Aft Hanger Bay

The few remaining ground crew still vacating the area looked on in shock. The Imperial Shuttle seemed to settle to the deck as if by magic, no thrusters, no emissions, nothing. ODST Troopers, a hundred on each side of the slowly descending exit ramp of the shuttle, came to attention as the party of humans descended. Major Raza, her tiny frame flanked by 8 green armored body guards and four towering Mantis walkers farther back, looked what she thought to be the leader directly in the eye as he approached her between the ranks of troopers.

	"In the name of the Emperor I have been tasked to search your ship for enemies of the state. We will render medical and technical aid if necessary and once the search is complete we will be willing to send over a diplomatic envoy to welcome you to the Empire." The man stared directly back at her, unflinching. Standing a full head higher than her, he was quiet imposing.

	Raza smiled, her eyes filled with amusement “Right this way sir, I am Major Raza. Your soilders can remain here under the” She looked around at the ranks of troopers before looking back at the man “Protection of our fine troopers here. I would be happy to give you a tour of our vessel, Mister…?” She stepped aside, just enough for the imperial officer to proceed between her two rows of body guards.