The main viewer blinked away from the serenity of a blue planet floating in space, to the bridge of the USS Titan. A tall man stood up in front of his crew, wearing a Captain?s collar device. He was a tall man, quite taller than the Admiral that was before him, with dark brown hair and a fully trimmed beard. A smile appearing on his face as they both seemed to recognize each other.

?Well well, long time Admiral.? His deep voice spoke, hinting a sound of jolliness to it. This prompted an immediate smile from Wolvinator, as he responded.

?Indeed it has Will, and how are you??

?Doing well, the Titan has been taking care of me. And how about you?? Wolvie?s mind immediately ran through a hundred things he could have replied to the Captain, but instead he continued with the pleasantries.

?Good, good. Can?t really complain, that is? until this little debacle popped up.? Captain Riker nodded to that, before he continued.

?Apparently you arrived here before me Will, anything you can brief me on that we?re not yet aware of.? The Captain nodded again; as he returned to his chair, apparently ready to give the Admiral a full briefing. Seeing him sit down in the command chair, Wolvinator did the same to ready himself for the conversation at hand. The two commanding officers looked at one another from across their view screens briefly, before Riker spoke up.

?Corneria and Macbeth have had quite a peaceful existence since they both fought in the Lylat Wars, almost twenty years ago. They both have remained sovereign, and they still maintain separate defense fleets. Yet they do share equal responsibility in defense of the system.? Riker shifted in his chair for a moment, as he looked over at the display screen on his command chair before continuing.

?Well Admiral, apparently both sides of the Cornerian and Macbeth forces were reporting minor skirmishes along their corresponding outposts of the system. From reports, both sides believed the other was attacking, due to time frame of the attacks and the frequency.? Wolvinator nodded to that, thinking things over for a moment.

?So then, what is with the urgency from Starfleet Command??

?Neosapiens.?

Wolvinator?s eyes widened, as he suddenly no longer felt comfortable in his chair. He repeated the statement in the form of a question.

?Neosapiens??

?That?s correct Admiral. And we believe they?re behind these attacks. They may be mounting a small invasion fleet to invade the system, seeing how they have the local defense forces up in arms with one another.?

Crossing his hands over themselves, Wolvinator thought for a moment. This was definitely a high-risk situation, if the Neosapien Empire was involved, and it could severely endanger even the Rhy?Din Nebula, seeing how close the system was to the Nebula. This could actually prove to be a much greater threat, then was initially realized.

((This post was performed in live RP and has been rewritten into a post for SL purposes))

Kaze and Wolvinator continued their conversation for quite some time. It gradually steered away from serious talk, to a friendlier one, seeing how Kaze was doing her absolute best to cheer him up. He was beginning to open up to her a bit more, voicing his frustrations in regards to the entire situation back on Rhy?Din. Kaze? listened to him, comforting him with gentle touches occasionally, trying to get his mind off of the problems he was facing. She flirted with him a bit as well, using her quite girlish charm in hopes that she would be able to bring him the joy and happiness back into his life.

?Wootuay to Wolvinator.? The sound interrupted their apparent quite time. The Admiral immediately perked up, answering to the call of duty.

?Go ahead number one.? His voice was slightly scratchy, seeing as he needed to clear his throat after talking in low tones to his guest in his ready room.

?Captain Riker has just informed us that his ship is apparently experiencing, what he believes to be, as some form of sabotage.? Wolvinator?s eyes widened with that.

?Sabotage?? He asked, knowing full well that?s what he had heard.

?Yes sir.?

?Elaborate.?

?Captain Riker has informed us that various fighters are going offline in his main hangar, it could potentially be sabotage and his crew is working at the moment to investigate the matter. I suggest we have a look into our fighters as well, to ensure that we are not being affected by the same phenomena.?

?Yes, agreed number one. Have Commander M?Gia personally oversee the operation in the hangar. I want her to run diagnostics on all the fighters in the hangar, as soon as possible.?

Kaze slid off of his desk, as he rose to his feet, preparing himself to go the main bridge.

?Wolvie, I could go down to main engineering? and see if they need a hand.? The Admiral immediately looked at her with a quirked brow. She had been training in the holodeck during their underway period to Corneria, and she had grasped the ships computer protocols quite well. Could it be possible she was ready to assist in ships functions?

?Are you sure you?ll be able to assist in main engineering Kaze?? She winked at him as he asked that question.

?Doesn?t seem to be that much different from Atlantean Computers, I?m sure I?ll pick it up fast. And besides, I can?t just sit around all day you know.?

With that Wolvie nodded, as he looked over her for a moment. During their previous conversation he had given her a Communicator badge to assist her with traversing the ship, but he for a moment almost felt like he was betraying someone upon doing that. Wolvinator had given Kaspar a Communicator Badge, when the first started becoming serious with one another. Giving her that was an object of protection, and of distress. She could reach him at any time on that in case she was ever in a dire straight.

?Alright.? He said, snapping out of it. ?Report to Chief Engineer M?Gia in main Engineering. She?s Andorian, blue skin? silver hair, antenna. You really can?t miss her.?

?Just take the turbolift?? She queried, as he answered with a nod.

?Alright, I?ll do my best.?

?I know you will.? Wolvie responded as she left his ready room. Her eyes swiftly gazed over his frame as she made her departure, again showing a hint of flirtatious behavior. Smiling to that, he walked onto the bridge himself, that feeling of betrayal gone now, as he observed his Bridge crew hard at work. Everyone in Starfleet wore the Starfleet insignia on their breast, it wasn?t something out of this world special he gave to Kaze. It was given as a temporary crew member, seeing how she was now helping in main engineering. Even though it may be the same gold badge, on two separate women. They both held quite different meanings.

?Admiral, Captain Riker has informed us that the delegates from both sides of the conflict are ready to meet, via secure channels.? Wootuay informed the commanding officer.

?Understood Commander, I suppose that is the absolute quickest way to get all parties at the table.?

Wolvinator moved through the bridge swiftly, standing before his command chair as he looked on the view screen.

?Alright then, let?s open a channel.?

((This Post has in association with the recent letters to Wolvinator, that have been posted in the Mailbox Thread located here ))

Wolvinator entered his ready room after the heated negotiations between the Cornerians and the Macbeth Government. He was still awaiting a response from main engineering, and wanted to take a few moments to collect his thoughts. Approaching his desk he noticed that his personal terminal showed he had a new subspace transmission. He opened it to see six attachments, and a letter from Miko. His eyes scanned over the letter, and a smile came to his face. It was nice to see something from her, despite hearing that she temporarily moved from the mansion. He didn?t realize that he would be ?missed? this much, seeing how many attachments were there.

Looking over the first two letters, he saw that they were from Kalis-nar, an apology for his actions before Wolvie?s departure. That event actually slipped his mind, as he moved over to the next letter, which was from Kaspar. He leaned in a bit to read this one, seeing exactly what it was about, and he was actually surprised to see that she even wrote him, despite how everything had been going. It wasn?t exactly what he had been looking for. He had hoped it would be something in the form of her missing him, or even to hear that she wanted him back. But? nonetheless it was about her possibly leaving him and not allowing him to pamper her any further.

The Admiral sighed to that, leaning back in his chair now. He didn?t want to admit it to himself, but despite how things were starting to take off with him and Kaze, he was? disappointed. His blue eyes scanned over the next letter, apparently from the priestess that he spoke to once or twice. She was an associate of Kalis, and wanted to give an update on the situation in Rhy?Din, which was understandable. Turning to the next letter, again? it was from Kalis. Had every attachment been from him? It sure seemed like it. The only pleasant news to come from the letter was that Hitomi was with child, something he had heard an inkling of.

The last attachment stared at him for a moment, probably something else from Kalis-nar, asking for forgiveness yet again. Wolvie almost debated not even opening it this time. But, he decided since Miko took the time to get these to him, he would read it. His eyes started reading it over without even noticing who it was from. He stopped, blinking a few times and then began to re-read it. This time he was definitely paying attention to it. The third paragraph caught his eye.

?Asked Lang to move in with you?? He asked the screen. But as quickly as he found himself getting angry, that quickly washed away. Wolvie leaned in closer, reading the next few lines aloud to himself:

?I would have asked you, but you aren't exactly here... I do feel kind of empty now that you're gone... But that is why they say... you really don't know what you have until it's gone... Don't get me wrong, I wasn't lying when I said I loved Lang... But I have no doubt in my mind that I still love you...

I really do miss you...

Love,
Kas?

Pausing for a moment, he could help but feel the need to act. His heart nearly leapt into his throat, and he couldn?t hold back from hitting ?Reply? on the top of the screen.

((The SL deviates from this thread for one post located here ))

The USS Xavier, and USS Titan flew through the Lylat System at full impulse. The vessels were moving at a quickened pace away from the planet Corneria, withdrawing from the system. The commanders wanted to make it completely clear that they were leaving the system, and chose to take things slowly. If there were anyone tracking their movements, they wanted their ?trackers? to fully believe that they no longer held any interest in the system. After a few moments, the vessels reached the Lylat Asteroid belt, slowing down to take maneuvers to avoid the large rocks and debris that orbited the system.

Both of the ships dropped their pitch, and came almost dangerously close to the asteroids. Deflectors wouldn?t necessarily same them at this range, but that?s what they wanted. The cover of the huge space debris was perfect, and with that, both ships went to flight quarters. Dozens of small, tiny fighters flew from the two Federation Starships, like Bee?s from a hive. One after the other, they took to the asteroid field, ducking, hiding and avoiding coming from around the meteors. The ships squeezed out as many vessels as they could in ninety seconds, totaling to eighty fighters in total.

?Wolvinator to Xavier.? The voice sounded on the main bridge of the Xavier, as Wootuay sat in the command chair.

?This is Xavier, Admiral, reading you loud and clear.?

?Roger number one, we?ll be seeing you shortly.?

?Aye aye.?

With that the two vessels streamed into warp, and leaving the system.

?Just us now, eh Wolvie?? Kaze asked from the Spacewing just off to his starboard side. The Admiral moved his gaze over to her, and smiled through his flight mask. He was wearing a sleek black helmet, an oxygen mask and full flight uniform. It was meant as a precautionary measure, in case his ship took fire and he had the chance for escape.

?That?s right Kaze, just us.?

She returned the smile over to him, though it was unable to be seen through the flight mask, before her gaze turned back forward. She took a few breaths in, trying to get comfortable to everything she was wearing. Sure, the simulator was one thing, but being in the real environment was a completely different one. The minutes ticked by like hours. Space, as glorious as it may have looked, was completely boring. ?The Wait.? If the plan was to succeed, they had to remain diligent. But, things seemed to unfold quicker then they had expected.

Multiple targets began popping up on long-range sensors. Streaming from around the dark side of the planet. It certainly proved M?Gia?s theory, something was certainly happening from back there. Seemed as though they were using the planet to hide from the vessels. The Titan had definitely startled them when they showed up, and they were just waiting for them to pull away so they could continue with whatever plans they originally had.

?Who said a watched pot never boils huh?? Wolvinator said, with a chuckle in his voice.

?Let?s go get ?em??

?A roundabout loop.?

?What??

?A roundabout loop, pull up on your flight stuck for a fill three-sixty. Come up behind those Neo?s and blast ?em!?

Kaze nodded as she listened to the orders that were instructed to her by Wolvinator. She was quite impressed with his overall flying ability, and that?s why she initially asked for a suggestion in the first place. A few phaser bolts streamed across the hull of her Spacewing, as she pulled back on her flight stick. Gripping it firmly in both hands, the vessel began to pitch upward, and began performing a vertical loop maneuver. Kaze winced tightly, nearly closing her eyes from seeing anything at all, and before she knew it she was coming right up on the two Neosapien Exo-Fighters that were targeting her a moment ago. Releasing her grip just enough, she squeezed off multiple blasts at the two fighters, taking them out.

?Bingo!? Wolvinator exclaimed over the comm frequency as he swooped off towards the heat of the fight. Phaser blasts were going back and forth in front of him, with some of the fighting even took to the atmosphere of Corneria itself. Then, dropping out of warp, were a few Cornerian and Macbeth fighters to join the battle.

?Wolvie how are your shields?? Kaze asked, moving past a few friendly fighters. He glanced over at his HUD to check the reading.

?Eighty-seven percent, and yours?? She swallowed hard, and took another phaser blast.

?Still at forty-five percent.? As he heard his wingman speak Wolvinator ducked back in his fighter, planting both of his feet on the floor of his cockpit?s cabin. He throttled down and hit his retro rockets to hover just above Kaze Majin?s fighter.

?Compensate the shields, while I give you some cover.?

Kaze nodded and did as was told, she began to balance and compensate shields. The Admiral took a few hits, as the new fleet began engaging the Neosapiens. The Cornerian and Macbeth forces had easily joined the firefight, bouncing back and forth between bogies as the enemy forces began to dwindle. Meanwhile Kaze closed her eyes while still configuring.

?Hang on Wolvie, I? I?m almost done.?

?Roger... I'm at seventy four percent shields.?

She nodded and closed her eyes until she heard a beep. The Computer had re-compensated her shields to sixty-seven percent. As she reported in to him he barrel rolled, and came next to her, taking her by the side as her wing. Yet as soon as that happened, four Neosapien warships dropped out of Warp, and immediately began taking fire on the Federation and Lylat fleet.

?Holy shit!? Kaze and Wolvie, both seemed to yell at the exact same time. The Warships were picking off the ships, like shooting fish in a barrel. Instantly performing a roundabout turn, Wolvinator came through on the communications channel, as Kaze?s Spacewing followed.

?Fleet, this is Admiral Wolvinator. Retreat back to the Asteroid field, I repeat, retreat back to the asteroid field!?

Wolvinator sighed as he watched the Federation Starships de-cloak. The fleet had finally arrived. And despite minimal losses to allied personnel, the fleet was able to hold off the aggressors until the Starships were able to arrive. Starfleet Command, due to treaty stipulations, only issued cloaking technology to forty-one ships in the entire Federation. It was times like this that those ships were needed to end conflict as quickly as possible.

The Neosapiens began to flee the system, as two of their own Warships were quickly taken by surprise and were destroyed. Their fighters immediately began to disengage, and the Starfleet vessels tracked them down to ensure they fled the system. Wolvinator and the other pilots turned back towards the Calvary and began to corral any stragglers that dared to be bold. It was quite amazing how quickly they departed the moment that backup arrived, and it was clearly evident that they had bitten off more then they could chew at this instance. The Neosapien fleet just wasn?t the size of an invasion fleet, if that was there intentions, and perhaps they were merely using the area as a testing facility for the new weapon that seemed to penetrate the Starship?s shields.

Slowly, the fighters began piling back into their respective hangars as the Titan and Xavier both took a flight quarters formation.

?Well, it looks like it?s over ladies and gentlemen. It was looking pretty hectic for a while.? Wolvinator said, as he stepped out of the cockpit of his Spacewing and onto the deck of the USS Xavier. The pilots all shared mutual congratulations to one another, quite pleased with the end result, and hoping that this would be the last of the Neosapiens, at least for a while. Kaze walked over to the Admiral, with the look of dried blood on her forehead.

?So? how?d I do?? She asked, rather meekly.

?You did real well Kaze? but? what?s that on your head?? She immediately raised her hand up, brushing her fingers over her damaged skin.

?It?s nothing, I just took a hard blast up there.?

?Well nonetheless, head down to sickbay and have that checked out.? She nodded to him, and turned to make way for the turbolift.

?And Kaze?? Wolvinator started, as she turned around to look back at him with quite hopeful eyes. He looked her over and smiled. His blue eyes gently refracting the light from the top of the hangar. His beard slowly moved with the contour of his face, as the smile emerged, stretching his skin out to the sides.

?Thanks for your help.? She smiled at him, and gave him a slight nod.

?Anytime, Admiral.? With that, she made her way to sickbay.

?Admiral, I?m sure. We?ll be fine.?

?Alright number one, but I just want to be perfectly clear.?

?Yes sir, understandable. We will contact you if need be. You?ve already made that perfectly clear.?

Looking at him through the view screen, Wolvinator smiled to his first officer and nodded.

?Be well Wootuay.?

?And you as well Wolvinator. We?ll contact you in a few days. Xavier? out.?

He smiled and nodded his head, watching his first officer blink off of the screen. The Xavier would be staying behind in the Lylat system for a few days, along with the other ships of the small defense fleet, until a Federation envoy would be able to make it to the system and ensure stability in the region. The Admiral already contacted Starfleet Command, as well as the other commanders of the fleet. He felt an urge to stay, but an even greater one to return to Rhy?Din. It was time.

Looking to his starboard side, he watched as Kaze flew alongside his wing, in her own Spacewing. Neither of them were wearing combat equipment, or flight masks, and Wolvie could clearly see the smile on Kaze?s face as she flew. The two vessels were traveling at Warp six, and headed back for the Rhy?Din Nebula.

?Hanging in there alright Kaze?? he asked, with a smile.

?Yeah, piece of cake.? She offered him a wink as she looked over to him.

?Thanks Kaze? for everything. I? really mean that.?

?That?s what I?m here for Wolvie, I?m really glad that you took me along, I?m the one that bugged you to take me? remember?? They both shared a chuckle at that. She didn?t bug him one bit, she asked. And after some thought to the matter, he asked her to accompany him. It was the way it happened, and he was glad that it did happen that way. She greatly helped him with his own personal healing process, not to mention the peace process of the Cornerian?s and the people of Macbeth. Things hadn?t turned out the way they expected, and despite the grim situation, everything turned out for the better.

"Well, no matter what. I appreciate it Kaze, I think more than you realize."

Looking forward again, he stared off into space. They would be traversing the Nebula in a few hours from now, and he would be able to make his way back. He had a feeling he?d be needed back on Rhy?Din, and he had hoped that everything wasn?t in complete disarray upon his return.

?Wolvie!? Kaze screamed over the communications channel as her ship was rocked by the explosion. Her shields took a hit, and she immediately realized she lost short range sensors. Majin?s weapon system was also damaged, but it didn?t appear that it was anything too major. She looked out her cockpit and yelled again.

?WOLVIE!? She heard nothing for a moment, and she lowered her head. She couldn?t see him on sensors, nonetheless make out a visual of him. Her face tightened up while she gritted her teeth. It was as if?

?Ugh? eh? yeah, yeah I?m here.? Wolvinator?s voice came over the frequency.

?Lost comms there for a minute.? She darted up, looking around, trying to see if she could find him.

?Wolvie, what the hell happened, where are you?? As she said that his fighter slowly came into her visual horizon, just in front of her.

?I?m right here Kaze. It? it was a mine or something. Nearly took me out, but it did take out the subspace relay.?

?Are you alright?? She asked with a sigh, seeing his fighter come into her main view. She was incredibly worried about him, especially since she lost him for a moment

?Eh, yeah? I?m aiight. Looks like? eh. Looks like I lost short range sensors, forward shields, comms, and the targeting computer.? He paused for a moment, looking over his readouts in front of him.

?As you can tell, I got comms back up. But? the rest of this stuff needs to get repaired back at the hangar. Ah, crap? maneuvering thrusters are slow in responding too. That thing was heavy, whatever it was.?

?Well, I?m just glad you?re alright.?

?Thanks Kaze. I?m not picking up anything dangerous on long range sensors, are you?? She looked over her tactical display and scanned the course and heading for Rhy?Din.

?No, nothing? everything looks okay.?

?Yeah, me either. Just double checking, I don?t think I?d be able to take another one of those blasts.? Wolvinator said, quite truthfully, with a sigh.

?Alright then, let?s take it back to the estate then.?

?Yeah, let?s avoid a collision also, seeing how neither of us has short range sensors. I?ll enter warp first, at these coordinates, and then you follow about twelve hundred kilometers to port.?

Kaze nodded and entered the coordinates for warp speed, as Wolvinator entered warp himself. It would take them just a little over an hour to reach the planet, and even though he didn?t want to admit it, he was quite worried. His sensors hadn?t quite picked it up until it was too late. Who and why would anyone drop a space mine in the middle of a subspace relay device and beacon? It couldn?t have been an accident. Someone was definitely setting a trap, and Wolvinator would have to be on his guard.

((The following post takes places with the complete approval by all three characters involved))

Brian Fury?s small fighter cleared the clouds and streamed through the atmosphere, rising up into the stars. It was still early yet, and despite Brian not going to sleep he definitely did not have any signs of fatigue. As the vessel cleared the atmosphere, Brian began scanning on long-range sensors. He was checking to see if that buoy was still around at all, or if it something else was going on. Fury had hoped that something else didn?t trip the proximity mine to go off, or that it malfunctioned, and then suddenly a ship dropped out of warp.

It hovered above him and had yet to take orbit around the planet, and he immediately began scanning it. The results came back, one humanoid, male. It was a Spacewing class fighter, not exactly a ship that was run of the mill. Spacewings were some of Starfleet?s exemplary fighters. If this were going to turn out to be a dogfight, Fury would be at a supreme disadvantage, and he knew it. If this was the Admiral?s fighter, why did he scan him? He must of known of the mine, he triggered it? didn?t he? More readings came in, and his eyes took no hesitation in scanning them over. Minor hull damage, forward shields were completely down, apparently there was a problem with sensors, and the weapon systems were showing up inconclusive.

?Admiral Wolvinator.? Brian Fury went out on the communication channel. His voice had a sinister growl to it.

?Unidentified craft, please identify yourself.? Of course? he didn?t have to answer him. He wouldn?t just tell any space faring vessel scooting around the system who he was, especially? if he couldn?t quite see him.

?Admiral Wolvinator. It has been a long time, a long? long time.?

?I say again, unidentified craft? identify yourself.?

?There is an old Klingon proverb Admiral, revenge is a dish best served cold. I believe you know it well.?

?Unidentified craft, identify yourself. This is your final warning.?

?No Admiral, it?s yours.? With that Brian Fury locked onto the Spacewing, and fired full phasers at it. There wasn?t any hesitation in his actions, he knew the voice and he knew it well. The mine hadn?t destroyed him, and in fact Fury preferred it this way; to face his enemy, warrior to warrior, and blow him out of the stars. The fighter looked like it tried to take evasive action, but it was too late and all too easy. The nose of the space fighter was blown clear off. Hull integrity was failing and the vessel listed out of control towards the planets surface.

A second ship dropped out of warp, and it?s something he hadn?t expected. He didn?t want to take a chance. In an instant he locked onto the second fighter and fired a photon torpedo at it, before turning back towards the Admiral?s fighter. It had entered the atmosphere at this point, and he quickly tracked it down to go in for the kill.

She couldn't believe what had happened, right as she was coming out of warp there was a explosion against her shields, or at least what was left of them and broke into the engines. Instantly her engines went off line. She heard Wolvie's voice next and her eyes went wide. Before she knew it the sky was on fire with debris. She didn't have time to think as systems restored and engines restarted. Her hands were shaking, she was falling, but she needed to know that Wolvie had gotten out. She looked up but the hail of fire and mettle came down faster and faster until she cursed feet from the ground. Her nose dived into the ground and slid a few dozen feet before coming to a stop at the lake at the edge of the Glenn.

Slowly she looked up to see Wolvie's spacewing in shambles and falling into the lake before her, still very much on fire, and very much destroyed. She kicked at the door before it slid open. Looking up to see a fighter speeding off into the night. She was in shock unable to speak. Her eyes scanning the heavens for any sign of a shoot, any sign that Wolvie was still alive. She couldn't see him any where... He wasn't there. Slowly she saw something drifting down to her feet. The letters S.E.F.F. clearly visible and embroidered down the arm and over the coat pocket on the chest. Leaning over she pulled the flight jacket to her chest, his flight jacket to her chest.

She fell to her knees clinging to the jacket and screamed in agony," Wolvie!!!" Tears over whelmed her. She didn't care that she was brused, cut, beaten, even in some minor spots broken. As she clung to the jacket her only thought was of Wolvie. He just couldn't be dead.