Boss spoke up to Akiko, "I can not detect any impediment in the rest of the squadron's movements. They are currently coming to us, but not at the same speeds in which we flew in at. The communications officer can likely give more detail. Hasagawa-hei, if you wouldn't mind, please query the rest of the squadron on their status."
Eden's neck snapped to look at the red-headed sensors operator after Akiko had made her pronouncement.
"Deio-hei!?"
"Computing right now..." Deio Asuka said, "It looks like it fits the criteria, four meters by four meters by three point five meters. Or... Wait. She's right. It's actually negligibly smaller than it should be. I don't know why. It's almost like the Yamataium crumpled in on itself. It should be more triangular than it currently is. Asuka trailed off again, looking to Eden to finish her thoughts. Eden did not, instead she studied the volumetric display of the pod with a look of malice glinting in her eyes.
Eden said, "Thank you, Deio-hei, Hayashi-juni. If the Santô Juni wouldn't mind assisting at the sensors station, that would be beneficial. It seems there are currently inaccuracies happening at it that may be rectified with her presence."
Asuka's freckled cheeks blushed and she nodded solemnly, shifting position for Akiko to either look over her shoulder or sit on the seat with her.
"Whew. She's a serious one, isn't she?" the fox-like Neko muttered.
A little peeved that Nashira-hei would double back on her own orders at the first opportunity, Eden called out over comms.
"What are you thinking? You can potentially injure or kill the inhabitants of the pod with a flashbang! This is a search and rescue mission, not a smash and grab one. I will let you know when that changes. If it does. No, stick to your previous task of sending in drones then a shielded infantry, and then a technician. We need all of the information we can get from this." Seeing Saki enter the bridge, Eden said, "That is all."
Misaki instantly locked eyes with Eden and unknowingly she let out a small whine, and audible whine, a whine of worry.
Her mind was telling her that suddenly they were at condition one, and she herself was at condition zero. Flushed and sort of hugging herself Misaki's eyes welled up as she spoke actual words instead of whining like a small girl,
"E-Eden... can we borrow you for a minute?"
She seemed to grow even more worried, she even seemed to be shivering slightly. She cut of another whine with two words that she heard echo around her,
"It's time."
When Saki made her pronouncement, though, Eden's eyes widened and she looked at her with excited, though pleading eyes. "Right now?"
Bridge
Misaki looked dead into Eden's eyes, "Yes now, I feel it." She continued her pleading stare while she continued to jitter a little. She put one of her arms around her midsection akin to hugging herself while holding out a begging hand to Eden. She let out a quieter whine while sending her feeling towards Eden through their encrypted mind link.
She was begging to go.
"Hayashi-Juni, you have the bridge!" Eden called out, rushing to Misaki's side.
She asked MEGAMI, "Get Royama-Heisho, the medic! Have her meet us in the med lab!"
"Right away, Shosa," Boss replied. Eden hurried Saki to the med bay with one hand on her far shoulder and another on the arm nearest her as her heels clicked against the hallway's floor.
"Sensors are picking up a multitude of ships that just uncloaked themselves! There are what look like three cruisers and ten bombers!" Asuka said, whipping her hands around wildly to manually control the sensors station.
"Sensors are showing they haven't recently been in FTL travel, they've been here this entire time! Eden what should we—" Asuka turned around to face Akiko and then gulped.
"Santô Juni, what should bridge crew and the power armor team do?!"
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