Space Odyssey: Spectre

Jace slowed his pace as he neared the entrance to the Cerberus War Room when he noticed the stacks of boxes outside of the door. Some of them were human hardware while others were Victorium with writing he could not easily decipher. It seemed that the Venture's staff had not been able to get all of their gear into the room.

He walked past the boxes before walking to the door. It slid open as he walked towards it. When he walked into the room he noticed that Uti was standing by the Holo War Table and was reading off of a tablet. Jace could hear the High Priestess and VIPs shuffle in through the door behind him.

"Uti, what do we have?" Jace asked as he looked around the messy room. Where everything was clearly just dropped off.

"A mess. Since the Venture left dock early and did not have a chance to organize we will have to do it ourselves. I am unable to read the human documents as well. Seems they rushed into it." Uti answered by showing him the tablet which was in a human language from Vexical.

Jace sighed as he nodded. "Okay, just focus on the Victorium boxes for now. I will move the human boxes to the appropriate rooms." Jace told the Ola as he turned to the VIPs who were looking around the room, "was there anything else in particular."

"No," The High Priestess shook her head, "But the council members and myself still wish to stay around your squad for the time being and observe. I hope you do not mind."

Jace shrugged, "Just stay out of our way. If you become a problem I will have you removed." Jace told them and noticed some of them bristled at his unrespectful response. Or at least that is what it looked like.

Jace began reading the tablet and moved boxes around the room. "What exactly is the purpose of this room?" He could hear a quizzical voice ask. It was feminine but not the High Priestess.

"This is the Cerberus War Room, it is the Cerberus Squad's private briefing room. Attached to it is a holo hard light training room, a simulator room, our private armory, and a work room. Aside from the work room the rest are relatively self explanatory." Jace began explaining as he moved a box across the room. Most of them were going into the armory.

"What is the purpose of the work room?" This time it was the High Priestess asking.

"Building, repairs, and just about anything where we will mess with equipment. It has all the tools we will need." Jace informed them as he grabbed a pair of large boxes with a grunt and moved over to the armory.

"Why do you have your own War Room?" A male council member asked, he was starting to tell the difference for genders of most of these species.

"We also have our own barracks across the hall. We are allowed to have them because of our status as an Elite Joint unit. We will essentially be tossed right into the shit storm. Essentially being the first squad on the ground, maybe even before the Shock Troopers. We will also handle any of the classified or secretive assignments that the Venture receives. All of that results in the need for us to have our own separate space in order to maintain secrecy." Jace glanced over the tablet and pushed a box with his foot across the ground to another door.

Jace then walked out of the room and began bringing the rest of the boxes into the room. "That is…clever. Whose idea was that?" One of the council members asked.

"Likely the Director." Jace answered honestly as stopped moving one box before walking across the hall and opening the Cerberus Barracks he walked a few feet in and put the box on the ground. The barracks was just as much a mess as the War Room. Jace then walked across the hall and grabbed the Hammer of Flames which he set down earlier. He then carried it over to his private room in the barracks and then he locked the door.

"About that, who is the Director that you speak of. You mentioned her being one of your superiors as well." Another of the council members asked.

But this time Jace did not immediately respond. He instead looked at the High Priestess and stared at her for a moment. She understood what he was asking and she seemed to have a contemplative look on her face. Then the High Priestess answered, "That is not something that can be freely spoken about. I apologize, Governor Council Member Richize."

Jace continued moving about his work when after a half an hour the rest of his Squad began showing up. The only ones that were not with them were Charlie, Nila, Josef, and another he did not yet know the name of. But the rest showed up and the High Priestess and her council members began leaving since it was getting too crowded.

"Jace the others are in the infirmary. Nila and Charlie are uninjured." Vana began explaining after the High Priestess and her crowd of council member followers left. "Nila went there since she is one of their commanding officers. So it is apparently protocol for the Victorium to have one present during the time when they are being treated for major injuries."

Jace nodded as he looked at the rack of weapons he had just finished setting up. "Makes sense. I assume Charlie is there to learn about xenobiology so she can treat the rest of the races that are in our squad?"

"Correct, she was also talking with Josef about prosthetics. Apparently, cybernetics is one division that they are grossly behind, technology wise. Unless you are connected it is extraordinarily difficult to acquire a replacement limb." Vana explained as she pulled out her own weapon after a moment and started putting it away.

"Interesting." Jace then noticed what she was doing. "It is okay for now but in the future we will have a process for returning weapons to the racks. Just so we can maintain them." Jace informed her as he moved onto setting up the next rack.

"You know, setting all of this stuff up is going to take at least a day or two." Vana pointed out as she looked out the door where the rest of the unit had joined Uti and Jace in moving boxes and unpacking them.