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A short pause as the vice admiral's eyes ventured at what appeared to be the border of the screen, surveying holo-panels of information overlayed on his own display on Terra. A moment, and then the man nodded.

"That is possible, and acceptable to begin. The one minor issue on our end is the duty roster on the Apophis doesn't list general technical engineers, so our team would have to be dispatched from back home. From those listings, however, the source personnel are plentiful, and I'd expect no shortage of volunteers when asked." A shifting of the concealing fabric suggested a twisting of facial expression, with the likeliest chance being a smile.

"Given the rather insecure state of this meeting, however, I'm inclined to request that either the exchange of teams be enacted either at the point of entry of your drone's visit in the past, or at an agreed upon neutral location within the Andromeda galactic mid-zone. Acceptable?"