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Marlene watched the display quietly, pensively considering the response it was given to her.

"I'm not buying it." She said coolly, while keying in the manual override. The AI's voice playing over the comms.

"Manual override engaged..."

Marlene shot Johnson a look as she settled into the control station, pulling up the chair and easing into it, while grasping the ship's controls along each arm of the chair. The Tactical projection turned into a forward view-screen.

She keyed in a set of coordinates, factoring in the point of origin to make a short range tactical jump, and the CPF Patrol cruiser winked out of existence, only to re-appear once more roughly a kilometer to the starboard side of the Lighthugger.

The ship visibly shifted, revealing the sleek black hull of the stealth corvette, which banked up along the dorsal side of the ship, performed a barrel roll, and then settled back on the port side of the ship.

A female voice was then transmitted, stern, and with a hint of something else, perhaps it was malice?

"Elysium, disengage your engines and prepare for inspection."

Marlene briefly turned towards Johnson. "Prepare an ECW Package for short-range broadcast."