the_guy545 ((Hope you're ready for a plot twist.))
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Silverwind enters the bridge of the now-upgraded flagship, and makes haste towards the command chair.
Silverwind: "Eleanor, Full report. Things have happened and this ship needs to depart soon."
Eleanor: "Admiral, an incident has happened near the north-western border of the United Galaxies territory, involving--"
Silverwind: "--A Pretender. I know, Tiberius has notified me of this."
Tiberius: "Hear her out, Admiral, this next part will surprise you."
Eleanor: "Indeed. Recently the TATC have entered the border requesting permission to pass. Standard UG protocol dictates that personnel board the transports to inspect the cargo, but the TATC has refused to let them board. In the end, your pretender decided to send a crack infiltration team onboard their ships, but as they boarded, the TATC ships disappeared. You were... pronounced 'missing in action,' sir."
Silverwind leaned forward for a moment, pointer finger across his chin. The obvious first step would be to rally the UG and dispell the false pretenses that he was missing in action, however, with the high alert the overall UG military is in, they may very well assume wrongly that he himself is an imposter. So what did the pretender's ship have...?
Silverwind: "Tiberius, search through the database for this pretender ship - the surmised 'Stinger III' used to contact the TATC, more importantly."
Tiberius: "Admiral, this would deviate processing power from the ongoing scan--"
Silverwind: "This is a small task for you, Tiberius. Once you are done with this small task you can get right back to the security scan."
Tiberius: "Very well... This is a relatively new Stinger-III ship meant as the flagship for the Second United Galaxies Fleet, but when Commander Steven Hawken heard that our ship was undergoing upgrades, he saw an opportunity for his ship to become the acting flagship for the first fleet. Along the way, your pretender stepped in - the database assumes you are one and the same, assuming you had temporarily left this ship to find a new ship to use as an acting Flagship, and you and Hawken happened to cross paths. Your pretender became the new captain of the ship, and Hawken as first mate."
Silverwind: "Specifics, Tiberius, what does the ship HAVE?"
Tiberius: "The ship has a nuanced collection of personal holovids and conventional-vid alternatives remarkably similar to your own..."
Silverwind: "Star Wars and Spaceballs?"
Tiberius: "Star Trek, actually, but affirmative on the Spaceballs movie."
Silverwind: "Huh... I happen to have a few Star Trek seasons myself, but I know my preferences."
Tiberius: "Here is the main difference: The experimental Flagship AI for Hawken's ship is not fully implemented. It is scheduled to activate at the same time the Second United Galaxies Fleet is to be activated. As long as this is the case, I can be the defining evidence you need to prove that you are the one true Silverwind - I have you unique ID and bio-prints in a top-security folder within my internal storage banks."
Silverwind: "Excellent. With that out of the way, where is the current location of the pretender -- rather, where is the current location of... Eleanor, what TATC Convoy designation did they go by?"
Eleanor: "TATC Transport convoy 4-CB, sir."
Tiberius: "The TATC are keeping live updates on an announcement board on their convoy locations. I will search this board and discern their location, then calculate a trajectory for us to meet with them... before they arrive at their next destination."
Silverwind: "Why before?"
Tiberius: "Safety precautions - especially near a celestial behemoth - require us to have all travel-based drives turned off while they are within vicinity."
Silverwind: "...Very well. Calculate this course than return to the security scan - we can't be too sure the Celestial Mechanics are conspiring with our assassins."
Tiberius: "This is probably unrelated, but I am detecting increased energy signatures on the Shipyard we have come out of."
Silverwind: "Keep me informed. For now, our focus is to falsify my disappearance and get the UG back on track. Set a course for the North-Western border."
Mannon: "Admiral, if I may? I have reports that the GT Republic (@Gladiaxa) are already within the vicinity of this so-called "Stinger-III" and have the intentions of investigating our disappearance and the secret boarding party that was sent."
Silverwind: "I see... Eleanor, send the GT Republic a message giving them full permission by Admiral Silverwind to use whatever means are at their disposal to investigate this matter further. Sedgewick, change our course for Convoy 4-CB's next calculated arrival point."
Sedgewick: "It'll be hard, but I'll do it, Admiral."
Tiberius: "I will assist you, Navigator Sedgewick. It shouldn't be /THAT/ difficult."
The upgraded flagship, now christened with "Tiberius" and "Stinger-IV", prepares to FTL-jump.