Chapter 304: Classified Conversation
After they stepped into the office only Nila was forced to step outside while they had their meeting. Jace just put Cho on his lap as the rest of them sat in seats around the room.
"Okay, so here is the plan." The High Priestess was the one that started the meeting. "The Venture and the Victorium fleet will be using the Colony station to launch attacks against the republic."
"What? That will make it a target in this intergalactic war that has broken out!" The Princess yelled in surprise.
"It would have been a target anyways with it being the trade center between the Victorium and human races. Setting it up as the staging area for the war will allow us to fortify it and alter the base with Victorium military technology." The High Priestess explained, calming down the princess.
"What about MILD and the Vexical Military Remnant?" Admiral Dakota asked, it seemed he was as much in the dark as Jace was with what would happen now that everything was officially out in the open.
"Director Fenrir and MILD will operate under me for the time being. We are making plans to roll them over into a new group along with the Victorium’s Intelligence Division. While the Vexical Military assets are going to remain as the Vexical Militia and will be treated just like the other races militias. As the highest ranking military officer you will be in charge of the Militia." The High Priestess explained as she tapped the desk a few times and Jace’s helmet picked up a short range data transfer that went from her desk to a device on Admiral Dakota’s wrist.
There was a beeping noise and he looked at his wrist. "So I have a new job that I no doubt have to know what to do." He raised an eyebrow, "I have to sort the non-MILD assets to decide whether or not they are trustworthy?"
"Yes you do. We can’t have new soldiers with their own ideas of defecting and stealing technology from us. So you will sort who can and cannot join the Vexical Militia. Firmly placing the blame in your lap if there are any traitors. I would suggest you first go through your own warship." The High Priestess explained as she tapped her desk and a hologram of a document appeared floating over the desk.
The Princess was the one who read it. "We formally request the presence of Princess Phila and Admiral Dakota at the earliest possible opportunity for a meeting regarding the human representative of the council and other relevant information that needs to be set up as soon as possible."
"It is essentially an order for you and Admiral Dakota to go to the Victorium Government Council Meeting. You will sort out who will represent humans on the council. There will also be a slew of parades, celebrations, and parties. Admiral Dakota will escort you there aboard the Nightfall after the ship is fully repaired and refitted while aboard this station." The High Priestess then turned to Jace. "Next is Venture and Cerberus Squad."
"Venture will be getting some adjustments. But Cerberus Squad will commence several intelligence operations in preparation for an invasion of New Hexarian Republic Space. In addition..." She took a moment and sent a load of information to his armor.
They consisted of plans and orders. The majority of which would be for the Colony but there were plans for creating military outposts and long range listening satellites. "I will be using the Venture’s spare manpower for building. Just hand those orders off to General Isaiah. Now the next bit is a bit more of an information session."
She looked between Dakota and Jace before looking at the Princess, "but I believe you would benefit more from preparing a trusted escort that Admiral Dakota would approve of." The Princess understood the High Priestess’s meaning and left the room. The High Priestess will now be able to talk to them about classified military secrets that the Princess was not allowed to know about.
She tapped her desk and the power went out for a moment before a few red lights were all that was lighting up the room. "Okay, we are now in the most secure and observable location available on the Colony. I need to know all of your so-called classified military secrets that you have refrained from sharing with me."
Admiral Dakota shook his head, "without Director Fenrir’s approval-" He stopped mid-sentence as she tapped the desk and a hologram of a document appeared. Admiral Dakota stepped forward and looked over the floating hologram of a document. "That is an approved form from Director Fenrir. What would you like to know about first?"
"The source of the Nanosystem, where is it located?"
"It is secure in the Echo Base of the Echo System where we keep our most sensitive information and secrets." Admiral Dakota answered with a nod of his head.
"Then the Echo Base, where is that located?"
"The Echo System." Admiral Dakota waited a few seconds as the High Priestess glared at him. "I will provide the specific coordinates and method to enter the system so your ship is not destroyed upon entry."
The High Priestess nodded, "okay, then there is a slew of classified operations I would like to know about as well. But I believe the first of them is a file labeled Number Eight?" She looked at Admiral Dakota expecting him to answer.
But Admiral Dakota tilted his head and then looked over at Jace. "I have no idea what file she is talking about. Jace, do you know what she is talking about? It is not something I believe I have been read-in on."
"That is a surprise. Your name is on the creation of the file." The High Priestess pointed out before looking at Jace.
"That is because he created the operation back when he was still the head of an academy. It was just a rough outline back then. Director Fenrir was the one that decided to name it when we went to train at Echo Base for Project Tartarus." Jace informed her.
"Oh..." Admiral Dakota nodded, "that is what it is about. But what is with the name?"
"It is a misnomer because of the classified nature of the operation." Jace answered with a shrug. "First I must admit that there is a seventh Spectre that only myself and Director Fenrir know about. Next I have to disclose that she is currently infiltrating the Union."
That took the High Priestess a moment to digest and understand. "The Union is the anti-monarchy movement that is spreading through the human territories. From what I understand they have been a potential threat for years. Why are you only infiltrating now?"
"Because we had difficulty keeping a spy inside of the Union. They usually disappear after a few weeks. We realized there were two problems with our spies. One, our spies’ pasts were not consistent with the Union’s ideals. The second was our method of communication, it can be detected or would give away our spies. So when we encountered a potential pairing that could undergo the nanosystem’s marriage ritual with one of them having the perfect forgeable background to make her look like the prime target for the Union. So that is what we did." Admiral Dakota explained as he moved to take a seat.
"I have many questions but I will hold off on most of them. But for now I would like to know what exactly is our method of communication to contact our spy?" The High Priestess asked, understandably confused by the Admiral’s explanation.
Jace decided to jump in and explain. "The marriage ritual connects the two participants’ systems and allows for long range telepathic communication. So your method of contact with her is me. I operate as her handler and relay intel she provides."
The High Priestess blinked and then frowned and leaned forward. "Okay," She made a clicking noise. "Now for my other questions."