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[better_than_aliens]

[If you look at the hangar, Christine's busy slumped over on a wall, looking like hell. This was the second time she sortied and ended up getting the short end of the stick. Even worse, this time, it lead to someone's death. Someone she knew and cared about on some level. Oh, sure, she wasn't as torn up about this as Laura certainly was, but still...]

Too weak, too slow, I let myself get the better of me... DAMMIT! What was I thinking?! I could have done something! Anything! Anything but what I did!

[She growls and buries her head in her hands.]

...What if that was Julia...? What if I couldn't have...?

After The Fact

[paladin_robot]

[Richard had been out for days again, just like the previous times he'd use Ideigi so much. His mind was far from at ease however, and when he did finally wake up, it was with a shout...]

NO!

[Hard to tell what he was screaming about, but he frantically looks around, realising he's in the medical ward of the White Chalice.]

W-We got away from the attack... please, tell me, is Lily okay?! We saved her, right?!

[He... looks pretty desperate for a good answer.]

Departure

[mecha_eihwaz]

[On White Chalice's deck, Lily's five friends from Angel Force are loading a stasis pod on board of their ship. Inside the pod, behind a big round glass, there is Lily Rain EVE, or rather what's left of her. Even though her whole body is badly damaged, most of her left side is missing and there is a huge hole in her chest, the expression on her face is almost serene.]


Lily... No... I can't believe this is happening...


All we can do at this point is take her back to Cosmic Ark... And hope it's not too late...

[Mark your response as 1 if you want to talk to Angel Force, 2 for reactions/mingle.]

Most definitely not foreshadowing

[space_macgyver]

"Lowe, here's everything you asked me about earlier that I could find."

[Liam puts an abridged document on the desk. Where does Lowe's friend find all this secret information, it is a mystery.]

A Federation solar sail project? Technically infinite acceleration?

...

Liam, you're a genius! We can use this to bring Lily back to her home faster. That way, they can save her! We only have to find that facility and...

"There's no facility, Lowe. It never left the planning phase - if the project continued, it was in secret, guarded too closely. Even I do not know where it might be."

Oh.

"I'm sorry."

[For once, the upbeat and energetic engineer looks down on his spirits, or at least grumpy and frustrated. He'll remain in this condition, the paper still in hand, if anyone tries to approach him.]

A Hunter's... Farewell?

[chozo_girl]

[1 - open communication to all]

[The comms light up, and the face thereis one that has been seen on it basically never - the rock-opaque face of that bounty hunter woman, staring inexpressively for a second before speaking]

Tomorrow I will be leaving this ship for some time. If anyone needs to tell me anything beforehand I will be in the hangar from three hours from now.

[And with that she turns the comms off. Laconic as always, seems. But if you want to find her before she leaves, true to her word she's going to be checking some things on her ship]

[2 - locked to people with decent CR with Samus (read: Ichitaka, Laura, Devon, Julia, Werter... but not Vlaska. )]

[At least that's the message most people got. In your case, though, there was an additional message]

Before leaving I would like to speak to you. Find me in the Arboretum as soon as you can.

[3 - Locked to Vlaska]

[And at some point later, Samus is going to approach the cat, quiet as always]