Sephira Mond
Character
ODESSEN
SECTION C
O-BRANCH READY ROOM
0857 LOCAL TIME
She didn't know exactly how Cresh knew who was late and who wasn't. She had never seen Cresh before, as far as she knew. The three times she had heard Cresh speak it had been in this room, a sealed security island outside of which she'd had to lock up her comlink, and inside of which she could not see a single camera or other observation device. Not even one of those one-way mirrors that fooled no one. She set her coffee cup on a table and knelt to refasten her boot laces, then straightened and carefully adjusted the pins that kept her shiny black hair tucked back.
The clock on the wall, an analog thing that inexplicably kept perfect time, ticked over to 0858 and she glanced at her watch to check. "Cutting it fine, Moz," she murmured through a smirk. I'm going to be mummy's favorite because I showed up on time. Victory is mine, victory is mine. Well that wasn't exactly fair. He still had two minutes -- rather, a minute forty. Sephira picked up her coffee cup and took a sip, savoring the moment of downtime before, at precisely 0900, the screen lit up, showing the planet Balmorra rotating slowly in hues of blue, data scrolling around the edges.
A faintly mechanical voice -- vaguely androgynous -- announced: "This is Balmorra, weapons manufacturing stronghold in the Core. When the Galactic Empire conquered it, the free nations of the galaxy, to say nothing of the Galactic Alliance, lost a significant arsenal in defense of democracy. The sudden nature of the Empire's actions prevented a larger-scale evacuation that was seen on other worlds like Coruscant. As a result, the Alliance lost access to a great deal of military materiel. During a recent raid on Balmorra, we received intelligence regarding a potential asset with experience in weapons systems and equipment development." The image shifted, a headshot of a woman in her thirties appearing, pulled from a corporate holosite. "Avenyx Bevan, of Heliox Logistics, had been unaccounted for following the change in Balmorra's status. Now we know that she is alive and active on Balmorra."
The voice paused and then the map returned. "Bevan was last seen destroying the Heliox Logistics research facility, presumably to avoid the records there from falling into Imperial hands. We also have reports, some confirmed, of her participation in a resistance cell on Balmorra, where she has provided weapons, ammunition, and equipment improvised from what remains on Balmorra following the Alliance pullout. Analysis suggests that Bevan would be strong asset to Section C. Your mission is to travel to Balmorra, locate Bevan, and extract her to Odessen. You will have local resistance support, if necessary. As a secondary objective, ensure that any of her plans, research, or designs are well and truly destroyed or extracted with her. For preserving the weapons research, Section C has activated your licenses to kill."
"Inside your briefing packets, you will find additional information, including a psychological profile, health misses, or old photographs." Another little pause. "Any questions?" the voice asked.
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