Mirror Nat replied. "I know, right? That's what they always say. Best part is, we could blow up the Lexington and everyone would assume you were dead, so no one would come looking for you. As for your crew, if you even want'em, we can... arrange for them to be brought to you first."
Mirror Krystal seemed to hesitate at the idea of just destroying her own ship. Finally, she closed her eyes and nodded.
"She was a good ship, but I honestly don't know how to get her out," she said. "Equipment can be replaced. Lives can't. Make the arrangements. And make Leeta bleed. Show her she's not the goddess she thinks she is now."
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Krystal did smile a bit though.
"That was bad," she said.
Mirror Nat smiled, almost wickedly. "I'd love to, and believe me, I will."
He walked over to the door. "I guess I'll go grab the other you and go set everything up, alrighty? Also, you want me to kill off Leeta's goon before I blow up the ship, just to make him suffer?"
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Nat replied. "I know. Ok, here's another one. Why did the orange stop crossing the road?"
Sarah raised her hand. "Stop. It ran out of juice. I know these ones."
"Sarah... there's three of us and one of him," Krystal said. "Pretty sure we could take him if he tried anything. Also... he could just security override if he wanted to. Let him in."
The door opened anyway and mirror Nat walked in. "Very funny. Anyways, change of plans, guys. We're gonna raid the Lexington for her computer core, her crew, and then blow up the ship."
Krystal had a neutral look on her face.
"I'm sure," she said. "We can skip the details. We got a way to access this computer or we just pulling it out after the fact?"
Mirror Nat replied. "We'll steal it and then access all the data later. Keeps things simple, really."
Nat asked "how?"
Mirror Nat chuckled. "I'll arrange a distraction to keep them all busy while we beam in and steal the computer core. Well, unless the core proves to be unstealable, in which case we'll just download all the data we need, although that leaves the risk of missing some data here and there that we might want, you know?"
Krystal thought for a moment.
"That still leaves out the detail of you saying we're gonna blow her up," she pointed out. "And if we're talking about the entire computer core, if the ISS Lexington is anything like my ship, we're talking about a Sovereign class starship computer core. This isn't some small bank of isolinear chips. Its several decks tall of processing capability and storage. Unless you got a Borg Cutting beam and core the ship like an apple, we're not stealing it. We'd have to take the whole ship."
She then leaned against the wall.
"With her command codes, I might be able to do a core dump. Get the data stored onto something more portable. But that would take time. And something tells me that this needs to be a smash and grab."
Mirror Nat chuckled. "We've got Borg cutting beams if we really need them, and as for time, you wanna know something? For you, we've been here around a day. For the people on Earth, you've barely just dematerialized. Trust me, we can manipulate time all we need."
Mirror Nat wondered for a moment. "Or like you said, we could steal the whole damn ship. I'm sure our you would love that."
"I'm guessing she's not as loyal to Admiral Leeta as she let on, and you made her an offer," Krystal replied. "And why do I get the feeling you're comparing me to her now?"
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"Why?" Krystal asked.
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Nat replied. "He didn't have the guts."
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"She was a good ship, but I honestly don't know how to get her out," she said. "Equipment can be replaced. Lives can't. Make the arrangements. And make Leeta bleed. Show her she's not the goddess she thinks she is now."
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Krystal did smile a bit though.
"That was bad," she said.
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He walked over to the door. "I guess I'll go grab the other you and go set everything up, alrighty? Also, you want me to kill off Leeta's goon before I blow up the ship, just to make him suffer?"
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Nat replied. "I know. Ok, here's another one. Why did the orange stop crossing the road?"
Sarah raised her hand. "Stop. It ran out of juice. I know these ones."
Nat shook his head. "You're not fun anymore."
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Krystal laughed at that.
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Sarah shook her head. "I can't believe you laughed at that one."
Soon, a knock came on the door.
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The familiar voice replied "Mr. Happy."
Nat's eyes widened. "What?"
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Nat turned away, disturbed. He had heard too much.
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Nat's jaw dropped.
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"O...k... what she tell you?" she asked.
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"I'm sure," she said. "We can skip the details. We got a way to access this computer or we just pulling it out after the fact?"
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Nat asked "how?"
Mirror Nat chuckled. "I'll arrange a distraction to keep them all busy while we beam in and steal the computer core. Well, unless the core proves to be unstealable, in which case we'll just download all the data we need, although that leaves the risk of missing some data here and there that we might want, you know?"
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"That still leaves out the detail of you saying we're gonna blow her up," she pointed out. "And if we're talking about the entire computer core, if the ISS Lexington is anything like my ship, we're talking about a Sovereign class starship computer core. This isn't some small bank of isolinear chips. Its several decks tall of processing capability and storage. Unless you got a Borg Cutting beam and core the ship like an apple, we're not stealing it. We'd have to take the whole ship."
She then leaned against the wall.
"With her command codes, I might be able to do a core dump. Get the data stored onto something more portable. But that would take time. And something tells me that this needs to be a smash and grab."
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Mirror Nat wondered for a moment. "Or like you said, we could steal the whole damn ship. I'm sure our you would love that."
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