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Veta threw open the passenger's side door and climbed in and the Spartan-IIIs entered the back where two Kig-Yar were. The van sped away toward the [[New Tyne Airfield]]. The driver revealed herself to be [[Sarch|Chur'R-Sarch]], commander of her own starship. As the minivan approached [[Ziggy's Hangar]] at the airfield, Sarch told Veta she wanted the same deal that had been given to the Goliath: phase pearls in exchange for transportation. The Kig-Yar steered the van to the back corner of the hangar past several craft until arriving at a [[Mudoat starsloop]], which it drove up the ramp of to come to a rest in a parking bay within its cargo hold. Veta was still unsure whether these Kig-Yar were members or even associates of the Keepers of the One Freedom, but given that most Kig-Yar on Venezia had at least a casual relationship with the group, the chances were good. In order to keep up appearances, Veta urged that they hurry in leaving. She stated that she wished to be taken to [[Shamsa]] to meet the [[Banished]] there. Chur'R-Sarch bristled at this and said that by no means would she allow them to sell their HAVOKs to the Banished. To Veta, this reaction implied a sense of rivalry which all but confirmed to her that they were on the right track and this gang could lead them to the Keepers. Lopis adamantly maintained that they must be taken to Shamsa and threatened to find someone else who could accommodate her wishes. When it seemed to Sarch that the humans were about to walk right off the ship, she relented and said she could take them. It was obvious to Veta and Olivia, however, that Sarch had no such intentions and would probably double-cross them at the opportune moment. Even Veta's stipulation that she only pay half of what she would have to Nyeto for the ''Ghost Flag'' went unchallenged, which only made this conclusion more likely.<ref name="R3"/> | Veta threw open the passenger's side door and climbed in and the Spartan-IIIs entered the back where two Kig-Yar were. The van sped away toward the [[New Tyne Airfield]]. The driver revealed herself to be [[Sarch|Chur'R-Sarch]], commander of her own starship. As the minivan approached [[Ziggy's Hangar]] at the airfield, Sarch told Veta she wanted the same deal that had been given to the Goliath: phase pearls in exchange for transportation. The Kig-Yar steered the van to the back corner of the hangar past several craft until arriving at a [[Mudoat starsloop]], which it drove up the ramp of to come to a rest in a parking bay within its cargo hold. Veta was still unsure whether these Kig-Yar were members or even associates of the Keepers of the One Freedom, but given that most Kig-Yar on Venezia had at least a casual relationship with the group, the chances were good. In order to keep up appearances, Veta urged that they hurry in leaving. She stated that she wished to be taken to [[Shamsa]] to meet the [[Banished]] there. Chur'R-Sarch bristled at this and said that by no means would she allow them to sell their HAVOKs to the Banished. To Veta, this reaction implied a sense of rivalry which all but confirmed to her that they were on the right track and this gang could lead them to the Keepers. Lopis adamantly maintained that they must be taken to Shamsa and threatened to find someone else who could accommodate her wishes. When it seemed to Sarch that the humans were about to walk right off the ship, she relented and said she could take them. It was obvious to Veta and Olivia, however, that Sarch had no such intentions and would probably double-cross them at the opportune moment. Even Veta's stipulation that she only pay half of what she would have to Nyeto for the ''Ghost Flag'' went unchallenged, which only made this conclusion more likely.<ref name="R3"/> | ||
Over two hours later, the Kig-Yar vessel still had yet yo jump to [[slipspace]]. It had been necessary to retrieve the HAVOKs and bring them aboard after the deal was struck. Unknown to the Jackals, each of them was inoperable and one was in reality as disguised starship emergency locator beacon, or "slipbeacon". Once they arrived at a new destination, it would be able to transmit that location to the {{UNSCship|Silent Joe}}, the {{Class|Sahara|heavy prowler}} that had brought them to Venezia and which Blue Team was aboard. Around an hour after first arriving at Ziggy's hangar, [[spy gnat]]s covertly place by [[Ash-G099]] transmitted a conversation between Chur'R-Sarch and her crew in the form of a microburst of data to the ''Silent Joe''. Rear Admiral Osman, Blue Team, and [[Piers Ewen|the ship's captain]] and [[Anki Hersh|senior intelligence analyst]] were present to overhear the Kig-Yar planning to deliver their cargo straight to the Keepers and to murder their guests with [[ostanalus]] gas. Captain [[Piers Ewen]] believed they had no choice but to extract the Ferrets, which was seconded by [[Anki Hersh]]. Fred was confident in the team's abilities and believed they could handle themselves. Osman and the Spartan-IIs were the only ones that knew about the [[Project CHRYSANTHEMUM|unique augmentations]] Mark, Ash, and Olivia had undergone that marked them as members of the [[SPARTAN-III program]]'s [[SPARTAN-III Gamma Company|Gamma Company]]. The decision was made to withhold from interfering due to Fred's confidence and a sense of owing it to [[Admiral]] [[Graselyn Tuwa|Tuwa]] to take risks in order to see her family returned safely.<ref name="R4">''[[Halo: Retribution]]'', ''chapter 4''</ref> | |||
The Kig-Yar's starsloop, ''[[Stolen Faith]]'', eventually departed Venezia for [[Pydoryn]] in the [[Shaps system]]. | |||
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*'''1432 hours''': Veta approaches Ross Nyeto at the Trattoria Georgi.<ref name="R1"/> | *'''1432 hours''': Veta approaches Ross Nyeto at the Trattoria Georgi.<ref name="R1"/> | ||
*'''1504 hours''': The Ferrets reach the New Tyne Airfield with Chur'R-Sarch and two other Kig-Yar.<ref name="R3"/> | *'''1504 hours''': The Ferrets reach the New Tyne Airfield with Chur'R-Sarch and two other Kig-Yar.<ref name="R3"/> | ||
*1714 hours | *'''1613 hours''': Spy gnats planted by Ash-G099 transmit a randomly-timed microburst of data containing a conversation between Chur'R-Sarch and her crew.<ref name="R4"/> | ||
*'''1714 hours''': Blue Team boards the ''Silent Joe'' after concluding its activity on Venezia.<ref name="R4"/> | |||
*1725.023 hours | *1725.023 hours | ||