Soul wanders the ship, lost in thought. Finding himself on the bridge he spots Me hovering over the star charts by the nav console.

"Boros? Isn't that where Safe and Jack ran off to?"

Me nods. "I just can't seem to get ahold of them, and I heard gunshots when I tried to open a portal. So I figure we might need to come to their rescue."

Soul smirks. "Nothin' is ever new under the sun, huh? Always someone needing a rescue."

There’s a pause before Me states, “We’re going after them. Still, it will take a while to make it there. Hopefully, they can hang on.”

Me touches some control surfaces to feed his newly plotted course into the navigation computer.

Just then, a voice called over to him on the comm. “Me, it's Jade Hand. I'm in the hanger bay with something you might wanna see. Can you spare a few minutes?”

Me touches another control. "Yes, Jade, I will be right there!"

Me leaves the Bridge, walks around the upper balcony to the South Wing, and enters the Hanger Bay.

"Whoa! New shuttle!" he says before considering the implications.

"You know, I believe that we could make use of a brand new shuttle that has no known ties to the Sereni-Tree. How do you feel about taking part in a rescue mission? Looks like you are getting ready for a test flight."

Turning away, Me uses his com-link to send a signal to the pilot station on the Bridge to hold off on the new course to Boros for the time being. Then turning back to face the ship he is astounded to find Jade standing there alone.

"Oh, that's magnificent! It just turned invisible! Or did it disappear?"

“Hehehe. No she's still there. That's the S.E.P. field. You just don't notice the shuttle anymore, because it's Somebody Else's Problem.” Jade explains, whilst Me nods, impressed.

“And well, this is really a proxy shuttle, we can use it to grab the platinum, then trade the Platinum for the parts we need throu