Lieutenant Drafter readjusted the two badges situated on her top jacket, making sure they were visible for all to see; besides- this meeting was very important to her, she had to make sure it operated exactly according to procedure and regulations.
This would be the first time she met with her official, the chief executive of ONI – Serin Osman; the leading official of the Office of Naval Intelligence. Ever since the recent events at 'High Peak' a meeting with the leader of ONI was paramount in order to fulfil her report. So important in fact that the director had come from Earth and met her at an old fuelling station outside the permitter moon of the new colony 'New Genesis'.
The Lieutenant 'Spook' walked into the main office quickly, she had to make sure she got back to her UNSC Battle Cruiser "Red Dusk" before the port taxed her overdue.
A set of seats and chairs met her in the small fenced of room; every piece of furniture was steel and fixed into the ground like the shackles of a prison. Serin Osman sat at the head of the table, her former military career revealed through her perfect posture and heavily muscled arms.
She smiled slowly at the Lieutenant, her eyes perceiving and watching her at every choice and flicker of movement; she was a tough women, as tough as nails most said.
"Good afternoon Lieutenant Drafter, I hope the fuel is at your liking; we had it imported from the Unggoy transfer companies, seems like the only things those little whelps are good at." Osman spoke heavily, letting every word impact the individual listener. This women had the power to kill any man or women by a word, her voice definitely had the radiance for that sort of dominance.
"Indeed, thank you Ma'am" Drafter responded, "At pursuit of the Priority 2 Agreement with the Sangheili race, we have been given more than enough time to react and halt the excavation of the Forerunner site."
Osman cocked her head to the side confused, "Are you speaking of the mission objective 'High Peak' in which a UNSC frigate under your command met its destruction?"
"Indeed I am Ma'am."
"Then you must understand that all responses to this violation of the Priority 2 Agreement have been carefully assessed and processed, I believe you remember the main conscripter against this priority was a member of the Storm faction?" She assessed the Lieutenant slowly, another smile etching across her face.
Drafter nodded, careful not to etch the anger inside of her to be portrayed through her facial expressions; she knew how this conversation was going to end.
"Therefore I think it's safe to presume that the rouge faction of Storm isn't leading the entire covenant armada against us, anyway the ONI reports have already issued the Arbiter's personal council on the matter." Osman continued, flicking her communications lap-pad to activate, "Also Lieutenant, the matter of rouge units and covenant forces has been addressed in the file in front of you." She pointed to a large stack of notes on her table, all classified with directions and orders set by the directors of ONI.
"But…"
The Chief Operator stopped her, "The Storm situation is not for us to deal with Lieutenant, you have your orders and I would hope you could abide to them…or do you not remember what happened to your squad of Spartans after they went against your orders."
The lieutenant stopped herself for a moment, remembering the events of her Spartan's betrayal with a very small amount of enthusiasm. She nodded once, accepting Osman's analysis and justified answer of the situation, however feeling angered over how the director had barely noticed the Lieutenant's arguments; instead choosing to reside with her own. As was typical for ONI protocols and regulations.
Drafter nodded once, grabbing the official files of the table and leaving the room whilst saying her goodbyes to the head of Office of Naval Intelligence.
Osman's voice led her out, "I appreciate your concern Lieutenant, but the UNSC HighCom will not be notified of such a small issue regarding rogues; I am confident in your Battle Cruiser's ability to deal with this situation."
The Lieutenant turned her back on the director, a little disgusted with her superior's decisions and choices in the matter. And for the first time in her life, she questioned the morals and ethical view of ONI, and whose side the master corporation really worked for.