Interlude
"It is a good idea having a team of marines on the stand by. It was demonstrated by the last mission that some ordinary trained marines will not be able to cope satisfactory with the… exotic elements of these kinds of missions." The voice on the telephone said.
"So Hicks' idea about a special force unit is on the go?" Bishop asked, drumming satisfactory with his fingers on his small temporary desk onboard the Sulaco.
"Yes." The voice on the other end of the telephone sounded almost amused. "He thinks he will help people and the Company gets a covert security unit. Everyone wins. I am sure I will be able to arrange this with the USCM."
"The best thing about the plan is that it will stay confidential, the less people know about it the better… By the way, we have found three eggs from the "late" queen onboard the Sulaco, I am considering bringing two back to the bio weapons division, and leaving one for further… experiments." The voice on the other end chuckled lightly at Bishops voice.
"You always have such shrewd plans, Bishop. What are you planning?" It asked.
"Not far from here, we have a small outpost, the Fury 161 Correctional Facility. No one even remembers it anymore. I was thinking of observing the third egg… evolve naturally. When the impregnation process is done, we will arrange a small accident on the Sulaco, or something the like. We will make sure the EEVs land close to the colony. Seeing how fast the Xenomorphs spread and evolve would help our researchers significantly…" Bishop was interrupted.
"Alright, you got me on the first line! I assume you have a replacement for Hicks to go into the pod? They must think him dead."
"I do, I will tell the mechanics to mess with his old pod, whilst the real Hicks will stay asleep in another pod here on the Sulaco. I have plans of sending him to the Troy IV colony." Bishop said. He had indeed been very busy with trying to make Hicks' plan a viable one and it looked like he was going to be successful. Besides having a group capable of quelling a Xenomorph outbreak, the Company would have a covert unit at its disposal. He was very excited about this idea!
"Very nice plans, just make sure to cover it up nicely, and do not forget to reprogram the android!" The voice said.
"I was just getting to that. We have already begun inputting false ship data into his systems, in case the local Fury residents manage to activate him again. Not that I think that they will…"
"Well, better safe than sorry." The voice said.
"One last thing, could you arrange so that Hicks is written off as MIA? I cannot access any of the USCM file systems from here."
"I will of course, have a good night Michael, and be careful!"
"I always am!" Answered Bishop and ended the conversation. He sat silent for a moment, enjoying seeing some results from his labour. He was interrupted by a scientist at his door. "Is the egg ready?" He asked. The researcher nodded. "Then… we proceed as planned." The scientist nodded again and disappeared hurryingly down the corridor.
