The Maru left the Andromeda heading for the planet. Dylan, Trance, Beka and Rev were onboard. "Dylan a ship just entered our sensor range. It's similar to the other one Coyote Pride had.", Rev said.

"Let's see." Dylan walked over and looked at the screen.

"They're ignoring us and heading for the Andromeda."

"We're being hailed by Andromeda." Beka said and tapped some buttons on her console. Andromeda's face appeared on the screen. "I'm being hailed by the Nietzschean ship. It's Janet, Harper and Tyr."

"Let them aboard. We'll return to you now.", Dylan replied.

The Maru landed in it's familiar spot on the Andromeda. Trance, Rev, Dylan and Beka alighted and headed for the Hangar Andromeda had pointed them to. They entered as Harper, Tyr and Janet were disembarking from their stolen ship. Tyr was carrying Janet. "Is everyone alright?", Dylan asked, he saw Janet and said, "What happened?"

"Janet has a tracking device in her head. We need to get it removed." Tyr answered. "She said she felt dizzy and then collapsed."

"Let's get her down to Medical." Dylan said.

"Come with me." Trance said. They followed her down to Medical where Trance told Tyr to put Janet on a bed while she ran some tests to find the exact location of the transmitter. "We need to get that thing out of her as soon as possible. It's signal is piercing through her skull and slowly affecting her brain pathways."

"What can you do?" Dylan's voice came from the door.

"The only thing I can do is remove it." She said glancing at Janet. "Dylan it's better if you leave. You too Tyr."

The men nodded and left.
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A few hours later Dylan walked onto the Obs. Deck. Tyr stood at the window looking at the stars. "Tyr?"

"Yes?"

"I need to talk to you about Janet. I'm thinking about asking her to join us. I need to know-"

"She has excellent tactical ability in hand-to-hand combat. She's intelligent, quick and a survivor."

"Well that answers one question."

"What is your second question?"

"There's not going be any...er... conflict between the two of you is there? No pride rivalry or anything?"

"On the contrary. Her pride and mine were allies until we were both wiped out by Drago-Katzov. The only difference is all of Cougar Pride were supposed to have been killed. No survivors, but she is definitely of Cougar Pride. She has the tattoo, she has the appearance and she moves like a cat."

"Drago-Katzov couldn't have wiped out an entire pride. There would be some survivors. There are existing Kodiak."

Tyr turned and faced Dylan. "Drago-Katzov attacked my pride on the ground where we at least had a chance to defend ourselves. They attacked Cougar Pride from space, the cowards. They dropped bombs on all their towns killing anyone in a 500 kilometer radius. The forests, mountains and cities were destroyed. Most of the planet is left desolate, unable to support life."

Dylan stood speechless. Stories like that always strengthened his resolve to restore the Commonwealth. The injustice of it all. Maybe Cougar Pride had done something to offend Drago-Katzov but that didn't justify their destruction.

The door hissed shut behind them. Nobody entered. "Who else was here?" Dylan said looking around.

"No one."