Ciara Yoshimoto, last princess of the deposed royal family of Atradaitoshi, and de-facto leader of the rebellion against the Tairez occupation of her homeworld, strode into the small cabin that was used to plan scavenging missions and supply runs. Inside, she found the two newcomers. Vector the cocky blue yoshi, who seemed to be capable of amazing feats of speed, and Jean-Renaud the hare, whom called himself an Arvandorian, huddled around the table. She leaned onto it, looking at the pair.

"Okay you two. What is this about. I'm a busy woman and I don't have time to babysit a couple of pranksters who want to tell stories about being from the future.

Jean perked up, and looked to Vector, then Ciara, "Vec here is the one with the plan."

Vector nodded, and pointed to the map. "I was goin' for a run and seeing what I could find. I came across what used to be a little town. It's a mine now, I think they called it site 36. This is where we turn this rebellion from a bunch of survivalists, to a past cool fighting machine."

The blue yoshi looked at Ciara first, "I'll charge in here and start making a nuisance of myself. I'll try to free anyone I can, but I'll have my hands full with the peacemakers in pretty short order." He looked up at Jean-Renaud, "That's where you come in. Bring the 'Wraith in low and slow. Open the cargo door and let a couple of our guys out. Load up the captives, then take off." Vector stood back up and rested his hands on his hips, giving his usual smirk, "Then I unload the 'bots and bail at about warp ten. I'll take the scenic route home so I don't lead anything back here."

Jean-Renaud nodded, and looked back at Ciara, "It's a good plan. I can fly the Ion Wraith well enough for this. And the Tairez automatons will never catch Vec. And if they did, it'd be like a dog catching a hornet." Vector smiled widely at that characterization.

Ciara considered for a moment. Her rebellion had not gone on the offensive in years. But if what these two were claiming to be able to do was true, this might be the perfect time to begin to strike.
"Fine. You can have five of my troops, and you're authorized to go at sundown tomorrow. But if you mess this up, you're done, and I'll hunt you down myself. Got it?"

Both the hare and the yoshi gave Ciara the most enthusiastic grins, then looked at one another like kids who had just been told 'yes'.


Jean-Renaud is ©  kenoshi
Vector Sprint and Ciara are © me
Yoshi is © Nintendo
Used in a distant AU here.