Ping BA

[Black Aeronaut]

HRogge wrote:

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He wants to have a vacation in the US on Earth and takes 4 warships/fighters with him??

robkelk wrote:

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If he was working, he'd have brought the entire Wing. Besides, Magnificent Midnight is Mayonaka's main body...

Yeah.  The only reason why Ben is able to take a vacation on Federal Land is because he finally made peace with the US Government over the Blackbird from Lackland fiasco. (When Haruhi strongarmed Ben into becoming the leader of their starfighter corps, such as it was, Ben asked for a Blackbird in return... he never specified where it came from... so they snagged Ichiban from Lackland Air Force Base.)
That said... there's still people he's unpopular with.  Two warships and two fighters is traveling light.  Especially when you consider the hardware and expenses involved when the US President travels.

robkelk wrote:

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A bit that probably won't be in the scene, but forced its way out of my brain and onto the screen:

Ben looked at Noah, smiled, and winked. "You're lookin' for passage to the new Earth?"

Noah didn't reply for a brief second... until he recognized the quote. "Yes indeed, if it's a fast ship."

"Fast ship? You've never heard of the Magnificent Midnight?"

"Should I have?"

"It's the ship that made the Pluto Run in less than twelve hours. I've
outrun Federation starships. Not the local bulk cruisers mind you, I'm
talking about the big Gagarin ships now. She's fast enough for you old
man. What's the cargo?"

"Only a passenger. My guest... and no questions asked."

"What is it? Some kind of political trouble?"

"Let's just say we'd like to avoid any Convention entanglements."

*Laughs*  Ah man!  The best part would be to have Skuld right there... and start giggling wildly once she realizes what we're doing.  Gina just sighs and shakes her head while Mayonaka just grins.

robkelk wrote:

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I'm
thinking the "distraction" might be better after the infiltration - that
way, if somebody thinks the "distraction" actually was a distraction,
they'd start looking at the wrong radar traces for the other operation.

Besides, if anybody needs a distraction, then you can't ask for anyone better than Benjamin for the task.  He'll take to it all while howling like a loon.  Something like this: click for crazed laughter.