Stars over the Omniverse

[The Future Warrior]

Through the doors of the EPD Security HQ she went, breezing through and coming to an abrupt halt so quickly that she almost stumbled. A quick look around led her to someone who looked like they'd know about what she was after. Or at least be able to point her to someone who would.

All it took was one quick question about the object of her interest (as of the moment, at least) to get her pointed toward furthering her hunt for information on it. Back out of the entrance hall of the building and into the mess of hallways and offices. She got lost more than once along the way, her utter lack of anything approaching actual coordination or directional sense coming back to bite her once again. Not even a map or anything to help her out, in here. Eventually, enough aimless wandering and asking for assistance got her pointed to the right room. Captain Bardel, from the nameplate on the door.

"Come in, Prime," came the voice when she knocked on the door. As she stepped in it was a rather....sparse, no-nonsense and no-frills office. Kind of plain and boring, but functional. "Asking after the star pieces, are you?"

Graowr just nodded enthusiastically. "Yeah-huh. They seem pretty neat. And one fell in every verse except here, which seems kind of odd. But that means there's seven of them, and seven of anything is usually the sign of something good. Or at least something big!"

"You're right about one part of that, for sure. One didn't fall here." The officer finally looked up from his desk, at the blue majin directly. "...make you a deal. There's some reports and files we need, from down on Tier 3. It's about this exact matter. Not been an urgent thing just yet, but with someone here actively asking about it, seems like as good a time as any to go and grab those and deal with this mess. So, here's the way of it: You go down there and grab the files for us..."

A slow blink later and the blue being spoke up. "...then you'll tell me what you know about the star piece-things?"

"Bingo." The Captain nodded in agreement. "Here, I'll forward you the location of the facility in question, so you don't go wandering around forever. We've got a couple of posts down there, after all." He held a hand out for her scouter, which she handed over without fuss or fanfare. A few seconds later, after connecting it to his computer he handed it back. "There. Markers set for every EPD facility on the first three tiers. One you're headed to has been specifically highlighted and marked. It'll show up when you get down there, and fade out when you get to the place."

Affixing her scouter back in place, she brought up the map function again. And she blinked in surprise, eyes going wide. "Oh. Wow!" Not only had the waypoints and map markers for the facilities and outposts themselves been added, but a map of this very building -- the Security HQ -- had also been added. This was going to be a major help! "Thanks! This'll make getting around a lot easier!"

Bardel just gave an amused nod. "Standard map software for EPD officers and stormtroopers. Updates in real-time to display any disturbances or incidents which need responding to, and any place you're specifically called to head to. Useful little thing. Don't make me regret giving that to you, now. Make sure you use it for serving the best interests of the Empire."

"Oh, definitely!" she nodded in agreement. "Gonna make sure to do that."

Bardel just returned to his work. "Good. Go get those reports, and we'll have some information ready when you get back."

"'Kay!" And with a newfound spring in her step, Graowr turned around and headed back out. The new map lead her to only get lost once , and in no time at all she was back outside, and headed for the nearest elevator -- also helpfully marked on her map!

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