Axon Clips Chapter 5

Herzog
odd_duck Note: AXON CANCELLED

Standish: Colonel Herzog. Herzog: Don't call me that. Standish: You're offline. Herzog: But you don't know that, do you. So keep to protocol and avoid rank. Here have some bread, feed the ducks. Standish: You're an odd duck to be lecturing on protocol. Herzog: Wit, Standish? Is that wit you're straining at? Standish: I lacked your old school pinache I'm afraid. Herzog: You want anything? Standish: What are you doing nosing around the Apocalypso? Herzog: Hmm... getting ready to retire. I was looking to pick up an old yacht. Cheap. Standish: You want an investigation, you investigate through channels, Herzog. Just like any other policeman. 

wetwork wetwork

Standish:But don't compromise my operations! Herzog: Wetwork - such a strange word. Conjurs up the sound of a woman, being hit by a bus. Standish: She wasn't hit by a bus! Her vehicle malfunctioned. Herzog: I was being metaphorical, but... wetwork requires approval doesn't it? Standish: Are you aware there's a war going on? Reach has fallen. Herzog: No one knows how long until there are Covenant ships in our skies.<BR> Standish: And you're worried about -procedures-.<BR> Herzog: Do you want to go down in the history books as the man with the device, Standish?<BR> Standish: The mysterious Covenant device... if you know of a Covenant device, I'm sure we'd be happy to hear about it.<BR>

dangerous_devices

Herzog:  That device isn't going to win any battles if it sits in a Section-III lockdown lab where nobody but your team can study it.<BR> Standish: If there was a device, it would be a very dangerous device. And dangerous devices would need special care.<BR> Herzog: But you want to control it, don't you?<BR> Standish: I want to win this war.<BR> Herzog: I think it's going to take more than just you, Standish, to win this war.<BR> Standish: I have reported everything to the Admiral, Herzog. If you have concerns about the way I run my department, you'll have to take it up with him.<BR> Herzog: I respect the Admiral. Maybe we should talk about Troy then, and uh, Harmony.<BR>

a_schoolgirl

Herzog: And code breakers.<BR> Standish: Herzog, I demand to know your source.<BR> Herzog: Yes, a security breach; that, major, is worrying isn't it? But it was just a supposition on my part.<BR> Standish: But...but...<BR> Herzog: And some basic investigation a schoolgirl could do.<BR> Standish: Who've you got working on this? One of your moles? Some low level parasite in someone else's department? Isn't that your standard operating procedure? Herzog: It's always useful to meet with you Standish.<BR> (Standish parting)<BR> Standish: At Chawla Base, right? A schoolgirl, Herzog?<BR> Herzog: (to himself) Avi, old friend, you're right. I am too old for this.<BR> Standish: I'm good at plugging leaks, old man.<BR>