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an compassion.
Hicks went to the common exercise room to let off steam, starting on
bringing himself back to peak condition while he was about it. Then he
showered and dressed in off-duty attire before watching Newscasts on the
control deck, whiling away the hours before he had to be off the vessel.
Ripley didn't really feel like it, but Yuri Otani hit the "on" stud on the TV to
watch the memorial broadcast at about the same time as Hicks.
The Company president himself was delivering the edict. No wonder. This
reflected directly on everything he and his predecessors had fought for.
"....The Colonists had no way of knowing there was a dormant alien virus on
the planet. They came across it in the normal course of exploration, and all
but one died as a result."
WHAT!!?!
Ripley stormed out and ran up the corridor, heading for the reception area.
The job done, The Company president was striding quickly down the corridor
away from the Media. He despised coverage, more so actually being on Camera.
Far better to pull the strings from above and give people other faces to see.
As always, he was escorte
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