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Alan asked.
    "Yes and no, some of them are finished and have been accepted for training. Currently, there are six new candidates that we could choose from. There are eight more still pending," Andreya replied.
    Alan nodded. "I think I should call Ty and let him know we're in the market for a team. That way he can keep an eye out for us."
    "We could call him now. It's the beginning of his day currently," Andreya said.
    Alan nodded. "Might as well, the sooner he is aware of our needs, the sooner we'll have a team."
    "Contacting Colonel Anders, Raptor Command. One moment," Andreya said. "Call connected, transferring to your comm device."
    "Hey Alan! What can I do for you?" Ty asked.
    "Actually, I'm calling to ask you a favor, Ty."
    "Uh oh!" Ty teased. "You never ask for favors, what's up?"
    "Well, I've been assigned a Raptor and given the mission of getting everything I need ready for an assault on the Caldarian base on Earth..." Alan began explaining.
    "Ah, I see now, you want me to steer any likely recruits your way?" Ty asked.
    "Yeah, that's pretty much exactly what I was going to ask you. I've got a ton of other shit to deal with too, but I need to get the people together so we can get trained and used to each other," Alan replied.
    Ty chuckled. "Jenny warned me before they left. I have four trainees already working hard to get up to a level I would feel safe sending them to you. All four are Talosian, so other than the English language, they don't really know much about Earth."
    "Wow, I appreciate it! I kinda expected them to be Talosian, since those were the only active applicants we had at the moment. If you are already working on it, that will make things go a lot smoother for me. Do you have an idea when they should be ready? I won't hold you to it if one of them screws up," Alan replied chuckling.
    "Actually, I don't think they will, at least not in this phase of training. You might have some issues during the team integration phase, but that's pretty much normal as the different personalities shake out. I will have a few others available if you think you might need them, but be aware that there isn't a lot of them, and all of them are Talosian," Ty replied.
    "I'm sure I can get them to behave. I was thinking about finding Sensei Nokisuno to assist us." Alan replied.
    "Your martial arts instructor from your time with the Agency?" Ty asked.
    "Yeah, he’s one of the wisest people I know and I've been considering putting his name in for recruiting anyway," Alan said. "I do know he resigned from the Agency once he understood exactly what they were using us for."
    "Well, that speaks well of him if nothing else does. I didn't think they would have let him 'resign' once he knew what was going on?" Ty asked.
    "He wasn't at that level, his duties were to simply train us in hand to hand combat. He was also a great help in keeping our sanity, but technically, he wasn’t supposed to interact with us like that. I think he bailed out before they figured out he was talking to us," Alan replied. "Anyway, I'll give recruitment a call and see if someone can't pay him a visit."
    "Knowing them, they probably already have!" Ty said, jokingly. "These knuckle-draggers (slang term for Marines) should be done in a week or so; I'll give you a call when they're ready for pick up."
    "Great! I'll need at least that much time to find some place to train and get the other stuff lined up for us. Thanks a ton for your help, Ty," Alan replied.
    "Hey, what are friends for?" Ty replied. "Take care, Alan."
    "You to, Ty. Later." Alan said and disconnected the call.
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    P hoenix Base
    Shark Project R & D lab
    Selene, Earth's Moon
    Sol System
    Sol Sector
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    A lan asked for and was granted an interview with the lead researcher of the Shark project. The scientist, Dr. Juno, seemed a bit confused as to why Alan would want to talk to him until Alan explained the mission to him. Then the man got excited.
    "I've been