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Today, Annie was not happy at all!
She hadn't been happy yesterday, either!
And the day before that was even worse!
Because a few days ago, when they were at Quill's homeworld, the delegation and that idiot Uncle Ed and the others had been captured by the Quill and were about to be slaughtered. But Aunt Kelly, the cunning first officer, and the admiral of that whatever-it-was fleet had actually rejected her perfectly reasonable suggestion to wipe out the Quill fleet and force them to submit. Instead, they'd stubbornly carried out that stupid "Directive Twenty-One."
And that so-called "Directive Twenty-One" had involved Uncle John and Aunt Claire using the biological cell-transplantation technique that Treya had used when she impersonated a human, but in reverse. They'd also used the portable disguise devices Isaac had invented based on Kalivon technology, infiltrated the Quill homeworld Darakos, and waited for a chance to rescue the hostages.
The result was so unexpected and outrageous that even Annie was surprised: the plan, which probably would never have succeeded without her, the great Annie, actually worked for once?
In the end, they really did use the Quill's "racial talent" for fearing bright light to forcibly rescue everyone, and the Orville successfully picked them up before they made their escape?
She'd thought the Planetary Union would fight a huge battle with the Quill, blow their brains out, and then, with her help, conquer their planet or something. But after the Union's large fleet helped the Orville rescue the delegation and that idiot Uncle Ed and the others, it took off with the Orville. They hadn't given her a chance to put on a show at all!
After rescuing the members of the delegation, the Planetary Union quickly stood down, saying it didn't want to waste too