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===Serving Onboard USS Spectre===
Spider quickly found out why he had been so quickly assigned to the Spectre after they had departed. An advance unit of the Xenolithe had been found deep within Federation Space along a subspace corridor, and it was the Spectre’s job to clean them out. Spider was one of the few officers in Sol who had experience in dealing with the dreaded enemy and who was available for immediate reassignment, hence his first impromptu command. 

The Xenolithe had taken root near the Federation/Romulan border, prompting Starfleet to request scouting aid by the Romulan Empire. They, in turn, send the [[IRV Red Claw]] as their forces. Both ships dropped their Tactical Forces on the Xenolithe-claimed planet and fought a battle with several Xenolithe ships while Spider and their forces fought against a vastly superior foe on the ground, far more Xenolithe then had been reported had found their way to that target planet. 

The mission ended as Spider and a heavy infantry unit covered the escape of all Tactical forces, before withdrawing themselves and letting the Spectre bomb the planet from orbit, thus ending the Xenolithe threat.

The Spectre, for reasons unknown to Spider at the time, was immediately ordered deep into Fringe space without a chance to drop the remaining Marines back on Earth or Mars. He found out after they had arrived at Starbase Geneva, Admiral LoDona had pulled his fleet back after accusing another Admiral of multiple charges, including Treason. 

Spider was then ordered by forces loyal to LoDona to stay on Geneva until he could be reassigned. The Marine toiled with that order for nearly two weeks until reports of Admiral Doenitz’s wrong-doings began filtering through the ‘crewman grapevine’. He confirmed enough through unofficial channels to set his mind at ease. And when the first casualties from border clashes filtered into Geneva for long-term medical care, he began preparing himself and his Marines for what would become a war against their own.