tverin 001

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It's been a long day, so I'll keep this brief. Dust is clearing on the ground, and this is what we know:

1. 2 of the 3 large drones dispatched for the Sterilisation event has been shot down, along with numerous patrol drones. Instead of the total eradication of Xitang, it's only been partially leveled. This is a win.

2. There were no fatalities, although we had 90 injured. I want to commend our ground teams (Ground Forces, Espionage, volunteers) for your efficiency. The Veiled are being taken to and integrated into surrounding Pres Cities courtesy of Recruitment agents stationed in the area.

3. We have commandeered an additional freight plane which will be vital in future relocation efforts.

We still do not know what triggered this, but I want to stress how big of a win this is. We prevented a devastating loss. We've been a nuisance to the Architects, but this changes things.

Take this win. Celebrate it. And then get ready to double down. We're showing them we're a major player, and I can't imagine them taking this lying down.

LEADERSHIP.

Kudos on the rapid coordination. Expect blowback.

[...] Aldana, Payne. Present your case. I need you to get everyone on board before we go to the rest of the resistance with this.

Comments

Leadership

[adrii]

Death. Chronic pain. Potential paralyzation. Nothing large.

TARYN.
Are you fucking Verin?

Taryn/Adrian

[stayonscript]

Is that the only method you know for persuasion?

Taryn/Adrian

[adrii]

I'm a veritable negotiator and I got nowhere with her.

And if you are, I'll stop trying to get her in bed.

Taryn/Adrian

[stayonscript]

Maybe she likes me more than you because I don't have untoward intentions towards her.

Taryn/Adrian

[adrii]

Please. I have more class than that. I'm subtle.

Taryn/Adrian

[stayonscript]

I think I caught her in a good mood. But she hasn't approved the request yet, and I doubt "a light case of death" is going to persuade anyone else. Not that you should be sugar-coating it. I just wouldn't get my hopes up yet if I were you.

Leadership

[humanityresource]

Lovely. I'll be telling Recruitment that it isn't worth the risk.

Leadership

[adrii]

You mean such as one of yours benched for doing this on their own?

Leadership

[humanityresource]

Yes. That should be more than enough reason for me to not support you.

Leadership

[adrii]

You don't get to decide what personal risks they do or don't take, Singh.

Leadership

[humanityresource]

I already told Taryn I wouldn't stop any member of Recruitment that was determined to lose their faculties, but I'll be honest with my agents.

Leadership

[oneirophrenic]

Adrían.

Leadership

[adrii]

Nikola.

Leadership

[oneirophrenic]

You will no doubt get volunteers. However, we should ask ourselves whether it's truly fair to allow psychologically vulnerable people to place themselves in that position. Yes, we have all volunteered to be part of an organization that puts our lives in danger. But this is something else entirely. And who do you think will sign up for these experiments? The people who feel expendable. The ones desperate to prove their worth. The ones grappling with survivor's guilt. The ones who believe that whatever pain or side effects they endure will never be enough to repay the debt they think they owe.

The volunteers will be the most desperate among us, Adrían. And I'm not convinced we should be feeding their self-sacrificial impulses.

Leadership

[humanityresource]

Thank you, Mr. Novak. I'd rather that my people not be brought up as a punch line.

Leadership

[oneirophrenic]

Yes, I agree. And it's irrelevant to the situation at hand.

Leadership

[jaxsons]

What if it was, Ishaan

Leadership

[humanityresource]

If they are determined, I won't stop them.

Leadership

[jaxsons]

Not sure you could even if you wanted to

Leadership

[humanityresource]

This callousness doesn't suit you.

Leadership

[cjacobs]

Oh, just those small things.

Leadership

[adrii]

Death's a pretty common side effect, actually.

Leadership

[cjacobs]

That's not ideal.

Leadership

[adrii]

Neither is living Veiled, but here we are.

Leadership

[cjacobs]

No, no, it isn't. But also being dead would kind of suck.