Council of War ((Open forum RP))

The young man in the Unity Vigil uniform raised his hand shyly.

"Good afternoon... I am Xander, sent on behalf of Zorielle and Tessa Rolando. Neither could not make it to the meeting today, Tessa is still recovering from injuries, and Zorielle is talking... well... ummm..."

Xander glanced down at his little list his 'mothers', well, creators, had written for him.

"Zorielle said to say that there are currently two Rikti Traditionalist Negotiators staying at Unity Tower for a few days, apparently she has had dealings with one of them before, and they are trying to find out if there is any weak points on their dropships that can be exploited..." Xander looked back to his list again, flicking nervously through the notebook pages.

"One of our members reported seeing two Rikti fighting, apparently for disobeying orders. The deserted was shot, according to the member who witnessed it..." Another turn of flicking through the notepad, brushing some strands of hair out of his face.

"Lastly, a report from the tower... the shields are holding steady against attacks, and food and provisions are still being provided. Morale seems to be dwindling a little, and there is a problem of keeping the people staying there entertained, but we are working on that. Most of the people injured in the attack on the tower on Wednesday have recovered, or are close to being fit for duty, and Zorielle is still working on assembling a team for the sewer sweep Mr... ahh... uhhh... Lunk mentioned."

Looking about once he had finished talking, Xander waited nervously.

Britanic flashed Juni, and Tyger a stern look that said shup up, and blend with the scenery, before turning to Xander.

"Thank you Xander please can you convey to Zorielle, and the rest of the Unity Vigil our sincerest thanks for their efforts. Obviously any intelligence recieved from your resident Rikti should be made available to this council at the soonest opportunity. Lets hope something of use comes from that."

"Concerning the sewer sweep, depending on when it goes ahead, il endevour to either be aboard myself or send ther Militia operatives in my stead."

He then looked over to Tyger, and grinned.

"In fact I even have a possible candidate in mind should I be unavailable for any reason."

Xander looked over to Britanic and smiled. "I will do, and as soon as any intelligence is recieved, we will work on diseminating it through the war council."

"My duty to serve, Brit, my duty to serve." Tyger replied.

Juniper, having noted down Xander's comments and Brit's reply, put a pair of librarian glasses on to look more Austere and waited for the next batch of comments.

Sat in a mostly deserted corner of the room, Humanity First leader Partisan watched all those assembled. His brassy gold mask hiding his looks of contempt for the various mutants, alien's, and altered humans in the room. Despite his personal distaste at having to work alongside what he considered subhuman vermin, he'd wiilingly make that sacrifice to protect humanity. Besides, the fact many meta's wouldn't see out the war was a source of great satisfaction for him.

Drade slowly entered the room, nodding to those sitting already in there, he went and stood by the wall, looking around he began to speak
"Greetings, sorry if i sound a little worn out, these invaders are not quite what i am use to fighting."

Drade breathed a heavy sigh, he face showed him tired his eyes seem to lack the normal *fire* they have.

Jakob coughed. "If I may, I'll deliver my report now. Ve're a cmall group - vizh only three frontline kombat perconnel, co I'll be brief. Ac I told Dr. Rickman, our leader, Red Commissar, is overceeink zhe defence ov Galaxy City. I have vizh me a plan chowink zhe propoced lokationc ov auto-centriec and obcervation pointc, if anyone needc to cee. My own team ov engineerc vill be accictink in zhat endeavour, and attemptink to defear zhe kurrent interference affektink zhe city'c communikation and teleportation gridc. At precent, ve are modyfink mediportc to inklude an automated ctimulant delivery cyctem, allowink a redirekted hero to regain concioucnecc and eckape or aktivate a dictrecc beakon. Ultimately, ve hope to identify and overkome zhe cource of zhe jammink."

Xander looked at Jakob and blushed a little, trying to puzzle through the thick accent. As good as the languaging programing Zorielle had given him was, he felt rather embaressed and limited that he couldn't understand what the person was saying.

Shyly, he raised a hand. "I... do not wish to be rude, but could someone translate for me? My language decompilers are... well, coming up blank."

Shields of a chuckle with my hand while witnessing the struggle with the translation before snapping out of thought again.

''These last days I pondered on something'' Holds a quick pause beofre raising his voice again.

''Althought about every organization we know fights the Rikti, some seem to be taking an advantage in it.. and then i'm talking about Crey of which I got the most obivous hints that they are using them for their own good''

Leans backwards and stares at the table.

''Should we consider them as an additional threat? Them.. or any other organization going into the same deal as Crey''

Tyger grunted and decided to ignore Brit's silent order and speak. "Crey ain't [censored] in the zone. It's soddin' Nemesis that's trying to fu... <Glance at Juniper> fudge everything up. They've tried to kill everyone at peace negotiations."

"The sad fact is there are many who are going to use the invasion as a distraction from themselves, in order to commit their crimes. Thats why I have had the Militia come down hard on looters, profiteers, and other opportunist criminals. As well as fighting the Rikti it is important to show we are not too busy to deal the regular scum also."

"Then don't think, that it won't go both ways, Britianic," Twilight said as he finally arrived to the meeting with Back Alley Brawlers gloves swung over his shoulder.He rested himself against the wall. He was stained in blood, even his fingers. It looked as though for the pass 5 days he had done nothing but kill. He looked around the room glaring at the heroes with his crimson red eyes. "Not all of us have sign this cease fire. If heroes continue doing what they do, then why except everyone else just to stop there lives for the war." He smiled, as he took one of Back Alley's gloves and flipped it into the air. Staring specifically at Britianic he said, "Still gotta eat."

Fury was evident in Britanic's face. It was largely unknown, but the Militia sometimes made use of Twilight's abilities. The arrangement wasn't one Britanic was keen on but it was in place before he stepped in for Crimson Archer. However Twilight's little speech had just convinced Brit that Twilight's usefulness had come to an end.

"Damn it Twilight, if this is your attitude, you have no place at this meeting. If we are going to work together we need to know we can trust, and rely each other. Talk like your's undermines the very integrity of this council, and its decisions. I suggest you pick up those ridiculous halloween knock offs, and walk out that door now."

"I was getting around to bussiness, actually," he said to Britianic, glaring at him with what could only be described as an intent to kill. "I was merely highlighting a point, while 'taking out scum' may seem noble, remember that we are at a truce with a good portion of that 'scum'," he said, emphasizing the we in the sentence. Looking around the room, and then again focusing on Britanic, "I came here to discuss the mothership situation. It's getting worse, U'kon Grai and his minions are getting closer and closer to recovering it. What I was suggesting is that this coaliation use it's mass numbers to schedule a multiple of strikes against it. The soilders in that zone are doing their best, but they are only delaying repairs, not crippling the ship for any large amount of time. We have some of the most powerful and resourceful metas, and norms here. We should use that to put a major dent in that ship. If that thing gets airborne it's game over, especially if it leaves the atmosphere."

((I'm also proposing this OOC as a way to ehance and give a reason to why IC they stop the raids, with it's potential end next week. I'm suggesting our RP coaliation does a couple of raids to get some nice merits and the U'kon Grai badge, plus massive rp fun!))

Lunk curls the broken sword tip in his hand back against his wrist, in front of his chest. A deft flick could send the sharp shard tearing across the room "Whether you are bound by our treaty or not, your behaviour shows that your continued operation may be detrimental to the war effort."
He looks briefly at Brit "I take it this is one of yours? I suggest he is incarcerated until such time as he can stand trial."
Changing his tone slightly, he lowers the metal shard, and adresses twilight "If I can keep the psychopaths, vampires, and demons who serve under me from looting and murdering their way through the chaos, I assume you can display an ounce of self control too"

Xander just kind of stared, open-mouthed, at Twilight, not quite believing the first part of what he was hearing. He was already shy about coming here in place of the two leaders of the Unity Vigil, and now faced with this situation he didn't know if he could or should respond.

"Guys, war crime trials are best left until after the war." Tyger commented. "Unless you want to use manpower keeping him and all others like him locked up, fed and watered, this needs to be shelved for now." Tyger glanced at Britanic. "And I wasn't including myself there. I'm using proportional force to the threat. KO's rather than kills unless needed. Anyhow, what's the battle plan?"

Something suddenly dawned on Xander, causing him to stare at the man who was the focus of attention at the moment.

"I'm sorry, but this is important... where did you get those gloves?" he said, addressing Twilight.

Coile was feeling his temper rising and snapped at Tyger. "If you barge in here you'd better at least know what was agreed. We put lunatics and unco-operative madmen into Zig until the war ends. People who'd hinder our cmbined effort to win this conflict. We can't afford keeping loose cannons running free."

Then he glanced at Big Lunk. "And Ben, don't take this as any form of acceptance of what you guys do for a living, but you're professionals. You can't really compare your crew to idiot lunatics with halloween gear and soaked to their ears with cow blood."

Then something Lunk had said finally went through to his brain, and he turned to look at Britanic with surprise as well as anger. "Is this guy part of Militia?"

"Halloween knock offs," he said as he smiled and looked at Britanic. "Like Tyger said, leave war crimes for later. We have bigger things to worry about, " a sacrastic look on grew on his face. "Like the big massive Mothership that could help them stablize a portal to their home world? Let's not have a repeat of last time where they over ran us, shall we." Like a puff of smoke, Twilight disappeared and reappeared near Lunk. "Oh and don't I have to commit a crime before I am sentence with anything." As he stared at the blood on his fingers, he smirk and let out "Besides, doesn't Vanguard only have jurisdiction, not some 'legitimate' bussiness man like yourself..."

Tyger sighed and face-palmed. "Shinobi, stop provoking a fight, will you? And, yeah," he added, adressing Coile. He'd forgotten Coile was a hero, not a soldier. Still with his pride and confidence in the system. A good soldier policed his own side, sure. Making sure that rules were followed, but recalling there was an enemy trying to kill you. Focussing on one meant the other had a chance to surprise you. "Put them in the Zig. So long as they've sealed all the holes in their security and aren't hit by the Rikti they should be able to hold them, yeah. Anyway, TABLE THIS FOR LATER!"

Snapping his hand out and grabbing Twilight's collar, pulling it down as he speaks without facing him "Perhaps you don't grasp the severity of the situation we're in, boy. We are under attack, and in order to overcome this threat, we have to police ourselves from ourselves."
He flicks his wrist back as he lets go "...Your a disgrace to your licence."

"There was a report that Back Alley Brawler was badly beaten whilst checking out the defences on Liberty Isle... and his gloves were stolen. You come in here with those gloves, covered in blood." Xander said hotly, standing up with his hand resting on his rifle. The shyness had gone from him now.

A dry chuckle escaped from Coile. "Don't trust everything that papers write or news tell you. They can twist stuff beyond recognition and just plain lie."

"Even if I did.. why would I carry his gloves around waiting to be caught?" He gave xander a small smile. "I told all before, I came here to highlight a serious threat. If your all too over sensitive, then fine, ignore my warning." Twilight gave Britianic a ferce glare. "You ignored me last time Brit and look what happened... do you really want more lifes you could have save with a pre-emptive on your hands"