*The team Redfire gathered to join in the rescue mission assembles in the room after as instructed by the leader, awaiting his speech.*
Ladies and gentlemen.
*Redfire spoke with a seemingly concerned tone, as if he was unsure of his choice of words.*
I have good news and bad news, I will start with the bad news.
In short, BAF will attack any FL-ER'er if they find out we proceed with the operation, you already have reading access to the communique, read that absurdness for yourselves.
They aren't aware I am doing this with a team of Freelancers, if you decided to back out, this is your last chance.
Despite what that clown has said, I am still proceeding with the mission, I owe it to some of those people.
Some things have changed however.
*Redfire sighs and an unsettling air filled the room, Jacky, a young mercenary stands up and leaves the room.*
I can't do this.
*Another freelancer raises his hand, Redfire sees him and nods*
So what exactly has changed?
It is of out-most importance that the involvement of FL-ER remains a secret.
BAF must not find out we went on with the mission, our involvement must remain a secret at all costs, even if that means my expulsion from the FL-ER.
Therefore no FL-ER ships will be able to join us, including Colonel Xalo's armored transport.
*A mercenary stands up*
So far you've only said bad news, what's the good news?
*Redfire walks up to the screen where he reveals a picture and video footage of what appears to be captured soldiers and their captain.
In the video footage the crew and the captain have their eyes covered and Redfire is seen walking up to each one of them firing his pistol near their heads.
In another video the captives are tied against a wall with their heads restrained in a fixed position and their eye lids kept open by a handmade torture device and forced to watch a propaganda video made by the resistance fighters about the life of the prisoners in Gallic POW camps.
Redfire skips the video footage to several hours later, his captives still forced to watch the propaganda videos, many of them have their eyes dried out.
In another video footage the prisoners are forced to listen to a mix of sounds ranging from the Bretonian anthem to bombardment sounds and people screaming to a public declaration of war from the Gallic king.
In another video footage the prisoners are simply aligned and kept in handcuffs, Redfire walks slowly around them with his hands behind his back.
He stops moving, stares at the prisoners for a brief second and begins to talk in a calm but cold voice.*
I haven't even begun on the physical part.
What you have endured here this period is but a drop of what Bretonian prisoners on Leeds endure every second of their lives.
This is what your king asked of you.
This is what your king sent you out in Sirius to do.
Do you realize now what he asked of you? Can you even begin to comprehend what he has forced you to do?
Had you been given the choice to go back in time with this knowledge, would you still join the GRN? Knowing what that entails? Knowing the future, what you will have to do for your beloved king? Will you still love him even then?
You did not really feel, you did not really realize, you did not really think about what you have done to the Bretonians, you just obeyed orders right? You are innocent of all the guilt...
...or are you? Orders they may be, but it was by your hands that they were carried out.
I can give you a chance to make up for your crimes, as I will.
I can give you a chance to wash away that guilt, as I will.
*Redfire presents them with the attack plan on the POW base.*
Your help is not needed, your uniforms is all I need to get past the gatling turrets.
You will come with us on the surface however, and from there your lives will be your own again, help us or fight us, your choice.
Make the right one.
*It is clear that he is practicing psychological torture on the captives, Redfire remains silent during the video footage, it is clear he is trying to break the will of his captives.
The mercenary walks up to Redfire questioning his morality.*
They are trained soldiers, what does even make you think they will subdue to this torture and aid us? You are wasting your time on them.
I have been pumping cardamine gas in their chambers without their knowledge, and with the lack of sleep and the constant brain tinkering, they will instinctively help us for their next fix.
You may think this is inhuman but these are techniques I learned from the LSF, some of them I experienced first hand, and if you are disturbed by this, wait until we reach Leeds, that may give you a bigger shock than you expect.
The good news is my intelligence on the planet reports that the gatling turrets scan for GRN uniforms, they will open fire on any living creature but will ignore groups of people if they are surrounded by GRN uniforms, this will allow us to get to the gate and hack it, we no longer need to drop the screamer mines and fight past the turrets, and actual GRN personnel accompanying us, zombies as they may be will create a moment of confusion for the GRN, giving us the upper hand.
Another good news is that Xalo has managed to make contact with a group he knows and that they are ready and willing to receive in rescued prisoners as releasing them in Bretonia is no longer an option.
This isn't final, another meeting will be scheduled as soon as more information comes in and contact with potential allies is being established.
We only have one shot at this, it must be done right and no mistakes, I may even consider setting the GRN troops I captured from the destroyed battleship on a transport to Gallia, it all depends on how events unfold.
*Redfire left the room, leaving many of his audience with a rather uneasy feeling, in a way this is his plan to filter out any freelancers who were in for the kick or the big prize but who can't handle the reality of war.*