Doubts and Delusions

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He looked at her with some curiosity. "The Order's history is full of desperate escapades. The First Nomad War alone had a few, from what I know. Let alone the fact that we struck back at the Core recently. As Bolevara used to say, who dares wins."

Brian sighed and looked through the window, staring at the stars in the distance, as if looking for something. "The best moments in the Order history were when we were on the offensive, despite the odds stacked against us," - he stopped, pondering for a moment. - "If the story teaches us anything, it's that the Order works better as a spear, and not as a shield."

He walks up to the window, standing side by side with Kunieda. "I can't blame the Grand Admiral for trying to do what the Order does best. However..." He thinks for a minute. "I'm starting to see a pattern here."

He turns to her, lowering his voice again. "I do remember one old operation in Tohoku. We attempted to deploy a boarding module there... I think it didn't work out quite as intended. If Golanski is planning something similar this time..." - Brian sighs. - "Then he clearly can't learn from mistakes. You'd think after Toledo we'd be more careful and spread out, not giving the jellies a chance to hit us where it hurts. But it's the same thing all over: we settled in a different system on a different planet and hope that things will be different there?!"

Brian finished his speech, realizing that he talked a bit louder than he should have. He continued calmly: "I guess we should talk to him about it. Tell him the potential flaws of his plan... Maybe convince him that some things should be done differently," - Brian made a pause. - "You're one of his advisors in the Overwatch, and I've known him since he was an ensign, he should at least hear us out and give it a thought."