Doubts and Delusions

[Apollon]

Grand Admiral, more than anything, was definitely more empathetic about Scott's complaint. "I actually have to give a point to agent Scott here. I did all I could to preserve The Order. There were few strategic options to employ... each more disastrous than the other." Sounding grim, attempting to convoy importance of the situation.

Kunieda walked away from the desk, "Ends never justify the means, admiral. If your method is wrong, then you are false. Acting like evil will do us no good. Public and civilian support is essential for our movement. If the civic awareness of our organisation continues to consider us as villains, who knows when they will put pressure on their governments to finish us off instead of our true natural enemies, the Nomads."

She sighed as she looked at Scott, "I believe Scott already made most things clear." she continued. "We're developing our own nomadic advanced weapons and hand them out to other groups to assist them in their wars."

"The Order is supposed to aid humans against alien threats and preserve them, not aid them to kill others and secure their own interest." she crossed her arms. "Which greatly contradicts the Order's ideals and true objectives."

She looked at Scott for a few moments. "While I don't fully share the same vision as Scott, but I agree with him to some extent. The Order's overly defensive status may eventually cause another Toledo crisis. Shikashi, we should not go fully offensive, as what Scott said. Rather, moderate between both offense and defense."

"To be honest, admiral," she walked back to the table. "I was quite disappointed when I received details regarding the Crusade you're preparing the Order for," she paused. "You should have learnt from the previous operations in that region."

"I did, Inquisitor," The admiral referred to her by rank, about to speak his own truths. "First crusade failed to follow after the initial success. That one happened before I even could fly a fighter. Second crusade, envisioned by Admiral Collister collapsed against immense fleets of the Kusari Naval Forces. Third, we almost accomplished our objectives and taken absolute minimum of casualties."

Golanski pointed at the map of Tohoku, hidden under a bunch of various papers. "Kusari is in state of civil war. Republic is likely to put up token resistance Tohoku in favor of engaging Imperialists in the east. Minimum forces, save from Nomads. I will call upon our allies to eliminate The Arch as a factor and resource-straining front it is for years now." He sounded confident and continued: "What would you do in my place, Aoi?"