The initiate clears her throat, pausing and looking away from the camera for a moment to steel herself.
Yesterday around 0300 hours, I la-launched from Valravn and went to Ontario on a solo reconnaissance mission. F-first I scouted Sudbury, and then made for the wreck of Hamilton. I spent quite some t-time, um, studying and observing and reflecting upon the picked-over remains, uhmm, before a co-contact appeared on my radar. I'm a-appending the logs.
ABJURER\\root\liv\blackbox\autotranscription\15 07 835.txt ::> grep 03:39:17' Wrote:[15.07.835 03:39:18] TFP)-Witch: C-contact--
[15.07.835 03:39:22] Hayden.Kramer: Mm.
[15.07.835 03:39:51] TFP)-Witch: Transmit, uh, I-IFF and tasking.
[15.07.835 03:40:12] Hayden.Kramer: Should be pretty obvious, unless your screens busted or something.
[15.07.835 03:40:41] TFP)-Witch: Th-there's a lot of people, um, people in Ontario just flying a-around in s-salvage jobs.
[15.07.835 03:40:45] TFP)-Witch: I-it's due diligence.
[15.07.835 03:40:54] Hayden.Kramer: Uh huh.
[15.07.835 03:41:38] Hayden.Kramer: That's one of those 'Legion' markers, huh?
[15.07.835 03:42:07] TFP)-Witch: Y-yeah.
[15.07.835 03:42:22] Hayden.Kramer: Doubly ballsy being out here without support.
[15.07.835 03:42:30] Hayden.Kramer: Alliance'd chew you up like jerky.
[15.07.835 03:43:02] TFP)-Witch: I d-don't... I'm, um. I'm doing... recon.
[15.07.835 03:43:54] Hayden.Kramer: Sound like you're doing a bit more than just recon.
[15.07.835 03:44:07] TFP)-Witch: I-- [The pilot sighs.]
[15.07.835 03:44:28] TFP)-Witch: I j-just wanted to... see it fo-for myself.
[15.07.835 03:44:42] Hayden.Kramer: What, the scrap?
[15.07.835 03:44:45] TFP)-Witch: Hamilton.
[15.07.835 03:44:53] Hayden.Kramer: Oh, that old thing.
[15.07.835 03:44:59] TFP)-Witch: This, it, it was a b-big scandal.
[15.07.835 03:45:17] TFP)-Witch: Y-you know?
[15.07.835 03:45:24] TFP)-Witch: The Republic p-pulling out.
[15.07.835 03:45:30] TFP)-Witch: Leaving people t-to die.
[15.07.835 03:45:37] Hayden.Kramer: Mhm.
[15.07.835 03:45:59] TFP)-Witch: I n-never knew... just how b-bad it was.
[15.07.835 03:46:30] TFP)-Witch: I saw the news, I even ta-aalked to some p-people who got laid off, who, who could ba-barely afford to come back to Los Angeles.
[15.07.835 03:46:52] TFP)-Witch: But seeing it wi-with my own eyes... it's d-different.
[15.07.835 03:47:13] Hayden.Kramer: Puts things in perspective.
[15.07.835 03:47:56] TFP)-Witch: It... makes me s-sure I did the right thing.
[15.07.835 03:48:06] Hayden.Kramer: Aye.
[15.07.835 03:48:23] Hayden.Kramer: Got my guys out, never looked back.
[15.07.835 03:48:31] Hayden.Kramer: Fuckin' hacks.
[15.07.835 03:48:52] TFP)-Witch: [Despite the anxious stutter of her voice, she speaks with obvious conviction.] N-no system that do-does this to its own people c-can be allowed t-to stand.
[15.07.835 03:49:24] Hayden.Kramer: [Chuckle]
[15.07.835 03:49:52] Hayden.Kramer: Guess that gets rid of any doubts I had left, then.
[15.07.835 03:50:13] TFP)-Witch: Ab-about what?
[15.07.835 03:50:29] Hayden.Kramer: You lot actually being Legion.
[15.07.835 03:50:46] TFP)-Witch: Wh-what else would w-we... would we be?
[15.07.835 03:51:31] Hayden.Kramer: Technocrats with a penchant for toasting the Liberty Youth.
[15.07.835 03:51:45] Hayden.Kramer: Roasting. Whatever.
[15.07.835 03:52:05] TFP)-Witch: S-somebody once to-told me, um, that-
[15.07.835 03:52:16] TFP)-Witch: "When so-somebody tells you who they a-are, believe them".
[15.07.835 03:52:33] Hayden.Kramer: Yeah, I did that once.
[15.07.835 03:52:49] Hayden.Kramer: I got burned for it.
[15.07.835 03:53:05] Hayden.Kramer: I lost friends, partners. Squadmates.
[15.07.835 03:53:43] Hayden.Kramer: Think you're the first I heard in a while that's actually had any thoughts on the real casualties here.
[15.07.835 03:54:05] Hayden.Kramer: Cobra and his ilk go one about 'loss of freedom fighters'.
[15.07.835 03:54:10] TFP)-Witch: Th-that's what matters.
[15.07.835 03:54:12] TFP)-Witch: The people.
[15.07.835 03:54:28] TFP)-Witch: You, m-me, Co-Cobra...
[15.07.835 03:54:34] Hayden.Kramer: Fuck Cobra.
[15.07.835 03:54:47] TFP)-Witch: W-we couldn't.
[15.07.835 03:54:49] TFP)-Witch: We couldn't live.
[15.07.835 03:54:57] TFP)-Witch: Not without the everyday p-people.
[15.07.835 03:55:10] TFP)-Witch: Th-they make our f-food, they sh-ship out our oxygen.
[15.07.835 03:55:20] TFP)-Witch: For the Rogues, th-they move the c-cargo they steal.
[15.07.835 03:55:32] TFP)-Witch: It all comes d-down to normal pe-people.
[15.07.835 03:55:59] TFP)-Witch: There's n-no other reason to fight.
[15.07.835 03:56:23] Hayden.Kramer: Wonder how much blood those pricks have on 'em.
[15.07.835 03:57:01] TFP)-Witch: Who?
[15.07.835 03:57:15] Hayden.Kramer: All of 'em.
[15.07.835 03:57:50] Hayden.Kramer: Rambling.
[15.07.835 03:58:10] Hayden.Kramer: Surprised I have teeth, how much I grit 'em.
[15.07.835 03:59:00] TFP)-Witch: D-do you n-not... get a se-sense of cam-- camraderie, s-satisfaction, purpose, out of wh-what you do?
[15.07.835 03:59:08] Hayden.Kramer: Not anymore.
[15.07.835 03:59:15] Hayden.Kramer: Cobra's ilk saw to that.
[15.07.835 03:59:29] TFP)-Witch: Wh-what did they do?
[15.07.835 03:59:57] Hayden.Kramer: Brought that fucking eyesore to Ouray, and his swine gunned down my guys as they tried to get rid of it.
[15.07.835 04:00:45] TFP)-Witch: What e-eyesore?
[15.07.835 04:01:33] Hayden.Kramer: An Outcast transport, some kind of envoy.
[15.07.835 04:01:43] Hayden.Kramer: Not sure beyond that. It's a disgrace either way.
[15.07.835 04:01:59] Hayden.Kramer: Just another thing I'm gonna gut him for.
[15.07.835 04:02:04] TFP)-Witch: J-jeez, uh...
[15.07.835 04:02:18] TFP)-Witch: W-well, why are you ev-even with the Xenos, then?
[15.07.835 04:03:14] Hayden.Kramer: Because I owe it to my men. I got them into this. They followed me without a second look.
[15.07.835 04:03:49] Hayden.Kramer: Cobra and his ilk may have changed the narrative, but the movement I know is still in there.
[15.07.835 04:04:02] Hayden.Kramer: Figure I'll do what good I can while I can.
[15.07.835 04:04:23] Hayden.Kramer: Even if it means having to park next to them on the off-hours.
[15.07.835 04:04:25] TFP)-Witch: A-and what, um... what... is that movement?
[15.07.835 04:04:55] Hayden.Kramer: Wider Xeno Movement. What it was before the Alliance got delusions of grandure.
[15.07.835 04:05:12] TFP)-Witch: Not j-just a name.
[15.07.835 04:05:14] TFP)-Witch: The ideals.
[15.07.835 04:05:16] Hayden.Kramer: Liberty by Liberty, for Liberty, and of Liberty.
[15.07.835 04:06:08] Hayden.Kramer: Actually putting some meaning behind those homeship engravings.
[15.07.835 04:06:30] TFP)-Witch: And do-does that include shooting d-down transports fu-full of refugees from Bre-bretonia?
[15.07.835 04:06:35] Hayden.Kramer: Fuck no.
[15.07.835 04:07:22] Hayden.Kramer: No warrior worth the blood in their veins takes aim at civvies.
[15.07.835 04:07:49] TFP)-Witch: And h-how about the g-gangs on Los Angeles, i-in Petaluma Co-county, who cl-claim to be af-affiliated with the Xenos?
[15.07.835 04:08:07] TFP)-Witch: Who go around sm-smashing and grabbing from small bu-businesses, running drugs i-in prisons?
[15.07.835 04:08:14] TFP)-Witch: Terrorizing i-immigrants?
[15.07.835 04:08:18] Hayden.Kramer: If they have to claim that they are, are they really?
[15.07.835 04:08:31] TFP)-Witch: They t-tell everyone who they a-are.
[15.07.835 04:08:40] TFP)-Witch: And I ne-never saw a reason to doubt.
[15.07.835 04:10:01] Hayden.Kramer: Can't help everyone, but I'd put them down without a second thought if they're peddling crank.
[15.07.835 04:10:07] Hayden.Kramer: Death penalty exists for a reason.
[15.07.835 04:11:00] Hayden.Kramer: Clean it up, give 'em a fair shot.
[15.07.835 04:11:28] TFP)-Witch: Th-that's why I'm here, instead of w-with you or Cobra.
[15.07.835 04:12:01] Hayden.Kramer: In the Legion, or out here communing with ghosts?
[15.07.835 04:12:25] Hayden.Kramer: Either way, you're definitely better for it.
[15.07.835 04:12:47] TFP)-Witch: B-both, really.
[15.07.835 04:13:45] TFP)-Witch: I quit school t-to be here, i-in this ship. Civ-- civilian life was... th-there was no way to affect real ch-change.
[15.07.835 04:14:06] TFP)-Witch: A-and if we're g-gonna make a pos-positive difference, we n-need to know the pain.
[15.07.835 04:14:09] TFP)-Witch: The injustice.
[15.07.835 04:14:12] Hayden.Kramer: Hope you made the right choice, kid.
[15.07.835 04:14:17] TFP)-Witch: All of it.
[15.07.835 04:14:32] TFP)-Witch: I-it might not be the right choice, i-in the end.
[15.07.835 04:14:42] TFP)-Witch: It mi-might not be right. But it's a-all th-that was left.
[15.07.835 04:15:17] Hayden.Kramer: Education's important. Took a risk dipping out.
[15.07.835 04:15:34] Hayden.Kramer: Could end up like Cobra and his kind.
[15.07.835 04:15:41] TFP)-Witch: I-it wasn't g-going anywhere.
[15.07.835 04:15:44] Hayden.Kramer: Or those gangers on LA.
[15.07.835 04:15:53] TFP)-Witch: N-not a lot of, of demand for... xenobotanists.
[15.07.835 04:16:02] Hayden.Kramer: Xeno-huh?
[15.07.835 04:16:30] TFP)-Witch: Stud-... studying the plant-like li-life of... n-newly discovered planets.
[15.07.835 04:17:29] Hayden.Kramer: Oh, you're talking about tertiary schooling, then.
[15.07.835 04:17:33] TFP)-Witch: I-it was the o-only thing I could ever even... r-remotely imagine myself doing every d-day, l-living a normal life, and not want t-to blow my brains out.
[15.07.835 04:17:44] TFP)-Witch: [She lets out a nervous laugh.]
[15.07.835 04:18:45] Hayden.Kramer: At least you'd never get bored.
[15.07.835 04:19:35] TFP)-Witch: Y-yeah.
[15.07.835 04:19:36] TFP)-Witch: But.
[15.07.835 04:19:52] TFP)-Witch: I j-just...
[15.07.835 04:20:30] TFP)-Witch: I k-kept going to pr-protests, a-and writing my co-congressmen and r-representatives and...
[15.07.835 04:20:37] TFP)-Witch: And every. Single. Time!
[15.07.835 04:20:42] Hayden.Kramer: Nothing.
[15.07.835 04:20:53] TFP)-Witch: The f-fucking pigs! They'd sh-show up and send h-half of us to the hospital!
[15.07.835 04:21:00] TFP)-Witch: For protesting the b-bombings, the camps!
[15.07.835 04:21:10] Hayden.Kramer: Mm..
[15.07.835 04:21:53] TFP)-Witch: Nothing, ever, f-from Re-represent-... representative Hayes! Wh-what was she reforming?
[15.07.835 04:22:00] TFP)-Witch: Why d-did anyone vote for her?
[15.07.835 04:22:17] TFP)-Witch: P-people keep going to Sugarland, b-but the g-gangs keep getting worse!
[15.07.835 04:22:45] TFP)-Witch: [Unable to contain herself, she smacks her console with a thud.]
[15.07.835 04:23:08] TFP)-Witch: I-if they want to ma-make peaceful ch-change impossible, th-they only m-m-make violent change inevitable.
[15.07.835 04:24:11] Hayden.Kramer: Hate and greed can get someone pretty far.
[15.07.835 04:24:12] TFP)-Witch: Because n-nobody deserves this.
[15.07.835 04:24:32] Hayden.Kramer: Half of that is part of why I'm just scraping by these days.
[15.07.835 04:24:53] TFP)-Witch: A-and that system, th-the one where hate a-and-and greed, the one wh-ere avarice fuels a-all of it.
[15.07.835 04:25:01] TFP)-Witch: It has to go or i-it'll eat us all.
[15.07.835 04:25:07] Hayden.Kramer: Couldn't agree more.
[15.07.835 04:25:16] TFP)-Witch: You, me, Co-Cobra, the Exarchs, representative H-Hayes.
[15.07.835 04:25:25] TFP)-Witch: Th-the people who u-used to work here.
[15.07.835 04:25:30] TFP)-Witch: On Hamilton.
[15.07.835 04:25:37] TFP)-Witch: I-it has to stop.
[15.07.835 04:25:47] Hayden.Kramer: Fate willing, it will.
[15.07.835 04:26:10] Hayden.Kramer: This 'resurgent Legion' of yours..
[15.07.835 04:26:17] Hayden.Kramer: Humor me.
[15.07.835 04:26:25] Hayden.Kramer: Why the Technocrat tags?
[15.07.835 04:26:48] TFP)-Witch: [She pauses, taking a breath to calm herself.]
[15.07.835 04:27:15] TFP)-Witch: So-sorry, I...
[15.07.835 04:27:20] Hayden.Kramer: You're good.
[15.07.835 04:27:30] TFP)-Witch: I-it's because they're h-hosting us.
[15.07.835 04:28:03] TFP)-Witch: Way, way b-back, the Co... the Commonwealth. [A sigh as she thinks about it.] The Commonwealth g-gave the Tech... nocrats-- safe harbor in Ve-Vespucci.
[15.07.835 04:28:18] TFP)-Witch: A-and now they're r-returning the favor.
[15.07.835 04:28:58] Hayden.Kramer: They don't bore into your head and inject tech, do they?
[15.07.835 04:29:19] TFP)-Witch: N-no, not at a-all.
[15.07.835 04:29:24] Hayden.Kramer: Yeah, didn't think so.
[15.07.835 04:29:37] TFP)-Witch: So-sometimes they gi-give us... c-combat drugs, th-that we can take if we need, if we really really really n-need it.
[15.07.835 04:29:39] TFP)-Witch: Th-that's it.
[15.07.835 04:29:48] Hayden.Kramer: Stims and the like, yeah?
[15.07.835 04:29:56] TFP)-Witch: Stuff li-like that, yeah.
[15.07.835 04:31:28] Hayden.Kramer: Hm.
[15.07.835 04:32:14] TFP)-Witch: I've n-never tried them.
[15.07.835 04:32:33] Hayden.Kramer: Don't take this the wrong way, but you sound like you should try at least one.
[15.07.835 04:32:58] TFP)-Witch: N-no, I know what y-you mean.
[15.07.835 04:33:34] Hayden.Kramer: Bit more widespread these days, I think.
[15.07.835 04:33:34] TFP)-Witch: I j-just...
[15.07.835 04:33:51] TFP)-Witch: It's a lot, y-yknow?
[15.07.835 04:34:26] Hayden.Kramer: Certainly sounds like a lot.
[15.07.835 04:35:04] TFP)-Witch: It's... it's overwhelming, a-and it's scary, but that's how I kn-know it's meaningful.
[15.07.835 04:35:26] TFP)-Witch: And... I've n-never been good at talking t-to people anyway.
[15.07.835 04:35:32] Hayden.Kramer: First I've heard of fear in a while.
[15.07.835 04:35:49] Hayden.Kramer: Usually too hemmed up in my angry dome to think about it.
[15.07.835 04:37:18] TFP)-Witch: I-if you ha-have a clear head, I d-don't see how a-anyone couldn't be a-afraid.
[15.07.835 04:37:30] TFP)-Witch: M-maybe I'm j-just typicalm-m-minding, b-but...
[15.07.835 04:37:40] TFP)-Witch: I mean, we're out here pu-putting our lives on the line.
[15.07.835 04:37:53] TFP)-Witch: Th-there's a big freakin' d-death laser coming out of a planet o-over there!
[15.07.835 04:38:25] TFP)-Witch: A-and here we are, ta-talking to each other d-despite the IFFs flashing red a-and all the autosystems k-kicking in, when a-at any freaking moment, a D-Defiant could come along a-and hurl a b-bunch of missiles at us and end it then and there.
[15.07.835 04:39:15] Hayden.Kramer: Take that risk every time I undock.
[15.07.835 04:39:24] TFP)-Witch: Th-that's the point, that's scary!
[15.07.835 04:39:35] Hayden.Kramer: Occupational hazards, I've learned to just live with 'em.
[15.07.835 04:39:54] Hayden.Kramer: They drill that into you at West Point.
[15.07.835 04:40:00] Hayden.Kramer: At least, they used to.
[15.07.835 04:40:23] Hayden.Kramer: Maybe they drilled it a little too hard into Dylan and his staff.
[15.07.835 04:40:31] Hayden.Kramer: Or whatever his name was.
[15.07.835 04:40:35] TFP)-Witch: M-maybe it's because I d-don't have a-any military training, o-or at least I d-didn't.
[15.07.835 04:41:20] Hayden.Kramer: Legion of old would've drilled that into you before you ever left Vespucci.
[15.07.835 04:42:14] Hayden.Kramer: Flew with 'em a bunch back then. Good heads, good hearts.
[15.07.835 04:42:43] Hayden.Kramer: If this new breed is anything like that, I wouldn't worry.
[15.07.835 04:43:34] TFP)-Witch: E-everyone has... been so g-good, and s-so helpful.
[15.07.835 04:43:45] TFP)-Witch: It... I feel like I /belong/ for th-the first time.
[15.07.835 04:44:05] Hayden.Kramer: Mm.
[15.07.835 04:45:25] TFP)-Witch: And... I'm n-not dead yet.
[15.07.835 04:45:37] Hayden.Kramer: Legion didn't like its folks dying.
[15.07.835 04:45:41] Hayden.Kramer: Doubt they'd start now.
[15.07.835 04:46:30] TFP)-Witch: I d-don't think so.
[15.07.835 04:46:42] TFP)-Witch: It's... it's like... people actually care.
[15.07.835 04:47:11] Hayden.Kramer: Must be nice.
[15.07.835 04:47:38] TFP)-Witch: Y-you could see fo-for yourself.
[15.07.835 04:49:00] Hayden.Kramer: Worth thinking about.
[15.07.835 04:49:20] TFP)-Witch: Y-you're always w-welcome at Fourteen, r-right?
[15.07.835 04:49:24] TFP)-Witch: The f-freeport.
[15.07.835 04:49:43] Hayden.Kramer: Whenever I'm out that way, yeah.
[15.07.835 04:50:01] TFP)-Witch: We h-have a liaison officer th-there.
[15.07.835 04:50:28] Hayden.Kramer: I've been through the whole routine before, kid.
[15.07.835 04:51:07] Hayden.Kramer: Not calling any shit, but the Navy painted the service as all sunshine and rainbows.
[15.07.835 04:51:22] TFP)-Witch: S-so what are you do-doing?
[15.07.835 04:51:30] TFP)-Witch: Hating the p-people you fight alongside, u-under?
[15.07.835 04:51:36] TFP)-Witch: F-for what?
[15.07.835 04:51:45] Hayden.Kramer: Never said I was that stubborn.
[15.07.835 04:52:34] Hayden.Kramer: Your higher ups keep an open line?
[15.07.835 04:52:58] TFP)-Witch: U-ultimately i-it's not my call, bu-but... i-if you made your case I d-don't know why they'd turn you away or g-give you the cold shoulder.
[15.07.835 04:53:28] Hayden.Kramer: Just looking for the full raw take.
[15.07.835 04:53:38] Hayden.Kramer: Warts and all.
[15.07.835 04:53:53] Hayden.Kramer: Can't possibly be worse than the train wreck the Alliance has planned.
[15.07.835 04:53:55] TFP)-Witch: I've o-only flown with E-Exarch West once, a-and With and M-Megiddo never.
[15.07.835 04:54:19] TFP)-Witch: She, uh, sh-she's... she knows wh-what she's doing b-but she's k-kind of a bitch, honestly.
[15.07.835 04:54:23] TFP)-Witch: But I think sh-she does it for fun.
[15.07.835 04:54:28] TFP)-Witch: She actually cares, a lot.
[15.07.835 04:54:41] Hayden.Kramer: With I vaguely remember, mostly from Cobra's boys whining.
[15.07.835 04:54:51] Hayden.Kramer: The other two, no idea.
[15.07.835 04:54:52] TFP)-Witch: What d-did they say about h-her?
[15.07.835 04:54:58] Hayden.Kramer: [Chuckle]
[15.07.835 04:56:17] Hayden.Kramer: Call her a traitor, a 'softie', which is saying a fuckin' lot given who's moored at Ouray right now.
[15.07.835 04:57:50] TFP)-Witch: Wh-why a traitor?
[15.07.835 04:58:22] Hayden.Kramer: Guess Cobra got her to fly out of Ramsey after Vespucci.
[15.07.835 04:58:35] TFP)-Witch: I... huh?
[15.07.835 04:58:39] Hayden.Kramer: Not sure how he did, but I'm guessing she saw through the bullshit.
[15.07.835 04:58:42] Hayden.Kramer: Good on her.
[15.07.835 04:59:55] TFP)-Witch: I've o-only heard g-good things.
[15.07.835 05:00:05] TFP)-Witch: W-well, until l-lately, bu-uuuut...
[15.07.835 05:00:21] Hayden.Kramer: Everyone's got baggage.
[15.07.835 05:00:24] TFP)-Witch: Sh-she a-apparently kept working herself ha-half to death while she w-was in a ho-hospital bed.
[15.07.835 05:00:43] TFP)-Witch: The d-docs tried to co-confiscate her tablet u-until she th-threatened to brig them.
[15.07.835 05:00:50] Hayden.Kramer: Hah.
[15.07.835 05:02:49] TFP)-Witch: I c-can't i-imagine what th-that's like.
[15.07.835 05:02:59] TFP)-Witch: F-four cracked ribs a-and a broken arm.
[15.07.835 05:03:08] TFP)-Witch: A-and still working.
[15.07.835 05:03:30] Hayden.Kramer: Yeah, I'd say that makes up for working for Cobra's ilk.
[15.07.835 05:05:22] TFP)-Witch: M-maybe so.
[15.07.835 05:05:28] TFP)-Witch: I'm ju-just glad she's with us.
[15.07.835 05:05:52] Hayden.Kramer: Better with you than on Ramsey.
[15.07.835 05:06:40] Hayden.Kramer: Guess I know what I'm doing before I bust out the glass tonight.
[15.07.835 05:07:51] TFP)-Witch: Make the right choice.
[15.07.835 05:08:28] Hayden.Kramer: Suppose we'll see.
[15.07.835 05:09:32] TFP)-Witch: E-everything will be as al-alright as we h-have the strength to make it.
[15.07.835 05:10:00] Hayden.Kramer: Right.
[15.07.835 05:10:17] Hayden.Kramer: Gonna take my leave. Stay safe out here.
[15.07.835 05:10:24] TFP)-Witch: Y-you too. Hayden.
[15.07.835 05:10:42] Hayden.Kramer: And don't worry. I'll pluck my hair out strand by strand before I relay anything to the Alliance.
[15.07.835 05:11:00] Hayden.Kramer: Cya 'round, kid.
U-um, I know that, uh, g-going on solo recon missions to e-end up talking with, er, the enemy is probably, like... really, really stupid, but-- this one turned out okay. Next time I'll t-take a wingman regardless, uh. Maybe so-somebody will get a beep from her, huh?
Witch forces out a nervous laugh, then visibly struggles to swallow down her anxiety before soldiering on with the report.
A-anyways, the Xeno pilot took her leave. I then flew to Texas, a-and in the vicinity of the Grande Negra, I f-found, uh, some kind of gun, not like the ones we make at all. I took it to El Alto for the mechanics to, er, analyze and whatnot, but on the way I encountered another, uh, much larger, p-possibly more interesting contact. It seemed to b-be an Order battlecruiser. I didn't, uh, I didn't know they made those or let them in Liberty, but that's what my Prosecutor's scanners said. It was flying a Freelancer IFF.
ABJURER\\root\liv\blackbox\autotranscription\15 07 835.txt ::> grep 05:37:01' Wrote:[15.07.835 05:37:02] CV-Montu: E: [Initializing - Greeting]
[15.07.835 05:37:08] TFP)-Witch: O-oh!
[15.07.835 05:37:24] TFP)-Witch: Wh-where, uh, what are you d-doing with that thing?
[15.07.835 05:40:10] TFP)-Witch: Uhm.
[15.07.835 05:40:24] TFP)-Witch: This is Initiate Ma-Maslowicz to CV Montu, uh.
[15.07.835 05:40:31] TFP)-Witch: P-please transmit posture and tasking.
[15.07.835 05:42:09] CV-Montu: E: [Initiating: 'Human Dialogue Subsystem']
[15.07.835 05:42:33] TFP)-Witch: U-uhhh...
[15.07.835 05:43:01] TFP)-Witch: I s-say again, this is TFP "Witch" to C... CV Montu, please transmit posture and tasking.
[15.07.835 05:43:48] CV-Montu: E: "Statement: Unknown."
[15.07.835 05:44:09] TFP)-Witch: Uh, seeking clarific-cation, CV M-Montu.
[15.07.835 05:44:16] CV-Montu: E: "Amendment: This unit is not at liberty to divulge information pertaining to [Task: Mission]."
[15.07.835 05:44:25] TFP)-Witch: Y-you do- oh.
[15.07.835 05:44:36] TFP)-Witch: C-can you, um, transmit posture? At least?
[15.07.835 05:45:00] CV-Montu: E: "Query: Posture?"
[15.07.835 05:45:20] CV-Montu: E: "Statement: This vessel's posture is upright."
[15.07.835 05:45:25] TFP)-Witch: A-attitude. IFF. Um. A-are you g-go...
[15.07.835 05:45:33] TFP)-Witch: N-no, a-as in, are you go-going to shoot me?
[15.07.835 05:45:40] CV-Montu: E: "Statement: Negative."
[15.07.835 05:45:47] CV-Montu: E: "Amendment: Possibly."
[15.07.835 05:46:06] TFP)-Witch: R-request attitude to-towards Republic forces.
[15.07.835 05:46:57] CV-Montu: E: "Statement: Non-neutral."
[15.07.835 05:47:15] TFP)-Witch: R-requesting clarificatio-ooooon... ?
[15.07.835 05:47:44] CV-Montu: E: "Clarification: This vessel is not inherently hostile to [House: Liberty] personnel."
[15.07.835 05:48:06] CV-Montu: E: "Additional: This vessel has been known to be engaged by [House: Liberty] personnel."
[15.07.835 05:48:21] TFP)-Witch: I-it's against th-the laws, r-right?
[15.07.835 05:48:28] TFP)-Witch: F-foreign capital vessel an-and all.
[15.07.835 05:48:51] CV-Montu: E: "Statement: Correct."
[15.07.835 05:49:20] TFP)-Witch: I-is there anything c-concrete you can, um, you can tell me, li-iiiike... a-at all?
[15.07.835 05:49:32] TFP)-Witch: Maybe a l-little hint about, um... oh, jeez, wh-what did you say.
[15.07.835 05:49:41] TFP)-Witch: "Ta-Task: Mission"?
[15.07.835 05:49:49] CV-Montu: E: "Clarification: No."
[15.07.835 05:50:02] CV-Montu: E: "Amendment: Stand-by."
[15.07.835 05:50:15] TFP)-Witch: Aff-fiiiiirm.
[15.07.835 05:50:39] CV-Montu: E: "Clarification: This vessel's mission is to destroy entities belonging to the alien race known as the Nomads."
[15.07.835 05:51:14] CV-Montu: E: "Amendment: This vessel is also tasked with eliminating any non-committed personnel of [Organization: Order]."
[15.07.835 05:51:32] TFP)-Witch: U-uhm, "non-c-c-committed"?
[15.07.835 05:53:25] CV-Montu: E: "Statement: Personnel of [Organization: Order] exhibiting non-committal status typically engage all non-Order personnel in the AO."
[15.07.835 05:54:18] TFP)-Witch: S-so, uh. Your j-job is to, to, like...
[15.07.835 05:54:28] TFP)-Witch: K-kill the nn-noo-ooooomads.
[15.07.835 05:54:41] TFP)-Witch: And also kill any Order a-agents that d-don't kill nomads b-but kill other people instead?
[15.07.835 05:54:45] CV-Montu: E: "Statement: Correct."
[15.07.835 05:55:10] CV-Montu: E: "Query: Are you currently exhibiting signs of Nomad infiltration?"
[15.07.835 05:55:14] TFP)-Witch: ...i-interesting behavior.
[15.07.835 05:55:22] TFP)-Witch: Wh-what? N-no! Nonononononono, no, noooo.
[15.07.835 05:56:03] CV-Montu: E: "Statement: Excessive denial of Nomad infiltration is a sign of Nomad infiltration."
[15.07.835 05:56:13] CV-Montu: E: "Query: Are you positive?"
[15.07.835 05:56:43] TFP)-Witch: A-absolutely, yes, I'm qu-quite sure.
[15.07.835 05:57:08] CV-Montu: E: "Statement: Affirmed. Individual is positive of Nomad infiltration."
[15.07.835 05:57:18] TFP)-Witch: Nononono, I m-mean the other thing!
[15.07.835 05:57:18] CV-Montu: E: "Amendment: Reprocessing."
[15.07.835 05:57:31] TFP)-Witch: A-as in, I'm p-positive I h-haven't been infiltrated.
[15.07.835 05:57:44] CV-Montu: E: "Statement: Affirmed. User added to non-caustic file database."
[15.07.835 05:58:40] TFP)-Witch: Non-ca-auuuustic?
[15.07.835 05:59:03] CV-Montu: E: "Clarification: Non-hostile specimens."
[15.07.835 05:59:38] TFP)-Witch: Ahh.
[15.07.835 05:59:41] TFP)-Witch: Um.
[15.07.835 05:59:48] TFP)-Witch: W-with whom am I sp-speaking?
[15.07.835 06:00:04] CV-Montu: E: "Statement: This unit is known as 'Enyo'."
[15.07.835 06:00:27] TFP)-Witch: Ah.
[15.07.835 06:00:28] TFP)-Witch: Uh.
[15.07.835 06:00:33] TFP)-Witch: Ch-charmed, Enyo.
[15.07.835 06:01:13] CV-Montu: E: "Statement: Charm is a sign of Nomad infiltration."
[15.07.835 06:01:19] TFP)-Witch: What?!
[15.07.835 06:02:21] TFP)-Witch: I-it's a figure of, of speech...
[15.07.835 06:02:29] CV-Montu: E: [Scanning - TFP)-Witch]
[15.07.835 06:03:11] CV-Montu: E: [Scan = Complete | Non-Human Biology - Detected]
[15.07.835 06:03:26] CV-Montu: E: [Scanning - TFP)-Witch]
[15.07.835 06:03:37] TFP)-Witch: [The pilot begins to actually sweat.]
[15.07.835 06:03:53] CV-Montu: E: [Scan = Complete | Non-Human Biology = Identified: Bacteria]
[15.07.835 06:05:18] CV-Montu: E: "Statement: Your profile appears to be clear."
[15.07.835 06:05:20] TFP)-Witch: Th-that sounds about r-right.
[15.07.835 06:05:45] CV-Montu: E: "Clarification: Please refrain from injesting non-Human material."
[15.07.835 06:05:58] TFP)-Witch: A-am I... su-uppooooosed to be a ca-cannibal?
[15.07.835 06:07:14] CV-Montu: E: "Statement: Cannibalism would be the safest path to avoid Nomad infiltration."
[15.07.835 06:08:43] TFP)-Witch: B-but...
[15.07.835 06:12:59] TFP)-Witch: W-wait, I-- a-actually, n-no, no, th-that's fine...
[15.07.835 06:13:26] CV-Montu: E: [Ghost Mode: Active]
[15.07.835 06:13:33] TFP)-Witch: Y-yep, it sure i-is.
At this p-point, the vessel engaged a cloaking device, uh, and... well, I d-don't know what it did next, that's sort of, uh, that's what cloaking devices do. And so I returned to El Alto, with the weird gun I mentioned safely in tow, deposited the thing, a-and then returned to Valravn. I thii-iiiiink that concludes this report.
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