Commander. I'm keeping this one off the open channel.
I don't care where the new guy comes from. I don't care what he's done. Let's just say he rubs me the wrong way. A little high and mighty.
To put it simply, I want to take him out on patrol. Somewhere remote. I want to rough him up a little, remind him that he's here on our good graces and take him down a peg before his attitude becomes a problem. For him or for us.
What do you think?
"Sometimes, it's better to live than let live."
- "Rattlesnake"
Just make sure this "decimation" isn't so thorough they can no longer physically serve out their sentence. They need to be able-bodied to do that, after all. We can't have potential upstarts in the Alliance of.. their sort, a coup here of any kind at a time like this would be fatal.
Proceed as needed.
"Liberty or death."
-"Cobra"
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The violent option wasn't needed, for a change. Had a chat with our legionnaire. Tried to drill it into her head that she'll end up dead in Ramsey's back alleys if she keeps up her first impression. Don't know if I got through, but she at least seems to get the risks a little more. Logs attached.
[14.02.2025 17:54:25] XA-Rattlesnake: So.
[14.02.2025 17:54:29] XA-Rattlesnake: You're the new one, hm?
[14.02.2025 17:54:30] XA-U-Deadmeat: Misfire?
[14.02.2025 17:54:36] XA-Rattlesnake: Mhm.
[14.02.2025 17:54:39] XA-U-Deadmeat: You could say that.
[14.02.2025 17:54:57] XA-Rattlesnake: You either are or you aren't.
[14.02.2025 17:55:13] XA-U-Deadmeat: Newest to the penal unit, sure.
[14.02.2025 17:55:33] XA-Rattlesnake: So. What's your story?
[14.02.2025 17:55:39] XA-Rattlesnake: Came in clean? Got caught?
[14.02.2025 17:56:02] XA-U-Deadmeat: I was on the frontline during 'cruz siege.
[14.02.2025 17:56:11] XA-U-Deadmeat: And my wingmen ran away.
[14.02.2025 17:56:16] XA-Rattlesnake: I'm sure he did.
[14.02.2025 17:56:24] [OOC] XA-Rattlesnake: they did *
[14.02.2025 17:56:36] XA-Rattlesnake: So you're, what? The last honourable defender?
[14.02.2025 17:56:45] XA-U-Deadmeat: No, I ran away as well.
[14.02.2025 17:56:52] XA-Rattlesnake: 'Least you're upfront about it.
[14.02.2025 17:56:58] XA-Rattlesnake: That's something I guess.
[14.02.2025 17:57:02] XA-U-Deadmeat: Ended on Ithaca for three years trapped with a pack of degenerates.
[14.02.2025 17:57:14] XA-Rattlesnake: Escaped?
[14.02.2025 17:57:41] XA-U-Deadmeat: I bought my freedom after dozens of raids.
[14.02.2025 17:57:49] XA-U-Deadmeat: And then ended with yet another pack of degenerates.
[14.02.2025 17:58:06] XA-Rattlesnake: And what pack might that be?
[14.02.2025 17:58:20] XA-U-Deadmeat: Fucking cowards.
[14.02.2025 17:58:26] XA-Rattlesnake: Not much of an answer.
[14.02.2025 17:58:26] XA-U-Deadmeat: Task Force Prometheus.
[14.02.2025 17:58:30] XA-Rattlesnake: Ah. Hah.
[14.02.2025 17:58:40] XA-Rattlesnake: Good chance we've run into each other before then.
[14.02.2025 17:58:52] XA-U-Deadmeat: Surprisngly no, we didn't.
[14.02.2025 17:59:01] XA-Rattlesnake: You never did answer my question, though. Come in clean, or captured?
[14.02.2025 17:59:02] XA-U-Deadmeat: Never had to chance to deal with the Alliance.
[14.02.2025 17:59:09] XA-U-Deadmeat: I came in clean.
[14.02.2025 17:59:13] XA-Rattlesnake: Mm.
[14.02.2025 17:59:19] XA-Rattlesnake: Fun little stunt you pulled.
[14.02.2025 17:59:25] XA-Rattlesnake: On the comms.
[14.02.2025 17:59:49] XA-U-Deadmeat: I told Cobra I was looking for duty after they got sick of me and I got sick of them.
[14.02.2025 18:00:01] XA-Rattlesnake: You're not great at leaving first impressions.
[14.02.2025 18:00:02] XA-U-Deadmeat: He said his terms, I agreed.
[14.02.2025 18:00:20] XA-U-Deadmeat: So what?
[14.02.2025 18:00:38] XA-Rattlesnake: Your being here is a privilege. Don't push your luck.
[14.02.2025 18:01:08] XA-U-Deadmeat: I'm not spineless, like them.
[14.02.2025 18:01:21] XA-Rattlesnake: No. You're an idiot with too much pride for your own good.
[14.02.2025 18:01:26] XA-U-Deadmeat: Pride?
[14.02.2025 18:01:29] XA-U-Deadmeat: Pride for what?
[14.02.2025 18:01:36] XA-Rattlesnake: Arrogance, then.
[14.02.2025 18:01:47] XA-U-Deadmeat: Right...
[14.02.2025 18:02:10] XA-Rattlesnake: You ever flown combat before?
[14.02.2025 18:02:28] XA-U-Deadmeat: Meaning?
[14.02.2025 18:02:32] XA-Rattlesnake: It's a simple question.
[14.02.2025 18:03:11] XA-U-Deadmeat: I was sitting in one of those coffins when the Navy knocked the door back in Vespucci.
[14.02.2025 18:03:30] XA-Rattlesnake: Well. Let me give it to you straight then.
[14.02.2025 18:03:43] XA-Rattlesnake: Lot of people around here have flown combat. Lot of people around here don't like your kind.
[14.02.2025 18:03:53] XA-Rattlesnake: It is in your own best interest to keep your nose clean, and to not step on anyone's toes.
[14.02.2025 18:04:08] XA-Rattlesnake: If you cause trouble I will put you down myself, if need be.
[14.02.2025 18:04:21] XA-U-Deadmeat: MY kind?
[14.02.2025 18:04:25] XA-Rattlesnake: Yeah. Your kind.
[14.02.2025 18:04:40] XA-U-Deadmeat: I guess we're even.
[14.02.2025 18:04:53] XA-Rattlesnake: Even?
[14.02.2025 18:05:21] XA-U-Deadmeat: You didn't like my little mockery of their teenage logo.
[14.02.2025 18:05:31] XA-U-Deadmeat: And you called me "their kind".
[14.02.2025 18:05:38] XA-U-Deadmeat: Which I take offense for.
[14.02.2025 18:05:40] XA-U-Deadmeat: We're even.
[14.02.2025 18:05:45] XA-Rattlesnake: No. I didn't like that you put that shit in my comms channel.
[14.02.2025 18:05:58] XA-Rattlesnake: And I'm trying to do you a favour by telling you that it will get you killed if you aren't careful.
[14.02.2025 18:06:19] Tip: You can send cash to nearby players without needing to type their name by selecting their ship and using /givecasht or /gct command.
[14.02.2025 18:06:42] XA-U-Deadmeat: Command told me to get rid of it and I will.
[14.02.2025 18:06:49] XA-Rattlesnake: Good.
[14.02.2025 18:07:00] XA-U-Deadmeat: Did they kill one of yours?
[14.02.2025 18:07:09] XA-Rattlesnake: No.
[14.02.2025 18:07:22] XA-Rattlesnake: I don't care where you came from. I care that you attitude is a problem, from what I've seen of it.
[14.02.2025 18:07:26] XA-Rattlesnake: I'm here to fix that problem.
[14.02.2025 18:07:31] XA-Rattlesnake: Or, rather, to warn you to fix it yourself.
[14.02.2025 18:07:40] [OOC] XA-Rattlesnake: your*
[14.02.2025 18:07:42] XA-U-Deadmeat: So you just take it personal.
[14.02.2025 18:08:06] XA-Rattlesnake: No. I don't.
[14.02.2025 18:08:10] XA-Rattlesnake: In fact, you're lucky I don't.
[14.02.2025 18:08:36] XA-U-Deadmeat: Then why the fuck is a logo this big of a deal?
[14.02.2025 18:08:56] XA-Rattlesnake: Because you have to be a special kind of idiot to put that kind of thing in an alliance-wide channel.
[14.02.2025 18:09:13] XA-Rattlesnake: Like I said before. Plenty of people have grudges. Lot of those will see you as an easy way to take them out.
[14.02.2025 18:09:43] XA-Rattlesnake: We have enough shit on our collective plate as is.
[14.02.2025 18:09:46] XA-Rattlesnake: We don't need an agitator.
[14.02.2025 18:10:04] XA-U-Deadmeat: They'll change their mind when they see I despise them as much as them.
[14.02.2025 18:10:39] XA-Rattlesnake: Yeah I don't think people will necessarily stop to take the time to take you on a date, kid.
[14.02.2025 18:10:50] XA-Rattlesnake: First impressions.
[14.02.2025 18:10:53] XA-Rattlesnake: You're shit at them.
[14.02.2025 18:10:54] XA-Rattlesnake: Fix it.
[14.02.2025 18:10:58] XA-U-Deadmeat: I don't expect that either.
[14.02.2025 18:11:24] XA-Rattlesnake: What is it do you think you've signed up to, exactly?
[14.02.2025 18:11:42] XA-U-Deadmeat: Killing every last one of them.
[14.02.2025 18:11:48] XA-Rattlesnake: That's it?
[14.02.2025 18:11:59] XA-Rattlesnake: You didn't think at all as to how you might, I don't know, fit in? Not get shot?
[14.02.2025 18:12:01] XA-U-Deadmeat: Steps one at a time.
[14.02.2025 18:12:21] XA-Rattlesnake: You thought you'd just waltz in here and people would just accept you with open arms?
[14.02.2025 18:12:35] XA-U-Deadmeat: When you feel like you might get shot no matter where you go, you grow used to the feeling I guess.
[14.02.2025 18:12:41] XA-U-Deadmeat: No.
[14.02.2025 18:12:47] XA-U-Deadmeat: That's why I'm on the penal unit.
[14.02.2025 18:13:00] XA-U-Deadmeat: I don't expect them to like me either because I was one of them.
[14.02.2025 18:13:04] XA-Rattlesnake: Being used to the feeling ain't an excuse to give people a reason.
[14.02.2025 18:14:17] XA-Rattlesnake: Mmh.
[14.02.2025 18:14:18] XA-Rattlesnake: We're done here.
[14.02.2025 18:14:26] XA-U-Deadmeat: Right...
[14.02.2025 18:14:59] XA-U-Deadmeat: At least I expect they'd come face to face about it.
[14.02.2025 18:15:21] XA-Rattlesnake: Just keep your nose clean.
"Sometimes, it's better to live than let live."
- "Rattlesnake"