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[strongeralone]

Status report: what the hell happened here in the last month? Casualties? What's the extent of the damage? Any retaliation missions planned?

[someone's definitely ready to go out and kick some UE butt for bombing his children. Oh and you other people.]

Missions. How many of you were sent on them, what were they, and with how many people?

[screened AWAY from the Winchester boys]

Is there a sketch artist on this network?

[screened to Nicki Meg]

Alive? Did he do anything?

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[boughtabookstore]

For a preliminary idea, it would.

But let me rephrase the question for you. What is it you're hoping you'll be able to do?

[strongeralone]

Bring them down.

[Obviously. There's not a hint of humor in his voice or expression; he's dead serious.

He can do this. He took down things that would end everybody out there in hours. With the right intel, the right tools, and the right people. He can do this. He's sure of it.]

[boughtabookstore]

Oh, naturally.

[ She's not impressed. ]

How would you do that? Slip past the Masked and assassinate the president? Destroy important buildings? Blow up supply depots?

Wars are not won overnight.

[strongeralone]

No, but you gotta start somewhere. They bomb us and we hide's no way to win a war.

[He wants to retaliate, he wants revenge]

Better intel is needed first of all - recon missions.

[boughtabookstore]

There have been two recon missions into United Earth territory.

[ She shakes her head. It's not a conclusion she's thrilled about, but it's still the one they all came to. ]

Both came to the conclusion that a direct strike at them was not a good idea. The Initiative isn't just sending us on missions through time on a whim.

[strongeralone]

It's sending us to achieve its own agenda. We're not brought in on the planning, or the results - we're just cannon fodder.

Where are the reports of the previous recon missions?

[boughtabookstore]

We're all well aware of that, thank you.

There weren't any. The missions were neither sanctioned nor supposed to happen, officially speaking. We came to our conclusions and they made it clear it was pointless to spread any information.

[strongeralone]

The hell do they teach you in the navy?

[This is pointless. He needs the info. If she won't tell him, he'll have to go get it himself.]

[boughtabookstore]

They teach me that when one method of attack is working - and we are weakening them at least some, I've seen it - going after another hopeless method out of recklessness and revenge is foolish.

[strongeralone]

Givin' up and doin' as you're told is foolish. We're prisoners here, if you've given up on the way out, then this conversation's over.

[boughtabookstore]

[ A frown. She dislikes being judged for conclusions come to over so long. ]

How long have you been here?