[audio]

[highfrequency]

[It's the low, rusty voice of the maniac who had been hacking falling debris out of the air during the crash. He is calm now.]

Situation Report.

[A long pause, then he remembers that not everyone here has a military background]

Is everyone okay?

((ooc note: Should have mentioned this earlier but Raiden will be reading people's names on his device, since they appear when a character posts by default. Let me know if your character is replying anonymously or has changed their display name somehow.))

Comments

Re: [audio]

[priad]

Brother sergeant Priad of Ithaka, yes.

[audio]

[highfrequency]

Sergeant?

You're military?

[audio]

[priad]

I'm Astartes.

[audio]

[highfrequency]

Huh?

[audio]

[priad]

It means I'm a space marine. So yes... I suppose you could call me military, though most call us warrior-monks or angels of death.

[audio]

[highfrequency]

Sounds ominous.

[audio]

[priad]

We're the final sanction. It should be ominous.

[audio]

[highfrequency]

You mean you're sent out as a last resort?

[priad]

When all others fail, yes. We end wars.

[ And worlds. And civilizations and cultures and races.]

[highfrequency]

Yeah? Ending a war's not that easy.

[priad]

It is what we do.

[ By killing EVERYONE generally. ]

[highfrequency]

At what cost?

[priad]

Many lives is the normal price.

[highfrequency]

"Many" or "all"?

[priad]

That depends on the circumstances.