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exsilium2013-12-29 02:02 pm
tergiversant) wrote in exsilium2013-12-29 02:02 pm
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[The video feed this morning has multiple purposes. Initially it was a simple test, to see if the illusion he'd cast broadcast to the network. It failed, instead, showing a young looking man sitting in the Observation Deck on the moon, face half obscured by his fan. But mostly, this is for information. His tone is arrogant and movements slow and measured.]
I wish to pose two queries to thee.
Firstly, I wish to know what of the enemy thou hast unearthed below. I hath read accounts of war and organization, accounts of those of less human appearance treated within the tenants of fear. Leaving aside such debates upon the validity and consequence of tampering with what hath passed in the mires of one's regret and defeat, tis a great number of conversations upon the future and past, but a dearth of those of the present. I assume such, that thine situation remains bleak, and that the project vile and untoward may have continued... But little of the new face of our enemy.
This world, which hath changed so wild and bitterly from the squalor and civilization it had boasted... do we still have a capable enemy who still strikes at our worlds afar? What sayeth the people below?
Tis true, to attack boldly is suicide. Tis true, spying without knowledge as a guard is suicide. However tis true, to jab wildly at the past at an enemy we dost not understand ... tis foolishness and absurdity. Tis possible we may not have a war that concerns us.
Corrections of this, these assumptions, art most welcome.
[He pauses, folding his fan to tap it at his chin.]
Secondly, tis thus: I desire to speak with one most practiced in the art or pedagogy of science. I hath researched soundly the foundational elements and request to employ an expert in 'chemistry' and 'genetics.'
(OOC NOTE: Rufus Barma is a ridiculous creature who speaks in deliberately archaic mannerisms! BUT, if OOCLY you'd like a plain English version, just mention it in the subject line!)
I wish to pose two queries to thee.
Firstly, I wish to know what of the enemy thou hast unearthed below. I hath read accounts of war and organization, accounts of those of less human appearance treated within the tenants of fear. Leaving aside such debates upon the validity and consequence of tampering with what hath passed in the mires of one's regret and defeat, tis a great number of conversations upon the future and past, but a dearth of those of the present. I assume such, that thine situation remains bleak, and that the project vile and untoward may have continued... But little of the new face of our enemy.
This world, which hath changed so wild and bitterly from the squalor and civilization it had boasted... do we still have a capable enemy who still strikes at our worlds afar? What sayeth the people below?
Tis true, to attack boldly is suicide. Tis true, spying without knowledge as a guard is suicide. However tis true, to jab wildly at the past at an enemy we dost not understand ... tis foolishness and absurdity. Tis possible we may not have a war that concerns us.
Corrections of this, these assumptions, art most welcome.
[He pauses, folding his fan to tap it at his chin.]
Secondly, tis thus: I desire to speak with one most practiced in the art or pedagogy of science. I hath researched soundly the foundational elements and request to employ an expert in 'chemistry' and 'genetics.'
(OOC NOTE: Rufus Barma is a ridiculous creature who speaks in deliberately archaic mannerisms! BUT, if OOCLY you'd like a plain English version, just mention it in the subject line!)
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Wouldst thou be willing to share an accounting? Their reactions and their plight are vital.
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Their reaction was a lot like what new recruits go through when they first get here, you know?
[His single eye blinks slowly.]
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Our Initiative-the old one-are the ones who brought us here.
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And the new?
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Their tech is also a lot less advanced than what we used to have, so when they saw our gear that must have been pretty surprising, too.
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[The question had likely been unasked, then.]
Ye keep the carriage and scars of a soldier of many battles... [More than that, the mechanical appearance of the man was more than a little fascinating.. but one curiosity at a time.] What dangers did the outlying areas reveal?
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Exsilium wasn't arctic before. Something we did in the past must have caused that. That kind of environment is a danger, too. Not like an enemy combatant but if it catches you unprepared it can still kill you.
[His eye narrows]
Mind if I ask when you got here?
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You know anything about what earth was like before that?
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But....ideal war is an oxymoron no matter how you look at it.
Back then, before we went to the moon, the Initiative had a much stronger presence and we all took our orders from them.
Guess you could say things were at least a bit more structured then.
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