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[alittlesweptup]

As apparently no one else is going to do it:

We're running missions to go digging dirt on the UE's past, but we need people to be doing info gathering here as well. Meaning we ought to have someone(s) go meet with this timeline's version of the Initiative to get as much information as possible. I know we're all feeling very cozy at the moment, but let's not pretend that it can't or won't change at the drop of a hat. Fortifying ourselves in bunkers isn't going to do us much good if we don't know what we're supposed to be defending against in the first place

Now as Christ knows I can't do it (I think we're all more than aware of what my version of diplomacy consists of), that means we need a set of proper volunteers - preferably with experience in this sort of field. If you or anyone you know might be suited to it, speak up so you can find one another and get a bloody away team wrangled

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[alittlesweptup]

Oh don't volunteer for this as well. It just crystallizes the reality of how tragically poor off we are


If Saul Goodman volunteers for this, I will personally make an edit to my original post requesting 'no duplicitous arseholes'

[boughtabookstore]

Pardon?

[ should she feel offended there she doesn't know ]

I see.

While I think the population should have their choice between any who volunteer, should he be among them there are things I think they should be aware of.

[alittlesweptup]

[Ssh he meant it as a compliment, Roslyn. You are far too responsible for your own good.]

Agreed. Heartily

Lowell thinks he can set up a meeting, so we've just got to supply the people - and find some kind of peace offering to throw their way to soften them up a bit

[boughtabookstore]

If Lowell says he can do it, I'm sure he can.

The people will be the problem, and the peace offering doubly so. Perhaps information of some kind? I don't know enough about them to know what they would want.

Perhaps we could offer to run a mission for them.

[alittlesweptup]

There's been some suggestion that we try for a series of meetings. One to illicit some good will, establish regular communication etc etc and so forth and the next to try levering information out of them

Regardless we should probably be prepared for a) them to not trust us for shit (and I wouldn't either, given their position) and b) ask for weapons

[boughtabookstore]

I'm not particularly a negotiator, but I know it generally doesn't happen overnight. That makes sense.

I would want a significantly higher amount of knowledge about them before being willing to hand over any weapons.

[alittlesweptup]

Well I'm not going to go putting atomizers in the hands of some idiot who doesn't know which direction to point it in. I don't think anyone wants that

[boughtabookstore]

You'll forgive me if I'm not entirely certain on your values for who to put weapons in the hands of.

[ she's just saying okay. ]

[alittlesweptup]

Well pardon me for trying to get some bloody traction here