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[Appearing on the journals is a written message as follows. A voice option is provided for a computerized reading of the text.]

Attention Luceti Residents.

The following names are being called to participate in a strike against the cultist hordes:
[the names listed here appear on the journal.]

All subjects are required to arrive at the tunnels at 8AM on the 27th of March for deployment. All listed individuals are required to be present. Subjects will then be escorted to TERRACE for battle preparation and further details.

Target will be Region One, a former Malnosso stronghold, presently in cultist hands. Subjects are advised to prepare for combat in forested areas. Further information will be made available at TERRACE. Questions and answers will not be provided at this time.

[The Malnosso will not reply to this message, but everyone is free to use this post to discuss among themselves, whether using voice options on the journal or doing action threads.]

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I didn't say I was giving 'em any points. Just saying to keep an open mind. These 'cultists' want something so, like you said, it's gotta be big. But, things like this are never cut and dry.

I hear you there. Just by this I'm guessing the Malnosso and the cultists don't get along, though I wonder if the cultists are part of these dream people I've heard about too. And what are they a 'cult' of anyways?

Not that I particularly want to take sides or anything, not that we have a choice now for the moment.

But any information at this point is better than none, right?

Listen to some of these other conversations on here, kid. If info's what you're after. Some of these guys really know how to keep it clear and concise.

[That particularly long message about the possible enemies he would take note of for later, and the fragmented details on the location were quite interesting. He hated walking in blind, and he would find a way to put the info to use somehow.]

...what's this about 'dream people' anyway? You talking about some of those shift-whatevers that I've heard about?

Yeah, I'm getting that. At least through the vets none of us are going in totally blind...

Yeah, those. I heard someone mention that they had met them on a mission or something - if they're the same things. He said they 'offered him the planet', which just sounded shady to me and like it's coming with a hidden fee no one wants to pay.

Aah. [Cliff quickly flipped through the rest of the conversations to that long explanation written out by the man he met in the Dome on his first day, to double check the minimal information that he had. Clearly the man who wrote it knew what he was doing.]

You're talkin' about those 'dream shifters', right? From the way it's sounding, we can't even trust our own judgement out there.

Helluva way to wage a war, if you're askin' me.

Edited 2013-03-27 17:45 (UTC)

Yeah, those things. That guy wasn't the one I heard it from, but they're the same things.

It just leaves a really, really sour taste in my mouth. I don't like being a chess piece in someone else's game, my Academy record makes that really clear.

_{[ He had multiple notes of things along the lines of 'does not respect authority'. ]}

And it makes me wonder... if we're being made to fight these battles for them, is it possible they're fighting other battles too? And on what scale?

...

[Cliff isn't even going to bother mentioning his own ~~criminal~~ record to this guy. Odds were that there was no comparison. A beat of heavy silence passed before Cliff spoke up again.]

Tell me who does 'round here.

Hmm. They said 'Region One,' which says that there's multiple territories and probly compounds on this planet. If the operation is really as big as I'm thinking? I'd say that they are, and it sounds pretty big.

Not that they'd tell us. We're the lowest of the low here.

Edited 2013-03-27 18:20 (UTC)

_{[ He had his own rap sheet, but no, it probably wasn't like Cliff's. He had never done anything to serious, just acting out and being angry at the world. His crown jewel was still driving his uncle's car into that canyon... ]}

I don't think we even qualify as 'low'. I'm sure there's something lower and that's what we are.

_{[ There's a pause. ]}

I guess... I'm starting to worry that if this is a war, and it's as big as you're thinking and they're dragging us all here from different planets and worlds - hell, even universes - then will it spread to other planets? Other systems? I know that's big thinking at this stage and I'm probably psyching myself out, but...

[He cut in quickly. He wasn't here to play counselor to a stranger.]

Don't worry 'bout it. This place is like a black hole. Easy to fall in, hard to climb out. Just keep your focus on what's here. We're not in a position to do anything else, and we've got our own problems.

Yeah, true enough. Get the information and then do something with it once you have it.

Atta boy.

[He wasn't a soldier himself, but he did participate in a medieval style war just recently. That, and he's been around the block a few times.

These kids sometimes...]

You'll wanna arm yourself. A sword or a phase gun or something. Make sure it won't fail you, and stick close to your people.

I hate to say, but you don't seem like a person who's done this sorta thing on the front lines.

Edited 2013-03-27 18:41 (UTC)

Heh, you wouldn't be to far off.

Back home, I'm the Captain of the S.S. Enterprise. I was trained for space battles and I've been in some, but not big ground skirmishes. Not that I'm against getting my hands dirty if I need to. I have some training for it, but mostly it was fleet tactics.

_{[ He had done more up close and personal stuff. It's hard to forget parachuting down to try and stop a giant drill. Even now, he could still see the inside of Nero's ship clearly in his head, so different from the sleek Star Fleet ships. Hell, he'd never forget seeing Pike strapped to that table... ]}

And don't worry, I know how to use a gun. Growing up on a farm helps that, and the Fleet had standard issues. Been getting some hand-to-hand combat lessons here too.

_{[Better than his bar brawling anyways.]}

I'm guessing you're a soldier back home too.

...

[Sorry. 'Captain' and 'Fleet' have certain connotations in his mind when they're used together, and his view of this guy was immediately colored by them. He'd ignore it for now-- different universe, different rules-- but he'd keep an eye open for later.]

Not a soldier in the least, but I've done a bit of both in my day. Since you're not familiar with this, stick with the gun and hang back. We dunno the enemies, and you'd get torn up if it's bad.

And don't be stupid. If you're a Captain? Stick where your strengths lie.

Edited 2013-03-27 19:10 (UTC)

Yeah, I've heard that same lecture - just with longer words and someone with gray hair speaking them at me.

Despite what Spock and some others think, I am capable of making smart decisions.

But the same goes for you, you know. I'd prefer all of us come out of this.

_{[ It was a fool's hope, but a hope nonetheless. Because no one went in hoping to see comrades fall, even if you didn't know their names. ]}

[He laughed.]

Unlike you? This is exactly my thing. Been wanting to take one of these guys since I got here. Heh. It'll be fun.

Worry about yourself. I know these rules, and I've got my people.

Still. Thanks.

Heh, you're not the only one. Me and this little guy already have a pact that I get to punch one of these jerks while he thoroughly chastises them.

_{[ There's a soft laugh in his voice as he says it, because like it would actually happen, but it was a nice thought, a thing to keep you going, a small bit of cheer in situation that, honestly, had him a little bit scared. ]}

You're welcome.

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