Mass Effect RP: The Aegis Protection Firm

[Chicago Ted]

"No, that's Bluefern, great at parties," Saint stammered.

Esten turned to the rest of the company, and with utter disbelief staining his voice, spoke, "This is the doctor? Him?"

Verahl sighed, and rubbed the back of his neck. He knew it was always hard for people to accept Saints mannerisms, but he was exceptionally skilled with a scapel. "I know, he doesn't look like much, but he's a damn good surgeon."

"And all of you know it! Especially you Santius, how's the leg by the way?" Saints blurted out again, his body language now extreme as he pointed and flailed his arms in a violent manner.

 

[The Zango]

Ocara smirked "well as much as i enjoy this 'riveting' conversation i'm off" shouldered his rifle and proceeded towards the range

I was carving a notch in my rifle because i didnt have to kill. I would have posted this but we have already arrived back at base.

 

[axle 19]

Raven smiled, amused by Saint and his "special" way of talking to all of them. "Calm down Saint, Lux may be accident prone but he wasn't the one hurt."

 

[Chicago Ted]

Lux glared at them for a moment and finally confronted them by saying, "If you don't stop talking about me, I'll make sure Saint will be fixing more then the Salarian."

Saint grinned, amused by Lux's attitude. "Right right, well tell me where to go and I'll work on who needs it."

Verahl nodded, and faced the company, "Good, Moloa, take Esten and Saint to whichever bathroom you lot keep more sanitary, the rest of you, common room. I'll be down in a moment."

Verahl went to his office as the company went downstairs. Saint tried to reassure Esten of his capability as a doctor, "Don't worry, I've operated out of bathrooms in much worse condition with no reprocussions."

After a few minutes waiting, Verahl walked down into the common room. He stood in the centre of the room, and started to speak to the company as a whole.

"Alright, we have to discuss what's happened and what we're going to do. By the looks of it, Blood Pack are seeking justice for what the Blue Suns did by hunting the Companies they hired. Apex has been destroyed, leaving only the Juno Stars and us. There are a few options we can pursue. As I see it, we can either lie low, taking smaller contracts for the time being that won't get us noticed as easily, or we can leave Omega. I'm not looking at packing up and leaving though, and we've got some time for the moment, so let's discuss this for a bit and try and draw a firm conclussion."

He placed his arms on the back of a chair and stood silently, waiting for the company's response.

 

[sage42]

"I vote on taking small jobs." Sal said shrugging "That way we can still get paid and we don't run nearly as high a chance as the Pack finding us."

 

[axle 19]

"We can continue to take smaller jobs, but that is just a means to an end," Raven said, glancing at each of them before continuing. "The pack have a lot more resources than us and more man power. They will find us eventually whether we stay or not. Hiding out will only solve the short term problem. Sooner or later we are going to have to eliminate the weight off of our backs."

 

[Chicago Ted]

"Either that or we wait out the storm. Sure the Blood Pack are out for us right now, but give them a few months, and maybe it'll die down. Let them find newer enemies in the time that we don't show our heads." Verahl said, trying to show a different light to things.

"Heh, let's see what lasts longer, the health and vitality of this company, or the grudge that Blood Pack will keep," Lux chimed in, playing the devil's advocate to Verahl.

 

[Xero Scythe]

Basara shook his head. "The grudge will last longer. I've messed with a few people like them. They don't stop, not until you've been wiped from the face of the universe. running is only temporary, too. We either have to take them out, or make them so damn afraid of us they won't want to come after us."

 

[Chicago Ted]

You're going to have to get Verahl alone if you want to talk to him about it, it's not just going to be a sudden drop of things for it. Think from his perspective for a second, and he's rather busy with a few other things.

"I said before, it would be practically suicidal to take the Pack head on. They've got the guns and they've got the numbers. Hell, on the station alone I wouldn't be surprised if they have ten or twenty people for every one of us. And then if we somehow do manage to come on top of them, all we're going to do is draw attention from the rest of them. I don't care how invincible you think you are, but against those odds, it's a joke."

He knew from the start it would have been hardest to convince Santius and Lux to not take the fight to the Pack, but he wasn't expecting Basara to be on board with them, especially after experiencing the brutality of Blood Pack first hand. Maybe Basara was out for revenge though, he hadn't had a good chance to judge the man's character that much yet, but he seemed to be pretty vicious.

 

[Xero Scythe]

Basara shook his head. "I know I'm not invincible. Dear God, I'm the last person to think that. However, I do know how the psyche works. All we have to do is take out someone strong who doesn't have anyone who likes him and would avenge him. we do that, they think that we be bigger fish then they are, and they leave us alone. Or, my personal favorite, wipe out the little guy: We wipe out someone who deserves it, who we can easily beat, in the most brutal way we can think of. My grandfather used to always say, the weaker ones are used to frighten an enemy you're not quite ready to take on yet."

 

[Chicago Ted]

@Ninja

Verahl sighed, he was starting to get tired of Santius's attitude. The Turian saw himself as invincible, and thought that just because he'd been doing the job for a few years, he knew every trick their was to being a mercenary in the Terminus System.

"Santius, take this from a mercenary who's been doing the job longer then you've been breathing. We aren't a real threat to them. They aren't coming at us for their own safety. They're coming at us to send a message to all the other mercenary organizations who think about siding with the Blue Suns against them. They're coming at us to stop other organizations from doing what we did. If we do prove ourselves however, that we are powerful and that we will be a real threat to them, then we'll be having them breaking down our doors in less then a week. We lay low however and don't draw their attention for long enough, they're not going to be nearly as active in seaking our destruction."

Lux leaned over the table and placed his hands underneath his chin. He looked over at Santius, and saw the same thing that Verahl saw. "Take it from a former agent to the Pack also, Verahl's right. As much as I'd like to take down some of my former comrades, we're better off letting their interest pass us over and waiting for them to pick out their next enemies to destroy. While they won't be forgetting us anytime soon, they'll be sure to find other things to take care of instead."

 

[Chicago Ted]

Lux listened to Basara's arguement, and thought it was going to be the exact same message spewing from a different mouth. He didn't care what he said, the attitude he was showing was showing someone cocky and eager. Traits that would normally weed the weak out from the strong. Traits that wouldn't let most mercenaries see past thirty if they were lucky. He was about to cut in and give him the same speech that he and Verahl gave Santius, that they were about as much a threat to the Pack here as a fifty year old Salarian, until he raised his final point. He knew all too well that the Pack respected sheer strength. Maybe the key to getting by Blood Pack wouldn't be proving themselves a threat, but proving themselves of a similiar mindset and similiar capacity.

Verahl began to speak out against this, "Like I said to Santius, they have far more resources then us. You really think that proving---"

"He's got a point," Lux interupted Verahl, leaving him breifly stunned. "We take out a weaker fish in the most violent means imaginable, we might have a chance at proving ourselves to the Pack. Earning their respect will serve us better then earning us a spot on their 'To do' list."

Verahl sighed, and said, "You're siding with them now Lux?"

Lux nodded and said, "Yeah, I just want to know who we should be taking out."

 

[axle 19]

"I agree with Lux, we need someone we can set up as an example, something that will earn their respect." Raven sighed, leaning black while looking toward Ver. The batarian's face was a mask of warring emotion. He hated to admit it but someone would have to be placed on the chopping block.

"Ver, as much as I would like to take the war to the Pack, we don't have the resources to take them on, that I agree with. At the same time we can't just roll over and play dead hoping their interest moves to someone else. We need someone to take the fall for us, someone's head on a pike."

 

[The Zango]

"I like the idea of taking out some Bloodpack. You know take out a few key pack members, blow up some shit and when they see that we can hit them wherever and whenever they might get the message and back off. And if you need a sniper......." Ocara said as he walked through the door into the commonroom and leaned against one of the walls "Or if we are feeling really evil we do what i just suggested under a false flag. Get them going after some other suckers while we get off scott free"

 

[Chicago Ted]

Lux reiterated his point to Ocara. "No, posing a threat to them won't work, it'll just draw more attention and more guns pointing our way. Gaining their respect or that false flag idea on the other hand, would work much better."

Verahl stood, half stunned, by the level of brutality the company was showing. He knew they were hardened, but he hadn't expected them to be ready to go to extremes so readily. He stood silent, and listened to everyone and tried to process these new thoughts.