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James had been using his helmet to check the ship's specs "This thing is pretty well armed. We should be fine if something happens. How much of a crew will we have, and are we the command staff or a specialist team?"
As the GM, I'll let you decide the armament. I posted a few weapons including the super uber extreme sniper rifle built for the team. There are precisely enough of them for the team, so if one gets destroyed... The team would have to have another made over a two month span and then retrieve it from Earth.
"We will have a fully staffed crew that will rotate three shifts everyday. Captain Kahlil will be the commanding officer on the ship and each of you will have a leadership role. So you guys are apart of the command staff." McLelland said answering James' question.
Okay then I will look at them when I have time, It's really busy at work right now and I am barely making these posts in a timely manner >.>
"And when exactly will we find out our roles?"
After a second of further thought, "...and will we get double rations?"
After a second of further thought, "...and will we get double rations?"
Saryll listened with passing interest to the questions and answers being thrown across the room, but gave up all faith in the nobility of the mission at the sentence "Slaughter everything you see as a threat" she silently mouthed the words to herself, staring into space. The words tasted bitter in her mouth, even without properly saying them. They were being told to shoot anything they saw that looked funny. It was wrong, just plain wrong that instead of working around the problem and solving it, that the Earth's military forces thought the best way through the problem was to throw destruction at it.
With effort, she drew her mind from dwelling on those thoughts and tried to focus back on the conversation, but couldn't, instead letting her eyes play across the team, taking in the little details no-one appreciated. A mole on someone's neck, the beginnings of a bald spot or just the tiny little movements of facial muscles as people registered and reacted.
There were noises too, things hard to notice until the source of the sound was, like the rustle of clothing as people shifted, or the scratch of pencil on paper. Saryll quietly read the growing list of notes, detailing every little thing. One side of the page even had the beginnings of profiles of people that could just as easily have been garnered from personnel files if they had been requested. It was remarkable how much people missed by simply not asking. She quietly stood and made her way in an ambling fashion towards Pax, as if merely stretching her limbs. She bent down and whispered in his ear "I'm curious, because you have no file worth reading, does that make you think no-one else has one either?"
With effort, she drew her mind from dwelling on those thoughts and tried to focus back on the conversation, but couldn't, instead letting her eyes play across the team, taking in the little details no-one appreciated. A mole on someone's neck, the beginnings of a bald spot or just the tiny little movements of facial muscles as people registered and reacted.
There were noises too, things hard to notice until the source of the sound was, like the rustle of clothing as people shifted, or the scratch of pencil on paper. Saryll quietly read the growing list of notes, detailing every little thing. One side of the page even had the beginnings of profiles of people that could just as easily have been garnered from personnel files if they had been requested. It was remarkable how much people missed by simply not asking. She quietly stood and made her way in an ambling fashion towards Pax, as if merely stretching her limbs. She bent down and whispered in his ear "I'm curious, because you have no file worth reading, does that make you think no-one else has one either?"
"Aww that's wasn't much of a introduction Sergeant Pax, you should have made it more exciting!" McLelland said joking with Pax. Pax just looked at McLelland and continued to write in his book. "Man he acts just like Jason, That just makes me want to tease him!" McLelland thought to himself.
Saryll returned to her seat when it became apparent that she wasn't going to get a response. From now on, she had decided, unless Pax asked her a direct question, she would take no notice of him unless absolutely necessary. It may have been a mite petty, but if he couldn't bring himself to stoop to the level of conversing with the common folk, then he didn't deserve Saryll's respect. She had briefly toyed with the idea of badgering him incessantly with questions, but while the man was lower than dirt to her, she respected whoever had made the decision to classify his personal records and wouldn't intrude on them without due cause. Once more, Saryll let her eyes sweep the room for details, internally mollified in that Pax's rudeness would be sufficiently immured.
James stretched "Major, how about putting the combat specs of the ship up on the screen to let everybody else in on it?" James tilted his head "It would make sense we all know so we can all gauge. Also, I love this ship
I just want to see what you picked from the menu.
"Okay then, Let me bring up the specs." McLelland said as he started to fiddle with the screen. Three Images then popped up on the screen each of which were weapons the ship had. The first one was the STAAD-1.5 the second one was the Thornbrush II and the last one was the SpearHead V. "And here you are, these are the weapons that the ship has." McLelland said after getting the Images to appear on the screen.
Listened to the questions and then saw the ship weapons onscreen. He payed little attention to the weapons for that was not his area of expertise. "I have one question about the ship we will be using for travel; Is it protected from electronic warfare? I don't want to be in a 'dead' ship in the middle of black space floating in the ship hoping for the best." Chris inquired.
"It is equipped with the best system we could find. It would take a lot to tamper with the electronics of the ship. Besides the biggest threat you guys are going to face are animals so you shouldn't worry your pretty little head about it." McLelland said in a joking manner.
Listened to McLelland answer him and replied, "You know if there is one thing I have learned in my life is that anything is possible, and considering the firepower on the ship we are taking, I am inclined to believe top brass is exspecting something other than wild animals and poisonous plants."
"Hahahaha, What would give you that idea? This is completely off the record but the top brass couldn't tell a legitement threat if it came up and stabbed them in the gut. Ever since we discovered aliens a few years back people have been going on how they are super dangerous and what not even though they are just animals. The brass is sending you guys in with all these weapons because the colonists are scared shit-less that a little alien starfish would crush their skulls if they go too close." McLelland said starting to get into a little rant.
McLelland then took a couple of breathes and calmed down. "That was completely off the record by the way. I don't expect any of you to ever repeat that! Now if you'll excuse me I'm too old for this much excitement and I already told you the mission so Captain Kahlil can take over from here." McLelland said then he walked out the door leaving Jason by himself.
McLelland then took a couple of breathes and calmed down. "That was completely off the record by the way. I don't expect any of you to ever repeat that! Now if you'll excuse me I'm too old for this much excitement and I already told you the mission so Captain Kahlil can take over from here." McLelland said then he walked out the door leaving Jason by himself.
Listened to the Major rant, but believed none of it. He was going to keep his guard up and stay cautious. "Well, there are no questions I have for any of yall that won't be answered if we see combat. If yall have questions for me just ask." He said looking at everyone making sure they heard him.
Rick leaned back in his chair again. "Sooooooo... How's your love life, Capt'n?"
Rick immediately regretted asking that. Mostly.
Rick immediately regretted asking that. Mostly.
James shrugged "The probability of some colony ship going rogue or even intelligent life is everpresent. I've worked with these systems before, if we run into problems, those would be my choices. STAADs are powerful enough to deal with any rogue colony fleet, and the rest should be adequate to turn anything else we know of to dust. Especially those Spearheads, the V is powerful enough to be the declaration and finishing blow of a war at the same time." James nodded "Ask me any questions, I know those systems inside, out, left, right and sideways."
Heard James speaking and then said "Ya, but you are just going off the fact the Spearhead can defeat any HUMAN ship or any HUMAN colony. What if there is something else in the deep dark recesses of space that has the technology to make the Spearheads look like BB guns? What will happen then? And don't take these questions as me being pessimistic, I am just looking at all angles."
Jason got up without saying a word and took up position at the front of the room. He saw the front of the room as a symbol of power and seeing as McLelland just left he was the one in power here. He then gave Rick a look "Your going to be a problem for me aren't you?" Jason said with a tone of dissapointment in his voice.
Jason then looked around the room and studied each person that was there noting how they acted. "well now that the Major is gone I am the expert here about the mission. Any and all questions about the mission or our role in the mission will go through me." Jason said in a stern voice. "Now take a little time to get to know each other, you are going to be fighting along side these soldiers and I will not tolerate someone acting like a lone wolf. I expect each person in here to willingly give up their lives for the other and vice versa. Now that we got that sorted out you may continue to mingle amongst yourselves." Jason said voicing what he expected from his squad.
Jason then looked around the room and studied each person that was there noting how they acted. "well now that the Major is gone I am the expert here about the mission. Any and all questions about the mission or our role in the mission will go through me." Jason said in a stern voice. "Now take a little time to get to know each other, you are going to be fighting along side these soldiers and I will not tolerate someone acting like a lone wolf. I expect each person in here to willingly give up their lives for the other and vice versa. Now that we got that sorted out you may continue to mingle amongst yourselves." Jason said voicing what he expected from his squad.