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truth_is_cold) wrote2012-12-17 12:18 am
truth_is_cold) wrote2012-12-17 12:18 am
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[Not long before this thread. Rhade sounds like he's running, so he's breathy. He's actually using his subdermal mic at the moment, so he doesn't have to carry his communicator while he's getting to the stairwell.]
There's a dead body near Barnes's former room. The culprit is the X-5 known as "Ben." Do not engage him if you can help it. Perry, make sure Kozak is in a safe location. [He doesn't even bother with a filter there- what Ben did to Kozak isn't a secret.] I'll need him maneuvered into the stairwell and his exits blocked. I can more adequately engage him there. [He has his reasons.]
Be on the alert for more dead or wounded. Ben does not have his strength or speed back but he's been trained for murder since he was a child. If you see him, contact me immediately.
[Not long before this thread. Rhade sounds like he's running, so he's breathy. He's actually using his subdermal mic at the moment, so he doesn't have to carry his communicator while he's getting to the stairwell.]
There's a dead body near Barnes's former room. The culprit is the X-5 known as "Ben." Do not engage him if you can help it. Perry, make sure Kozak is in a safe location. [He doesn't even bother with a filter there- what Ben did to Kozak isn't a secret.] I'll need him maneuvered into the stairwell and his exits blocked. I can more adequately engage him there. [He has his reasons.]
Be on the alert for more dead or wounded. Ben does not have his strength or speed back but he's been trained for murder since he was a child. If you see him, contact me immediately.
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[And he wants to start giving orders. It's the captain habit. But Ben is Rhade's responsibility, and Rhade himself isn't even really his XO any more but a Collector instead. So he squashes that down and approaches it more like coming to the aid of a (decorated veteran) civilian instead of a junior officer.]
Tell me what you need.
[Warden Filter]
[Private Filter]
What's your plan after you box him in?
You aren't going to shoot him, are you? [Dylan remembers Rhade's history of ruthless practicality where it comes to dealing with threats.]
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...Not unless I have to. [But he sounds irritable and like he really doesn't want to. Someone does not like killing his friends, even when they're not Dylan.]
Transgenics have a weakness to electricity. I'm going to try to talk to him, and if he tries to remove either of our weapons-
[Rhade my be a Collector, but he still has a Force Lance.]
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How strong is he? Are we talking Nietzschean level? Magog?
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But his mind is still primed to match that strength and speed, and he's been trained to do nothing but kill since he was a child.
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You be careful, too. I don't want to spend tonight sitting over a hospital bed. If you need backup, you know I'm ready and willing.
[Private Filter]
[Dylan might be suspicious of Rhade's brutal streak, but Rhade knows Dylan's is still there.]
[Private Filter]
[He's not happy about it, but he's killed a child soldier before, only a little younger than Ben. He'll do what's necessary if the worst should happen.]