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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vanifae" data-source="post: 4005192" data-attributes="member: 58765">Ashana stares at Michael for a long moment, “I didn’t see any child,” she says with a slight accent, “Why are you…”  She shakes her head, “How are you here, you’re dead, for quite some time I might add.  What is this some kind of trick?”She stands training the weapon on Michael’s double, “Who are you?”The Lighted PathThe path does as the VI instructed it brings them right to the elevator.  Dee presses a button and the door opens, “Let’s go, Michael keep the hostile busy.  Ian, I don’t have the answers but right now I am going with the best chance we got, Mira may screw us over in the end but currently she is the best lead we have for getting out of here.”Façade[sblock]You are sitting at a desk, it must be yours, and although the office is not overly large or spacious, it is yours.  Across from you is Commander Reese, the United Alliance liaison.  Her military record is impressive, although she has a reputation as a ruthless military mind and a hardened soldier.  You break the ice, “Okay, I understand the UA’s stance on this issue but this is a privately financed venture, my people should have the first look at this.”Commander Reese replies, “I am not trying to deny your people anything, I am just concerned about alerting the Republic about what we found here.  You do that and your company won’t see anything until they are done picking it clean.  They will simply state that humanity is not ready for this kind of responsibility.”“We can’t just ignore a Galactic Republic mandate,” you reply.“Of course not, but why not press ahead with your excavation and then report your findings after the fact.  The UA is committed to the success of this mission, if we wait for the Republic to allow us to do anything it will be centuries before we are allowed to even wipe our own ass without permission,” she retorts.“You are exaggerating, if we want to show that humanity is ready for larger responsibility in the galactic community we need to work with the system; not against it,” you sigh.“Fine, but you are losing your best chance at unearthing new Progenitor technology; you do this and VSC get’s nothing.  I don’t have all the answers but right now, the best chance we have at advancing mankind is in those ruins, now you need to decide right now if you are willing to let that one chance slip away from you.,” she shrugs.You give her words some thought.  This could be exactly what humanity needs to work on even ground with the other Galactic Council species, “Fine, we do a cursory recon operation I want the team to be small, I will oversee everything personally.  If at any moment I feel that we are endangering the larger mission I will pull the plug on the whole operation.”“Understood,” Commander Reese responds.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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