And what have you done to show how you feel? Be unhappy all you like, it clearly suits the Initiative just fine if we stew quietly instead of standing up for ourselves. If we throw feasts and forget that they left multitudes to die while preserving their precious soldiers!

[Maria speaks for the first time, her tone filled with anger. Connor's words—his speech, almost—reflect her thoughts as well as his, but while it might be better to let him speak for the both of them and let the intruders believe he is a lone defender, she can't hold her scorn back any longer.

In war, resources are not unlimited and effective soldiers must be placed where they can do the most good. Not everyone can be saved. She understands all of this, yet she can't forget what it felt like when she realized that they had been taken to the moon base against their will, that their free choice to help as many natives escape as possible had been disregarded.]

We're resources to them, nothing more, resources whose beliefs and choices can be disregarded until they become inconvenient. We're making them inconvenient.

[Her outburst is shorter than the Assassin's, but no less heartfelt. And then she's on the move, positioning herself strategically. The first person to move toward Connor's position will put themselves in a position for her to target.]