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Date: December 1st
Location: The Observatory.
Characters: Everyone.
Summary: New Transports arrive and are shuffled into the Observatory after their initial briefings.
Warnings: None.

Your arrival here has been very unceremonious. One second you were somewhere else, and now, very suddenly, your feet hit the glowing white of the Transporter pad, and you're here. You aren't alone, either. There's a crowd of others around you, each seeming just as bewildered, angry, or confused as you might feel. At the head of the group is a woman in purple robes, solemn and taciturn. She hurries over a quick overview of your intended purpose here, and gives direct answers when asked for them, but to most things she simply shows you how to access the tablet you've just been given, or tells you that the DITR's greeters will explain everything. On the tablet, you can find the history of this place and a record of what your new cohorts have experienced. Someone stands on hand to give you a weapon, and though the armory is now greatly reduced, you should be able to find something to suit you.

You're shepherded down a walkway tunnel and into the Observatory, where you will find screens mounted on three sides of the wide room; they show multiple variations of satellite images, focused on... somewhere snowy. It's difficult to say more than that, but those that record heat readings seem to suggest there are people there, where ever "there" is. It's night outside the great wide windows, and the lunar landscape isn't much to look at right now. But, hey, at least all the lights are on, right? No more creepy red emergency lighting upon arrival — not that you'd know anything about that.

You're free to explore the base, visit and use any of the VR rooms, or discover your new room and roommates, but try not to step out of any airlocks if oxygen is a requirement for your system.

Welcome to the moon base, and to the remains of Exsilium.

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No, no, I don't mean as fighters, I mean trying to lead this whole thing. They've been the ones coming up with the whole elaborate schemes, after all...

Either way, this war is being lost, isn't it? If what they're doing isn't working, they should do something different.

The thing is, we have been getting some actual victories as well. One of them brought us this moonbase.

The basic issue, from what I recall... When we outsiders change the past, we know what the timeline was like 'before' and 'after' the change - while the locals don't.

That's advantageous because it means every time we weaken the UE, it's retroactive - they never knew it happened.

Thus we're the soldiers - but we need better plans to weaken them if it's going to mean anything.

Obviously not enough to warrant the right results. From what I've heard, the Initiative lacks the ability to properly stage the rebellion that they're attempting to lead.

... Yeah. Pretty much.

But so far, I don't think anyone else could do much better, and their plans have produced some pay-offs.

Has anyone tried? Or has the Initiative let them try? What this place needs is a tactician.

[They need Rowen. Or, as much as she's reluctant to admit it, someone like Gaius. Rowen's her first choice though, he's more trustworthy.]

... W-well. I can do some of that. But I don't think I'd do well with it. That's not a Bard's specialty...

Are there any tacticians here? Or are Transports recruited randomly, without any attention to their abilities?

Kind of the latter.

There might be someone here? I don't know.

Then I'll find out for certain.

I guess it could be worth a look. Someone more willing to lead the charge would certainly be a good thing, but...

But what? A tactician could be the turning point to winning against this United Earth if they're really so powerful.

They'd also be a target - more than usual.

And we'd protect them, of course.

The real question is if we could succeed. Given the kinds of things they're capable of...