[There is a light shrug of his shoulders.] We organize for our protection, but how big does this party get before the Initiative takes notice? Do you think they'll stand by and let their soldiers set up into camps against them? Obviously against them, anyway.

They don't want our loyalty. They want our power. [Looks at Elissa first and then Duncan.] Most of the fighting was done by Transports. Why do you think that is? They have troops of their own, I'm sure, but there's no better way to see the results of training than in battle. They may not have expected the UE to attack, but if they aren't complete idiots they've got a hell of a lot of information about every single person who went out on the attack during the bombings. People who held back during training went all out against those UE clones and the ships. This isn't going to be a fight about numbers. This is going to be who knows the most, and we are sorely lacking in-

[Pause, huffs out a breath and waves a hand.] Sorry, getting carried away there.

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