msg_tq002310s

1 tq002310_msg0001 4 0x8128 0x4081 0x430 126 OK, let's not mince words.
Colony Mu is weird.
2 tq002310_msg0002 3 0x8150 0xE04081 0x430 126 And this is why you can't make friends.
3 tq002310_msg0003 4 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 ...I've looked into their combat records.
4 tq002310_msg0004 4 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 For the past few years, there have been no
large-scale combat engagements involving
Colony Mu.
5 tq002310_msg0005 4 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 That in and of itself is understandable,
but...
6 tq002310_msg0006 5 0x8100 0xE04081 0x430 126 But we can't do that investigation survey
thing you thought up earlier, right? Back
to the drawing board then?
7 tq002310_msg0007 4 0x8100 0x1004081 0x430 126 Well, perhaps, but what really caught my
eye was the "wastelessness", so to speak.
8 tq002310_msg0008 4 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Without any big wins or losses,
not only were there no large swings
to the Flame Clock total...
9 tq002310_msg0009 4 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 There were also no interruptions to the
colony's supply chain over the long term.
10 tq002310_msg0010 5 0x8178 0xE04081 0x430 126 ...So? What's that prove, except
that Fiona and the others are fending
well for themselves?
11 tq002310_msg0011 3 0x8178 0x4081 0x430 126 I've gotta say, that's not really
the impression I got of this place
at first glance...
12 tq002310_msg0012 3 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 We've heard 'em chatting. They don't
really seem to talk a whole lot of training
or strategy...
13 tq002310_msg0013 3 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 And think about the personnel turnover...
You saw the flower garden. Notice how
young they all are...?
14 tq002310_msg0014 4 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Add to that the Consul's extended
periods of absence...
15 tq002310_msg0015 4 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Ignoring for the sake of the argument the
insecure environment, the colony's military
results couldn't really afford such stability.
16 tq002310_msg0016 6 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Come to think of it, didn't Fifi say
their colony rank's stayed the same...?
17 tq002310_msg0017 1 0x8178 0x1204081 0x430 126 Right. And the Flame Clock issue
is odd as well.
18 tq002310_msg0018 1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 I couldn't stop wondering what the point
of the deception was. We said we thought
it could be to fool enemies, but...
19 tq002310_msg0019 1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 The soldiers here aren't given information.
It's not even being manipulated, just flat
out not being supplied.
20 tq002310_msg0020 1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Fiona and the others didn't seem bothered
by it, but I think in the real world, it
wouldn't do them any real favors.
21 tq002310_msg0021 3 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 Right, of the two sides it's actually
Fiona and the others that it affects.
22 tq002310_msg0022 6 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 What was it Tallow said...?
Something about not stressing all the time...
23 tq002310_msg0023 5 0x8150 0x4081 0x430 126 ...Hold. Back the snuff up.
You're not saying...?
24 tq002310_msg0024 4 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 The people the Consul wanted
to deceive... Was it the residents
of Colony Mu all along?
25 tq002310_msg0025 2 0x8128 0x8081 0x430 126 ...There's one more thing that bothers me.
Looking at Fiona and the others, didn't
they remind you of someone?
26 tq002310_msg0026 2 0x8128 0x4081 0x430 126 They don't believe in anything beyond
what they can see in the moment, still
thinking that fighting is everything...
27 tq002310_msg0027 6 0x8100 0xA04081 0x430 126 ...Like we did way back when?
28 tq002310_msg0028 2 0x8100 0x1204081 0x430 126 Right. They're so occupied with the
reality put in front of them, they don't
think of anything beyond that horizon...
29 tq002310_msg0029 2 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 In Colony Mu's case, they don't seem
much interested in anything apart from
the banner that Fiona carries.
30 tq002310_msg0030 3 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 True, that. Soon as it's about Fiona,
they all get super passionate...
31 tq002310_msg0031 5 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 You think they're being used?
32 tq002310_msg0032 4 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 No... It's not a question of
being used or otherwise.
33 tq002310_msg0033 4 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 I'd imagine we're also
"only seeing what we want to see".
34 tq002310_msg0034 2 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 So that's why Fiona was appointed
commander? Because she's useful for
hiding whatever's inconvenient...?
35 tq002310_msg0035 1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 If the Consul had to go to such lengths to
devise this, there can be only one reason.
36 tq002310_msg0036 1 0x8100 0x4081 0x430 126 The Consul is betraying Colony Mu.
The raid we interrupted must have been
their doing as well.
37 tq002310_msg0037 6 0x8128 0x30004081 0x432 126 Then we've gotta tell Fifi straight away!