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"Thank-you. Do what you can–the more we know about our enemy, the fewer soldiers we risk by going into an unknown situation. Now, Trouble: you said you do sneak attacks. You guys okay with going in first and causing a ruckus?"
"Sure thing," Trouble said with a grin. "Long as Mister Thranion here is willing to tag along with some of his folks. You seem like a good person to have on our side."
Thranion rolled his eyes a little, “Don’t call me Mister. But yes, I’m sure a few of my men will be willing to come along.”
"Okay," Mike said. "So Trouble's and Thranion's soldiers will go in first. When they've made enough noise to get the doors open, who wants to go in next? Somebody who has enough manpower to hit pretty hard while they're still confused." He glanced up and around. "I'm thinking either Dane or the rest of Thranion's people. What do you guys think?"
“Why not both?” James suggested, “Thranion has enough men to spare for it, and my men could help, too.”
(sorry I'm being slow, working on my first ever attempt at voting for things T.T)
"Mmm….try to fit too many shooters through a doorway at once and they're liable to shoot each other, if you know what I mean. Plus, the more we space out our attacks, the more tired our opponents will become, and the lower their morale will get over time."
"I'll go first," Dane volunteered. "Since we're best at night attacks, we might as well do our part while there's still some night left. We can also get our radio guys set up around the battlefield so we can all run more smoothly in the second wave."
Rick cleared his throat. "Hey by the way, I'm able to go pretty much wherever I'm needed. Anybody feelin' understaffed at the moment?"
"Same over here," Bernon said.
(gtg, seeya tomorrow! ^^)
(It’s fine, don’t worry about it, seeya ^^)
“We could always send you both with the Night Stalkers. They don’t tend to… talk so having someone there it communicate what they find to us could be useful.” Tanrial suggested, shrugging a shoulder, “Just an idea.”
"That could work," Bernon said. "I have telepathy so I could keep in touch with Tanrial or somebody else. And Rick could be there to protect us from any guards we run into."
Rick actually looked a bit dissatisfied with this suggestion. "Eh. Sounds like these Night Stalkers could protect themselves pretty easily. I'd rather go somewhere I can really be of use."
Mike raised an eyebrow. "Such as….?"
"Well, I was thinkin', that bulldozer's gonna need an honor guard to give it space while it digs, hey? You'll be poking the ant's nest pretty hard, sand we wouldn't want anybody to shoot whoever's driving."
Mike sighed. "This is getting complicated…..okay, any more on that topic, or do we move on?"
“I say move on, we can come back to this later if we need to.” Tanrial said, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Okay. So after Dane brings in his guys and goes at it for a while, then it's probably time for Thranion's men to come in and mop up whatever's left. Focus on the big guns first, then clean out the rest. I'm sure you all know how best to employ your men, so I'll leave the details of the fight up to you."
"What about us?" Polla asked.
"If you guys are willing, I'd like you to be the team that spirits away the kids once we get them out of there. They need to get far away as fast as possible, without being seen and followed. The safety of the lake should be your goal, unless you know of a more defensible spot in the area."
"No, that should work."
"Great, thank-you. Once we're all clear….anybody got explosives specialists on their team?"
James raised his hand, “We have a couple, yes. Why? What type of explosives?”
"Explosives concentrated and powerful enough to collapse a sizeable, multi-layer underground base. We'll be needing those once we're done to make sure Ryker can never rebuild and try again. While the main force is attacking, you guys can come through either the front or the back and plant the charges while we're getting out the kids. Just as long as they don't go off until everyone's far away. Think you can do that?"
James nodded, “Yes, I think that’s possible. We have sonic bombs that could do the job, although if anyone gets caught in the explosion then it can do major damage to internal organs…”
"Well then, we'll have to stay completely coordinated so that doesn't happen. What's the size of the blast range?"
“Depends on the side of the bomb. Biggest one is about a mile or so.”
"Hmh. That's probably a little too big. Can you direct them downward rather than outward?"
“It’s possible, yes. But it might take a little while to change some of the mechanics. But I’ll see what they can do.”
"Okay, keep us posted. Lesse, what else…..did we give everybody a job? Anybody have any suggestions?"
(gtg, havin supper)
“I think that’s everybody. I’ve got nothing else to add anyway.” Tanrial said.
“Same.” James said and Thranion nodded.
(Okay)
"Okie doke. We can have another shorter meeting if any more issues come up. Let's not plan on doing this attack tonight, we'll need time to rest up and prepare. Does tomorrow night work for everyone?"
“That works for me.” Thranion said, crossing his arms.
“I’ll see if we can get the bomb ready by tomorrow night. It should be doable though.” James said.
"Thanks, James. Thanks, everybody." Mike gave them all a nod and a little smile. "We can do this. Ryker might be expecting an attack, but he sure as heck won't be expecting all of you guys. Tanrial and Bernon and I….I think I can speak for all of us when I say that we're all incredibly grateful and honored that you came to help. So thank-you again."
“Don’t sweat it mate. Just helping out.” James said before standing, “Well, if we’re done here I’m going to go check on my men.”
“Me too.” Thranion said.
Dane, Polla, and Trouble got up as well and headed for the door. Rick grinned and put his hat on, turning it around backwards. "I'm gonna go see Miss Fear next, if nobody needs me. See y'all later."
Bernon waved goodbye and leaned back in his chair with a sigh. "Well, what do you guys think we should do next? It's not even noon yet."
( gotta go to bed sadly, seeya tomorrow)
Tanrial sighed a little and shrugged, "I don't know… we could always go swimming?"
(Seeya tomorrow)
"Really? I thought you didn't like swim–Oh wait, that's in your animal form only, isn't it?" Bernon sat up and glanced at Mike. "I guess swimming could be fun and a good exercise……what do you say, Mike?"
Mike was still studying the map with a distracted frown. "Hmm…….I guess. Sure. let's go swimming"
Bernon suddenly grinned. "Oboy, he said yes to some fun, Tanrial. We'd better hurry and get out to the lake before he changes his mind."
Tanrial giggled, “Probably a good idea. This might be our one chance to have some fun with him at this rate.”
(oof sorry I'm late)
Mike sighed and rolled up the map, standing up. "Fine, laugh while you can. You guys keep me humble, don't you?"
"'Course we do," Bernon replied, elbowing him. "Oh, and this time, let's not haul any more machinery out of the lake. Eh, Tanrial?"
(All g)
Tanrial nodded with a smile, “Yeah, let’s not do that. Unless it’s some secret treasure, let’s leave all things at the bottom of the lake.”