[D1 LE Briefing Room] Scout's Honor

[Klaus von Zinzer]

Klaus does his best to appear polished and formal as he seats himself at the head of the briefing room. Otherwise, nothing is on the board, and he wants to keep things informal. The Scout Company is not a particularly fussy bunch.

[Mei-Ling Zhou]

Mei dragged herself into the room looking exhausted and unhappy.

"Good evening Lt. Zinzer, I hope your day has been good. I can't wait to see what you have for us."

Despite all appearances she truly was interested in what was to come.

[Richard Winter]

Richard casually entered the room, raised a hand in greeting and said "Hallo", he looked for a place in the room, sat down and continued: "Nice banter with the Hauptmann Klaus" he gave him as a compliment.

[Mary Macharu]

Having just had to endure the briefing, Mary wasn't really looking for another meeting...but the scouts were being assembled, and she was among their number. After all, if they didn't coordinate, they would fail.

Not sure of the protocol, she found a place to sit and waited to be addressed by anyone who cared to address her.

[Mei-Ling Zhou]

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With the briefing not really started Mei leaned over to Mary and spoke softly. "Mary your hair looks great, it's so shiny, what do you use on it?"

[Mary Macharu]

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With the briefing not really started Mei leaned over to Mary and spoke softly. "Mary your hair looks great, it's so shiny, what do you use on it?"

In Mary's mind the best feature of her hair was that it obscured scar tissue. It was important to keep it clean, of course, she just hadn't expected anyone to say anything nice about it. It was the kind of talk that was from so long ago, it seemed like a dream from a different life.

"um, it's a local brand i picked up at our last resupply point called 'shounai'" she responded her own voice quiet as it ever was.

She cast about for something to say in return.

"ah, it's important to find little things like that when you can, right?"

[Mei-Ling Zhou]

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She pulled out her vidphone and started typing a note without really looking.

"Oh my god I'm so bummed I missed that, I hope we make it back there some time soon. My hair is so dull and flat. Is that your natural color or do you dye it?"

Everything about Mei's manner said that she wanted to touch Mary's hair but she was doing a good job of controlling herself.

[Mary Macharu]

Everything about Mei's manner said that she wanted to touch Mary's hair but she was doing a good job of controlling herself.

Which was a good thing, all things considered, given that Mary was on edge with unexpected conversation. Unexpected patting might have caused her to leap through the ceiling before remembering she herself did not have jump jets.

"ah, no, it's my natural color. she said. "but...i think your hair looks nice, it...reminds me of a picture i saw once. "

[Mei-Ling Zhou]

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"Oh thank you. You know, I have way more clothes and makeup than I need. If you have any extra bottles of that stuff I would happily trade you for anything you want. Hell if you just wanna borrow something, come by room some time I have a few things that I think would look really cute on you. Though you may not need it because that top is great."

[Mary Macharu]

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"Oh thank you. You know, I have way more clothes and makeup than I need. If you have any extra bottles of that stuff I would happily trade you for anything you want. Hell if you just wanna borrow something, come by room some time I have a few things that I think would look really cute on you. Though you may not need it because that top is great."

The enemy's barrage of niceness intensified, the shields around the target buckling under the assault.

"ah...that's...very kind of you to offer. she said, struggling. "although....i'm not sure how much time we'll have during the campaign for nice clothing."

[Klaus von Zinzer]

"As much as I would like to know the answer to how Lady Macbeth gets her hair so lovely..." Klaus' tone is not unkind, with a twinkle in his eyes.

"It has been a long day. Thank you for coming. I just wanted to make sure that I passed along my notes or things I would like you to look for, and open the floor to any questions"

[Richard Winter]

"Well, then, knock out what we can do for you."

[Klaus von Zinzer]

"I will keep it simple: along with military intel, I want you to keep an eye out for civilian and military infrastructure: roads that people travel, power plants, food sources. We want to squeeze them hard and fast, and I want anything that we can use as a pressure point"

[Mary Macharu]

Mary considered the request....and it's implications. They were all points you could bring pressure on...and they indicated planning for different lengths of engagement. Power was an easy one. Knock out the power and you shut down everything from production and maintenance facilities to the general's personal reading light. Roads were also a solid target. Supplies and troops flowed a lot slower if they didn't have nice flat roads to safely zip along.

But food...that was a different animal. Producing any significant pressure on a planet's food supply as a small invading force was like trying to empty an ocean with an eyedropper. Unless he was considering something more radical that would definitely tarnish the angel's reputation.

Just what was von Zinzer planning?

[Richard Winter]

"I see" replied Richard
He too questioned how sophisticated the young noble's plans were.

"We're scouting as many targets as we can, of course, and keeping an eye out on patrols. However, we can only coordinate attacks in coordination with everyone. "But you had also mentioned a field relay?"

[Mei-Ling Zhou]

Mei had less hesitation than Mary and asked the looming question.

"You intend to use food as a pressure point against civilians Lieutenant?"

[Klaus von Zinzer]

Mei had less hesitation than Mary and asked the looming question.

"You intend to use food as a pressure point against civilians Lieutenant?"

"Not so much as an actual act. There are repercussions to doing so, and they do not speak well of the reputation we are trying to build. What I would like, if possible, is to create the impression of what we can do. If it makes sense, I would like to make them fear for their livelihoods, not their lives. The make a living with tourism here, and tourists don't travel through war zones."

"We are going against a militia, not a standing army. If we can generate fear, combined with an information blackout, their command will be pressured to act. And the more potential targets they must cover, the more scattered their forces"

He looks over at Winter. "Yes. I have a field relay for use. Sadly, only one so we will need to share"

[Richard Winter]

"So you want us to sell ourselves bigger than we are?" Richard simplified Klaus's statement.

"Well, I'll let you two go first," he patted Mei's and Mary's shoulder once each.

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"The Griffin is a Sniper and is mostly in the back anyway, he can call in reinforcements with the Relay sooner and the Talon is very fast, which is why he can quickly retreat from a frontline situation and call in reinforcements."

[Mei-Ling Zhou]

Mei popped her knuckles.

"With my lances speed if we tangle with anything, especially at night, we can easily make them think there are more of us than there are." She said confidently.

[Klaus von Zinzer]

"So you want us to sell ourselves bigger than we are?" Richard simplified Klaus's statement.


"The Griffin is a Sniper and is mostly in the back anyway, he can call in reinforcements with the Relay sooner and the Talon is very fast, which is why he can quickly retreat from a frontline situation and call in reinforcements."

" Mostly, yes. The one thing that our AFFC liason agree upon is that the best outcome is a swift surrender from the militia's leadership."

He's a major ass about it but

"His opinion is to swiftly cripple their military force. But the purely military approach that forgets that our opponents are people too. They get frightened, and proud and vengeful. Stoking these leads to mistakes, and if they lure out the militia high command to our chosen battleground all the better."

Klaus nods. " It seems that you have tactics already in the works. I like them"