UN Special Forces Poland Research Base

[Dome]

Dante leads her back out of the control room into the hall way, "the shield, its what the kids were working on. They are trying to generate a shield strong enough to protect them from the demon while they fight it. The stronger the shield the more likely they survive. It seems the shields work better when the user has no powers. To be honest with you, I hate this whole thing. The rest of us are just here as bit players, we have no say in how this turns out, in what leads up to the battles how long it goes on for, or anything. We are all here, playing our parts but in the end whatever is going to happen is totally out of our control. I never believed in destiny or that someone or something controlled the outcome of everything but lately it feels like no matter what I say or no matter what I do, the plot has already been laid out and really I should just be reading the story instead of trying to take part in it," he says shaking his head.

"Sorry don't mean to unload on you, just every time I get thinking about the way things have been I just get going," he waves his arms, "we have this base, we have special teams with special soldiers that have special abilities and it means nothing. We say and do things to try and affect the outcome of events and it just doesn't seem to matter, like someone isn't even listening or paying attention to what we do, it just gets frustrating."

[sasqaricious]

"That is ok. You have to remember I am after all a psychiatrist and if you want I can share my couch with you." She says with a smile.

[albatross]

"Right away sir," the officer says to Khris. He brings back the records detailing the debriefings for the experienced unit. As he hands the records to Khris he says, "You should meet him. All three are good men."

The debriefings are the originals with nothing redacted, and Khris can easily see this team has seen fierce fighting. Missed supply drops, bad intel, and terrible odds have marred what could be an otherwise exemplary record. It isn't that the unit pulled out of a fight or did anything stupid, instead it is mostly the usual culprit in poor combat records: finding enemy artillery the hard way and a whole bunch of factors beyond their control.

[dakota]

Khris was impressed by the reports, but did not let it show. " I want to interview all three commanding field officers, with their XOs if possible." He closed up the files and looked at the young officer and decided to throw a curve, "but not here. I want them off duty at the officers club, but I don't want you to tell them why I am talking to them."

[Dome]

"Don't need a couch, just an ear to vent to. Usually would use Bel, or even Kris after a few drinks, but they're both a little busy now," he says as they walk down the hall.

"So why did you take this job," he asks Katja.

[sasqaricious]

"Why did I take this job. I guess because considering my skills and what not I was the best in line for this job. Unfortunately they seemed not to know about my powers which turned to be a boon."

[albatross]

"Yes, sir," replies the young officer. Within a couple hours, the three power armor team leaders and their superiors are at the base bar. The young officer shows Khris where it is and tells Khris they think they are there off duty, basically a higher up invited them all out for drinks but hasn't shown up yet.

The all six are out of uniform, sitting at a table near the bar. They all look like clean cut fighter pilots, even without their uniforms. Short hair, and sharp eyes. The superiors are simply a few years older than the field officers.

[dakota]

Chris stopped at the bar and bought two pitchers of draft and glasses and headed for the table. "Excuse me gentlemen. Mind if I join you? I apologize for the less than appropriate setting, but I want to do this my way. Pretty sure none of you know me, but My name is Khris and I wanted to meet you six. Help yourselves, there's lots more in the taps. I'm sure you want to know what a crazy Irish wants to buy you beer for, so I will tell you I am an United Nations representative, I have read your files, and I wanted to meet the men behind them. Unfortunately, I can't join you in a drink because I promised someone important to me I was done drinking, so you will have to make up for me." As he sat, he immediately began evaluating the three pairs, looking for anything that would rule them out as candidates.

[Dome]

Dante nods, "I understand. When I signed up Omega Shield was not attached to the UN, and the three demons hadn't decided to end the planet yet. In fact our first mission together started out against humans. Its been an interesting journey to get here," he says reflectively.

He walks with her further down the hall back towards where they left Rock, "I was wondering, since we are going to be working together, what kind of skills do you have," he asks hoping to draw her out.

[sasqaricious]

"Skills..." she trails off. "I am probably oneo f the best medical doctors in the world actually and that is combined with my healing abilities and other talents." She says neither proud nor bragging. "Other then that all my skills are medical and maybe a few self defence skills. But that is pretty much what I am."

[Dome]

"Well that should come in handy whether you go into the field or stay on base or wherever they assign you. I hope we get the chance to work together in the field. I don't know how long I can stand to be couped up on base," he says.

Walking up to the door of the training room he says, "well here we are back to the training room, lets see what they're up to now," as he pushes the door open and holds it for the doctor as she walks in and he follows.

{OOC: I know Sasqy is out, but his PC was still with mine, so figured to walk her back and then albatross can re-assign her or NPC or whatever until/if sasqy can comes back}

[albatross]

The three men accept Khris' drinks readily enough, thanking him and drinking more than one but not getting out of control. They ask Khris questions about his UN posting and openly answer any questions he may have. The two from the top rated units aren't stuffy or stuck up, in fact all three men seem well acquainted with each other and treat one another with respect. If anything, the two of them defer slightly to the officer whose unit has been through the wringer more than once. He does after all have the most combat experience. But all three are perceptive men who talk about their soldiers first when asked a question and whose answers reveal them to be knowledgable about power armor tactics in all kinds of situations. All three are dedicated career soldiers who know their soldiers, equipment and the rest of their jobs like the back of their hand.

There questions to Khris probe where he has been stationed and work around his role, without bluntly asking him what he does for the UN.

[dakota]

Khris finally answered their questions after observing the men (OOC: shouldn't there be six?), " Well gentleman, I guess my role is special liaison for a special joint task force project. I was assigned to find and recruit a power armor division to serve as our front line of defence. It will probably be a boring assignment, but we all know that there is enough threats in the world right now that things could change at any minute. I do have a quick question for you though, gentlemen. I know from first hand how the Americans function, but listeningto your tactical chatter,it sounds like you use smaller units. Just how many troops are under your commands?"

[albatross]

(O.O.C. Yes, there are six, the commanders and their executive officers. Forgot to describe the XO's: Two are women, both steel eyed, one has short hair the other long hair. The male XO is a stocky soldier who looks older than his commander.)

"Yes," one of them ventures, "We switched to an all volunteer force several years ago. Our units are smaller. Each power armor team consists of 12 units and is typically paired with a 6 member repair and support team that handles routine maintenance, repairs, loading, logistical and personnel support. So each unit is about the size of a heavy American squad."

[albatross]

Back at the base the pace of the training increases. Dancer, Peacemaker and Merrow are all young and fit. With a few hours sleep and a few short rest breaks throughout the day they alternate between martial arts training and shield training inside the giant robots.

With Bel and the newly assigned Kat monitoring the kids for signs of fatigue, Dante often finds himself with time to talk to his wife. Tiger has taken to sitting in the command center or in the training center with a laptop. Clearly she is overwhelmed with tasks after their short absence to get the negation item, but she watches the training out of the corner of her eye and puts off or delegates as much of the administrative work as she can.

With Tiger haunting the training facility and command center, Rock avoids both places, but Kat occasionally tracks him down. And Marv, Dancer and Peacemaker all visit Rock on their breaks.

The Egyptian team that was assigned to get the second negate item still hasn't come back yet. And Tiger eagerly awaits Khris' return as well.

At one point, Tiger takes a break from sending aides on assignments and hunching over laptop to watch the training. Standing next to Bel and Dante, she watches to kids. Her sharp eyes take in and judge their moves.