Goddamn Balmarian clones!

[prismphantom]

[In an otherwise silent room, the sound of Ingram's voice can be heard.]

"Good. Hate me then. Cherish your hate. Grow stronger."

"Ze Balmary Empire - what you call Aerogators. It collects strong warriors to add to ranks of its own army. Earth picques our interest."

"Ze Balmary will make good use of warriors such as you."

[And if you were to look inside, you'd see Selena, playing audio files taken from the incident over and over again, with all those notes on Balmarian weapons of war found in La Gias in the other.   The notes get crumpled up and thrown in a bin.  They feel less like a cheatsheat and more a pity handout given while the doner was sporting a shit-eating grin.]

The Zentradi and Decepticons just want us dead.  The UE just want us guessing about everything that has to do with them.  The Wulgaru want our genetic material.  The Indalph and the Gebian AEP want us as a trophy of conquest.

... And now this.  He gave the documents to us.  He just did it so we'd be worthy enough footsoldiers for his Empire.

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[tiger_ken]

Yet for all the questions that answers...

[Ken opens the door, and steps inside.]

We've got even more to solve. Like why Earth. And why now, rather than any time over the last two decades.

[actuallyselfish]

"Look on the bright side!" Dido remarks, holding a cold compress to his forehead.

"We've got the chance to become stronger than he can imagine...strong enough to break through his plans and beat him!"

[majestic_keiki]

It doesn't even make sense. Why would he want soldiers who hate their officers?

[star_of_sad]

Is this really what Major Ingram was after all along? I know it's true, but I find that... hard to believe, somehow.

[abugslife]

How much do you know about information security?

We need to find out how much of Unity Group's classified data was leaked to the Balmarians.

[keep_your_dignity]

I JUST READ WHAT HAPPENED IN THE DEBRIEFS.

WHAT A CUNT. DO WE HAVE ANY ESTIMATES ON HOW MUCH SENSITIVE INFORMATION HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET?

[Kagura speaks from behind Selena's back, at the door. She seems able to move fairly quietly sometimes]

[broken_puppet]

You seem to be almost as upset by the events of the last mission as those of us who were directly involved.

[Lamia enters the room and looks at Selena for a moment before turning her attention to the printouts in the bin.]

If the documents can be used to make us stronger than what does it matter where they came from?