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>SELECTED: Give it to ‘em straight. Your report to the Company briefing provided an estimate of 4-5 weeks once the Savis got rolling with their titans in this sector, and you don’t deviate from that assessment here. They don’t need to know that the Company is planning to jump ship before that big showdown deadline, and the LT hasn’t outright ordered you to lie. Wheeling and dealing with the factions is one thing, lying to Breaker’s face is another. Warrior to warrior, telling him the truth is better than the alternative. [Honest Assessment, 4-5 weeks if that]
>LEADERSHIP AUTO-PASS. The rebels reaction varies from dismayed to grim determination, the Company and the League of Dis will be working on the same timeline. Perhaps more importantly, Breaker appreciates your honest assessment.
4 to 5 weeks, then the gig is up. And that’s assuming the roving Auxiliary bands don’t ping an encampment of this size earlier. Your frank rundown of the likely time left before the Savis narrow down the potential camp locations and commence a major end-game offensive has a far more varied reaction than was seen in the Company Briefing. The rebels aren’t disciplined soldiers for the most part, but they also aren’t mercenaries looking to cash a paycheque at the end of all this. Breaker and several of the other leaders including Hail and Kerim’O’Kas serve as a steadying hand as your frank report is laid out in full.
You don’t miss Wasp’s muffled surprise at your honesty, he must have been expecting you to lay it on a little thick. But the reasons for you telling the truth here go beyond the merely philanthropic, you weighed up the benefits in selling the rebels on a longer timeframe against the potential risk of throwing your credit with them out the airlock if you were caught out laying it on too thick. You’re all still allies, for now. And it pays for you to all be on the same page, for now. You can’t say that will remaining the case as the hourglass trickles down, but that’s a problem for later.
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