>>6001813You give the account on what you did and how. The answers you give seem to please them for the most part. When the story moves on how your group had to face a dronetank and how Andersson met his end, Major Gilligan gives a grimace while shaking his head. ”What pity! Andersson was quite reliable man, what a remarkable end for such an unassuming career!” Captain Braxter seem to double check your story while you tell it, asking for clarifications from time to time. After you've finished your story, she reads the whole account back to you. Finally you confirm the whole thing with your biosignature.
Major Gilligan gives the record his stamp and theathretically dusts his hands as to sign that the matter is close. ”Well, that is taken care of, then. Now to the next matter at hand. I presume you might have heard what befell Corporal Higgs.” You nod. ”I understood he is in coma.” ”Quite right, quite right. His condition is stable for now, but you know how it is with brain injuries.” Brain injuries? That's new. ”Is he, you know...?” ”Vegetative? Possibly, the diagnosis is still pending. But I doubt he will be throwing hoops anytime soon.” Major shakes his heads. ”And Private Costava, killed in action. I am saddened to bring you such foul news, I've lost too many squadmates myself.” He straightens up. ”As it stands, Tiger squad is three members short, Private Lorenzo being out of operation for weeks. The decision was made to re-schedule the active squad structure for the coming month. To put it more clearly, for the next few weeks you and your squadare out of the usual rotation, to give you time to heal and replenish casualities.” You think about it. ”Replenish how?” ”The details are still undecided. Take a couple of days off. You've earned it.”
You get up and are about to leave, when Captain Braxter lifts her eyes from her notepad. ”Just a moment, there is one more thing, sir. You mentioned in your account that you used the Quanto-electrical Artificial Intelligence suppression projectile, colloquially known as 'AI spike', to disable the dronetank employed by the aggressors- However, such device is not listed in the standrd equipment of your squad nor are they freely available from the market. Could you perhaps disclose how you aquired that piece of munition?” Oh crap, that thing. Yeah. They're not strictly illegal in most places, but megacorps in general want to keep that kind of hardware off the streets. Makes your drone armies much less scary if you can oneshot most pieces of equipment with an infantryweapon. This might have some consequences.
>TRUTH: Tell them you got the AI spike from Lorenzo.>VAGUE: Tell you don't know how you got it, it might have been on the site, perhaps dropped by one of the attackers.>FALLGUY: Tell you bought it yourself ages ago from black market. 