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[dowhatittakes]

Tsoni.Liara@cdc.org
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[dowhatittakes]

I sincerely hope you're right and she does manage to survive.

I don't understand why the CDC would pull untrained civilians into this. Even though I am a civilian I have some combative and weapon training.

It seems foolish not to train recruits first.

[sturmhond]

FROM: sturmhond@cdc.org

Untrained in weaponry, in combat, perhaps. They may have other skills the CDC are seeking. That’s my guess, at any rate.

FROM: sturmhond@cdc.org

There are four different teams, with four different specialties. Yet for all that it’s hard for me to see this as anything but an army. Perhaps because I’m used to that.

FROM: sturmhond@cdc.org

Regardless, perhaps training the others is something we should take on for ourselves. It’s in all of our interests to be effective, and we won’t be if half of us can’t hold their own.

[dowhatittakes]

Even if they have other skills, in an army you still need basic combat and weapons training.

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It's what we are, entirely, there's no other explanation for it.

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I will discuss it with a few of the other Level 1's. It would be highly beneficial for basic training sessions in our downtime.

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Would you train people?

[sturmhond]

FROM: sturmhond@cdc.org

I could. I'm an excellent shot, and a better swordsman - though, in point of fact I'm lacking my sword.

FROM: sturmhond@cdc.org

I have a good deal of experience with war, regardless. I can teach people how to operate in combat, there's no doubt about that.

[dowhatittakes]

How to operate in combat is a skill that is certainly needed for some of the less experienced recruits. Freezing up in panic is the worst reaction to try to fight.

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I have a great respect for anyone who can use a sword in tandem with a gun in a fire fight. It's a skill you don't see that often despite being incredibly useful.

[sturmhond]

[ The thought only using one sits poorly with him. He still very keenly feels the loss of his preferred weapon at his side. The minute he has the opportunity, he’s getting hold of one. ]

FROM: sturmhond@cdc.org

Versatility is important, and it’s hard to make a sword count at a distance. Then again, neither of them truly count without practice. We haven’t the spare bullets for that, yet.

FROM: sturmhond@cdc.org

There’s no doubt we’d be a more effective unit if we could train the uncertain. I don’t suppose, with your clearance, that you could request training rounds? Firing blanks isn’t true practice.

[dowhatittakes]

I'll see what I can do to get some training weapons. Not sure that the instructors will like it despite needing to train the recruits.

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If I can't get the extra rounds from those channels, I'll see what I can compile in other ways.

[sturmhond]

I’ll speak to Armada myself, make the suggestion. If they hear it from more than one of us, perhaps they’ll listen.

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And if not, I’m still a gunsmith, Liara. If they can’t give it, perhaps I can build it instead.

[dowhatittakes]

That should help, especially if they start hearing it from more people than the level 1 group.

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I didn't know you could build weapons, that's a very unique skill to have. I'll admit I'm impressed.

[sturmhond]

FROM: sturmhond@cdc.org

I studied with a gunsmith and a shipwright before I took to the seas myself. I find it pays to know what you’re doing, and I don’t like being idle.

FROM: sturmhond@cdc.org

Admittedly, it’s come in useful once or twice.

[dowhatittakes]

I'd imagine it would be quite useful if you were on the sea so often. I cannot say I have many skills other than gathering information.

[sturmhond]

Understatement is overrated, Liara. I've seen you do more than that myself.

[dowhatittakes]

I'm not sure what you've seen but I can assure you that most of my skills are not exemplary.

[sturmhond]

FROM: sturmhond@cdc.org

You can change your own weight with a thought. You can move things with your mind.

[ Does he really need to go on? Biotics are hardly commonplace here. ]

[dowhatittakes]

There is another person here that is a biotic, I'm not the only one. Although I'm surprised that so many people are interested by my abilities.

[sturmhond]

[ Is there? That’s surprising. He’ll have to remember that. ]

FROM: sturmhond@cdc.org

Well, of course you are. They’re commonplace to you, always have been. For the rest of us, that’s more than a little novel.

FROM: sturmhond@cdc.org

I come from a world where power is varied and coveted, and I’ve still never seen anything like that.

[dowhatittakes]

The world I come from isn't very different when it comes to power, just the forms that they come in are so varied that it has many faces.

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By far I'm not the strongest biotic in the galaxy. I'm young for an asari, perhaps in another 700-800 years I'll have strong biotics and endurance with them.

[sturmhond]

[ A pause. ]

FROM: sturmhond@cdc.org

Seven or eight hundred years? That’s rather a long wait, lovely. That’s an entire age of the world.

FROM: sturmhond@cdc.org

Generally I wouldn’t ask a woman her age. But what counts as young, for you?

[ Because he’s fairly sure they don’t have the same idea about that. Not even close to it. ]

[dowhatittakes]

I realize it does seem like a very long time for most people.

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Asari can live to be over 1000 years old, if disease, famine, or war doesn't kill us first. Anyone under 300 is considered young, anyone under 100 it's surprising that they're still not living with their Mother or at least close to home.

[sturmhond]

FROM: sturmhond@cdc.org

I suppose it's all relative, in the end. Ravkans are drafted at fourteen. That must seem like barely out of the womb to you.

[dowhatittakes]

Not entirely, we've been friends with the turians for millennia and their people are all drafted into their military at fifteen. Our military is volunteer but the turians is mandatory and all about serving their hierarchy.

[sturmhond]

FROM: sturmhond@cdc.org

The latter structure sounds familiar to me.

FROM: sturmhond@cdc.org

But a volunteer force sounds kinder. You never find it's a problem, that you have too few coming forward for service?

[dowhatittakes]

No, asari with strong biotics tend to go toward our military. It's seen as highly respected work for talents that require a great deal of training.

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Although, we're not designed for war. We don't have the infrastructure. It's why my homeworld fell within hours of being attacked.

[sturmhond]

FROM: sturmhond@cdc.org

By Reapers.

FROM: sturmhond@cdc.org

I'm sorry, Liara. What will happen to your people now?

[dowhatittakes]

We're spread fairly widely through the galaxy, if the reapers aren't stopped we will be the ones to witness the fall of our cycle.

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As for the people on Thessia, they'll likely be harvested as reaper troops to attack other worlds with.