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RE: Talk in the Cockpit
Duncan didn't say anything at first. He knew that Cox was trying to bluff him about something (nat 20 sense motive +5 for 25). But he wasn't sure quite what until he mentioned what had happened on his last ship. "Yes you acted with your training... at least in part. You created a distraction that ordinarily would have worked as was intended. However this time it had the unforseen consequences of brining more attention on us in the form of the planetary military." Duncan told him. He put aside what the man had said in anger for now. "The military teaches us how to handle the immediate problem, but experience has taught me that sometimes what we think solves that immediate problem causes bigger ones. Or in simpler terms there are four things we need to remember." He holds up one finger "Make the plan." he holds up two fingers. "Exeute the plan." holds up three fingers. "Expect the plan to go off the rails." Then he holds up four fingers. "and finally throw away the plan."
Duncan took a deep breath. "We had a good plan and we executed it. What we didn't and couldn't account for was someone firing their gun and attracting the security forces. Even then everything would have been fine if everyone would have just blended in and left when I ordered them to. The most that probably would have happened is they would have taken Bay in for further questioning and released him sometime later. But other things happened which I WILL deal with." As he had said this last part his demeanor had changed not darker persay, but definately more in command. Something he had seen Demya do with some of those in the 10th. (I rolled a 21 to intimidate need a save to see if it worked on him or not. If anyone knows what his DC is please let us know)
Duncan moved on. "You then came back here and took off to try and track down the rebels in order to complete the mission. I'm all for completing my mission. But I will make the decision on if we leave people behind. All that being said you're right we do need structure and since this is your ship you'll be my second in command of this mission. I'd normally ask Gadeon or my brother but with Gadeon, Unna, and Ashla going to the palace I'm going to need you to do. I can't have my brother do it because he'll be just as emotionally compromised as I will be when he finds out our sister has been invited to that place. So I'll need someone that can pull me back from making a call based purely on the life of my sister. Do you accept?" Duncan asked holding out his hand to the man.
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