PHASE II SHOCKWAVE CODES AUTHORIZED
[X] R.A.I.N. Satellite Weapons System.
This has 'highly useful' written all over it. For one, it's an impactor *network*. That means that the Terminal Relay can't just take it all out with one beamcannon shot. But more importantly, it has an adjustable kill radius and high accuracy so as to come in handy for *infantry support*. Particularly if we slave it to Jamelia, and she gets out in the open to use it. The only 'downside' is the authorization required for strategic kill system, but I'm pretty sure that means the 'dial a yield' is locked onto low yield without authorization from Control, and I'm not sure that's actually too much of a bad thing. Jamelia can use it to repeatedly take out Gretkov, as well as continually dropping rounds on the TR and/or Siddarth.
[X] Militia Unit
What IBM considers 'non-combatant' is anyone not quite as hilariously overteched as Kessler. In this case, average combat capability equivalent to HITMARK V units. These guys are irreplacable yes, but so I would argue, is Jamelia, Kessler, Cross, and the rest of our team, whom will not see easy replacement after all this character development and team building. Sometimes you've gotta take the risk, and I believe these guys are well equipped for risk taking.
More importantly, they have various weapons we would consider high tier, and come with their own Roland IFV grade customs, which we can use for the same tasks we were going to allocate the Rolands to if we picked them. Of further importance, these are crewed by Exceptional Citizens AND Enlightened Scientists, meaning that they'll be reasonably able to support themselves against Enlightened Science attacks. And With Serafina standing by as on-site Command, she'll be able to inform the local Union networks about their existence- hell, IBM could probably crack the local systems so as far as the union is concerned these are actually the ROLAND IFV shockwave code.
Having Enlightened Scientists in the field to deal with the unexpected can't be understated, and these guys are specifically set up to deal with iteration X gear, liase with RD's, and otherwise engage in the sort of freedom of thought both Command and Control find distasteful (though to different degrees and for different reasons).
Not sure if I got this right... but can Henriette use Correspondence and Matter to affect Gretkov's knife? Like dull the edge or otherwise make it of a worse quality material? Or, alternatively, make our suit or knife better?
She's not a traditionalist. Direct attacks like that are basically impossible for technocrats unless she has, say, a pattern lock from an orbital MANAR array. Speaking of which, MJ, why don't we have orbital MANAR arrays on station to try and get pattern locks on the hostiles?
But that said, while holding her back to launch when the TR goes Thermonuclear seems to be the decision made, that doesn't mean she can't do something- particularly if all the other launch preparations are made. She still has her drone systems. If she sets them to autistic mode and disables the wireless, she could send them to support Jamelia. This would, essentially, eliminate the possibility of subversion, which would be an in universe decision well made, but also prevent Henriette from actively controlling them. Which... isn't... to say that it would prevent them from using Enlightened Science. Rather, it just means that she- and really thus, we- would need to define before hand which enlightened science actions they can take and will take in response to which stimuli or under direct orders from Jamelia. Henriette would still roll her Genius for the effects, and still use Corr and her other spheres, but she wouldn't be in control of them. They'd be acting according to their own internal protocol.
This is within the technocratic paradigm to do, conceivably, though Henriette would probably make all the relevant rolls before hand, one for each Effect, and then dole them out as they are invoked by the bots.
