Athene
Rise for the Shadow Queen
- Location
- Dream of The 90s
- Pronouns
- She/Her
CODE+++PURPOSE: OCTOBER EXIGENT+++DAWNLINE SHORE
DISTRIBUTION: BACKDOOR+++EYES ONLY
MESSAGE TO FOLLOW:::
>//[COOPER(UIB_61441)]:: SEND MESSAGE
>//[DIANE(UIB_61441B)]:: RECEIVE
>//[ENFILADE(DOJHR-L_AA33T1)]:: RECEIVE
>//[FATHOMS(K.HOW.B.XIX)]:: RECEIVE
>//[COOPER]:: DIANE SEND DATAPACK
>//[DIANE] is sending a file accept:::Y
>//downloading…87 out of 87 petabytes COMPLETE
>//[COOPER] SOMEONE IS HIRING MUSCLE+++LOTS OF MUSCLE+++ ALL ACROSS THE DAWNLINE
>//[FATHOMS]:: MIRRORSMOKE?
>//[COOPER]:: THEY'RE AVOIDING THIS ONE SO FAR, LEGAL KEEPS DENYING THE CONTRACTS AND THAT'S WHAT HAS ME WORRIED
>://[ENFILADE]::TOO ILLEGAL FOR MIRRORSMOKE+++I HATE IT+++WHO ARE THEY HIRING?
>://[COOPER]:
IANE ESTIMATES 39 SEPARATE MERCENARY ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING THOUSANDS OF CHASSIS HAVE SIGNED ON, WITH MORE ON THE WAY+++THIS REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT NEW MILITARY PRESENCE IN THE DAWNLINE SHORE+++THEY'VE BEEN CYCLING IN SLOWLY BUT SURELY
>://[FATHOMS]::WE HAVEN'T HEARD OF ANY OTHER MAJOR HOUSES MAKING A MOVE AND ITS NOT US+++ENFILADE? COOPER?
>://[ENFILADE]::NOTHING UNION AND THIS DOESN'T FEEL LIKE HARRISON.
>://[COOPER]:: ITS HOUSE LUDRA.
>://[FATHOMS]:: IMPOSSIBLE
>://[ENFILADE]:: THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TROOPS LEFT AND THEY HAVEN'T HAD ENOUGH TIME TO REBUILD ECONOMICALLY OR IN MANPOWER.
>://[COOPER]:: LOOK AT THE DATA DIANE PROVIDED, YOU'LL SEE THAT I'M RIGHT+++THEY'VE GOT A BENEFACTOR AND WHOEVER IT IS, THEY ARE NOT A MODERATING INFLUENCE+++THEY'VE GONE FULL NEO-PASSACAGLIAN
>://[FATHOMS]::WHAT ARE THEIR INTENTIONS?
>://[COOPER]::UNKNOWN+++REGARDLESS, NOBODY HERE WANTS TO SEE A RESURGENT HOUSE LUDRA, NO MATTER WHAT THEIR GOAL+++OPTIONS?
>://[ENFILADE]:: DOJ/HR HAS ITS HANDS TIED+++I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GET YOUR INTEL BUT YOU DON'T EVEN OFFICIALLY EXIST, SO I DON'T HAVE MUCH I CAN USE TO GET THE LIBERATOR TEAMS SPUN UP.
>://[FATHOMS]:: THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN UNOFFICIAL LIASON+++WHILE I HAVE SOME ABILITY TO NUDGE HOUSE OF WATER RESPONSE, COMMITTING THE KIND OF RESOURCES AT NOTHING MORE THAN MY WORD IS A BIT TOO FAR
>://[COOPER]]:: DOESN'T HURT TO ASK, LIKE YOU SAID I DON'T EXIST+++BUT I DO OWN A MERCENARY COMPANY
>://[ENFILADE]:: I'M GOING TO ASSUME YOU ALREADY HAD A BACKUP PLAN
>://[COOPER]:: RIGHT YOU ARE+++DIANE WILL SEND YOU THE DETAILS
The year is 5032U and you have just been handed a personalized invitation to join Cooper's Corsairs, a small but seemingly manna flush mercenary company in the Dawnline Shore. The offer seems literally too good to be true, above and beyond where you are now, with an estimated time-debt of only a few years. Things hadn't been going good for you before this point. Maybe your back was against a wall. Maybe you were down on your luck. Maybe you were flat broke or in debt to a Corpo-State or Barony. Maybe you've just experienced a personal tragedy that you need your mind taken off. Maybe you've made some enemies and you need to get ahead of them for a while. Heck, maybe you were just plain bored with whatever you were doing before. Whatever the reason, you jumped at the chance to join and you were on a transport before you knew it, licenses in hand and a chassis under you once more.
And you were of course, deceived. You are a deniable asset so deniable, that even you don't know it. You were selected based on a psychological profile from a candidate pool of thousands by mysterious forces. You were chosen because when the cards are on the table, you're going to make the choice they want you to: You'll turn against the forces of House Ludra and any fascist allies they may have.
You'll protect the innocent, the downtrodden and the vulnerable. You'll fight impossible odds in the dark, for no recognition, unknown and unmourned, because it is right. You think you're just a Merc. That you're no hero, but the data suggests you could be and that's all that matters to the [REDACTED]
You are at heart, one thing: A Lancer and its time to show the galaxy what that means.
DISTRIBUTION: BACKDOOR+++EYES ONLY
MESSAGE TO FOLLOW:::
>//[COOPER(UIB_61441)]:: SEND MESSAGE
>//[DIANE(UIB_61441B)]:: RECEIVE
>//[ENFILADE(DOJHR-L_AA33T1)]:: RECEIVE
>//[FATHOMS(K.HOW.B.XIX)]:: RECEIVE
>//[COOPER]:: DIANE SEND DATAPACK
>//[DIANE] is sending a file accept:::Y
>//downloading…87 out of 87 petabytes COMPLETE
>//[COOPER] SOMEONE IS HIRING MUSCLE+++LOTS OF MUSCLE+++ ALL ACROSS THE DAWNLINE
>//[FATHOMS]:: MIRRORSMOKE?
>//[COOPER]:: THEY'RE AVOIDING THIS ONE SO FAR, LEGAL KEEPS DENYING THE CONTRACTS AND THAT'S WHAT HAS ME WORRIED
>://[ENFILADE]::TOO ILLEGAL FOR MIRRORSMOKE+++I HATE IT+++WHO ARE THEY HIRING?
>://[COOPER]:
IANE ESTIMATES 39 SEPARATE MERCENARY ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING THOUSANDS OF CHASSIS HAVE SIGNED ON, WITH MORE ON THE WAY+++THIS REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT NEW MILITARY PRESENCE IN THE DAWNLINE SHORE+++THEY'VE BEEN CYCLING IN SLOWLY BUT SURELY>://[FATHOMS]::WE HAVEN'T HEARD OF ANY OTHER MAJOR HOUSES MAKING A MOVE AND ITS NOT US+++ENFILADE? COOPER?
>://[ENFILADE]::NOTHING UNION AND THIS DOESN'T FEEL LIKE HARRISON.
>://[COOPER]:: ITS HOUSE LUDRA.
>://[FATHOMS]:: IMPOSSIBLE
>://[ENFILADE]:: THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TROOPS LEFT AND THEY HAVEN'T HAD ENOUGH TIME TO REBUILD ECONOMICALLY OR IN MANPOWER.
>://[COOPER]:: LOOK AT THE DATA DIANE PROVIDED, YOU'LL SEE THAT I'M RIGHT+++THEY'VE GOT A BENEFACTOR AND WHOEVER IT IS, THEY ARE NOT A MODERATING INFLUENCE+++THEY'VE GONE FULL NEO-PASSACAGLIAN
>://[FATHOMS]::WHAT ARE THEIR INTENTIONS?
>://[COOPER]::UNKNOWN+++REGARDLESS, NOBODY HERE WANTS TO SEE A RESURGENT HOUSE LUDRA, NO MATTER WHAT THEIR GOAL+++OPTIONS?
>://[ENFILADE]:: DOJ/HR HAS ITS HANDS TIED+++I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GET YOUR INTEL BUT YOU DON'T EVEN OFFICIALLY EXIST, SO I DON'T HAVE MUCH I CAN USE TO GET THE LIBERATOR TEAMS SPUN UP.
>://[FATHOMS]:: THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN UNOFFICIAL LIASON+++WHILE I HAVE SOME ABILITY TO NUDGE HOUSE OF WATER RESPONSE, COMMITTING THE KIND OF RESOURCES AT NOTHING MORE THAN MY WORD IS A BIT TOO FAR
>://[COOPER]]:: DOESN'T HURT TO ASK, LIKE YOU SAID I DON'T EXIST+++BUT I DO OWN A MERCENARY COMPANY
>://[ENFILADE]:: I'M GOING TO ASSUME YOU ALREADY HAD A BACKUP PLAN
>://[COOPER]:: RIGHT YOU ARE+++DIANE WILL SEND YOU THE DETAILS
The year is 5032U and you have just been handed a personalized invitation to join Cooper's Corsairs, a small but seemingly manna flush mercenary company in the Dawnline Shore. The offer seems literally too good to be true, above and beyond where you are now, with an estimated time-debt of only a few years. Things hadn't been going good for you before this point. Maybe your back was against a wall. Maybe you were down on your luck. Maybe you were flat broke or in debt to a Corpo-State or Barony. Maybe you've just experienced a personal tragedy that you need your mind taken off. Maybe you've made some enemies and you need to get ahead of them for a while. Heck, maybe you were just plain bored with whatever you were doing before. Whatever the reason, you jumped at the chance to join and you were on a transport before you knew it, licenses in hand and a chassis under you once more.
And you were of course, deceived. You are a deniable asset so deniable, that even you don't know it. You were selected based on a psychological profile from a candidate pool of thousands by mysterious forces. You were chosen because when the cards are on the table, you're going to make the choice they want you to: You'll turn against the forces of House Ludra and any fascist allies they may have.
You'll protect the innocent, the downtrodden and the vulnerable. You'll fight impossible odds in the dark, for no recognition, unknown and unmourned, because it is right. You think you're just a Merc. That you're no hero, but the data suggests you could be and that's all that matters to the [REDACTED]
You are at heart, one thing: A Lancer and its time to show the galaxy what that means.
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