Archival Science Databanks
Communications intercept. Transmission detected Wed 12th of Nov 2008 at 09:44 AM by Arkiya. Communique follows:
Niobe: Hello, everyone... Atem, you're doing fine work. We're going to get back to the surface one of these days, we've got to.
*Seraneth salutes to Niobe.*
GamiSB: Evening.
Seraneth: Captain,
Niobe: I've called you all here for a few reasons... the first one you've already met. This is Seraneth.
Niobe: He's the newest member of the Logos II, and he'll be helping coordinate efforts in the Matrix. And we're going to need all the help we can get.
Niobe: I've been hearing a lot of noise about the Commandos. I'm sure some of you may be among those who don't trust them?
ZybirV2: indeed
Wens: we do not
Niobe: I want to clear something up, right now. I don't trust them either.
0uranos: *laugh* surprise...
Niobe: I'm not some idiot. I know they have their own motives.
GamiSB: Then why are we letting them help us?
Niobe: Here's the thing... we aren't going to get rid of the Merovingian on our own.
phrogXIX: Is the Merovingian our biggest problem?
0uranos: true... but do we really need to kill him ?
phrogXIX: Is not perhaps, the wolf you have let into our flock the larger issue?
GamiSB: So we alline with the General. Niobe surely you must know what the Oracle has said about him.
Niobe: The commandos, at this point, are our most promising avenue to destroying the Merovingian, and yes, I think he's our biggest problem.
Niobe: Anyone who doesn't want him to pay for what he did to Morpheus? Let me know now.
Seraneth: It is as I have said... 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend.' And I am sure the General feels the same way about it.
phrogXIX: If it means more lives, and selling ourselves out to the General. No, Niobe. I will not do it. I will not support it.
Atem: Niobe *eyes looking away* I want to avenge Morpheus' death just as much as anyone, but don't you think this has become an obsession for you, clouding your judgement?
Seraneth: And what do we do if the Merovingian strikes at us first?
Niobe: Maybe you don't want war, but it's war we are at already.
phrogXIX: Is that what we are now Niobe? Vengeful spirits, ignoring the information many of us have collected against the General.
phrogXIX: Fight him another way Niobe.
Seraneth: Why should we stand by while he has an army of Blooddrinkers and Lupines snarling for our throats?
Niobe: What's your plan, phrog? How would you fight him?
Seraneth: The General has offered us something we did not have before.
phrogXIX: I refuse your order to train these commandos. It is a security risk, and dangerous beyond comprehension. Are you so damned blinded by revenege that you can't see it.
phrogXIX: How is bringing another variable into the equation a positive Niobe? I want Morpheus back, but this won't do it.
Wens: We have to fight him
3agle: as she said, the General is surely our best ally for the moment
phrogXIX: Fight him if you must. Bring him down Exile by Exile. But stop selling out my men's security, and the security of Zion to do it.
Niobe: You all just want to throw away a weapon when it is at our disposal?
Niobe: You think you can take out the Merovingian's forces one Exile at a time? How's that going so far?
phrogXIX: If it is a weapon that would blow up in our faces? YES.
Seraneth: I was not here when you fought against the Assassin... but would you have put down the weapon you were given to fight him?
phrogXIX: Maybe you need to stop worrying about your revenge on the Merovingian Niobe, and consider that perhaps fighting him is NOT our biggest concern. The General is.
phrogXIX: And you have invited his men to our fold. To observe our methods.
Seraneth: And at the same time, we observe them.
Seraneth: This arrangemnt is not a one way street.
Niobe: Stop and think about this a moment. What exactly have we shown them that they couldn't see elsewhere?
phrogXIX: Then ask yourself, why are they doing it Niobe? Why train alongside us? They are learning SOMETHING.
phrogXIX: The Merv's people need the Matrix. He won't exist without it. An allout war as you describe.... it doesn't fit.
Atem: It has to do with Inundiation.
Seraneth: Yes, apparently, from what I have been told, the Merovingian has appointed a new lackey.
phrogXIX: I don't trust him either. I don't trust most anyone. Why are we trusting the General? Why risk it? Is Zion so week?
Niobe: We are not trusting the General, we are using him as a weapon... I... I really am amazed.
Niobe: This is not at all what I expected to learn from the followers of Zion.
phrogXIX: Seraneth, The General gains everything by turning us all against the other, and then picking up the pieces.
Seraneth: If that is his plan, then obviously it is working, Phrog.
Seraneth: Look at us.
Seraneth: We are fighting amongst ourselves already
phrogXIX: We are not here because of our sheeplike love of conformity.
phrogXIX: Or our lack of questioning
Seraneth: I am not asking you to conform to anything.
Niobe: Unbelievable. It's not some outside force that is defeating us right here... it is us.