[video] as sun tzu once said, light 'em up

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There are a bunch of new people around, so...hey, I'm Nate.

[ It's been a while since he posted to the network, but things are starting to get sticky - and not even in the comparatively fun, sweaty jungle way - around these parts and tension feels like it's ramping higher. Crackling in the air. It makes the hairs on the back of his neck stand up. He's not in the city, as evidenced by the dense, green foliage at his back. His sketchbook is out, open, but he's talking with both his hands. ]

I realize we're kind of running the gauntlet right now in terms of what's being thrown at us, and we're basically getting ready for an inevitable showdown, and there are already a lot of efforts being made toward preparing.

[ Sonya - a woman he doesn't know - was proposing escape routes and manageable cover strategies for civilian types. It's a good idea to have those routes mapped sooner rather than later. ]

But I've spent a lot of time since we got here getting to know this landscape, the topography. What I'm looking for are people with actual combat experience, whether that's strategic, logistical, or something similar. Fight's gonna come to us whether we want it to or not, and weaponizing the environment is one of the best chances we have at mitigating the risks. Guerrilla warfare isn't pretty, but we have the resources for it.

[ For a moment he looks distracted, thinking of something, writing it down and talking over the act as he does so. ]

So just, um. Call in if you've got the know-how. Thanks.

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[storyseeker]

[If only ammunition were an emotion and they had a god of bullets on their side.]

Good thing we crashed on a planet with more trees this time. Plenty of source material, and no way people could build enough boats to screw us again.

[She pulls a large leaf from a nearby branch and twists it between her fingers, considering.]

Think you could draw up some plans, simple enough to disseminate? Or maybe we could set up some kind of small assembly line. Best team-building exercise ever.

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[ Nate laughs in spite of the circumstances, because like Elena he too recalls the bullshit surrounding their one-bereft resources and the acknowledgement that they have more now is pretty funny. ]

Who knows, they might try to sail away down the river.

[ Might even be for the better, if the Null are going to hit them as hard as he thinks. At the question Nate turns, pulling his sketchbook out and extending it to her. ]

Started a map. Been marking off spots that Peter wants to put traps, so our people don't get stuck in any spiderwebs.

[storyseeker]

[A pleasant cruise sounds nice right about now. Even though 'probably doomed-to-fail attempt to flee an invading robot force' wouldn't count as one, it's a pleasant thought.]

Thanks. [she studies it carefully, waggling a hand at him to hand her his pencil when she sees a spot she wants to fill in.] He's a good kid. Shouldn't have to deal with any of this.

Not that I'm thrilled to do so at my ripe old age.