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There's been a change of plans concerning former crewman Ploiatos.

I'm sure most people have heard about him by now, but with Mana disconnected from the ship and him asserting control, we can't allow him to take over. Especially as the effects are so dangerous to the current crew.

So we can't wait for him to stand trial. We need to quarantine and dispose of him. [And for this, he has some sympathy for their current captains. They spoke highly of the man Ploiatos was before he changed, and even knowing that he's not what he was making the decision to murder once loyal crew isn't an easy one.]

If this wasn't absolutely necessary I wouldn't advocate it. It sets a bad precedent. But this isn't just a case of killing a crewman that's become a danger to us without exploring other options. Ploiatos has been on board for over a year and during the entire time remained a consistent, pervasive threat.

So to stop what is happening to the ship we have to do what we have to do.

We'll need affected areas of the ship quarantined until he's removed and we'll need non-combatants placed out of range of the ship. Since there's nowhere to dock currently, we're looking at using transporters. And once Ploiatos himself fully contained we need to dispose of him. There should be several options open to us and given that there has been significant changeover in crew, a lot more we don't know about. [Considering how many people have their own special abilities.] Remember that Crewman Ploiatos is confused by large numbers of people and we can use that to our advantage. That's how he was contained the first time.

After that... well we can focus on repairing his damage.

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[ He takes a second to digest, dead air punctuated by a hm. ]

Always is. [ Nothing's ever easy, huh. ] But it's nothing I haven't done before.

Yeah. At least I know you have the experience.

[With quarantines, too. Nothing like having more than one in a row.]

When you're dealing with him make sure you have at least one other person with you.

Right.

[ But it's fairly obvious that he's not at all concerned about what may happen to him— he never has been, and it's never paid to be. ]

You're holding up alright?

[ As in, this is yet another quarantine that Kaz has to oversee; it's Not Great. ]

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I got that feeling that everything is about to go to hell in a handbasket. If that could be called "holding up".

[But he can work and he can focus and that keeps him from getting upset. Angry, maybe. But not upset.]

[ Venom doesn't blame him— it's yet another disaster that they're forced to saddle without any real reassurance or promise of reconciliation. The usual, but it's not quite on their own terms, huh. ]

Wouldn't be the first time. [ Or the last time, but that doesn't have to be said. ] Almost makes you miss the politics.

I don't know how to feel about it. Half the politics was lies that we both suffered for. [Venom accepted his, but Kaz suffered his worst injuries because of the truths that followed. Much worse than lost limbs.] Because of that, we never really knew what it was we had to deal with.

Not that different here, except we don't have any illusions of knowing what the hell is going on in the first place.

[ Venom almost wants to say that he was joking about the politics (really, he hates the politics), but he leaves it well enough alone. ]

Doubt anyone else does, either. [ Which is why this entire fiasco is marginally less infuriating than it could be: because they're all on the literal and proverbial 'same boat'. ] If no one's pulling the strings, then no one's culpable.

[ Which means that they don't have to go around pointing fingers— small mercies. ] Not exactly comforting, but it's something.

Edited 2016-11-18 04:47 (UTC)