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[ The video feed opens to the gentle chaos that is Nomo #001. The background is a mess of laptops, cables, and for those who helped Tony haul around a giant metal cylinder at the beginning of the month - a suspiciously similar-colored suit of armor, still slightly disassembled but much less pod-like than before.

In the foreground you're treated to Tony and Adrien, looking grimly self-satisfied and just grim, respectively. ]

So, we've got an ear in their ship. My ear, specifically. [ He says, with great humbleness. ] Negotiations has already heard this, but there's some intel I think the defense and offense teams will wanna be privy to.

[ Info he wants defense and offense teams to be privy to, because even if this feels a little like bussing negotiations' cause somewhat, he likes being alive. So, there's that.

There may have also been a discussion, before this video was even turned on, over this particular course of action with the decision coming down to two key factors. Everyone being informed of all known intel, in order to make an informed decision, and the need for more help. ]

Go ahead, say it. You know you want to. [ Adrien mutters, more as an aside to Tony than as a direct address to the video. The comment earns a roll of Tony’s eyes, but he proceeds regardless. ]

Several hours of obsessively trying to cobble together their strategy has told us they either 1.) aren’t great at strategy, 2.) don’t particularly care, or 3.) are too pissed to bother. Or, y’know, a little off the top of all three columns. Point is, there’s nothing stealthy about them. They’re just planning to come at us with everything they’ve got, guns blazing.

[ Tony shoots a look at Adrien, as if to say ‘happy now?’ His pointed look earns him a flat look in return. Listen, Adrien’s not the one who kept using the terminology. He didn’t even get the pop cultural reference. However, to continue. ]

There is a definite tone of seeking recompense from not just one or two individuals but upon this entire ship. We understand that everybody is still in the midst of sharing ideas and formulating plans; this is just information we believed people might want to have on hand when in those discussions.

[ The next part proceeds with an almost grudging tone, like the idea of admitting the need for additional help is particularly distasteful to him, but see aforementioned: he likes not dying. ]

But there’re still some questions we don’t have answered. Questions I would very much like answered, given the above information; if they’re coming at us in a direct assault, we need a way more thorough threat-analysis than we currently have. And make no mistake - I’m amazing - but I can only be in fourteen places at once. We need more ears if we want to gather as much intel as possible, and that’s counting everybody who’s already crashed this shitty party.

[ Tony gives the camera a pointed look, a deliberate nod to everyone who’s already lent a hand with the hacking efforts. He knows who they are. They know who they are. ]

[ Alright Tony, Adrien will give voice to the words you just can’t bring your egotistical self to speak. ]

We’ve also hacked some ship specs but neither Mr. Stark, nor myself have enough experience with the Moira and her capabilities to be comfortable in what information we have and what further mining we should pursue.

More experienced eyes, either with the Moira, the Caducians, or even deep space vehicles, would also be appreciated.

And if you've done any digging of your own, by all means, share with the class.

[ Tony doesn't quite get the feed shut down before muttering under his breath about needing more coffee. ]

(( For reference these were the questions put up in the plotting post to the mods, about any hacking efforts and the results, for anyone who wants to jump in on uncovering details! Information about ship specs, Information about communication eavesdropping. ))

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Humble as always, Mr. Stark.

[ Don't mind the teasing lilt to her voice, it shifts to something a bit more serious as she continues. ]

I'd be happy to lend my ears, of course. And I can take a look at those ship specs, too. I should be able to make sense of them--I've got plenty of experience with a variety of different ships.

[ Getting in to help with what she's good at, that's so much more her speed than just standing around and discussing plans. Not to mention it'll help keep her a bit busier, which is always nice. ]

Have I mentioned you're my favorite person on this rust bucket? Thought I'd bring it up.

[ Is he joking, is he not joking, we really don't know. ]

I figured you would. I'll send you what we've got. I don't suppose you'd prefer a data stream to an audio stream? We need to be monitoring the former, but the number of takers is currently limited to... my AI and pretty much nobody else, so far.

That's quite the compliment. You're not so bad yourself, you know.

[ Oh, wait, he does know that. He's probably the least humble person on the ship.

Whether or not he's joking doesn't really bother her, though she's far more genuine in her words. Tony is one of the more interesting people she's found so far--the smart ones tend to be her favourites. ]

Wonderful, I'll look those over and get back to you with what I can make of them. [ A thoughtful hum. ] I wouldn't consider it a preference either way, but I can certainly monitor the data streams rather than audio. I suspect you have plenty of willing ears as it is, anyway.

[ Oh, he knows. ]

Well, you're not wrong. I guess people are big on surviving a hostile invasion. Who knew, right?

[ That, or the Captains like to kidnap an uncanny number of people with hacking prowess. ]

I'll patch you into what we've got. Keep me posted on anything exciting, yeah?

Go figure.

[ Most likely the former, considering the Ingress has brought in an uncanny amount of robots as well. Cortana suspects that a good portion of the crew, hacking prowess or no, have never had to deal with a hostile invasion, either, which is only likely to inspire them to want to do something. ]

Excellent, thank you. And of course, you'll be the first to hear of anything important I find.

[ He's a touch surprised to find how much he trusts Cortana to scrape up plenty of useful info, given his default assumption that most people are some level of inept. Maybe it's just an AI thing. He's not inclined to scrutinize it too hard either way. ]

Words I like to hear. That's my kind of woman.

One who reports to you, or one who can monitor data streams?

[ There's an almost audible eyebrow raise, but far more apparent is the humour in her tone of voice. Nah, she's just teasing him, not taking any actual issue with the comment. ]

Or perhaps it's one who's comprised of code rather than flesh and blood?

Why not all three? That seems like an ideal assortment of traits to me.

Though, there are some things to be said for flesh and blood. No offense.

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It's good to have an idea of where your priorities lie.

And none taken. Though that does lead me to understand why it is that you've yet to simply build yourself a girlfriend.

[ PART OF HER HAS BEEN WONDERING, OKAY. If anyone could do it, she figures it's him. ]

The thought did occur to me once.

[ He was 27 and drunk. Don't look at him. ]

Luckily I'm fantastically charming and handsome, so it's never had to come to that.

I should have recorded the fist pumps from earlier.

[ Not that Tony didn't deserve his bout of self confidence but it wasn't like Adrien was just going to let it go unremarked. ]

We weren't able to identify specific specs, at least nothing that said "this is the Caducian ship here." But I expect there is a lot we missed.

[ Don't look at him like that Tony, there was too much going on, they had to have missed something. ]

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You should have, I'm sure everyone could use a laugh right about now.

[ Not that she can blame anyone at all for enthusiasm over any of these successes. They're important, considering they've had so little to go on until now. ]

Not a problem. I'm sure I can make some use of them--might as well take any chance at gaining whatever intel we can, right? Or in this case, I suppose it's more making sense of gained intel. Either way, I may be able to figure something out with even basic specs.

By the time I processed what he was doing, it was too late.

[ Seriously, half the time Tony had done things at a speed and intensity that Adrien couldn't even pretend to keep up with. ]

Good. I think we're going to find ourselves needing every possible advantage we can find.

[ Unsaid was the quiet hope that they'd be able to find any advantage in this mess. ]

A shame, really. But I'm sure there will be more opportunities in the future.

[ And bless you, Adrien, for being able to handle having Tony as a roommate. Or mostly being able to handle it. Cortana's sure it can't be easy. ]

Having every possible advantage is typically preferable, but in this case I'd say you're correct in saying that we'll need it. While I'd like to remain hopeful things can be worked out, I suspect we're going to end up with a battle no matter what is offered in negotiations.

[ If she was capable of sighing, she'd do that here. Ever since reading the message from the Caducans, she's been quite certain that this won't be able to be talked out. They want their revenge and it's unlikely they'll be persuaded out of it. ]

Whatever we can get our hands on, we need. Most people here aren't used to full-out combat, as I'm sure this will turn out to be.

[ Adrien goes quiet for a minute as he considers her words, 'most people here aren't used to full-out combat'.

After a couple of breaths, he nods and then seems to remember that she can't see the action. ]

A fair assessment, which makes the fact that we're in this situation that much more regrettable. But here we are and I agree; we need to leverage everything we can scrap together and hope we get through this.

Even with the large numbers of those unfamiliar with combat, I believe the number of clever minds and talented individuals we have on board should make up for that.

[ Should. She hopes. Without knowing the size of the army the Caducans have, it's difficult to be sure, or to run remotely accurate calculations on probabilities. She's doing what she can, but ultimately, she's been having to fall back on hope far too more than she'd care to. ]

...We should be able to make it through. The more leverage we can gather, the higher the chances, naturally, but I do think that we'll be able to pull it off. I just...can't be certain of the damages we may be left to deal with.

[ A brief pause. ]

A regrettable situation indeed.

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