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I am in agreement with the plan of attack against the Falcons. There is one drawback, however: when we attack that way, they will no longer be bound by Zelbriggen, the system of dueling generally practiced among the Clans. Thus we can expect them to freely use 'dishonorable' tactics, such as concentrated fire and physical attacks with mechs. Do not expect we will be able to limit the battle's extent by calling their commanders to a Circle Of Equals, as we have before.

If I may ask a favor: please do not say my bloodname if you speak with the Falcons.

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The Goliath Scorpion mechs and elemental armor are being repainted. The black and gold of their Beta Galaxy is being replaced with the tan and stylized dire wolf's head of Clan Wolf's Alpha Galaxy.

Naturally the Scorpions are looking uncomfortable. Not necessarily because they dislike deceiving the Falcons, but because it's the Wolf colors they'll be masquerading in. Like most of their Clan, the Heartvenom Cluster looks up to the Wolves with all the starry eyed admiration of a schoolgirl hoping sempai will notice her. Some of them might even be...Yes, a few of these genetically engineered super soldiers are blushing.

This seems to amuse Nikolai.

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I spent a decade as a Seeker in the Periphery and it taught me to fight dirty. My clanmates however...Well, I can only hope that the lessons I have tried to impart to them have sunk in.

I suppose the easiest way to test that is to see if they can bring themselves to kick each other in the balls in sparring matches.

Oh, we are quite fine with that, though that is not always possible, since half our Warriors are female anyway. It is ganging up that would reveal any hesitancy.

Well, we can't really send a massive force after these guys, so I think they'll be the ones outnumbering us.

Local force superiority trumps strategic force superiority in this case...Of course, we will have neither if we let those Falcons land.

Odds are at least some of them will. We can't destroy an entire army on short notice. Still, we can give them a rough welcome to say the least... and let them know just what kind of place Earth really is and throw all their nice little plans into disarray.

They're not going to have a single ally here of any real worth, and when Alice does her thing we're also going to be taking back the ship they came in on so they can't just run back home either.

They can't hide their forces among the population like the Percolatii, they're not shapeshifting abominations that we needed Getter Robo to put down like the Invaders, they're not mind-reading gravity manipulators like the Festum, and they don't have technology on the same level as the Inspectors. How well do you think they'll be able to handle Earth's forces?

Edited 2013-10-08 06:16 (UTC)

For once their target is not all of Earth...It is Clan Wolf. And they are quite capable of waging a war against our exiled trothkin with what they have.

Fortunately the Wolves have done a lot better job making friends here than the Falcons.

Don't worry, we're more than enough to make a difference here.

Edited 2013-10-08 06:26 (UTC)

Thus I hope. If any of the other Crusader Clans make it through the rupture, the Wolves will be their first target as well. A more permanent solution to the problem will have to be found.

[A chuckle] This may be the first time others have had cause to worry about Clan Wolf in their history.