Blood Legacy

[wardeninexile]

After retaking the Nicholas Kerensky...

1)
Ranna lies in the infirmary, heavily bandaged. A stack of books is by the bedside table, presumably for her when she is awake. She has been declared to be stable by the infirmary staff and cleared for visitation. At times her Trinary members can be seen visiting her.

Visit her?

2)
The Wolf warriors on-board the Chalice are in a good mood, that is certain. They go about their duties with a smile, and even those has been known to be...quiet are a little bit more chatty. It seems not even the news of all the landing forces making it to Siberia could stop the buoyancy of reclaiming the Nicholas Kerensky.

A dropship arrive soon-after, not the routine supply drop from those who are aware of the schedule, but it unloads much supply for the Chalice itself - food, materials and medicine. Furthermore, several secured containers are unloaded as well - marked for the Goliath Scorpions.

With Ranna currently in the infirmary, Star Commander Alexia Ward has taken over Charlie Trinary in the interim.

Speak with the clanners/check out the new supplies/claim your containers?

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[littleshortforanelemental]

It's a scene of chaos as the Scorpions scramble to get ready to assist in the defense of Wolf City. Nikolai takes a moment to receive the containers and uses one of his zulkari to open one.

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[wardeninexile]

Lo and behold! A set of Undine battle armors. The other similarly marked containers will contain those armors too.

Alexia walks over, "As agreed upon - for obtaining the blueprints to the Undine, we will provide your cluster with them after putting them into production."

[littleshortforanelemental]

Nikolai grins for a second, but doesn't look his usual jovial self.

"My thanks. Let us hope at least one of those dropships came down near the sea. How is the Star Captain? Is she conscious yet?"

[wardeninexile]

"Our aerospace assets report that as unlikely..."

Alexia then nods, keeping a stoic face.

"The Star Captain is awake, though her current condition is not fit for duty."

"In Our Opinion." went unsaid, of course.

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[littleshortforanelemental]

That meant, in Nikolai's estimation, that she'd try to return to duty as soon as she could physically drag herself into a mech.

While he had five minutes of free time, he rushed to the infirmary.

"You gave us quite a scare there. We thought you might be taking too closely after your genemother."

[wardeninexile]

Ranna shrugs with a chuckle.

"From what I heard, she was fighting unit commanders. My foes were in the same Trinary, not as strong as those, I am certain."

[littleshortforanelemental]

"That is not stopping my Warriors, who are already calling you the Black Widow reborn. We are off to Wolf City. No pasaran, it was said on this planet. And so they shall not."

One of his meaty hands squeezes her uninjured shoulder, as if to convey not to worry about her home.

"Do not attempt to climb into a mech until you are cleared to do so. As the ranking Warrior here, that is an order."

[wardeninexile]

"Bah. I am too young for that," Ranna scoff faintly.

"Unfortunately, I am not in your chain of command, quiaff?"

A faint chuckle.

"However, I shall take that into advisement. Now that we have successfully eliminated their naval element, I feel more secured in our ability to drive off the Falcons."

[littleshortforanelemental]

"I am sure Phelan Kell will agree with me, former Khan to Khan. But we would be more secure if we were allowed to bombard them."

He genuinely wants to help the Wolves, but has an ulterior motive too: don't let any Falcon off planet so they can't report back. The Scorpions are not prepared for an exodus. He can't just tell Ranna that though: the Wolves would be insulted, as if he had declared them tainted shameful to be associated with. Whether Ranna figures that out or not may be dependant on how many painkillers she's let the docs give her.

[wardeninexile]

"Neg," Ranna replies sternly. "The situation is not dire enough to make orbital strikes acceptable."

[littleshortforanelemental]

He shrugs his massive shoulders.

"Suit yourself. The Heartvenom Cluster will not be adhering to zelbriggen though."

[wardeninexile]

"I doubt it will be adhered to in the first place," Ranna nods.

"Even the Falcons will not do that when this is their chance to wipe us out."

[littleshortforanelemental]

Nikolai tries and doesn't entirely succeed in suppressing his worry when she says 'wipe us out'. That's the thing with the Wolves: their prominence puts them in danger.

"Regardless, we have committed our full strength, such as it is, to the defence of Wolf City. They did not make landfall close enough to the ocean for us to use the Undine Suits but the Turpans should allow us to insert our elementals behind the line of their advance, allowing us to take them in a pincer movement...Get well, Ranna. And do not do anything Remembrance worthy at least until I get back."

[wardeninexile]

"Aff. And you have my Clan's thanks. Our aerospace assets will appraise you of any tactical changes for deployment, though at the moment it seems the Falcons are content to consolidate and scout out their surroundings."

It seems that even bed-ridden, Ranna has been keeping track of the siutation.