17: To unlock desperately need potential!

[gurrenbrigbonded]

[Pre "Last Falcon, Last Raven"]

[1]

A comm message comes in on the datapads of two particular people, sent by their fellow brigadier!

"Simon the Digger! Commander Rossiu! Could you...help me with something?"


[2] [Open to All]

Matthew has dragged a whiteboard out into the middle of the hanger, underneath his personal Battlemech, and has been frantically scrawling things onto it in an attempt at brainstorming.

The main caption of the doodle, written above in huge, block letters, is "War Leader Matthew's Passionate Jade Falcon War Ending Stratagem!"

Below are lots of illegible scrawls, notes, diagrams, military statistics, and doodles of tiny robots and gigantic drills.

Matthew is standing before this 'diagram' and frowning. Severely so. Dare to interject or comment?

Comments

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[not_the_deer]

So this is your plan?

...I can't read anything from it.

[Surely this plan will not go astray!]

[gurrenbrigbonded]

"To sum up in general–I shall place myself in a visible spot in front of the Jade Falcon Touman, and in front of everyone, challenge them to a Trial of Possession!" Matthew declares proudly.

"If they win, I will grant them the secrets of Spiral Power, which considering it was the force that stopped the falling moon, should be quite attractive to them! But if I triumph, they must halt their attack on Clan Wolf for three years time!"

He nods to himself. "At worst I should only have to fight off the entire Jade Falcon army!"

[not_the_deer]

Same idea as before then. I don't know why it required so many diagrams.

Wait. The whole army? On your own?

[gurrenbrigbonded]

"Aff." Matthew declares.

"The Falcons have been burned before by enemies who exploited their sense of honor and desire to fight on even ground. It is not likely that they will decide not to pare down their bid and throw every single mech they have at me...but it is possible!"

Matthew strokes his chin. "Perhaps if there was a canyon, or if they came at me one at the time..."

[not_the_deer]

Maybe you should make sure you're not alone when you give them that offer.