Space RP Postforge

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Current revision as of 05:12, 13 January 2007

Five hours had passed, and Break was left in the debriefing room of the closest station in the Thanes system. All military personnel of captain rank or higher who had participated in the battle were present in the room, discussing the finer points of the recent battle.

"Commodore Jenkins, requesting permission to speak." Captain Miyama politely asked.

"Request approved. The floor is yours," the commodore replied.

"I would like to point out the recklessness of Commander Sieg Gunnar during the recent assault on Thanes III's force. He fired off -"

"Captain Miyama chose to dive headfirst into the fray without regard to our line of fire." Gunnar interrupted.

Break stood up in protest. "Excuse me for not getting the proper warning before you fired off your Estrel array!" he yelled. "You violated at least three points of the tiered Estrel protocol in a heartbeat! You deliberately chose not to warn all within one kilometer of the blast radius of the firing of the weapon. Failing that, you also did not allow said ships the requisite fifteen seconds to leave the area. Even worse, he had contacted me [I]five seconds after he had activated the weapon![/I]"

The enraged captain slammed his palms against the oak desk, causing the crystal wine glasses on the table to rattle. "The [i]Kusanagi[/i] could have been vaporized due to this....this...[I]senile old man's[/I] sense of judgment!"

"I am your [B]commanding officer[/B], Miyama, and I will not tolerate your ignorant assessment of the situation!" Gunnar replied, with fists and teeth tightly clenched.

The personnel quickly fell silent, with the aura of tension now firmly established in the debriefing room.

Break took a breath. Clearly, the tension was affecting him too.

"Then [I]act[/I] like a proper commanding officer, and show some fucking [i]restraint and good judgment,[/i] for once!" Break bellowed.

Gunnar's voice rose sharply in volume along with Break's. "Are you trying to get yourself fired, Miyama?!"

"No." Break said in a half-whisper still audible to all within the room. His voice quickly rose to its previous power as he continued. "I'm trying to point out that you're a dimwitted fool who fired a full powered Estrel array into a fleet with allied ships in the mix. Five - count them, [I]five allied ships[/I] were within range of that blast."

Gunnar rose. "Four of which belonged to those uncultured death cultists, Miyama. They are considered to be non-mission critical, and therefore expendable. Is that clear?"

Nobody so much as blinked for a full three seconds. That nasty word took time to sink into the young captain's mind.

"Expendable..." Break muttered to himself angrily, still disbelieving what he heard. His hands shook uncontrollably, and his perfect rage was soon complete.

"[i]Expendable?![/i] You're trying to tell me that the entire crew of the Kusanagi, and our hired allies, are tools?! You don't deserve to hold the position you do, you pompous fool!" Break screamed.

Gunnar slammed his fist against the oaken table, causing the wine glasses to rattle a second time. "Miyama, you will be stripped of your rank after this meeting is over! I will refer you to the Federation Council, do you hear me, maggot?!"

"You don't have that kind of power," Break shot back coldly as he quickly made his way towards the door. "Rot in hell, you sick bastard."

And with that, the matter was decided with the slamming of the door.