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ATTN: ROGUE SQUADRON

Ladies and gentlemen,

Rogue Squadron will be taking on a second mission and operations role. That is to act as an organized commando and quick reaction force on board Stacy and elsewhere as needed when we are called upon to either react to attack or, if needed, project power beyond the ship. I wish to note that this duty is not a compulsory part of your training or your service in the squadron. Most of you signed up to be pilots, and anyone who wishes to be exempted from this duty will be allowed to.

However, there are several younger members in the squadron who I cannot allow to participate in this part of our mission in good conscience. It's one thing to allow you to pilot fighter craft, but I cannot, in good faith, allow fourteen, fifteen and sixteen year-olds to engage in dangerous commando operations. If you feel you have a compelling reason that will induce me to allow you to serve in this capacity, please feel free to present your reasons to me privately. Don't expect me to change my mind beyond extraordinary circumstances, however.

All those willing to serve in this capacity, please respond here and let me know what sort of skills you have that may be useful in this capacity. Specifically, such skills include small arms, demolitions, hand-to-hand combat, infiltration and communications.

--General Wedge Antilles, Rogue Squadron, Officer Commanding

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I am highly trained in many forms of combat, though I will need further training in communications if I am to be effective in such a capacity. If needed, I can provide many functions.

Well this saves me hours of getting lost on the ship to find the captain.

Commander Shepard, [bit of a pause here] former Alliance Navy and Council Spectre. If you're looking for more commandos or need someone who knows the ropes well enough, I'm pretty sure I can help you.

I'd be happy to have your help commander. And I'm afraid I'm not anyone official. Rogue Squadron is, so far, simply a group of pilots put together to help defend the ship.

Always got to start somewhere. I would be surprised if you had an aces already given the situation we're in. Is there anything you need?

I'm not sure yet. Maybe you and I and whoever else who's involved and has some experience should get together to discuss things?

Sounds like a plan to me. I'm still trying to get my bearings, but there appears to be a bar called Drunken Dragon Tavern? If you don't mind a bit of unprofessional atmosphere, we can meet up there.

Count me in, sir. Major of the US Airforce, former leader of SG-2. You name it, I've trained for it.

Glad to have you, Major.

I'm a superhero! I do dangerous stuff all the time.

I realize this, Impulse. But I don't feel comfortable putting you in a position where you're going to have to gun someone down with a blaster at close range.

waitwaitwait we'll be gunning people down? Wont that kill them?

I thought I had made it clear at the beginning, but perhaps I wasn't direct enough.

Rogue Squadron is a military unit. In all likely-hood we will go into combat against people who wish to do us or the people aboard this ship harm. And yes, we may end up killing some of them.

Oh. Maybe I wasn't paying attention.

I don't kill. I'm a superhero.

I think I have to quit this thing. Even if the ships are mega cool.

If you feel that's what you have to do, I won't try to stop you. I wish you the best of luck in the future, Impulse.

I'm a computer engineer and programmer, and I can work fast - I rewrote part of my Gundam's OS in the middle of combat, but it helped that I'd worked on part of it in the first place.

I have a little bit of training in hand-to-hand combat, but I'm hardly an expert. I'm a Coordinator, though, and we're supposed to learn things more easily. So I should be able to pick things up with enough time.

Thank you, Kira. I'm sure you'll be a great asset to our team.

If you need anything, I'll be happy to help.

General, can I ask you one thing?

Of course.

I'd like you to be honest with me, if you can. How often do you think we'll be expected to kill?

I know that sometimes it's inevitable - sometimes a soldier doesn't have any other choice, especially if we're fighting the Ohm directly. But... it's also something I try not to do if it's at all possible - to neutralize an enemy without killing them.

I don't like to do it, if we can help it.

I can appreciate your moral qualms, Mister Yamato. But I must be honest when I say I fully expect us to engage in lethal and deadly combat at some point in the future, whether in space, air or on the ground.

I understand... and thank you for being honest.

In my Gundam, I'm used to incapacitating foes without eliminating them - taking out their engines, or their weapon systems, just to name a few.

Would you discipline me if I tried to do the same here?

Only if it interfered with your ability to complete the mission or placed other members of the squadron in danger.

All right, I understand. ...I don't like to kill, but if it's unavoidable to protect another member of the squadron or to complete our mission, I will if necessary. You don't need to worry about that.

Thank you, sir.

Honestly, I don't think any of us like that part of what we do do, Kira. But it's part of our job, which is to protect the innocent from those that would do them harm.

I know it is. And a soldier has to be ready to face it.

...but if we can do what we do, and do the job in front of us without having to waste lives and make both sides hate each other all the more, why shouldn't we?

Hey! What's wrong with sixteen or seventeen year-olds in dangerous missions?! I've been doing them since I was a kid! I've built airplanes and stealth bombers!

Considering that you're not part of the squadron, I don't think it's really any of your concern. Thank you for your input, though.

'In good conscience.' 'In good faith.' Your words betray you. Is it them you are protecting, or yourself?

Probably both. It's difficult enough letting them strap themselves into a snubfighter.

You know I'm in, Wedge.

Harsh.

Careful.

I am.

It looks like you've got enough commandos -- even plenty of Jedi. But I've done secret police ops on Coruscant that most Jedi haven't, and I can run comms if you're stubborn about not letting teenagers go out and knock heads together.

General, I may not be any kind of pilot but I do have commando experiences with my former unit. If you need assistance or help training I'd be more'n happy to pass on what bits I know.

Any aid you can offer would be appreciated.

Do you even have to ask, sir?

Probably not, Gav.

Dangerous commando operations? Count me in, and you know I'm more than willing to help train those who need it.

Of course, Kyle. Glad to have you.

Providing it doesn't conflict with my other duties, you'll have my support. I have experience in all of the listed fields.

Thank you, Batman.

I'm pretty well skilled in a lot of small arms that are common to my time. Handguns and knives, for the most part. I also pretty decent hand-to-hand and I have a lot of computer knowledge.

Thank you, Mister Winchester. I'll get back to you when we have more details.

I would be happy to help put the pilots through basic - I'm not a demo expert and the most stealthy I ever get is shooting the place I need to get into a new door, but I can teach them how to use a rifle and I can teach them self-defense.

Let me know if you need me.

I will, Captain, Thank you.

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