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Sarabauite dipped her head at the General-King, satisfied with the answer given. It certainly clarified some of the confusion she had regarding the matter. She cast her eyes down to the papers in hand now, shuffling through them to ease the erratic palpitations of her heart. Speaking up sucked.

When Axinite began the explanation of the new communicators, her attention was drawn to them again, and she was fascinated. Her eyes glinted behind her red frames as the pen's technologically-advanced functions were explained with ease. Such applications were incredibly useful. They would definitely have their importance against the terrorists, err, invaders of the planet.

Satisfied with what she heard, Sarabauite exited the meeting to weigh her duties and thoughts on the Information branch.

Axinite directed his attention to Jet and listened intently before nodding. "Yes, absolutely. We're planning as many protective resources as we can. To access information you'll still need to log in, and you'll be required to provide a password once every fifteen minutes—if you're accessing the device for an extended period of time. Voice recognition is a valid suggestion, though with technology this day we were also concerned with recording devices or manipulation. We did avoid iris scans for a similar reason, though—for the missing fingers? …Fingers, hands. Those can be replaced. Eyes are a little more difficult. But, good suggestions, I'll take that feedback. We can probably rig the device to go into a sleep mode that would allow a few basic functions—distress signal included."

He offered the man a quick smile to both Jet and Reinerite. "There will be a camera and voice recording software installed. You'll be able to plug the devices into the computers and upload recordings to relevant files." Axinite's attention them moved to Bloodstone and he nodded appreciatively. "That is excellent information to provide, Lieutenant Bloodstone. Than you for sharing. It is my hope to be in contact with medical professionals like yourself in the near future. Which, leads us into the next segment—Goals."

Axinite allowed a moment for people to turn their pages or scan the papers in front of them before he continued, "One of the first things I noticed is that this branch doesn't have clearly defined goals. I'd like to cover a few of them, that we'll be sticking with for foreseeable future. Information, as you may or may not know, is the cornerstone of success. All branches of the Negaverse rely on having up to date information. It is imperative that this branch does everything in its power to make sure that all of our agents have as much information as possible—and let it be known, this will save lives. Or goals should be, first and foremost, know the enemy we are dealing with. Know who they are, what they are capable of, where they travel, what they say, what they plan to do. Our goal is to know the enemy—and to learn from them. Do what you must to find what you can—to convince them to lay down their arms and join us—but never forget that all Knights are our enemy, and any Senshi not dressed in black is a ticking time bomb. And if we don't stop them now, we risk losing this Earth."

His hands had turned to fists at his side, but he remained poised and his voice calm.

"They are powerful enemies, and there are a lot of them here. I have never seen so many in one place. But that means more tricks, more schemes, more strikes against us. The recent Invasion? …I'd like to know how they got in here, wouldn't you? —And how we can stop that, or anything like it, from ever happening again. I don't suppose anyone's heard anything about that? Have any of you made any progress there?"

Axinite's attention was on Benitoite; he nodded, out of courtesy, but he was keenly aware of the task Benitoite had been assigned so long ago. "Do what you can," he said of the General. "But be prepared to strike if need be."

He addressed the group once more: "If any of you can uncover information, we need to know it. I will be most grateful to have answers to some of these questions. I know many of you have your own methods for collecting information, but for those of you that are new or still settling in, I have a few pieces of advice. To acquire information, you have two options. Either find a willing member to talk, or find ways to make an unwilling member talk. We will leave the most difficult enemies to Special Operatives. In the general scheme of things, it stands true that you will catch more flies with honey than vinegar. Do not worry about being seen as weak—stay loyal to the Negaverse and know that you are doing what you can for a greater purpose. Talking with the enemies can sway their opinions of the Negaverse, or yield access to well-guarded secrets. This involves interaction with them on a civil level, and battle is engaged only when necessary. You must work tirelessly to conceal your true motivations, but must strive not to become too sympathetic to them."

He glanced at the clock on the wall and drew in a breath, picking up the pace a bit; they had not been in the meeting for too terribly long, but he anticipated many of them would want to meet with Hessonite as well.

"Kindness is not always the answer, of course. Sometimes the best way to collect information is by engaging in battle to determine the lethality of our opponents. To learn what powers they possess, what manner in which they fight, and what we can generally expect of them. Knowing who we are fighting is as important as knowing what secrets they might try to hide from us. It simply depends on what you are good at, or what role you are willing to play. Do not forget that you can scout for civilians that could benefit our Organization as well. Civilians also have their own set of experiences and information, so do not be afraid to pry. We've got quite a need for gathering energy now that the storage has been depleted, so take advantage of civilians while they are tired and disoriented. But there are some resources in the packet—and you should always look to your Generals for advice. They've been doing this for a while, I am confident that they know what they're doing."

He chanced a smile directed towards the Generals, and a shorter one for the Captains in the room.

"While I fully intend to stay for further discussion if anyone is interested, I understand that Hessonite's meeting will be starting soon. We have a few moments for questions and suggestions, but I won't hold it against you if you want to get an early start to the Special Operatives Meeting." He gestured to the door, but leaned back against the desk set up at the front of the room.

"However, before then I'd like for everyone to please turn to the last page?"

In every packet, there was a single unattached sheet of paper with a preprinted form; it had several lines:



"If you would be so kind, I would greatly appreciate if you could fill out those forms and deliver them to my office. You can write as much or as little as you like. If, for some reason, you are more inclined to secrecy, you do not need to fill out your information. I care more about results, and I would appreciate the contact information if anyone is interested in follow up discussion on the subject. Otherwise—you are free to go, but if you have things you'd like to go over now, the floor is yours. Thank you all for your patience and I look forward to serving with you."

Lt. Carminite

Being so new it was hard to take in as much information as what was being given out, which was why Carminite was extremely grateful for the packet that the sovereign had provided for them. He processed what he could about everything that had been said, particularly about the fancy technology that had been briefly displayed and explained--he was interested in getting his hands on the piece of tech, even if he wasn't the most tech-savvy guy; it just seemed really, really cool. Whatever questions had come to him others had thought of and asked first, so he simply tried his best to retain the answers that they were given and kept his eyes primarily in the packet, and before he knew it the meeting was being drawn to a close. As requested, he flipped to the back of the packet and scanned the single sheet of paper that they were being asked to fill out. Seeing as there was still a few minutes before the start of the next meeting, he pulled out a pen and started filling it out.



Carminite read over his responses and gave a satisfactory nod before standing up with his plate, bottle, and folder in tow--he wasn't the sort to leave his trash for someone else to pick up. "On to the next one," he said on a sigh before he straightened himself out and looked toward the General King. The meeting had been more than just a little informative, and despite the obvious difference in their power General King Axinite seemed the rather approachable sort, which would be great for new recruits. Especially new recruits like him; he normally didn't have any questions on the day of an important meeting, but he always managed come up with a long list after a day or two of sitting on the information. He him a gave a respectful albeit only slight bow of his head before he turned and headed for the door, making sure to toss his trash and careful not to toss his folder along with it before he making his way to the next meeting.

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The young lieutenant listened to the orders as they were given, his eyes glancing down at the packet before him. It was certainly large enough. Though as he was directed to turn to one of the many pages, he did so, glancing over it and shaking his head. If nothing else it was a plus that this General King was willing to listen to them. Or at least take their views into account. It was an admirable trait in the man, and Raspite could respect that.

He carefully lifted his pen in his hand, placing the tip to the paper before him. He was more than a bit nervous about expressing his opinion without more connections that he had, but it was something that needed to be done. There was no way that others like him could find their place in the Negaverse if some of the things he had noticed did not change. It was his job to bring them to light.



He took a few moments to glance over his words. Were there enough? Was it too much? Perhaps he was overstepping his boundaries as a new recruit, but he knew it needed to be done. After all, the General King had asked for ideas, and if nothing else he knew from experience that the awakening process was flawed at best.

He double checked his spelling, glancing for errors before placing the pen down upon the table top one more. This meeting, though brief, had been and enlightening one. If only for the idea of getting new tech and for getting a better grasp of what sort of information his superiors were looking for. Surely it was not so very hard to gather intel on others. Watching people was an everyday even that most did without knowing it. And he, being a being of the streets, was so very use to being passed over without a second glance. Not that this had not served both him, and his pockets well at times.

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Lieutenant Reinerite

Reinerite had dutifully turned to the last page in the packet - which had turned out to be an unattached sheet of paper - and her grey eyes had skimmed through the form as she continued to listen to Axinite speak.

And whilst he had given the option for people to leave early in order to make the Special Operations meeting if they so chose, Reinerite opted to remain, curious to see if anything else would be raised now that the floor seemed to be open for questions.

She would stay for a while, partly working on the form as she did so, even as the blond Lieutenant by her got up to leave.

But with no further questions seeming to be forthcoming, Reinerite eventually stood, picking up the file and the partly completed form to be completed when she got home.

"Thank you for your time General King and for the meeting" she said quietly, before slipping out to see if she could find a ride back to Destiny City.