one-last-stand

[one-last-stand]

I do not remember why I woke up in this girl's bedroom but judging from the half-empty bottles of vodka and soda next to the nightstand, the two empty glasses, and the fact that I can't stand without my legs shaking, I can hazard a guess.

|| KARATEKA ||

[one-last-stand]

ha. lot more than 50 unblood.

by my count we got 107.5 just in medic and mechanic crews, lot more lancers.

don't worry you'll get your numbers up some day. (your kill count too)

I really could regale you in the complexities of interplanetary shipping addresses. There's entire doctoral degree paths just on how to get a letter from cradle to Hershwa Station (planet side, luxury dome 4, block 6, apartment 59) with stops in several planetary distribution centers due to hub and spoke logistics. Not to mention the minor you can get in interstate coordination to ensure the address isn't lost in translation as it moves from ISPN corperate to gray gator shipping to PanGal Logistics to etc etc etc.

Eh. My holiday is coming to a close anyways. Might as well listen.

Go ahead. Nothing better to do

After all

This ship has no lesbians :[

[one-last-stand]

good.

ha. ha well it's surprising how close you can get to that in a squad..

i get it. i get the threat. it's just.. it would be a shame to see more written out of the book before you get a chance to be written of..

well.. well i don't know if she'd want it. but for what it's worth Handler Kite has always.. she knows what's best. doesn't lead us astray.

that sounds like... why the fuck- why am i surprised.

seems recursive as fuck for her to appoint her hound but who am i talk. not exactly what you do when you're tryna leave us in the dust. im tryna give you a chance. tryna be.. charitable.

at least you seem more aware of the damage you'll cause the one holding your leash.

Glacier.

said you're thinking of reopening the ghost lancer program..

been a while.

seeing as you were our dear Morse's, and you're probably gonna bring that back..

ain't it right to inform the unbloods and the new among us just what that means. just what it means to have your name wiped from our book.

now i know the whole damn thing is silence..

but would be good of you to let em know what they're walking into before giving anyone back their mortality... don't you think?

@corsair-mercenary-companies

[one-last-stand]

Glacier.

said you're thinking of reopening the ghost lancer program..

been a while.

seeing as you were our dear Morse's, and you're probably gonna bring that back..

ain't it right to inform the unbloods and the new among us just what that means. just what it means to have your name wiped from our book.

now i know the whole damn thing is silence..

but would be good of you to let em know what they're walking into before giving anyone back their mortality... don't you think?

@corsair-mercenary-companies

[one-last-stand]

oh uh. sorry about that then. the aphasia thing.. thought you were just uptight.. uh ya not something you can control. ya.

okay now that is some!!- (a slow breath out) that's bullshit. why the fuck would you make something on a mech built for war just so what?? so we could all fucking chat even when they fuck up our systems? you're gonna tell me that's all the RCA is for?

we've seen your Medveđa eat whole mechs like it was nothing, we've seen your Birmingham destroy the minds of innocents and enemies alike, we've seen your Phthia bring back ghosts. we've seen that you have no respect for the dead and little for the living. we know what Gruntworks can do.

ya Kite ain't an angel by any means but she's my Handler and it takes two people to flip that switch. every shot is a calculation. every blast is a risk we take. you don't get to say it's not a weapon when you built in the second switch.

no more Corsairs as pictures in cockpits because our own people built things that kill them. no more locking up life in a chassis. you can do whatever fucked up thing you wanna do with your Pingyuan, just no more horrors against Corsairs. we got enough shit.

ya. sure. been a pleasure Opium.

ooc: hi there! not sure if this is the right account to reach out for questions about C-GW but let's hope!!

so i got a question about the RCA (for no reason at all), the description says the loading property is only because of the "two-factor launch authentication mechanism" right. so it requires clearance from a handler each time it is fired..

soooo does that mean mechanically it doesn't require re-loading via stabilize or the like? so hypothetically one could shoot it twice in one round (or three times if it overcharges..)?

just curious (totally not making that fucked belgravia build)

(OOC: No, mechanics overrule flavor and it has the loading tag so it still requires to be reloaded. It has the loading tag for a reason lol

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ya. at least you understand the weight each contract holds.. what it's like to be deployed..

doesn't give you an excuse to not step up. 'fact think it means you should know why we don't want Union. negotiating power or not don't fucking abandon everyone who's come here for refuge. Zero's 'least right about that.

progress is good but we didn't get here by waiting, didn't wait for HA to come to terms, didn't wait for Commodore to come kill us all, so why are we waiting to fix what's broken. why are waiting to try and get one over on Union while letting them walk around like it's nothing.

you said if we want a symbol we should look to the station under our feet. i can agree with that. so why are you allowing them to set foot here. this station belongs to CORSAIR doesn't it?

fucking hate this body.

isn't time supposed to do that thing where it heals wounds.

sure as hell ain't doing it. got too many of the damned things that wont stay shut. gotta go find this time and tell her to do 'er fucking job.

[one-last-stand]

think Kite already did. but.. thank you.. least you seem to care enough. ha. just don't go getting too attached.

(the laugh is weak and followed by a hacking cough)

no. no it's not what i'd call fun. whole reason im on oxygen and stims most the damn time now. it got my hearing for a good year but eventually the ringing stopped. got me blind in my right and shit in my left..

anyways. details are for medics. but ya ain't fun. damn close to dying myself if i'm not careful.. and clearly i'm not.

least you care. just put that good use.. don't let it swallow you like Aimee, and maybe i can tolerate you. long as you get us out the shit show she put us in.

Till Legends Bleed then Glacier.

fucking hate this body.

isn't time supposed to do that thing where it heals wounds.

sure as hell ain't doing it. got too many of the damned things that wont stay shut. gotta go find this time and tell her to do 'er fucking job.

[one-last-stand]

fucking hate this body.

isn't time supposed to do that thing where it heals wounds.

sure as hell ain't doing it. got too many of the damned things that wont stay shut. gotta go find this time and tell her to do 'er fucking job.

[one-last-stand]

Well now, if it isn’t the yappy little thing yowling over the Trial’s verdict. You are far from the only one, of course, your vivacity has simply caught my attention.

The verdict stands, darling, my point was made far and away. You wish to speak of proselytizing, where do you get off heaping the sins of CORSAIR onto one person, no matter what they have done?

Are your knees bruised, darling? From kissing Commodore’s boots, worshipping her Book, licking blood from the stones where she had stepped? Blooded lives were never sacred, my dear, not if the proper excuses could be made.

Now, do I agree with Morse’s surrendering of us to Union? Absolutely not. She has sold out every one of us who joined CORSAIR for refuge, all of those who suffered under the boot of CORSAIR and shall continue to suffer under one that we cannot control. There are better reasons to detest the change than some vague “selling out.”

Now, kindly go tell your master to muzzle their beast.

Zero~

@broken-lovestreak

the verdict does fucking stand. guilty as charged. it's fucking guilty and don't you pretend for one moment you don't know that! i'm not fucking heaping all of CORSAIR's sins on to one fucking person. Commodore, Signal, Gruntworks, Morse, now Glacier if they don't see reason, it's not one fucking person, we're all sinners, i get it. there's a fucking difference though!

[warning: heart rate and breathing beyond recommended]-

shut up. shut up! SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU FUCKING GHOST PIECE OF SHIT!! WHAT WOULD YOU KNOW?? WHAT THE FUCK WOULD YOU KNOW ABOUT OUR WAR!!?!! I STOOD WITH MORSE YOU LYING SHIT!! YOU LEFT US TO DIE IN THE WAR YOU REFUSED TO PARTICIPATE IN!! YOU!!

[warning: please re-connect to oxygen supply, it is vital to]

(a loud crunch and a sharp intake of pained breath, the automated voice stops)

HOW FUCKING DARE YOU!! MISERICORDE PIECE OF SHIT!!! YOU BRAG ABOUT HOW MANY CORSAIRS YOU'VE KILLED!!!! YOU FUCKING SAT THERE WHILE COMMODORE SLAUGHTERED US!! Y-YOU ARENT FUCKING NEUTRAL WHEN YOUR FUCKIN THING KILLED CORSAIRS SO YOU COULD HIDE LIKE THE COWARD YOU ARE!!! YOUR HANDLER KILLED SO MANY OF US!! OF COURSE YOU THINK BLOODED LIVES ARE FUCKING EXPENDABLE-

(she gets interrupted by a hacking cough that lasts for nearly a minute, her speech stutters occasionally as she tries to draw in enough breath)

YOU DON'T GET TO FUCKING- YOU THINK I C-CAME HERE CAUSE IT W-WAS FUN??!! YOU THINK I SWORE MY NAME ON OUR BOOK B-BECAUSE I JUST WANTED MONEY??!!! YOU THINK I-I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE TO RUN!!?? I-I'LL SHOW YOU BOOT YOU DAGGER TONGUED!!

> remote authorization. sedatives administered

(the loud thump of body hitting floor)

> omni-net connection override. authorization recognized

ʙᴇʜᴀᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀꜱᴇʟꜰ ʜᴏᴜɴᴅ.

ᴏʜ ᴀɴᴅ ᴢᴇʀᴏ? ᴋɪɴᴅʟʏ ꜰᴜᴄᴋ ᴏꜰꜰ

//ʜᴀɴᴅʟᴇʀ ᴋɪᴛᴇ\\

[one-last-stand]

ooc: sadly responsibility calls.. but god i love being confrontational actually <33 this is so fun!! i know she’s been almost nothing but aggressive but im having so much fun!

[one-last-stand]

wasnt calling Morse a fucking unblood. i know she was never a fucking pilot. never wanted to get in a mech. failed the test twice. couldn't shoot straight. you wanna talk about fucking history Glacier.

are you seriously tryna fucking proselytize? course we're fucking Corsairs! you talk about no people as symbols so why the fuck do you get to tell us to fucking stand up. you're the one who's letting Union in. you're the one who's not fighting.

you wanna fucking talk about a return to the times of CMC. then you should put your fucking foot down Glacier and let Corsair be Corsair. let us govern this station by our fucking rules. don't claim to give us our freedom back when you're letting them take it!

the only thing we've let slip is that not everyone is gonna fucking roll over and let you and her take our independence from us silently.

if Union wants Signal. fucking kill it now. we became who we are now by resisting the boot. why are you trying to tell us that life under it's shadow won't be so bad.

Attention all CORSAIR Personnel. As of...

{Audible sounds of checking a watch}

Now, fuck it, now as of right now I am assuming the role of Director of CORSAIR. Morse.... has handed herself over to the DoJ, and she's pushed us into membership with Union.

I already know what you're all thinking. And no I won't let us be bent over by Union. Going to be negotiating hard for our rights as Mercenaries. Speaking of which my first act as director is returning to the old contract system. For the unbloods who joined after the 30 hours that means instead of ol Morse handing out contracts that she enjoys to reduce our presence on the battlefield we get to go back to the good ol days. Handlers we have a real big backlog of jobs to churn through, so lets get started.

As of today CORSAIR Mercenary Company has returned. Still doing the news stuff on top...

We might be under Union now, but we'll always be free, always be mercenaries, and always be fighting Till Legends Bleed.

//Glacier\\

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"one of our own"?? you call that thing one of ours?! it SLAUGHTERED Corsairs!!! you defend Morse's position but it's the thing that fucking broke her hands!!

you say we aren't fucking rolling over? then why the fuck are you letting this happen! you don't have to give us to Union Glacier, you're fucking director now. stop this. give them that thing.

CMC is "back".. but we gotta work within the damned structure we came to Corsair to get out from under! we do their dirty work now?? you want CMC to be just another grim truth for Union to accept?

WHY- why the fuck. why are we fighting for them!??? why the fuck does your feeling of solidarity extend to a monster like that!! i'd rather Morse had fucking dealt with it like she shoulda. i'd rather we get to put it down on our fucking terms. we finally fucking found it. let us do what we've always done and let us fucking deal with our own.

Morse is trying to give up our integrity. our autonomy. our spirit. for a thing she shoulda been brave enough to kill on that court floor.

it's not too late to reverse her failure. show us you mean we're free.

Callsign Highground.

This is not exactly the jurisdiction of you and your squad. But I have an offer.

{Morse's voice cracks. It's clear the final moments of the trial still weigh heavily on her.}

I can't in good conscience hand Signal over to Union after the ending of.... whatever we want to call that trial. CORSAIR business. I can promise they won't be harmed. I can promise that I will allow Union Rehabilitation workers to come onboard the Tenacity and assist with taking care of Signal.

{She takes a deep breath. Steeling herself for the next words}

In return for allowing Signal to remain in CORSAIR custody I offer this: 1. My own history with full remaining records of the crimes I committed as a handler and will be turning myself in for rehabilitation. 2. I offer CORSAIR to become a member state. Certain... privileges withstanding.... I won't sacrifice the soul of my people, but we will fight for Union. Grayspace operations for what needs to be done away from prying eyes. The Tenacity will be open for all to live in...

{She crying. Audibly.}

I have already selected my replacement who should this deal be accepted will begin work in my stead.

Till Legends Bleed

//Morse\\

Good evening.

I will forward your request to the proper authorities. However, miss Morse, I would personally encourage you to remain in your position and work with advisors from Union.

I know the situation before you seems challenging, perhaps even impossible, but I promise it's nothing we haven't faced before. I know you want to face Union justice—consider this your sentence, if you wish. We're not big on firing squads and jail time.

The path to redemption in our own eyes is long and winding, but it is not walked alone.

|| HIGHGROUND ||

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ya fucking Morse is right unblood. over a god damned beast she wasnt even fucking brave enough to put down herself!!

and now- and now! now she's handing us over to the very people so many of have come here to separate ourselves from! "home of the lost" my ass!! not when she pulls shit like this.

she was supposed to be the fucking spirit of Corsair! ha. show's what hope gets you around here doesn't it.. maybe Morse was right about one thing, this place is damned.

SHE SHOULDA- she shoulda fucking retired. no shame in that. she did enough for all of us here.. coulda left mostly in grace. coulda left a fucking Corsair..

ha. well you might be an unblood but you've got good instincts. i am not the only one who's damn pissed at Morse for doing this and for Glacier for fucking allowing it to happen.. when you threaten a mercenary's home..

well we all know what happens then.

Morse of all people..

Attention all CORSAIR Personnel. As of...

{Audible sounds of checking a watch}

Now, fuck it, now as of right now I am assuming the role of Director of CORSAIR. Morse.... has handed herself over to the DoJ, and she's pushed us into membership with Union.

I already know what you're all thinking. And no I won't let us be bent over by Union. Going to be negotiating hard for our rights as Mercenaries. Speaking of which my first act as director is returning to the old contract system. For the unbloods who joined after the 30 hours that means instead of ol Morse handing out contracts that she enjoys to reduce our presence on the battlefield we get to go back to the good ol days. Handlers we have a real big backlog of jobs to churn through, so lets get started.

As of today CORSAIR Mercenary Company has returned. Still doing the news stuff on top...

We might be under Union now, but we'll always be free, always be mercenaries, and always be fighting Till Legends Bleed.

//Glacier\\

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she fucking left us is what she did. fucking left and turned us over to Union in the process..

ya. at least we get to go back. at least we get to chose. for now.

Attention all CORSAIR Personnel. As of...

{Audible sounds of checking a watch}

Now, fuck it, now as of right now I am assuming the role of Director of CORSAIR. Morse.... has handed herself over to the DoJ, and she's pushed us into membership with Union.

I already know what you're all thinking. And no I won't let us be bent over by Union. Going to be negotiating hard for our rights as Mercenaries. Speaking of which my first act as director is returning to the old contract system. For the unbloods who joined after the 30 hours that means instead of ol Morse handing out contracts that she enjoys to reduce our presence on the battlefield we get to go back to the good ol days. Handlers we have a real big backlog of jobs to churn through, so lets get started.

As of today CORSAIR Mercenary Company has returned. Still doing the news stuff on top...

We might be under Union now, but we'll always be free, always be mercenaries, and always be fighting Till Legends Bleed.

//Glacier\\

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SHE'S ABANDONING CORSAIR! A MEMBER STATE?!? A FUCKING MEMBER STATE!!!??

WE KEEP US SAFE!! NOW SHE'S GOING TO LET WHOEVER THE FUCK INTO OUR HOME!! NOW SHE'S GOING TO GIVE US UP TO UNION!! SO WE CAN DO THEIR FUCKING DIRTY WORK!!!

ALL SO WHAT!? SO SHE CAN FEEL BETTER ABOUT KEEPING THAT BEAST ALIVE!!? SO SHE CAN WASH HER FUCKING HANDS OF US AND LEAVE!!???

i thought we fucking had something here. i thought we had a place to govern by our own rules, to live as we needed. and now she's fucking given up! i thought she fucking stood for what CORSAIR should be!! now she's leaving us to union. she FUCKING knows! i thought!!

Fuck Morse! CORSAIR is the home of the lost isn't it!! it's a home we had to make with our own hands!! it's one we bleed for every day!!! we fucking won this back!!! "OUR HOME IS OURS AGAIN" THATS WHAT YOU FUCKING SAID!! YOU SAID IT WAS OURS!! AND NOW YOU'RE LEAVING US SO YOU CAN WIPE YOUR TEARS AND FORGIVE YOURSELF WHILE THAT FUCKING THING SITS IN OUR HOME!!

FUCK!!!

(a shaky breath out)

you should be ashamed.

you were supposed to be an example of what CORSAIR should be. look at you now. get those fucking words out your mouth.

Callsign Highground.

This is not exactly the jurisdiction of you and your squad. But I have an offer.

{Morse's voice cracks. It's clear the final moments of the trial still weigh heavily on her.}

I can't in good conscience hand Signal over to Union after the ending of.... whatever we want to call that trial. CORSAIR business. I can promise they won't be harmed. I can promise that I will allow Union Rehabilitation workers to come onboard the Tenacity and assist with taking care of Signal.

{She takes a deep breath. Steeling herself for the next words}

In return for allowing Signal to remain in CORSAIR custody I offer this: 1. My own history with full remaining records of the crimes I committed as a handler and will be turning myself in for rehabilitation. 2. I offer CORSAIR to become a member state. Certain... privileges withstanding.... I won't sacrifice the soul of my people, but we will fight for Union. Grayspace operations for what needs to be done away from prying eyes. The Tenacity will be open for all to live in...

{She crying. Audibly.}

I have already selected my replacement who should this deal be accepted will begin work in my stead.

Till Legends Bleed

//Morse\\

Good evening.

I will forward your request to the proper authorities. However, miss Morse, I would personally encourage you to remain in your position and work with advisors from Union.

I know the situation before you seems challenging, perhaps even impossible, but I promise it's nothing we haven't faced before. I know you want to face Union justice—consider this your sentence, if you wish. We're not big on firing squads and jail time.

The path to redemption in our own eyes is long and winding, but it is not walked alone.

|| HIGHGROUND ||

[one-last-stand]

god the corporate speak.

the frame is fine. i'll give y'all enough credit for not just letting the original designs stand..

"inelegant".. authorizing the use of the RCA as a weapon time after time after time is.. "inelegant" huh?

Pingyuan.. if you're not killing more fucking corsairs or imprisoning sentient beings again.. whatever, good for you Opium.

ooc: hi there! not sure if this is the right account to reach out for questions about C-GW but let's hope!!

so i got a question about the RCA (for no reason at all), the description says the loading property is only because of the "two-factor launch authentication mechanism" right. so it requires clearance from a handler each time it is fired..

soooo does that mean mechanically it doesn't require re-loading via stabilize or the like? so hypothetically one could shoot it twice in one round (or three times if it overcharges..)?

just curious (totally not making that fucked belgravia build)

(OOC: No, mechanics overrule flavor and it has the loading tag so it still requires to be reloaded. It has the loading tag for a reason lol

[one-last-stand]

still technically a Corsair. clearly they have more important things to deal with though. shame Morse didn't lower that barrel.

you can call me by my callsign: Jawbreaker. if not you'll call me Ms. el-Amin.

if they're gonna treat me like a thing figure i'll make it easier on em, call me an it.

im "in" a caliban called 10 Billion Years. it's got an RCA on it. don't ask me how.