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Kathryn McCoy,"I can get some, as a last resort," said [b]Everett[/b]. "However, that would risk exposing us. I think we have a decent amount of time before he breaks, and I have a better plan. We shall use the humans' own softness against them. They have rules against using torture. They do it anyway sometimes, but when they get caught they can be punished for it. [b]Lt. Colonel Carmichael[/b] is the third-highest ranking officer on this base, after myself and [b]General Cutter[/b]. He carries a lot of influence, and he has come to trust you. If you go to him and tell him that [b]Lt. Colonel Smedley[/b] is engaging in torture, he may help me put a stop to it legally. I will remain here and be a witness to what goes on in that room. I could use your camera to record it as well. If I try to put a stop to things myself, there is risk. [b]Smedley[/b] may go over my head to the general, and there's no telling what side the Military Police guarding the prisoner will take. However, they have done nothing to stop the torture so far, which makes them liable and likely to support [b]Smedley[/b]. If you bring [b]Carmichael[/b] back here to join me, he can take the lead in stopping it, and I can look like I'm merely agreeing with him. It may still get to [b]General Cutter[/b], but he may want to distance himself from [b]Smedley[/b] once the torture is exposed to protect himself. One thing you must not do is tell [b]Carmichael[/b] about the situation with the nuclear missiles. If he finds out later, we have the perfect justification for keeping it a secret - the general ordered it. However, if he gets wind of it, he may think it is more important to keep the missiles grounded than to stop the torture. [b]Smedley[/b] can't tell him, for while it would bolster his argument, he would be going against the general's orders. "These humans have politics almost as complex as our own. I've learned to navigate these treacherous waters, but I do not always prevail. That is how we ended up on the surface of this planet after all. We must have displeased someone who has influence with the Emperor, and so we have been assigned to this dangerous posting. If we do well here, though, we may yet improve our own positions. Once the humans have been exterminated, I can send an encrypted message into space. We are to be picked up by the fleet before it breaks orbit...although I have my doubts that they will really do as promised. If our people abandon us on this backwater...Still, we must proceed as planned. There is no other way off of this planet."

OOC,[b]Kathryn[/b] is moving to the thread linked below. Do not read any posts above the one in the link (except for those from the part when you were previously in that thread). [url=http://www.callofcthulhu.org.uk/pbp/viewtopic.php?p=172577#p172577]Nerve Center[/url] Everyone else remains in the current thread.