« Prev 1 Next » Reply Share Thread Facebook Twitter Tumblr LinkedIn MySpace Email Go to Previous Thread Next Thread Please make a selection first Author Topic: A General Concern (Thorne) (Read 265 times) Nicole Husher Legend [send pm] Joined: March 2011 Posts: 2,815 A General Concern (Thorne) « Sept 21, 2015 22:53:51 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Ah, DC! Not Nicole's favourite city in the world, but it had its perks. Unfortunately, what had her braving airport security, a nearly two hour flight and the godawful traffic was business, not pleasure. Possibly the worst business possible short of an actual invasion of the capital, which no longer seemed as impossible, of late, as it once did. France was bad enough. Now Italy was in trouble too, and where was NATO? Sitting on their goddamn arses. There should have been a mobilisation months ago, what the hell was going on? She knew it was more complicated than that, war was a complicated thing by nature and it'd been 70 years since anyone'd had to deal with something quite like this, but she'd seen the news, and the footage of what was going on in Europe. They couldn't just not do anything about this. They couldn't sit by and watch the world be brought to its knees by some tinpot dictator, one country at a time. That was what brought her to General Thorne's office today, she didn't have her dress uniform any more but she made up for it with the best professional wear she had to hand. She'd called around to every old Army friend, every former CO, she could think of, but none had quite enough pull to get her higher than good ol' Thorne. She still remembered this man turning around and stabbing them all in the back, in San Diego, but bygones had to be bygones today. So she'd called ahead, had a pleasant little chat with the General, and now she was in front of his office, waiting for him to be ready to see her. « Last Edit: Sept 21, 2015 22:56:39 GMT -6 by Nicole Husher » Back to Top   The Medic El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 A General Concern (Thorne) « Sept 23, 2015 23:59:32 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top As soon as she's buzzed in she finds Thorne sitting his office chair! He stands to shake her hand before taking his seat and gesturing for her to do the same. "Ms. Husher. You're looking well." Back to Top   Nicole Husher Legend [send pm] Joined: March 2011 Posts: 2,815 A General Concern (Thorne) « Sept 24, 2015 19:56:16 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "You too, General. Thanks for agreeing to see me on such short notice." Nikki takes a seat after shaking his hand! They took care of most of the small talk and catching up on the phone, though, so she assumes he'd prefer she get right to the point. "You've been keeping up with the news in Europe, I assume?" Back to Top   The Medic El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 A General Concern (Thorne) « Sept 27, 2015 21:22:08 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top He grunts. "The occupation of France." Back to Top   Nicole Husher Legend [send pm] Joined: March 2011 Posts: 2,815 A General Concern (Thorne) « Sept 28, 2015 8:59:10 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "And the invasion of Italy." She let that hang in the air for a moment. Clearly these people weren't going to stop on their own. "You're closer to the big decision makers than me. What's going on here? Terrorists have taken over a key member of NATO, launched a full assault on another country, and haven't even been sent a strongly-worded letter." « Last Edit: Sept 28, 2015 9:00:20 GMT -6 by Nicole Husher » Back to Top   The Medic El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 A General Concern (Thorne) « Oct 1, 2015 19:57:30 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Politics." He lays it out plainly. "It's being described as a battle of agenda between the lefts and right, but if you ask me this Empire has more than a few people in their pockets already." Back to Top   nikkiguest Guest [send pm] Joined: January 1970 Posts: 0 A General Concern (Thorne) « Oct 1, 2015 20:28:16 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top "This is war, and we're obligated to defend our allies; I think we agree there's not exactly room for 'agenda' there." Nicole's no politician, obviously, but it seems pretty cut and dry to her. "What's the President doing about all this?" Back to Top   El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 A General Concern (Thorne) « Oct 1, 2015 20:47:37 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top He laughs. "That's why you and I are not politicians. Otherwise we might see things that way. Officially, nothing has been able to be done." Back to Top   Nicole Husher Legend [send pm] Joined: March 2011 Posts: 2,815 A General Concern (Thorne) « Oct 1, 2015 21:51:49 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "There has to be something we can do; we can't just leave all those innocent people to their fates. The other NATO powers must be putting together a plan, surely?" Of course, if they had France now they had access to a major nuclear arsenal, but if they hadn't used it already... Back to Top   The Medic El Sensei Sensei El Jefe I control the universe! [send pm] Joined: July 2009 Posts: 28,490 A General Concern (Thorne) « Oct 1, 2015 23:07:28 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Officially they are weighing options. But you know how the military works. There's a great deal not on public record." Back to Top   Nicole Husher Legend [send pm] Joined: March 2011 Posts: 2,815 A General Concern (Thorne) « Oct 6, 2015 12:28:30 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Anything Paradigm can help with?" Not that she has authority to decide what the Academy will do, but she can talk to the right people. 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