Re: Act 5.5.4 - St. Denao Hospital, Akari City
Dohr wasn't sure he liked everything about the plan Eleven had presented. Personally he would've preferred to take his chances with the diplomatic approach. Blasting their way through the insurgents was a quick, but dirty solution. The doctor wasn't really worried about killing or wounding the gangers as they'd chosen their own approach and would have to live with the consequences. The enemy, as he was now forced to consider the people who had been his clients not so long ago, had taken the path of terror. Dohr could no longer afford to feel bad about them getting hurt or ending up dead.
But the Kel Dor was worried some of his new companions might be hit - or he might even be caught in the line of fire himself. Yet he was no stranger to battle and knew now was not the time to start arguing or questioning the plan of a superior. Yes, he now knew the mercenary group didn't really have a military type chain of command in place and that Eleven wasn't really in charge. But he didn't see great wisdom in trying to walk over and talk her out of the plan.
However there were a few things that made him a little uneasy. The fact that they planned to jury-rig two of the speeders meant at least one of the group had to know a lot about electronics and explosives. That was of course good. But jury-rigged devices had a tendency to fail every now and then and if the speeder-bombs were to be their only source of distraction, then they had to work. Also the pilots driving the tugbikes would end up being shot at… a lot. And in order to hit even close to the mark with the bombs, the speeders could not be running at full speed. That together with the limited agility of the vehicles made them even easier targets. Should one be hit and get shot down… He didn't even wish to follow the line of thought.
Jury-rigging made him think of IEDs. Perhaps the demolitions experts were good enough to build some improvised bombs as well. Eleven had obviously thought of that too, so perhaps they had previous experience of this kind of guerilla warfare. Yet deploying gas and smoke meant there had to be more than one person on the speeders trying to create chaos and confusion amongst the gang members. There was no way the pilot could concentrate on driving, dropping the towed speeder and throwing about smoke grenades. But Eleven had probably saved them from too many details of her plan or hadn't even had the time to think of them yet. That could wait for now.
But what worried the doctor the most was that they didn't have enough information about the enemy, it's numbers, armament and defenses. And what was worse, the insurgents might have a host of armed speeders ready for an assault at the spaceport. Those speeders might be able to give Dohr, Kyvarr, Fiarr and the others a hard time chasing them to the spaceport security gates. But worrying didn't help much at the moment. What they needed now was action.
Driving on behind Rian's speeder, Dohr kept his eyes on the road and trusted the two women to keep an eye out for any trouble. "Eleven, Doc here. I fear or rather hope my skills will not be needed too much during the operation. I will not be of much use in building bombs or piloting at great speeds or welding plates of metal to the bikes for that matter. My best abilities lie more in the medical department and in diplomacy. But perhaps contradictorily I also consider myself fairly skilled in melee, light and heavy weapon combat. And like all officers in the Dorian army, I have received intensive training in military strategy."
Dohr dodged a smoking air taxi, checked Rian's position and carried on: "As for the plan, it will probably not go as nicely as you managed to make it sound, but it feels plausible and better yet, it is the only one we have. But I wonder if you would be able to give us some more details on the barricades the insurgents have set up? What are they made of? How far apart are they and what is their distance from the spaceport entrance? And most importantly, do you have any kind of an estimation about the numbers of our opposition?" Oh and since I will not personally be of much use building the bombs, I will join the looting party heading to the ACE station.