Aksa finds the ready/briefing room to be able to seat about 50 people and is empty. The door to the squadron commanders office is open and the lights are on.

Aksa reloads on coffee and then makes her way towards the light.

She raps on the jam with her knuckles as she peers inside to see if this room is as empty as it's larger companion.

"Hei?"

If there is someone in there she will report properly (however the Finn's do, but in English) as fitting for the rank within.
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Upon knocking a masculine voice states enter. After Aksa reports in the USAF Colonel introduces himself as Colonel Ibarra squadron commander of the 90th Fighter Squadron, and Commander of the 10th UN Spacy Air Group. As he sits down he motions for her to sit in the chair opposite of his desk indicating that Aksa can sit down as well. "Captain, first off I want to extended my condolences for the loss of the majority of the pilots in your squadron." He leaves this part as it is, as its apparent that he knows full well there really isn't much else he can do or say to console her, and that any further attempt would just be bullshit. "As it stands your squadron along with others that lost a majority of their pilots are being de-activated with the surviving pilots being assigned to other squadrons."

"The veritech community lost a lot of good people during the space fold. We have a lot of executive officers who are now squadron commanders. I've been authorized to find and select an officer suitable to command a squadron and stand up one of the de-activated squadrons to fill out my air group."

Aksa sits down, placing her thermos and tablet on a nearby table.



She nods at that. "Thank you Colonel, It's appreciated." She says, leaving it at that. "Please accept my own prayers for those you have lost."


She cocks her head a bit sideways at that but says nothing, just nods.



"Yes sir." She says, agreeing with the first sentence. "I'd be more then willing to help, but, I'm afraid I don't know many other potential candidates. Let alone if they are alive or not." She says. "I still haven't been able to determine how many of my own countrymen are still alive." She adds.
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"We're still working on the survivor list. We know a lot of military personnel made to their designated emergency shelters. The shelters on the military base are going to be the last to be evacuated."

"You did a good job in helping to plan the recovery of the veritechs. It didn't go unnoticed, which is why your here." Col. Ibarra hands over a tablet. He allows Aksa to read it over but touches on one of the the important points. "They want anyone being given a squadron to transfer to the UN SPACY until we get back to Earth."

The important points of the document:

1. Accepting the assignment, also includes transferring to the UN SPACY as either a member of the Fleet or Ground Forces.
   
   
2. UN SPACY uniforms and rank insignia will be worn, not the uniforms and rank insignia of your previous military branch of service.
   
   
3. Initial issue of UN SPACY uniforms and rank insignia will be provided free of charge.
   
   
4. Medals and Ribbons awarded while a member of your previous military branch of service can be worn with the UN SPACY uniform.
   
   
5. Upon accepting the assignment, you will be given access to highly classified information.
   
   
6. Re-established squadron will be considered and identified as a UN SPACY squadron (and not that of the military service branch it once belonged to), that falls under UN SPACY command (The UN SPACY command part applied to your squadron before, but not the "being ID'd as UN SPACY" part).
   
   
7. You will be able to request which squadron is re-activated.
   
   
8. Air frames assigned to the squadron will be a mix of types, the idea is that pilots will take their assigned veritech with them (if it is still serviceable). Airframes will also retain their originally assigned call sign.
   
   
9. You will be able to list up to six pilots you would like to have transferred to your squadron, you may or may not get them (i.e. established PC's and NPC's).
   
   
10. Other pilots may be reserve pilots or those recently trained to operate veritechs.
    
    
11. You will be able to list support personnel you would like to have transferred to your squadron.

She nods, but says nothing.



Aksa viably turns red. "It was nothing. I was just trying to help."



Aksa nods, and accepts the tablet. As she reads her expression turns more and more sour. Clearly one or more points aren't to her liking.

She stands, and paces with the tablet in her hand, and has to fight really hard not to laugh at some of the points sheer cheek. She looks back at him a few times as she reads with a look that says 'you can't be at all serious?'. Part way through her circular wandering in front of his desk she withdraws her phone and looks over some document saved there, clearly she's referencing something.

"Colonel..." She starts, and pauses. "Sir. First of all. Thank you. I want you to know that I appreciate you, and the UN SPACY's, positive impression of me and my ability." She says, slowly, choosing her words carefully.

"Which makes the rest of what I have to say...difficult." She adds.

"If I may be blunt." She pauses, and once given his leave to be so, continues.

"What you; I'm sorry, what the UN SPACY is asking, well sir, it's tantamount to asking me to desert, or worse, commit treason." She says with a pained expression on her face. "It's asking me to to abandon my country." She pauses. "As much as I would like to continue serving the mission, I can not, will not, just up and renounce my service, or my nation."

She takes a breath. "Please understand, I do not wish to sound ungrateful, or contentious. But until the survivor list is finalized, I have to consider myself the ranking member of the FAF and FRDF on this ship. That means, I am compelled to act as a representative for my country." She explains.

She looks down at the salient points. "As such, I take no exception to Points 11, 10, 9, 7 and 5."

"Regards Point 8. I take no exception, provided the UN SPACY formally request the loan of FAF property to the UN SPACY until we return to Earth. Those planes do still belong to the Finnish people. For the UN SPACY to unilaterally reassign them without our consent would constitute theft. And, as the de jure commander of Hävittäjälentolaivue 11, they are my responsibility." She says.

She gulps, her mouth now quite dry, but she presses on.

"Regards Point 6. Hävittäjälentolaivue 11 already falls under the UN SPACY command structure, in accordance with the FRDF mandate as stated in..." She looks at her phone and rattles off the appropriate section and subsection. "I see no reason why that state of affairs needs to change."

"Point 1 is the sticking point, and since Points 2, 3, and 4 are basically moot without it I'll address it first." She says, clearly uncomfortable, sweating a little. "Believe me, I am full aware as to the reasons behind it. And, I do appreciate the irony of the request, given that my country practices conscription. That said, it's not something I can easily agree to."

She opens her mouth to add more, but stops. She's already said quite a lot, and before she goes any further, figures it would be best to hear what the Colonel's reactions are to the concerns she's already voiced. She just hopes that he understands she is just trying to be a 'good soldier' and steward of her countries interests, and not some pissy bitch on a soapbox; and especially not someone crapping on what is, in her mind, a sincerely offered honor.
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Colonel Ibarra's expression doesn't change as Aksa states her objections. "I understand the reasoning behind your objections Captain, but your exact reaction is why things are being done this way. I cannot go into detail why things are being done the way they are until you sign the document."

"After you sign, item number five goes into affect and I can explain more."

"So, you are telling me that the UN SPACY is unwilling to amend or revisit ANY of these conditions?" She says.

"Am I also to understand that should I not sign that the UN SPACY will take my planes and my men all the same?" She adds.

She places the tablet down on the desk and taps it with a finger.

"Colonel, Sir. You're going to have to give me something more then that. Not if you want me to sign something that by all appearances..." She is clearly frustrated. "It's the open-ended nature of this sir. There are no sunsets, no mention of any if's or when's any of these conditions end. As written it's in perpetuity!" She taps the tablet again.

She takes a step back and, comporting herself, shifts tacks a bit. "May I ask you a question?"

"One soldier to another. Do you think this is a fair deal?" She asks her eyes meeting his. "Were you a pilot from a non-superpower nation, were you were in my place, would you react like I am?" She adds as she sits back down, and by body language alone indicates that while she clearly has her reservations, she is more then willing to hear more, and isn't outright rejecting the entire thing.
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The Colonel hold his hands up and shakes his head side to side, universal for no. "I'm just the messenger here Captain."



The Colonels tone has thus far been cordial, now its changed to a tone of authority. "Careful now, in case you haven't noticed there's a war going on and the rules change a bit in wartime. Everyone, including many civilians are going to be assigned to where their skills and abilities are best suited."



Colonel Ibarra allows Captain Tikkanen to state her reservations and when she ask to ask a question he nods that she can ask whatever it is she has to ask. Once she is done the Colonel replies. His tone has less authority then it before.

"The exact reason your being given this offer is to show the members of the non-super power counties that they can and will be assigned to command positions. No one on my potential squadron commander list is from the United States, England, France, China or Russia. There are in fact pilots from those counties who are more qualified to be a squadron commander then you are."

"This whole thing is about politics, and frankly the optics on these politics suck big green donkey dick."

Aksa is glad she is sitting at this point because much of it strikes her like a lightning bolt.

"I see. And, I appreciate your candor, even if it does suck 'green donkey dick'." She replies after a several seconds worth of processing.

"I'm not unused to being seen as a political pawn Colonel." She says, leaving that at that.

"Very well, as to Point 1, I'll sign on the dotted line but would prefer to be slotted in with the Ground Force rank scheme." She says.

"Regards Point 7, I'd like to keep Hävittäjälentolaivue 11 up and running."

"Regards Point 8, I'd like to keep as many FAF birds under the same roof as possible, but understand how that might not be entirely feasible. I would still like to speak with your legal department to bang out a loan contract as an addendum. That way when we get home I can at least show I didn't just give the marketplace away.

"Regards Point 9..." She makes her way over to the copier and pulls a sheet of paper from the tray, returns, and writes down the names of the others and slides it to him.

"Regards Point 11, I'd like to have transferred/retained all survivors of Hävittäjälentolaivue 11. And the FRDF, in so much as their disciplines match operational needs. I would like to keep the unit together as best I can, and having them as a core will help train up anyone new coming in to fill empty billets."

She sits back, missing her comfy, and FAR more stylish, garrison uniform already.
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"Ground Force rank scheme is just fine. I'm getting most of the surviving personnel from the 17th UN Spacy Air Group from which you belonged to. So I think I should be able to re-establish your squadron without any issues. I'll also try to have as many Finnish Air Force maintenance personnel assigned to your squadron, but other squadrons in other air groups may be short of personnel, and the needs of the mission come first."

"The core of your squadron will be yourself, the other surviving Finnish Air Force pilot and the five surviving Spanish Air Force pilots from your sister squadron. One of the Spanish pilots will be your XO, who is currently speaking to Major Davis. That gives you seven FRS.1's to start with." He then looks at the list of names. "If any of these pilots still have working VT's they will probably take them with them."

"Feel free to talk to legal about your squadrons currently unmanned air frames, but I don't know how far that will go. You will be of course be responsible for airframes that originally belonged to some other nation."

"Once you formally sign we can head up a few decks and get you sworn in. After that you'll be briefed on the situation."

OOC: Please list the pilots you'd like to include PC' and NPC's

OOC: Kotila, Levina, Ambrose, O'Neil, Archer (She doesn't know McIntyre or Jennsen, so can't name them.)

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She looks at the document and picks up the pen and sits there for a good half minute. She weighs the options one final time, and comes to the same conclusion. This is the best of a lot of bad options.

Slowly, she signs the document, then puts her pen back in it's slot. She pushes her chair back, gathers her tablet and thermos and then waits by the door for the Colonel and then follows him.
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Colonel Ibarra and Captain Tikkanen leave the 90th Fighter squadron's ready/briefing room and head up to deck six. At some point they are joined by Major Davis (USMC), and  Capitán Alberto "Torero" Lopez (Ejército del Aire).

The large conference/meeting room on deck six has apparently been prepared for a military ceremony and furthermore Captain Tikkanen and Capitán Lopez are not the only personnel transferring to the UN SPACY. There are about thirty other officers from several counties present, to include Commander Roy Fokker or the U.S. Navy.

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The swearing in ceremony consists of an officer oath with one's hand raised. The wording is not all that dissimilar to the officers oath for any number of counties around the world. The most notable difference is that instead of swearing to serve a particular nation the oath has the officers serving the peoples of Earth.

Immediately after the swearing in ceremony several officer to include Commander Fokker (USN), and Captain Tikkanen (FAF) are promoted.

• Commander Fokker (USN), is promoted to a Captain in the UN SPACY Fleet. He is also given command of the 2nd UN Spacy Air Group.
• Captain Tikkanen (FAF), is promoted is a Major in the UN SPACY Ground Forces.

Afterwards there are various congratulations and shaking of hands. Several bottle of champagne are opened, enough for all those present to have a single drink.

OOC: You met Capitán Alberto "Torero" Lopez as he is (or was?) from your sister squadron. So it's not like some unknown is your XO.

Aksa says the words and accepts the little box with the new rank within.

She offers congratulations of her own to those she knows, namely Commander-now-Captain Fokker, and to Captain Lopez.

"Congratulations Captain Fokker on your promotion. I'd like to say thank you again for you and your squadrons hospitality." She says.

Truth be told her mind is a whirl, and the bear she's been riding since yesterday has run her ragged. Physically she is rested, but mentally, well, the wild beast seems to have more and more in store for her as she realizes that with this new turn of events she is going to be rather busy. And, in truth, she's glad for it, as immersion in work related things will help take her mind off of past events. However, there is the part of her that is sad, because as much as she looked forward to gaining a command of her own, this was not the way she wanted to attain it...on the bones of her comrades and at the whims of politics.

Taking a longer sip of bubbly she sighs inwardly. Nothing to do but succeed then I suppose. She says to herself. Sisu Perkele!

"So, we'll be working together." She says to Captain Lopez as she sips from her flute of champagne. "It's good to see you made it. I...I'm sorry for your losses." She adds, making a real effort to be conversational, not just with Captain Lopez, but to any others as well. The champagne helps, a little.

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The after ceremony "celebration" is pretty somber since everyone has lost comrades in arms.

Captain Lopez greets Aksa, and then mentions to her that Captain Fokker just recently (within the past hour) pulled a friends body from a recovered civilian fan jet.

The post ceremony "celebration" is relatively short, only lasting 20 minutes. Apparently everyone, Aksa included has other duties to attend to. Colonel Ibarra, and Major Davis find Aksa and Alberto. The four then head back down to the 90th Fighter squadrons ready/briefing room. When they get there they find ten other officer's present, all belonging to the 10th UN Spacy Air Group.

Some small talk occurs in the form of brief introductions.

OOC: No need to post, I am typing something up.

Colonel Ibarra waits for a few minutes before walking up to the podium at the front of the ready/briefing room, signaling that he has some information to pass. Once everyone is seated he begins.

"Some of what will be discussed here today is considered classified and should not be mentioned outside this room. Please hold all questions until I'm finished. First of all, and don't ask me why, as I do not know, but the UES Macross is unable to space fold back to Earth. We will be making the journey back to Earth with the ship's sub light drive, which is estimated to take at least a year if not longer."

"Before we begin our trip back to Earth, Macross Island is being stripped of anything and everything of value. The salvage operation is slated to take 3 or 4 weeks. We will be of course taking the civilian population of Macross City with us, the large cargo and hanger decks within the left and right engine booms are currently being converted to house them. A large number of the cities building are going to moved into the cargo and hanger decks. The idea is that instead of living like third world refugees, in the belly of the ship the civilians will have living quarters, and a whole city to live in. The city will also provide a recreation area for military personnel."

"The UES Prometheus, and UES Daedalus are being sealed up, and made capable for operations in space. The vessels will be permanently docked to the left and right sides of the UES Macross. The UES Prometheus is going to be as a hanger and launch facility for aerospace craft, much like an ARMD platform would. The UES Daedalus is going to become a hanger for the surviving destroid mecha."

"The UES Enterprise is going to be a second aerospace craft hanger and launch facility, but be docked to the underside of one of the engine booms. Access to and from the vessel will only be done by aerospace craft or shuttles. It hasn't been worked out yet, but I am told there will be a rotation program for squadrons to rotate to and from the Enterprise."

"The military units present on or around Macross Island took a lot of losses when the aliens attacked. A number of units have been de-established, others have been re-assigned, and personnel transfers are not yet finalized. I am not sure on the count of actual veritech airframes lost during the battle, but the space fold killed 98 pilots when they were exposed to the vacuum of space. That said we have 98 airframes without pilots, but we have 38 reserve pilots who can operate these veritechs. A program has been instituted to assess and train conventional pilots to operate the remaining 60 veritechs."

"The 10th Air Group has already had some restructuring. I am sure there will be more restructuring, but at the moment VF-1 Wolf Pack and VF-84 Jolly Rogers, along with their surviving personnel have been re-assigned to the 2nd UN Spacy Air Group. All SF-3000 space fighters previously assigned to the 10th, 11th, and 12th Air Groups have now been assigned to the 215th Space Fighter Squadron. All QF-3000 drones from the 215th have been assigned elsewhere. All surviving pilots, and their assigned airframes from the 17th UN Spacy Air Group have been re-assigned to the 10th, and formed into a squadron. Major Tikkanen, formerly of the Finnish Air Force will be commanding this squadron, and Captain Lopez, formerly of the Spanish Air Force will be the XO of this squadron."

"During the next few weeks pilots from de-established and currently active squadrons will be moved around to bring squadrons within all air groups back up to full strength, or at least near full strength. Squadron commanders can submit lists of personnel they would like to have transferred to or from their squadron."

"Does anyone have any questions or clarifications?"

OOC: Since your the only one here we don't need to do the question/clarification part. Basically I wanted to give you IC info to pass on to your own squadron. When people ask questions there I can get them answered (as Lopez) for everyone. Or you can ask me what the answer is in a PM.

Aksa doesn't talk much unless spoken to during the post ceremony 'celebration'.

She nods somberly at the news regards Cmdr. Fokker's loss. "I'm sorry if I'm being to non-communicative Captain Lopez. I'm still processing everything." She offers after a minute or so of silent introspection.

During the briefing afterwards she takes notes on all the points presented. A lot of her questions she puts on hold because she knows as well as anyone that the answers are either unavailable, or will take more time to get at. However, crunching some numbers in her head, she has at least one question that may be answerable.

"Sir, have we been able to make contact with UN Command on Earth?" She asks.

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OOC: Had to look it up; but, barring jamming or equipment issues, a signal from Earth to Pluto (or vice versa) would take 4.5 hours.

The only other action items she would have would be seeing about where she and Lopez are in the queue for fast-track training in space ops for those, like her, that have their VF-1 Qual, but hadn't gotten around to the Zero-G portion of their training yet.

Other items would be permission and time to head out to retrieve COOP items from their respective squadron areas on South Ataria Island, as well as personnel effects from their old quarters.

Also, she'll ask for clarification as to what items can be disclosed (naturally to those with the relevant clearance and need to know) and what cannot.

Col Ibarra:

"Some of what will be discussed here today is considered classified and should not be mentioned outside this room."

(Emphasis added)

Beyond that, I imagine she'll have to take things as they go.

I'd like to incorporate some of that into the post I plan to make to round out the landing/recovery thread. Also, I have near maxed out my scratchpad with a vignette of her reuniting with an old friend as a character development exercise, so before I drop that, I wanted to get a sign off (rather not waste it, and I can use it later, so your call, I can provide more detail if you wish.) It would be an interaction, but it wouldn't be with any of the players.
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1) No communication has been attempted with Earth. Gloval doesn't want to risk possibly giving away the ships position.

2) You'll get the space qual done during the week between this meeting and the official formation of the PC squadron.

3) Yes you will be able to get some stuff from your quarters and your former squadrons offices.

4) Classified info would be the fact that the fold drive is busted, and that the SDF-1 is 'walking' back to Earth.

5) Post your character development exercise/idea in a PM.

Aksa nods as she notes the clarifications and reasoning behind why no comms have been attempted with Earth. Once the meeting breaks, she checks with whoever she needs to for the next bevy of appointment / meeting she needs to attend. and starts to populate her schedule / calendar.
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