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[sharpsurprise]

Several weeks ago Captain Rogers asked who would be willing to help patrol in emergency situations. He's relayed the information to me. Since everyone has very unique qualities, I will refrain- for now- from making too tight a schedule. However, if the situation is dire enough, please try to take directions as to who has to go where.

I've made a list pairing people according to their strengths.

Iris Wildthyme & Loki Laufeyson.
Sergeant Bucky Barnes & Stephanie Brown & Helena, if she wishes.
Arthas Menethil & Lydia Martin.
Kira Yukimura & Peter Parker. Preferably on deck and the upper levels.
Eugene Sledge & Steve Rogers. Preferably vital areas.
Ben & Souji Okita. Preferably vital areas.
Luna Lovegood & Jax Teller.

[Handwritten lists are left on the doors of those involved!]

Please let me know if you object to any of these, and we will find a way to make this work out as best as we can. In extreme situations we will patrol in shifts of 4 hours, allowing everyone enough rest to work at maximum capacity. Those with increased abilities should feel free to patrol alone or with other teams after their regular shift has finished, of course! But please don't strain yourself, for your sake as much as that of others.

If anyone else would like to volunteer, please let either myself or Captain Rogers know, so we can be as organized as possible. And if everyone feels the arrangements are alright, I believe Miss Lovegood and Miss Wildthyme have offered to help us practice...?

Comments

[sharpsurprise]

Well, hopefully, yes. But it can't hurt to be too prepared.

Ah... I don't think there's anything at the moment, Ben. You don't have any objections to patrolling with me, do you?

[warisart]

Only our mutual lack of knowledge of one another, sir.

And that I am unclear on what is being classified as a vital area.

[sharpsurprise]

[Steve hadn't told him why Ben has the skills he has, just that he has them. Souji's curious enough, but he's not one to pry; not yet, anyway.]

You can ask me anything you like! Or I could come and see you.

We'd talked about the labs, the infirmary, the engine room-- places like that.

[warisart]

[It's difficult to pry, with Ben. There is very little he won't speak on with little to no prompting.

It's hard to want to keep secrets when for so long he'd had no other option.]

We should meet, at least, and be aware of one another's strengths and weaknesses to better work as an effective and cohesive team.

Those are all in extremely disparate locations. I am capable of moving between them quickly, but unless I have misjudged your abilities, you will not be able to keep up, and it is inefficient anyway. Should we be assigned a primary target?

[sharpsurprise]

[He looks down at something off-screen: it's a little map, and a list of all the people who volunteered. He figures he doesn't have to impress Ben, but if they're to work together efficiently, Ben has to be able to trust him to make decisions.]

In extreme circumstances, we can separate those with enhanced abilities from their partners, so that we might cover more ground. In less extreme circumstances, we would remain with our partners and patrol an assigned vital area and its surroundings. However, as circumstances can't be guessed at from our vantage point we will have to see what solution fits the situation.

[warisart]

[This is why Ben was never successful in the world before the Barge but after Manticore; this is why he has leadership qualities but would not make a good leader. He is not skilled at adapting, not good at abstract thinking or flexibility. He will follow an order through even when it's unadvised, he is loyal and obedient to a fault, but the options presented to him unsettle him a little.]

I don't think splitting up is wise. If we are assigned in teams, it would be best for us to work in teams so that one or both does not become isolated if we are identified as a threat.

[sharpsurprise]

[He nods, pulling at his lower lip a little in thought. Someone else has always been the one to formulate a plan of attack, but only because he's never been the one to care so passionately about the cause.]

I agree. But our resources aren't what I'd like them to be.