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| − | :B: Corporal. | + | :B: |
| − | :D: Need a baseline image? How about a bird? | + | :R: |
| − | :B: That'll work.
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| − | :B: Name and Rank?
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| − | :D: Corporal Taylor H. Miles, everyone call me [[Dutch]].
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| − | :D: z(Buch), you really need to get in my head for this?
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| − | :B: Office of Naval Intelligence wants to be thorough.
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| − | :D: ONI's running this?
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| − | :B: Yes, ONI's running this.
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| − | :B: What led you to the ODST?
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| − | :D: Honor.
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| − | :B: What experience do you have with close-quarters combat?
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| − | :D: Experience with close-quarters combat is extensive.
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| − | :D: You've got detailed accounts on engagements for [[Ariel]], [[Jericho]] space elevator, and [[Coral]] Asteroid belt in my file.
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| − | :B: As an ODST?
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| − | :D: Yeah, I've successfully engaged - you know, this should all be in my general file, [[Buck]].
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| − | :B: I need to ask. You just need to answer. So?
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| − | :D: As an ODST, I've successfully engaged the enemy under various conditions, before and after orbital drop.
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| − | :B: We're looking at a textbook shipboard mission. An orbital drop to some Covenant cruiser over New Mombasa. Nothing you haven't seen before.
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| − | :D: Really? Like [[Tribute]]? Like [[Reach]]?
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| − | :B: Corporal, do you feel you'll be able to operate at maximum effectiveness on this standard orbital drop mission?
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| − | :D: Yes. One hundred percent, sir.
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| − | :B: Thank you.
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| − | :B: So how's [[Gretchen]]?
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| − | :D: She's better.
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| − | :B: What do they say?
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| − | :D: If it was up to her, she'd be coming on this drop - but they say she's done. Maybe something behind a desk, but I don't know.
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| − | :B: Well, I don't see her typing up reports.
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| − | :D: No. Me neither.
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| − | :B: You were a trucker for a while, right?
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| − | :D: I try not to think that far back.
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| − | :B: Can you still handle a rig?
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| − | :D: It's been a while, but I guess I could.
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| − | :D: You trying to tell me I'm going to have to drive a truck into that Covenant bird?
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| − | :B: You will get the details of the mission at briefing.
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| − | :B: Now the fifth man on this op is going to be a rookie. Transfer from the [[26th MEF]].
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| − | :D: [[Cygnus]]? Didn't think there were any survivors.
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| − | :B: Me either.
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| − | :D: He might be a little shook up. Can't we get someone else? What about [[Bhasin]]?
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| − | :B: Bhasin? You haven't heard.
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| − | :B: An HEV drop over [[Sigma]]. Chute panels got compromised during entry burn - he couldn't slow down.
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| − | :D: Yeah, hell - a rookie - Why not? Why not?
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| − | File 8 ('''Class 4 clearance required'''):
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| − | :B: You'll be headed towards Earth.
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| − | :D: Earth. Ok. Now I know why ONI's involved.
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| − | :B: The last time you were there?
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| − | :D: A long time ago. A weekend pass. It's the last thing I did before I applied for ODST.
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| − | :B: Do you understand what's at stake?
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| − | :D: This is about more than some Covenant ship, isn't it?
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| − | :B: You spent some time at university, right?
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| − | :D: A little. I was two years in when I got drafted. Pulled shifts on rigs to pay tuition.
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| − | :B: You studied a little philosophy, religion?
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| − | :D: Actually, yes. Yeah. Sort of why I went.
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| − | :B: How's that?
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| − | :D: I don't know - I guess at the time I had a lot of questions.
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| − | :B: You ever get into the end of the world stuff?
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| − | :D: Yeah, sure.
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| − | :B: And?
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| − | :D: Everybody's got a different take on what it's about. It kinda depends on who you're asking.
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| − | :B: I'm asking you.
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| − | :D: It's inevitable. Nobody can save the world, Buck.
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| − | :B: Good to see you, Dutch.
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