Tippys admittance to her belief in Raiden leaves him further torn. She couldn't possibly collaborate! But if their words were enough to sway her, then maybe they had some validity. He steels himself in a moment of clarity.
"Mjolnir, the only way the we can be sure the world is turning tomorrow is if we go with Raiden, because if they are bluffing or not, there will be no nukes flying today. If we strike, we'll I'd say it would be a coin toss whether the world ends tonight,"
He looks to Ellie.
"I hate it, and I hate the Imperials, but nobody wins a nuclear war,"
He begins signing to Ellie.
W-A-I-T-O-N-E
"But before that, Raiden, you will release Ellie,"
: Fine.
There's a delay for a few seconds while Ellie's controls are unlocked. The low-level jamming and loss of ESAM functionality still persists for the time being.
: Since you guys are going with them, I could just continue on to the rendezvous and say that you were all shot down. I doubt Takirov would fall for that, but I don't want to shoot you right now.
: That's-
: Fine! That's fine, we will take that offer.
Xiaomei audibly sighs and gives further instructions.
: Anybody coming with
us, adjust to heading 260.
: You guys can't be
serious about letting these traitors just fly off!
: We don't have much of a choice. We've got who knows how many guns pointed at our backs already, and it sounds Mjolnir is halfway full of turncoats. We let them go, at least
some loyalists will make it to the fight.
: We still shouldn't let them get away with treason! I say we go out swinging!
: Then what? Even if we kill the traitors, Raiden's still waiting to shoot
us in the back, and then the Kintharians still win.
Cualli allows herself a slight smile despite her nervousness about the uncertainties that lie ahead. "I'm not about to leave my son behind, you know," she tells Elu, shifting his weight again. "You're all I've got."
She gives the engineer a nod and keeps up her sprint, hoping that they're close to the escape pods. She sends a silent prayer up to the gods, thanking them for the fact that they've yet to encounter any resistance.
Fortunately, the nearest escape pods were located in the still-evacuated engine block, and you don't run into any security forces along the way. The engineer stops in front of one of the pods and starts talking to nobody in particular.
: [You want me to do what? What, did you just talk it out? Huh, I was wondering why so much
nothing was happening. You still want me to keep them locked out of their support module though, right? Alright, done.]
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