[ They all are given ample opportunity to understand what will and won't be tolerated. While their new stock of soldiers may be given more free reign than their own crew, there are lines. They will be big, bold lines that can be seen a mile off, so that it will be understood when one of them crosses that line and suffers the consequences.
Obedience and freedom, or death. It's not a difficult choice to make, not for men whose lives so very recently were devoid of any remaining choices.
But Washington is not one of them, not in the same sense. He was better than them, and worth a great deal more than what he had been reduced to. A capable soldier, if not the best Freelancer had to offer. And one of the only remaining survivors. There is value in that, and Locus does not intend to waste it. Least of all through some errant miscommunication about what they expect from him. ]
Good. Then you'll have the chance to prove it.
[ And with that, Locus turns back to the table, bringing up a holographic projection of Crash Site Alpha. ]
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Obedience and freedom, or death. It's not a difficult choice to make, not for men whose lives so very recently were devoid of any remaining choices.
But Washington is not one of them, not in the same sense. He was better than them, and worth a great deal more than what he had been reduced to. A capable soldier, if not the best Freelancer had to offer. And one of the only remaining survivors. There is value in that, and Locus does not intend to waste it. Least of all through some errant miscommunication about what they expect from him. ]
Good. Then you'll have the chance to prove it.
[ And with that, Locus turns back to the table, bringing up a holographic projection of Crash Site Alpha. ]