BODY SNATCHERS [modplot]

[letsgolegion]

Who| Rico, Tadashi, Zenyatta, Reinhardt, Joshua, Vance, Locus
What| "Body Snatchers" plot
Where| The planetary senate complex of prospective UP world Epryria, and the capitol city Mejehn.
When| The same time as "After These Messages"
Warnings/Notes| Plot has some really angsty stuff, mind control, character death. Please see ooc post.

Epryria and the UP have had contact for quite some time now, but it took new of the threat of Chronoblivion to finally push the world into joining the United Planets for safety in numbers.

The UP government has had its eye on Epryria for some time now, thanks to its thriving scientific community. The planet's advances in bioengineering even surpass that of the Coluans' in some respects. It's a large part of why why most of the population is sporting different cybernetic implants. The Legionnaires have found that to be something of a hurdle in acting as diplomats for the mission. Half of Epryrian communication takes places nonverbally, due to the sharing of words and images through implants.

Since the team is largely there as extra security and only the most experienced Legionnaires are being expected to help the UP ambassadors with actual diplomacy, Brainiac 5 and Kid Quantum were the ones that had opted to temporarily have optical and cortical implants put in.

There's one day left before the actual signing of the treaty, which is to happen in front of a crowded hall of government officials and special guests.

Comments

[whereabout]

"It's like working with General Morgan all over again," he says dryly. The man had come around - eventually - but it had taken an uncomfortably long time for him to admit that there were some things better handled by the Bracer Guild than by the army. Organization had its time and place, but bureaucracy was one of the worst hurdles to being able to roll with the punches and get things done.

Having some extra Legionnaires on hand is an improvement, at least, even if the entire situation still reeks of someone high up making decisions they don't understand the consequences of.

"Do we have anything on the terrorists in question?" Joshua likes to do the background reading.

[sir_vancelot]

Vance sighs, rubbing his eyes. "Unfortunately, that sort of thing is way too common. Those in power always think they know better than the people with actual experience." He'd run into it fairly often as a New Warrior and as an Avenger. Though the Avengers at least tended to get more leeway.

He starts reading through the information that they have. "It's a good question. Anything, Kid Q?"

go ahead and skip brainy

[relativityspeaking]

At that question, Brainy and Kid Q share another look that's almost concern but that can't be right, can it? Why would they be worried about them asking about the terrorist.

"We're still compiling intel on them. I'll be sending out a packet once we're done. The security forces here dumped their entire database on us and we're still sifting through."

[whereabout]

Look noted and mentally filed.

And suddenly, he just really isn't comfortable sticking around in this room any longer than he has to. "Understood. If that's everything, we'll get to it."