An encounter of Patriots! The future of Arcose? [Open]

The recruits remained silent, so that the Commanders could speak. Taiga examined their power levels, seeing them rating at 2,000 each. Voca fought the urge to snort a laugh at the two successfully, but a smile could be seen! Frost was given a furrowed look by the younger Commander, who gave his older officer a blunt explanation about not being able to reinforce them. He even explained having fought the SSE on Kanassa when it was first destroyed!

"My god man," Koldar spoke with a surprised bluntness, looking him up and down, "How in Frieza's name did you survive the attack?!"

After the question, the immediate issue of Beppa brought back up, the Commander bringing their own retort about needing Mazoku Dominion to help retake it. First, help them take Kabocha, but then get their assistance to retake Beppa! It wasn't a bad idea, even splitting the forces up with him going out to assist the Kabocha attack while Taiga trains these two.

Glacius spoke out of term once more, muttering something about needing to make something to stop them, staring at the ground as he did. Koldar walked up to him, poking a finger at his chin and telling him, "You're an Arcosian! Not a sulking larva. Look up with some damn pride..."

Koldar would then immediately slap him yet again, asserting, "And you are permitted to speak when you are spoken to! Get that through your head soldier!"

Frost looked back to Taiga, walking away from the two and stroke his chin. While this was a good plan, the Commander knew they needed some more fire power to help up with that. While he was thinking, another messenger soldier came in, a Brenchian with green skin, who saluted and asked in a boisterous tone, "Commander Frost and Taiga! I've updated information about the current Special Forces unit of the Empire! Would you like to hear it?"

"Yes, my boy! What's the situation there," Koldar questioned enthusiastically.

"Sir! The biological creation of Doctor Daria of Beppa, Somatotrope, as well as a redheaded girl with horns and a thin tail, have assumed command over the special forces with Somatotrope being dubbed Special Forces Leader and have renamed it the Somatotrope Squad!"

Koldar clasped his hands together, a grin on his face as he stated, "Good, good! This should be providing us with some more attention and allow us to recruit more."

(Glaze(Logic), your go!)

Upon being asked how he survived the attack on Kanassa, Taiga can only smile knowingly. The truth, of course, is that he did not survive the battle. But explaining this would be difficult, and waste time - especially given the chance it would only cause confusion, and make them doubt his sanity. He looks sideways at Glacius, raising a brow. He was tempted to ask the recruit what he thought they could supposedly make that would help, but decided against it; material things were useless against the likes of both Saiyans and Arcosians alike.

In the next moment, a soldier enters the room to make a report. Koldar tells the trooper to go ahead with his report, while Taiga merely nods. He listens intently, but finds himself lacking recognition of the two names mentioned; something he is certain Koldar would explain when asked. It was refreshing, though, to know that they possessed a special forces unit; however, having the third individual spoken of by description and not name left Taiga with some irritability. This report was incomplete; making it inefficient.

He turns away from the soldier and looks at the beings in the room. Nothing seems to have changed; with Super Saiyans knocking at their door, there was quite literally little to nothing they could do to stop the eventual fall of the Arcosian Empire. He had come to understand this in Hell, and coming back to life only seemed to verify his suspicions. Taiga was finding it difficult to tell them what needed to be done, and Koldar in particular would be very displeased with the truth. They all would be. But as he looked on them, their dedication to the Empire, their hope to face the Saiyans and defeat them... But a smart warrior knows when to fight, and when to observe.

He could already predict how the war with the Saiyans will end, and as such, his plans were not specifically tailored to the survival of the Arcosian Empire, but to the survival of his people. The Saiyans had already brought his people to the brink of extinction once before, and seemed determined to finish the job. And this alliance with the Mazoku Dominion may seem convenient for Koldar in this desperate time, but Taiga could see it for what it truly was. The Arcosian Empire had lost its power and influence in the universe, now amounting to little more than a sputtering vassal state to the Dominion. And once the Saiyans completed their work, they would turn to the Dominion, and then to Earth. It was their way; battle, conquest, destruction... Some Saiyans denied this, but the truth is there, plain as the stars.

As long as the Saiyans had their Empire, as long as Super Saiyans exist, there will never be peace. Only through raw, unassailable power will the Arcosian Empire ever be free from the noose around their necks. He looks back at Koldar, fixing a serious gaze at him.

"These resources will not be enough to wage a full war against the Saiyan Solar Empire, but it is a start." Taiga says, his tone only slightly admonishing. He considered speaking his mind to Koldar, but decides against it. The particular things he had to say would best be said in private between the two commanders.

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Glacius Celcius you're up!

Glaze remained quiet, and after Koldar's last slap, Glacius seemed to straighten up. The room became quiet, while they aimed to figure out to do. Taiga admonished the idea of their small forces, and Koldar couldn't help but agree more.

"Aye, I feel there may be causality with the lack of a leader for the Empire," Koldar retorted. No one was really prepared for the role of Emperor, from what he could see. Taiga looked promising, but as a proper general, and while Koldar considered himself plenty-wise, the role of Emperor was meant to be someone who could do more than just being a soldier. Koldar, personally, had dabbled in economics and trades over his many years of service, but he'd found the position repulsive! He was a soldier, first and foremost... But this was also an approaching time of war! The SSE attacked them while they were down, but they had an enemy willing to support them back to their feet.

Glacius requested to speak, his addressing of the Commander much more respectable, but needing refinement. Koldar looked to him, and stated, "Shortly, recruit... I've come to a decision, first, that I am going to be announcing. Voca, I want you to set up a wide end broadcast in a few minutes!"

Koldar looked to everyone in the room, his heart pounding with his thought... His decision. Voca, the Heran, got some of the soldiers in the room to setting up the broadcast. He turned and asked the commander, "Sir, what's the message going to be and who're we sending this to?"

"It will be a announcement... A announcement of my claiming as Caretaker and Temporary Leader of the Arcosian Empire, as well as alerting all of our Empire's planets of the returning danger that is the Solar Saiyan Empire!"

"... Yessir."

"Thank you Voca... At ease, recruits. Feel free to vocalize your thoughts on this matter."

(Glaze(Logic) your go. I will be making an open declaration for the throne in my next post, in which I will request this thread be made into an open Death Enabled thread. Not right now, but in the next post or so!)

Questions came flying out from Glaze and Taiga, Glaze asking whom the previous emperor was while Taiga questioned if Koldar could lead them, inspire them to action! Was he a capable leader? The Commander looked at Taiga, mostly, and in a strong tone, he responded, "I will make Arcose strong and mighty again, for I have served a lot longer than all of the individuals in this room, and have served longer than most of whom have or were in the AE..."

He looked to Glaze, to answer his question.

"The last was Retsu, a former general who took the throne through usage of a powerful being named NOXA, who took over the Special Forces unit. The one before that was Abzerute, who united the fiefdoms and was en route to making the AE mighty once again after the former Queen, Wyntre, shattered the Empire and whatever Alliance we had with the Earth to stabilize since the Centurial Conference disaster three years ago... You and Glacius are to first learn the history of the Arcosian Empire, as well as the history between Namek, the SSE, and Earth of the last one thousand years once this announcement of my rise to the throne in the next few days is made! Is that understood?"

Koldar looked back to Taiga, popping his armor's right strap off his shoulder and pulled the breastplate, exposing a nasty scar upon his left dimple that look like a laser bore into him and had permanently burned the spot just above his right lung. He pounded the spot with his right fist, telling him, "I am a commander and a fighter. The Ice Breaker is my title through my prowess and fighting. I WILL lead Arcose back to the strength we once had! That is my promise."

"Transmission is ready, Koldar," Voca spoke. Koldar fixed his armor, walking over to the microphone and signalling Voca to send it out. The broadcast would go globally, focusing on keeping the news to just the planet.

"People of Arcose. This is Commander Koldar Frost of the Arcosian Empire's battle cruiser, the Frostar, and current acting Commander of Arcose's forces. As you may know and heard, we have lost Beppa, a planet many of our citizens families come from, to the SSE! A loss of real command chain has led to this loss and I plan to rectify this situation! My men and I will be going to the palace of the Arcosian Throne in the next few days, to snuff out the perpetrators of this and bring an end to the dallying of our Empire's leadership. Once that is done, we shall develop once again and send a message across the universe the reason why you do not shove us around! For every action our enemies do, we shall unleash it tenfold! I will see you fair citizens on that day!"

Koldar shook his hand to Voca to cut the transmission. Once that was done, Koldar looked back to the 3 Arcosians, eyes focused on the two recruits and telling them, "Get to those books, boys. Triple Time! After committing to that research, report to the palace in the next few days. Commander Taiga, you and I need to talk soon, so that you know whom our enemies are, and whom are our Allies. There should be files containing the observed instance of my meeting with Lord Xylo of the Mazoku Dominion on hand, as well. I must go and prepare the men under my command with this announcement. They're undoubtedly rifled by this... Voca, let's get moving."

The Commander begun walking out, with the large, bald Heran following suit! Voca saluted the two, before he and Koldar exited the room.

(Glaze(Logic), your go. At this point, we should wrap it up, guys. I'll be taking zeni with Level 3 shop!)

Taiga listens closely to Koldar's announcement, his expression neutral, though his mind runs through multiple options. He raises a brow when Koldar mentions going to the palace to supposedly 'snuff out the perpetrators' that he viewed as the cause of the Empire's evident malfunctioning government. So, this transition of power would be brought through bloodshed? Taiga surprises himself when it becomes evident that he cared little for how this transition occurred.

After all, the only reason he had returned to Arcose, was to observe what changes it had undergone since the Saiyan attack. So far, he has been disappointed. Wyntre had escaped Hell before Taiga, and yet it seems as though she has vanished once more. Shirking her duties to her people... unless she had simply been killed again. Either way, she was gone. And Taiga knew not whether there were still any members of the royal family. Regardless, the Empire is leaderless, and Koldar is assuming power.

It may be worth sticking around, if nothing else than to observe.

"Yes, we will talk." Taiga replies, his tone low. But rather than follow the other three out, Taiga remains behind, clasping his hands behind his back. Taiga is a soldier, a warrior. And a warrior understands the difference between an enemy, and an adversary. Enemies must be destroyed, without the need for explanation, without mercy. An adversary can be learned from, and can, in some rare cases, be turned into allies.

Taiga understands the difference, and so his coming discussion with Koldar would help him establish who his enemies are, and who are actually adversaries. He smiles to himself as he turns to an observation screen.

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And that will do it for me! I'll take PL for this thread!
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