As Laveriel spoke, Senator Khijata gave the Dawnmartyr her full, unyielding and intense attention. In response to Laveriel's first questions, "We have known nothing but enemies from this northern continent. Every age that passes, another empire, another kingdom, another country decides to paint our shores with our blood. Not once has our people invaded across the Crystal Sea. We have come carrying the banners of the Dawnmartyr to purge the world of the Menders and we have come to keep Sangen from falling to the Imperials. No more, no less."
A scowl, "We have only known enemies from the North, and we do not know your God-Prince nor your new King."
As Laveriel continued to question, "If we die on this mission, so be it. We chose that destiny the moment we decided to travel north. If we die by this God of Justice, that is his choice, the blood will be on his hands. And if he does intervene, if it does embolden this alliance of smoke, then at least it will become known and certain, and the Commonwealth can be prepared for it."
But as Laveriel began to provide her own solution, an eyebrow raised in interest from the Senator. As Laveriel spoke of the hope she carried for justice for what happened to her and all of her Dawnmartyr companions, to all of Ecith, a small nod was given from the Senator. As Laveriel shared her conviction to her choice, Senator Khijata made her own.
"And you shall have the help of the Commonwealth."
With that, Khijata dropped the illusions hiding her companions from Laveriel. Senators Firich and H4R0LD were now standing behind Khijata, the human seeming man and the Avialae behind them. They knew what Khijata would choose for they would choose the same after hearing such words. Khijata continued, "We do not have much time, when the Imperials depart, so shall we. You will have to accompany us if you wish to capture Talon's son, we cannot spare anyone for such an endeavor."
Khijata waved over the remainder of Laveriel's growing group of companions, so that she wouldn't have to say everything twice. "Our plan is as such. Jevra here," she indicated toward the Dragon in human form, "He will provide our transport and entry to the ship. He will remain outside to keep their attention."
The man chuckled a bit at that.
Gesturing to the other Ork and the Avialae, "Firich and Toka here will be seeking out the high value targets for assassination. This includes the Princess, the ship's Captain, and the Avialae Irdan. I recommend that you, Laveriel, and your Mesmer, join them in search for Talon's son. If you find him, it will be up to you to capture him, as Firich and Toka will be hunting their prey."
"H4R0LD and myself will be seeking out the ship's engine core. When we find it, H4R0LD will manipulate the aetheric pathways in it to cause an unstable chain reaction that should explode the entire ship."
She paused, looking at each of Laveriel's team in turn, "I do not know the capabilities of your people, so you should probably assign them either their own teams and missions, or designate them to join one of our three teams. There will be a signal once we've started the reaction in the core, so once you see it, you will need to escape as far and as fast as you can."
Toka took his turn to speak, "A dozen Kalzasi soldiers were seen flying toward the Imperial ship and will arrive there momentarily. I suspect that they were tipped off by something." His dark eyes glowered, "If any of you attempt to betray any of us during this, I will flay the skin from your flesh and feed it to you."
Khijata nodded at that, "If you have any questions, concerns, now is the time to give them. We will soon be moving." She looked around at the rest of the group, "And the time to back out is now. This attack will be outside the diplomatic protections of Kalzasi, so it will not be in violations of your laws, but that does not mean it will be without repercussions afterwards. Prepare yourselves to accept whichever path of destiny faces you in this. Or make your peace now and leave."
