“I would describe myself as violently curious,” she says, dryly, “but I joined Forces before I was combat trained because my aunt commanded it at the time and I knew if she hadn't throttled me to death for half the things I'd said to her by then she wasn't going to send me out unprepared for someone else to take all the remaining joy out of her life.”
After a moment, “The thing that was obvious then is the same thing, now. We're a paramilitary organisation to whom both of those words apply only loosely.” Paramilitary. 'Organised'. “There are less than a hundred people in the Gallows, and fewer than that agents of Riftwatch once you discount the menial staff and clerks. Everyone has to be flexible, half the people doing any given job aren't doing it because they're the best for it. They're doing it because they're the bodies available.”
In this, she very much includes herself.
“It's whichever weapon is going to solve the immediate problem that I have, and it's — a lot of problems. Forces might attach to a larger group if we're cooperating with another, or we might be sent to protect a research project, or partner with another division for a retrieval. Or we might just go along on something because it's probably going to be dangerous, no matter who's designated responsibility the thing actually is. I occasionally ask Stark for his sanction or oversight on projects I think will be useful, which is separate, but I still answer to Commander Flint and I get into combat mostly when he tells me to or something goes tits up and now we're fighting.”
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After a moment, “The thing that was obvious then is the same thing, now. We're a paramilitary organisation to whom both of those words apply only loosely.” Paramilitary. 'Organised'. “There are less than a hundred people in the Gallows, and fewer than that agents of Riftwatch once you discount the menial staff and clerks. Everyone has to be flexible, half the people doing any given job aren't doing it because they're the best for it. They're doing it because they're the bodies available.”
In this, she very much includes herself.
“It's whichever weapon is going to solve the immediate problem that I have, and it's — a lot of problems. Forces might attach to a larger group if we're cooperating with another, or we might be sent to protect a research project, or partner with another division for a retrieval. Or we might just go along on something because it's probably going to be dangerous, no matter who's designated responsibility the thing actually is. I occasionally ask Stark for his sanction or oversight on projects I think will be useful, which is separate, but I still answer to Commander Flint and I get into combat mostly when he tells me to or something goes tits up and now we're fighting.”