AEGIS
Key Players
Admiral Aden Tanner
Chief of Federal Security
Hawk. And disingenuous.
" I know there are those who have questioned my involvement with Aegis, but I can assure you that after forty years in the military, I am ready for some peace.”
Then:
"The Thargoids represent a very real threat, and their hostility demands that we take appropriate action."
Professor Alba Tesreau
Achenar Research Council
Dove. Disingenuous.
"It is imperative that we coordinate our efforts, and share our knowledge and expertise. That is what Aegis has been created to achieve.”
"We are facing a technologically superior enemy, and it is essential that we redress the balance. But for each new device we develop, we need huge quantities of Thargoid material so we can calibrate the technology and ensure its efficacy."
“If we could understand the Thargoids – really understand them – perhaps we could broker some kind of truce. I, for one, have not given up on the idea."
Professor Cora Shore of the Palin Institute
Dove.
Repeatedly raises the question of WHY the Thargoids are attacking.
Professor Ishmael Palin "also recruited to the program"
Liz Ryder
Elvira Mattaturk
Lieutenant Jarah Kael "confirms that Thargoids attacked unprovoked"
Imperial Herald Journalists
Daxton Sung
Kelvin Masters
Feds and Imps withdraw capital ships from Pleiades.
AEGIS establishes 20+ stations in Pleiades.
Newly discovered Thargoid ship variants are over 100 years old.
Aisling Duval:
“I read the INRA records, and frankly I was sickened. How could they treat living creatures that way? I’ve heard of governments inventing threats to support their military programmes. Maybe that’s what the INRA was. A smokescreen.”
Denton Patraeus:
“I have reviewed much of the available intelligence on the Thargoids, and it is clear that we are facing a formidable threat. Granted, we do not know the reasons for their hostility, but in my experience such details are rarely important – what’s important is knowing where and when to strike.”
“The formation of Aegis is in my view a sound strategy, and represents a sensible response to this threat. Furthermore, I know Aden Tanner well, and I wholeheartedly believe he is the right man to be guiding Aegis’s military strategy.”
- Does not care why Thargoids attack.
- How does he know Federal Security Chief??
Li Yong-Rui
"If there’s one thing these INRA logs make plain, it’s that humanity is capable of defeating the Thargoids, especially when we work together. And remember, most of the galaxy is functioning exactly as it always has, despite the presence of these alien aggressors. So let’s maintain some perspective, shall we?”
- INRA were right to do whatever they had to do.
Arissa Lavigny-Duval:
“What the INRA records underscore is that even when faced with dire threats, we cannot abandon our principles. Evidently, the INRA crossed ethical boundaries in its pursuit of victory. Defending civilisation cannot come at the cost of our humanity.”
Edmund Mahon:
“While the INRA records are indeed disturbing, it was the account of John Jameson that troubled me most. Here we have a man – who evidently did a great deal to defend civilisation from the Thargoids – who was deceived, manipulated and ultimately murdered by the INRA.”
“I am aware of concerns that Aegis could continue in the same vein. Fortunately, Aegis is bound by the strictest possible codes of conduct. We will not make the same mistakes.”
- To me this is a "Chekhov's Gun" that we are definitely going to make the same mistakes.
AEGIS have some differing internal directions. But I believe the hawks are in charge, and I believe that when the chips are down they will be as ruthless as INRA was.
Key organisations in the Pleiades:
Pleiades Research Enterprise. Federation.
Merope Expeditionary Force. Empire.
Cooper Research Associates. Alliance.
