Here is a transcript of my interrogation by Omni-Prime Liason Korbensen
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Korbensen: Korbensen, out.
Korbensen: Oh good, the party is complete.
Korbensen: Well well.
Korbensen: Mister...
Dagget: you realize you are starting a war, don't you?
Korbensen: taps a few buttons at his wrist-comm.
Dagget: Dagget, CoT staff
Korbensen: War is my business, Mr. Andrio. The prevention and the continuation, as the cases may be.
Korbensen: Of course, you understand all about that, don't you?
Dagget: the CoT is a peaceful entity
Korbensen: Hmph. Always amusing to hear someone say that.
Dagget: I am getting reports you are attack Old Athens
Korbensen: Attack? Oh, no--There you go again, the Clans twisting information to their own ends.
Korbensen: We are merely conducting an investigation.
Dagget: yes
Dagget: and we are conducting an independant investigation
Korbensen: Well, in our official investigation... your name seems to pop up on a few occasions.
Korbensen: Perhaps you'd care to answer a few questions for me.
Dagget: as a dutiful CoT staffer ...
Dagget: ask away, I have nothing to hide
Korbensen: Hmph. They always say that.
Korbensen: Perhaps you could tell me how your rag-tag little group feels about the shooting of Chairman Ross?
Dagget: we issued a press release on that. we are sorry to hear that he got shot and hope that he fully recovers
Dagget: we have instructed any clanners with information related to the incident to report it to the proper authorities
Sergeyich: is going to be ver very .... nice... to him.
Korbensen: Oh, now, don't try to insult me--You're obviously not bright enough for that. Press releases only mean so much--I'd like to hear how you *personally* feel about the situation.
Korbensen: And please--Lend me no niceties. Let it all go.
Dagget: I think that anyone shooting Ross just brings trouble on the clans
Dagget: I think Ross is a puppet and therefore hardly a useful target for anything
Korbensen: chuckles at that statement.
Korbensen: A puppet... very amusing that you would believe that.
Dagget: we have attempted to communicate with him for months
Dagget: and we get no responses
Korbensen: Oh really? Very interesting...
Korbensen: taps against his wrist-pad for a few.
Dagget: his answering service says his messages have not even been read
Dagget: hardly the behavior of someone in charge of anything, don't you think?
Korbensen: Mr. Ross is a perpetually busy man. You cannot expect him to personally listen to the moans of every single disillusioned rebel on the planet, now can you?
Dagget: we expect him to communicate with the CoT from time to time
Korbensen: Perhaps, in the sake of moving the conversation to a more pertinant level, you could tell me what you were doing during Chairman Ross' speech?
Dagget: I was running missions in the Shadowlands at the time
Dagget: I heard about the incident hours later
Korbensen: Really? That's very... convienient. Do you have anyone to verify your claims?
Dagget: not at present, few of my guild are able to venture as far as Adonis
Korbensen: Noted.
Korbensen: Perhaps you could comment on the actions of a Mr. Bibblewitz... A.K.A. 'Nulion'? A friend of yours, perhaps?
Dagget: I'm sure you have full scans of Omni-Ent at the time of the incident...you will not find me anywheres near there
Dagget: Nulion is a loyal CoT staffer
Korbensen: And how... loyal... would you say he is to your cause?
Dagget: he was on an information gathering mission in Omni-Ent at the time of Ivans' press conference
Korbensen: Very true--Very true indeed.
Dagget: we don't trust Omni-Tek to release full information on these events, hence we verify the content
Korbensen: In *fact*, we have photographic evidence of Mr. Bibblewitz there... armed and armored.
Korbensen: Perhaps you could explain that?
Dagget: the gun and armor aid his concealment, I doubt he even had it loaded
Korbensen: I'm not in the business of dealing with 'doubt', Mr. Andrio. I prefer facts.
Dagget: thanks to him we have an accurate transcript of the event,and no one was harmed
Korbensen: Which surprises even me... amazing that one of your kind could keep from shooting off at the mouth... and at the trigger finger.
Dagget: only a few clanners are that violent..most of us are peaceful and can hold our tongues
Korbensen: Or perhaps he already recieved his fill of shooting earlier in the week? Afterall, taking down a target like Chairman Ross is *bound* to be worth a few brews down at whatever hole-in-the-wall you people call a bar.
Dagget: I will never believe he would do such a thing
Dagget: he is devoted to the cause of peace that the CoT pursues
Korbensen: Again--I prefer facts. And fact is... you and your friend are both big, bright, bold and red names in our investigation notes.
Dagget: and if you spotted him at the press conference that Ivan held, you would obviously have spotted him had he been near Ross
Dagget: logic...
Korbensen: Well, then, since you seem to think you know how to do my job... perhaps you could tell me if your 'private investigation' turned up anything?
Dagget: we have not turned up anything other than some loudmouth Omni who seemed to be taking some claim to the task
Dagget: Banishedsoul, or such, I believe
Korbensen: looks down at his wrist-comm, making some additional notes.
Korbensen: Oh yes, we're *well* aware of him.
Korbensen: Now, if you'll excuse me... I have another friend of yours to speak to.
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