People are starting to head towards the idea of neutrality. Others are having moral objections to the bomb. Not that she doesn't understand both points. Really, at the bomb while she immediately got defensive to correct people's mistakes (or at least what she heard as being mistakes) in information she herself immediately thought of Weapons of Mass Destruction in her own world, and the idea of being complacent in, let alone helping, one of those go off made her feel somewhat unclean.
...But this wasn't Earth. It wasn't a nuclear bomb. And it wasn't being used on anything she considered human anymore. A part of her felt cold to realize this is what she thought of the Third Party now, but even as she was shaken by that realization, she knew it wasn't unjust. All they wanted was death: the death of those around them and eventually their own deaths. The deaths of everyone on the planet. The death of her friends and of potential allies.
Allies...
Haruhi clears her throat, stands, and goes to walk up to the front of the room. As she does this, she taps the badge on her chest, the same badge she'd given to a few receptive members of the Iron Eye in the course of their stay so far. And once she's up front, she spreads her arms to make it clear she has the floor. She's the Brigade Chief she can do these things.
"I'm Haruhi Suzumiya, Chief of the SOS-Brigade."
Most of them probably knew that, she's just making it clear.
"And I think we should help out the Iron Eye. If it's a matter of helping them deploy the bomb or helping them make an assault using super powered people like that spiky haired guy over there, it doesn't matter - but at least, we ought to help them find the entrance to the city.
Why? Because Luceti's not in a good spot right now. We don't have any solid allies, and the only ones who we can count on are," and now she holds up a finger for each of these, "One, each other - and we don't have a ton of power individually. Two, people out of power, like that Catherine guy who's here. Or three, people only need us as far as we can be experimented on or kill things."
She sets down the fingers before going on, "The incident when we were with the people from Kin'cora showed and what I've heard from people who go on more missions or have been in more drafts than me confirms that other enclosures don't look that favorably on us, because we're too close to the Malnosso.
And look- I'm not saying there isn't some benefit to that either! But I'd rather put my faith in people who aren't with them, or at least in that blue skinned guy that everyone risked the whole village to protect a year ago. After all, that guy's come through for us before - and more importantly, if word gets around that the Iron Eye likes us or that we helped blow up this big cultist stronghold, the other enclosures are going to realize they have us all wrong.
Who cares we get some punishment, we can take some of that! If we even do, given the Organization is desperate to deal a blow to the Third Party anyway. And frankly, I'd rather claim proudly that we did it than have them inevitably learn of our involvement later or blame us irrationally for ignorance after the fact."
That's what seems likely to her. Sigh, "The vision for the future of this world that I have has to see us with more allies - friends - who aren't in the Organization, and this situation is an obvious first step to getting some finally getting some!"
She taps the pin badge on her chest before she finishes with-
"Unless we sabotage the bomb ourselves or tell the Malnosso on them, both of which would be stupid, it's going to go off most likely. We should at least come forward to them and volunteer to do help them find the place, even if it's to negotiate that idea of taking it out some other way. Consider it, at least."
She sighs. She's a civilian. She should feel more confident than this though...
"That's all."
And with that, she actually does the polite thing - she bows just a little before leaving center stage. People can discuss that as they will because that's all she needs to say as far as she's concerned. Though people can come and ask her personally questions if they want.
Assume this is after a lot of the above I just wanted a new heading
...But this wasn't Earth. It wasn't a nuclear bomb. And it wasn't being used on anything she considered human anymore. A part of her felt cold to realize this is what she thought of the Third Party now, but even as she was shaken by that realization, she knew it wasn't unjust. All they wanted was death: the death of those around them and eventually their own deaths. The deaths of everyone on the planet. The death of her friends and of potential allies.
Allies...
Haruhi clears her throat, stands, and goes to walk up to the front of the room. As she does this, she taps the badge on her chest, the same badge she'd given to a few receptive members of the Iron Eye in the course of their stay so far. And once she's up front, she spreads her arms to make it clear she has the floor. She's the Brigade Chief she can do these things.
"I'm Haruhi Suzumiya, Chief of the SOS-Brigade."
Most of them probably knew that, she's just making it clear.
"And I think we should help out the Iron Eye. If it's a matter of helping them deploy the bomb or helping them make an assault using super powered people like that spiky haired guy over there, it doesn't matter - but at least, we ought to help them find the entrance to the city.
Why? Because Luceti's not in a good spot right now. We don't have any solid allies, and the only ones who we can count on are," and now she holds up a finger for each of these, "One, each other - and we don't have a ton of power individually. Two, people out of power, like that Catherine guy who's here. Or three, people only need us as far as we can be experimented on or kill things."
She sets down the fingers before going on, "The incident when we were with the people from Kin'cora showed and what I've heard from people who go on more missions or have been in more drafts than me confirms that other enclosures don't look that favorably on us, because we're too close to the Malnosso.
And look- I'm not saying there isn't some benefit to that either! But I'd rather put my faith in people who aren't with them, or at least in that blue skinned guy that everyone risked the whole village to protect a year ago. After all, that guy's come through for us before - and more importantly, if word gets around that the Iron Eye likes us or that we helped blow up this big cultist stronghold, the other enclosures are going to realize they have us all wrong.
Who cares we get some punishment, we can take some of that! If we even do, given the Organization is desperate to deal a blow to the Third Party anyway. And frankly, I'd rather claim proudly that we did it than have them inevitably learn of our involvement later or blame us irrationally for ignorance after the fact."
That's what seems likely to her. Sigh, "The vision for the future of this world that I have has to see us with more allies - friends - who aren't in the Organization, and this situation is an obvious first step to getting some finally getting some!"
She taps the pin badge on her chest before she finishes with-
"Unless we sabotage the bomb ourselves or tell the Malnosso on them, both of which would be stupid, it's going to go off most likely. We should at least come forward to them and volunteer to do help them find the place, even if it's to negotiate that idea of taking it out some other way. Consider it, at least."
She sighs. She's a civilian. She should feel more confident than this though...
"That's all."
And with that, she actually does the polite thing - she bows just a little before leaving center stage. People can discuss that as they will because that's all she needs to say as far as she's concerned. Though people can come and ask her personally questions if they want.