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So um... I've been thinking about this for a while. Ever since we left Harrub, actually...

[ He grimaced a bit, pausing for a couple of seconds. Glancing off to the side, before taking a breath, and addressing the camera again. ]

But um, after the whole Murderworld thing... it's kind of become clear that some of us aren't... handling things that well... [ He was thinking about Videl specifically, but the anon meme has also made it clear Videl wasn't the only one. ] I know we all took the oath for various reasons, and we probably all expected different things out of becoming a superhero. But um, some of us probably didn't expect this... so...

... With the whole "Legionnaire Legacies" thing coming around the corner, I think we should... [ Another pause, as he tries to figure out how to phrase this. ] ... um... I guess, share our lives with each other? To make sure we're prepared, in case... in case the news digs up stuff about us, and tries to drag us through the mud with it.

[ This is so weird and strange and against everything Gohan knows. He's usually the most secretive person in the world, but... he's kind of had to cope with having an open identity, so might as well go all in. ]

I guess um, I should go first? My name's Gohan, and... if you have any personal questions for me, I'll be happy to answer them...

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[leverageintceo]

[Oh, that must be what 'work a banana' means. Wash really is good at it. It's an impressive skill, no wonder York was telling people about it.]

It's not the legal thing to do. 'Legal' and 'right' are two completely different concepts.

[She is dating a nerd, she has seen alignment charts, Wash.]

I doubt we'll be able to fool Brainy, but he's told me that I'm allowed to take my flight ring home with me so I can use it for work. He said he'd be proud if I did, actually. He'll require very little prompting to 'accidentally' leave information where we can make copies. Again, plausible deniability.

[unrecovered]

[...Parker can just keep thinking that. Wash is not about to disabuse her of the notion.]

[He quirks an eyebrow at her distinction, not that she can see it. The sooner he accepts that her perspective is about 90 degrees off from his on a good day and somewhere around 180 on most days, the easier a time he'll have wrapping his mind around all of this.]

I think your definition of plausible deniability is a little different than mine, but okay. What's the next step?

[leverageintceo]

[Parker shrugs.]

He's smarter than me. And he grew up with this legal system, and has already been arrested once. I trust that he knows better how to protect himself than I would.

Once we have the necessary information to plan the break-in, we plan the break-in. I'm not looking at a smash-and-grab here, I want us in and out with minimal damage so the SciCops don't show up until we want them to. Do a little digging in their records, see if they've been up to anything inappropriate or hinky, aside from threatening to display our pasts like made-for-TV movies. Which seems like it should be, but I'm not a spacefuture lawyer. What we want here is 1) to make them not do the thing, and 2) to find out where they got the stolen equipment so that they could do the thing. If we can get the latter information into the hands of the Legion's lawyers through anonymous tip format, so much the better.

[unrecovered]

[It makes a hell of a lot of sense, and also makes Wash wonder if this isn't Parker's day job. Something to think about another day.]

So we're looking at stealth and information - people who can go invisible, get in undetected, hack a database, stuff like that. We'd probably want someone who can make sure our anonymous tip can't be traced.

[It may be anonymous, but that doesn't mean he trusts the system. If someone's willing to poke around in their pasts without consent, there's no telling what else they might do in search of a good story.]

[Honestly, in terms of stealth and computers, he's thinking of Pidge, and he kind of hates it. It'd be her decision whether she wanted to be involved in this; that doesn't mean he wants her along with them on a heist. She's young, and she's already pretty damn stressed, and he doesn't want to make any of that worse.]

[He also thinks of Reaper and discards that thought almost immediately. Wash doesn't trust not!Ghostface as far as he can throw him (or blow him away with an industrial-sized fan. He's not picky).]

[leverageintceo]

That's right. Almost everyone here can also double as a hitter, but having one assigned to every hacker we bring in specifically to watch their backs isn't a bad idea. I want the hackers focused on their jobs, not on defending themselves.

[She spoons a bite of cereal into her mouth, chews, and swallows.]

I've got a short list of people who have appropriate skill sets and/or powers, but hackers are the most important right now because they're the ones who can get us the information. I can do some information-gathering myself, but my skills in that area are limited.