Post-Mission Briefing [video]

[relativityspeaking]

[When Kid Q goes on the comms for the post-mission debrief, she is smiling. Smiling smiling smiling.]

I'm happy to report that both of the recent missions were a complete success. After we weakened Tsarista by breaking out of all her story scenarios, we managed to re-capture her in an omnicom. Some of our allies from Sorcerer's World have given us some assistance in providing better magical protections around her prison.

[Her smile widens slightly and goes mischievous.]

If anyone wants to see the pictures we got of Brainy turned into an adorable forest creature, Timber Wolf is making the rounds.

As for the mission against the Herald and the Council, War and the Council-members are currently in Science Police custody. After she's fast-tracked for trial, we've made arrangements for her detainment to be on Legion World, like the Joker, to prevent any possible corruption at Takron-Galtos from allowing her to escape. The recording equipment Brainy sent you into the mission with successfully captured video of War despite the surveillance-disrupting nature of her powers. We've provided all the evidence to the Science Police, and they've obtained warrants to pry into the Council-members' affairs. They're currently making dozens of arrests all over the UP, of various corrupt government officials, dirty cops, and other individuals responsible for colluding with Chronoblivion.

[She's beaming.]

Not only did you stop the Council-members themselves, you've made it so the Science Police have been able to uncover an entire web of individuals that they've been working with, significantly weakening Chronoblivion's ability to interfere in the UP government and Legion affairs.

We still have to worry about the Herald spying on Legion World, but we have some leads on ways to stop him and one of our next missions should give us the tools to do it.

Things are going to be different from now on. Now that we've gone on the offensive, we're not going to stop until we take Chronoblivion down.

In other news, the two hostages you rescued? They were two of our missing Legionnaires, Rokk Krinn, aka Cosmic Boy, and Lyle Norg, aka Invisible Kid. Brainy's scanned them thoroughly to verify their identities and they're the real deal. They've verified that the missing Legionnaires are alive, currently trapped in a pocket dimension with strange preservative properties that've made it so they haven't aged or needed things like food and water. This crystal dimension actually allowed them to view our universe -- so they've apparently been keeping an eye on the team, watching our fights. (They promised that they've only watched things we've done in public.)

Recently, they were able to work together to free Rokk and Lyle, and they've spent six months relative time wandering through the multiverse, through dimensions where time ran differently, trying to get back home. When they arrived back in this universe, they were unfortunately picked up by corrupt Science Police officers, and taken to the Council-members. Fortunately, they were able to resist telepathic interrogation.

If the Council-members had successfully made the hand-off, they probably would've been tortured and killed, and the information they knew about the missing Legionnaires could've potentially been used by Chronoblivion's forced to find and kill our missing friends.

Not only did you make it so two of our own came home safely, you may have saved the entire team that we lost. And now that they're here, Brainy has enough information to start working on bringing our missing friends home. It's going to take time -- weeks, months, maybe even a year -- but now we know for sure they're alive, rather than taking Joker's word for it, and we can start working on it. If we can get them home in time, we might be able to enlist their help before our final fight against Chronoblivion.

You all did something incredible today, and undertook actions that restored balance back to the UP government, protected the team from future sabotage and interference, saved two Legionnaires just trying to get home, and protected close to 20 missing team members.

I'm proud of you, Legionnaires.

Comments

[thedreamisdead]

If they were able to resist telepathic interrogation from the corrupt personnel there, why are we so certain they are who they actually say they are?

[Don't let America interrogate your veterans.]

[rokketmann]

I think the answer is because we trust Brainy when it comes science.

[ Cos thinks she's raising a valid point and wants to help with any doubts. ]

But since you asked, resisting a telepath is like trying not to hear someone talk. You have to make so much mental noise that finding anything useful is hard. It's obvious when someone's singing the same song in their head or picturing a steel wall to count the rivets. I have nothing to hide here.

[thedreamisdead]

Mm.

[Not exactly her favored answer, but she can't find a fault with Brainiac 5 when it comes to science. He's obviously her superior in pretty much every area involving that. Except maybe the sweet science.]

You people teach different psi-resistance methods than I'm used to hearing. Wonder if that's technique or a difference in how your telepaths work?

[rokketmann]

And Kid Quantum's always had good judgment. It’s how she got elected in the first place.

[ Trust was a lot to ask of someone you're meeting, which is why he suggested trusting sentients she knew. ]

I don’t know how you’re used to dealing with telepaths, and I’m not a telepath, so I’m not a good choice for the trickier questions.

[ Ordinarily, Rokk would direct her to Saturn Girl for more information. It doesn’t sit well that he’s back on Legion World, and she’s not. ]

If you’re really curious, you could ask Dreamer. She’s spent time on Titan. Or I can recommend you some articles on telepaths and the history of the Titanians.

[unrecovered]

Huh. Good to know.

[rokketmann]

You're welcome. It's Agent Washington, right?

[ He wants to hit the ground running with the new (to him) members, but hasn't had time to do more than look at names and images. ]

[googledox]

Affirmative. I've run extensive scans of Cosmic Boy and Invisible Kid, and by every possible metric -- DNA, power scans, even dimensional resonance -- there's a 100% match.

There are also more subtle, ah, behavioral cues that would be difficult for imposters to imitate.

[thedreamisdead]

[She glances down off her screen. That's right, Brainy, she just ran you through a lie detector.]

Well, that's reassuring. Do you have these for every one of us?

[whyarewehere]

Clones?

[ Grif says it through a mouthful of spacefuture doritos. Super important questions here, guys. ]

[unrecovered]

"Behavioral cues."

[He buys the science. What he can't quite figure out is why Brainy felt the need to add that on.]

[atippleoftransparency]

[Unmuffled snickering.]

Oh, is that what that was? Testing my 'subtle behavioral cues'?

[ordinarily]

... Huh.

So uh. Yay team?

[iamresponding]

I think that definitely qualifies as a "yay team." Or a "Long Live the Legion."

Or, what was it the one time? "Live Long the Legion and Prosper?"

[rokketmann]

[ Cos nods at this with a touch of pride and several universes of struggling to keep the faith in his eyes. His voice is quiet, but firm. ]

Long live the Legion.

[ It's been too long since he said that from a position of hope and security. ]

[iamresponding]

Welcome home.

Hopefully, we can get the rest of your lost teammates home safe soon, too.

[whyarewehere]

We just met this guy, Rich, don't embarrass us.

[ He loves you bro, but no. ]

[iamresponding]

Combining two sci fi-ey, optimistic slogans into one just makes it even more potent.

[ordinarily]

[ Okay no he's actually gonna laugh at that. ]

"Live Long the Legion and Prosper" is just dumb enough for me to like it.

[gonebyebye]

Any details on how Cosmic Boy and Invisible Kid escaped you can share? Call it professional curiousity. I was in a similar situation not all that long ago back home, including the time dilation effect.

[atippleoftransparency]

[Hello, newbie! Have one (1) visible Invisible Kid.]

Short version? M'Onel punched reality and Shikari shoved us out through the crack before it closed up again.

What did you do?

[gonebyebye]

Punched a small hole in the dimensional fabric with the controlled demolition of a proton pack. It helped that we were still technically on Earth, just shoved about 0.73% off to the side. Otherwise I'm not sure if it would have worked,

[googledox]

M'Onel punched reality. That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.

[rushing_by]

Nice to hear that everyone's okay. Especially my alternate universe granddaughter. XS might not be actually related to me, but she's still family in a weird, roundabout way.

[rokketmann]

It's an honor to meet you.

[ He has to swallow the sir. Breathe. This is completely normal. You've met the Justice League before. So, Barry Allen doesn't look that much older than Bart.

So... he's probably a Legionnaire before he was a Justice League member. That's fine. That's not... daunting... ]

Knowing XS, you'd get a pass on that technicality.

[rushing_by]

Don't do that, please.

[If Cos thinks meeting Barry Allen is daunting, it's nothing compared to having to live up to the reputation of Barry Allen.]

I've seen the museum. I know what the Barry here was like, what he could do, and I'm nowhere near as good as he was. I'm not sure I ever will be.