[Video | Filtered to Legionnaires Only] Technically, Parody Is Fair Use

[unrecovered]

[Wash looks a bit better than he did a week ago; turns out a successful mission and a plan for the future really do help.]

We've all seen the Legionnaire Legacies, and I'm pretty sure we're all tired of them. Well, Mirage is a genius, and she had an idea: we'll make fake ones. Use our Anywhere Machine to pull real footage, create fake footage to supplement it, write our own narratives, and broadcast them. It'll discredit the press, and it might keep them off our backs, because there's no reason to broadcast someone's past if it's already been done by someone else.

So. Who's in?

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[ghost_bait]

I... I'll do it. [She looks distinctly uncomfortable with the idea that someone is going to be looking at her past anyway.]

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[ordinarily]

Uuuuuugh, where the heck is it...

[ There's a discontent groan before Danny starts lazily scrambling to grab the omnicom. Finally grabbing it, the kid buried in the blankets, pillow over his eyes, before continuing. ]

Can we do this, like... when my head isn't killing me, maybe...? I mean, I'm down, just... after the headache...

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[steelandtemper]

Trashy TV isn't the big issue, here. The big issue is that there's another one of those things in the wild. What happens to operational security when someone with higher aspirations than sleazy journalism gets their hands on a machine that can see through any wall, to any point in time?

[In other words, it's time for a heist.]

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[ordinarily]

This.

[ He'll even raise his hand from beneath his blanket, to literally point up. ]

[thedreamisdead]

They are remarkably unimaginative when it comes to using those things. I can think of some better uses.

[Like keeping an eye on some of the known troublemakers.]

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[prettycoolguy]

I'm with Cortana.

[ The Chief is delivering all the real shockers today. ]

It's a good idea, but this won't cut out the heart of the problem. We need to get that machine.

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[steelandtemper]

On that note, before we go home, I'll edit your suit logs to keep ONI from getting any hint this machine exists.

[People who should not have the Anywhere Machine: Margaret Parangosky.]

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[steelandtemper]

Go back to sleep, kid.

[unrecovered]

[Distinctly uncomfortable is what comes through there, and Wash may be taking it the wrong way.]

You don't have to if you don't want to. I'm kind of first in line for volunteers anyway.

[unrecovered]

[...what.]

Are you okay? Do I need to send medical to your room?

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[ordinarily]

'Kay.

[ And he's gone. ]

[ghost_bait]

[Miku shakes her head, fringe bobbing.] It's not there, there are just certain things I don't want anyone to see... so this might be the best way.

[steelandtemper]

Operations would have gone so much better during the war.

[Not that the UNSC should be trusted with that kind of power.]

[steelandtemper]

[She's surprised that worked.]

[ordinarily]

I'll be okay when the headache goes away...

[ And he emphasizes this by pulling the pillow that much more over his eyes, as if it'll keep the light out even more. ]

[voice]

[saltsweet]

[ Oh lord, Legionnaire Legacies again? Videl can't help a tired sigh. ]

Look, I know they're a pain in the ass, but this is just ridiculous. That's going to end up being a huge waste of time that we could be using doing our jobs.

And even when you do get fake Legionnaire Legacies out there, the press is just going to keep digging around and show your real histories anyway. They're not going to stop just because you give them the "authorized full-access look at Legionnaire X." [ The finger quotes are audible. ]

[unrecovered]

[The next thing after that question is a proposal to steal the machine, isn't it. Wash isn't going within 100 feet of the thing if he can manage it, but...]

If you want to take point, the mission's yours.

That said, it's probably a good idea to bring people who've already been hit - no reason to make it easy on them.

[thedreamisdead]

There's a lot of cold cases that could be closed, too.

[unrecovered]

[Headache. Light sensitivity. The possibilities are narrowing down.]

Do you have a migraine?

[The vegan spacefuture has a cure for those, right?]

[unrecovered]

[Well, he's in the exact same boat, so he can't exactly fault her logic.]

Good point. I'll keep you updated.

[steelandtemper]

[She wasn't asking permission.]

We do it false flag.

[Which is illegal where they come from, not that Cortana has ever shown the slightest hint she cares about legality.]

They have to know where to look, and I know a hell of a lot about covering my tracks.

[ordinarily]

I dunno, maybe? Does that come with vomiting?

[steelandtemper]

I don't like trusting to luck [Cortana, you liar] but we're lucky both that these people are just chasing ratings and that no one else has thought to hit them for their magic spy machine yet.

[unrecovered]

[Look at how amused Wash is not. Turns out getting eaten alive by Legacies-induced paranoia for the better part of a week has completely wrecked his nerves, and he is not in the mood for this shit.]

Wow, it's almost like some of your team doesn't want their entire past broadcast to the UP at large without their consent!

Look, fake Legacies will create distrust. If there's a real one and a fake one, how does anyone know which one is the real one? How much do Legionnaire Legacies edit out? Do they change things just for the ratings? Anything that throws viewers off the scent and creates distrust for the press helps us.

So you can either volunteer your own Legacy to keep the spotlight away from the members of your team who don't want one, help us fake them, or butt out.

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[prettycoolguy]

Good.

[ He knows them, if they had any idea it existed they'd stop at nothing to have it. ]

I think they can find enough trouble on their own.