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thelegion2016-05-10 03:58 am
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[video] [post-Naltor Rescue wrap-up]
I want to thank you all for what you did for Naltor.
The UP emergency services are saying that the death toll is estimated in the hundreds, which is far more than is ideal but it could've been much worse. Thanks to all our efforts, they're saying we likely saved thousands.
The ten of us that are from this universe, we couldn't have saved nearly as many people on our own. And without your help, they might not have repaired the generators in time, which could've led the destruction of my planet, which could've claimed millions.
They still don't know what caused the disaster, though. Those rent-a-thugs that the team fought around the generators aren't talking and have psionic inhibitors. We think they're not responsible for the initial attack because there were some reports of visions of them trying to prevent the engineer teams from repairing the generators but not of them damaging them in the first place. Even if we do find out who they were working for, they might have been dealing with them with go-betweens.
And we still don't know why the attack was somehow blocked from the precognitive powers of everyone on Naltor. They've surveyed the public to see if any civilians saw the attack and so far it seems like it was entirely blocked from our view.
We don't know what it means and Brainy is still trying to figure out how it was even possible but Kid Q thinks it's probably not a coincidence. So far, I haven't had any visions about you displacees, either. We think all of it could be tied together somehow, especially since this didn't happen until you all started coming through the portal, but we still have no idea how.
In any case, Naltor is my homeworld. I have family and friends that were saved because of our rescue efforts. There's no way the Legion could've saved so many if you hadn't been willing to help us.
The UP emergency services are saying that the death toll is estimated in the hundreds, which is far more than is ideal but it could've been much worse. Thanks to all our efforts, they're saying we likely saved thousands.
The ten of us that are from this universe, we couldn't have saved nearly as many people on our own. And without your help, they might not have repaired the generators in time, which could've led the destruction of my planet, which could've claimed millions.
They still don't know what caused the disaster, though. Those rent-a-thugs that the team fought around the generators aren't talking and have psionic inhibitors. We think they're not responsible for the initial attack because there were some reports of visions of them trying to prevent the engineer teams from repairing the generators but not of them damaging them in the first place. Even if we do find out who they were working for, they might have been dealing with them with go-betweens.
And we still don't know why the attack was somehow blocked from the precognitive powers of everyone on Naltor. They've surveyed the public to see if any civilians saw the attack and so far it seems like it was entirely blocked from our view.
We don't know what it means and Brainy is still trying to figure out how it was even possible but Kid Q thinks it's probably not a coincidence. So far, I haven't had any visions about you displacees, either. We think all of it could be tied together somehow, especially since this didn't happen until you all started coming through the portal, but we still have no idea how.
In any case, Naltor is my homeworld. I have family and friends that were saved because of our rescue efforts. There's no way the Legion could've saved so many if you hadn't been willing to help us.
[video]
You say "the Legion" like we're not it. [ A shrug. ]
[ Realizing now how those words came out, Videl tries to backpedal a little bit and clarify her point. ] I'm not trying to brush off your thanks or anything, because I really do appreciate it. It's just... stop talking to us like we're outsiders. Lots of people here do it. I mean, I know we are, but we're also the Legion now. You, me, and pretty much everyone in between, whether we've been here days or years. I know lots of the current Legionnaires aren't from this universe, but we all need to stop referring to each other as "us" and "them."
[ She runs a hand through her hair. ] I know that's not really on topic, but I hear it a lot and it's been bugging me.
[private video]
[ His expression was stern, but not because of what she said. It looked more like he was struggling with something more than anything else. ]
You heard what she said, right? The part about how she hasn't had visions about us?
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Someone else who came through the portal being behind the generator sabotage could explain why nobody saw it coming. [ He's drumming his fingers against the side of the omnicom while he thinks. ] I did get the impression that it - uh, the portal I mean - is under pretty good surveillance, though, right?
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When I say there's no way The Legion could've saved so many, I do mean the Legion as a whole, and that's meant to include you in it. The "us" is the only part meant to speak of those of us native to this world.
We do see you as Legionnaires.
But we also recognize that these are our worlds. This is our galaxy and our universe. This is the universe we live in. For you to be willing to help us, when you have no ties to this dimension and had no choice in being here...
Yes, it means we can get you home faster, but we know that's not the only reason you all signed up. And we do see you as something apart from us, but not in the way you think. There have been times that members of the team were trapped in other galaxies or in other times and while they managed to work together, help the people where they were, and find a way home, sometimes they almost fell apart. You've risen to the occasion in ways some Legionnaires have struggled to do.
We want to show our appreciation for what you're doing. And we can't do that without recognizing that you are different from us at least sometimes. But when it comes to the team itself, we do count you as part of it.
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Speaking as one of said Legionnaires that has been dimensionally and chronally displaced the most, you're doing an exemplary job.
Our recognition of that isn't meant to be exclusion. In our eyes, you're a group of particularly exceptional new recruits.
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After those Legionnaires were spontaneously pulled back to their home dimensions, all of you started to arrive.
After the scandal, the survey team's records were made public, and according to them, the survey team discovered no bodies at the site, so quite fortunately it seems that no one appeared there when there was no one to rescue them.
But there were several months that the site went unmonitored, where any number of possible threats might have come through before the alternate Legionnaires arrived. While the planet is inhospitable to most forms of life, there is always the possibility that some threat that was able to survive it came through.
Or perhaps there was a lifeform similar to the lifeforms that attacked Legion World after many of you first arrived that we all had to contain. Perhaps something parasitic escaped the site with the UP survey team like the Lux did by possessing one of our medical technicians.
However, there could be an infinite number of variables in play. We don't have enough data to come up with a valid hypothesis yet.
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[And he looks embarrassed by that fact. He hasn't got a clue.]
I...still don't know what went wrong. I don't know why our friends disappeared. I don't know why the rift formed or why any of you were pulled through it.
I've been over my schematics and my calculations several thousand times.
[He's not exaggerating. He's reviewed them thousands of times.]
According to my designs and calculations, the device Lyle and I created should've created a small dimensional rift, put our enemy, Mon-starr, back in his dimensional prison, and safely closed the rift again afterward.
I still have no idea what went wrong. If I did, then I'd be able to find the lost Legionnaires and send you home.
That means I haven't the faintest idea how far-reaching the effects could've been. It's a total unknown.
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[ Nothing accusatory about that; Donnie hasn't been over the data thousands of times, but he's seen it enough to appreciate the magnitude of the problem Brainy's been looking at. ]
Since it's not like we can prove a negative, I think we should at least be operating on the possibility that this could've happened elsewhere. Which...means there could be a lot more than whoever was behind the Naltor attack out there.
[private video]
[private video]
It sounds like they've never had problems with their visions until we showed up. I'm guessing a little here, but if we're gonna follow that train of thought, it's possible that whoever-- or whatever-- was responsible for Naltor... isn't native to this time or space.
We might not be the only ones showing up here.
[private video]
That sounds like a pretty big leap, Gohan. You're suggesting that they can't have visions about us because we're not part of this universe, right? But why? How can you be sure visions are restricted by that kind of stuff?
[private video]
You know how I told you that everyone back home has life energy, no matter how small? Well, what if there's something like that in this universe too, where everyone's tied together in some kind of cosmic way? And what if we're not part of that? Wouldn't that, theoretically, mean that they can't have visions about us because technically we shouldn't exist here?
I'm making a lot of assumptions here, but we don't have a lot of hard evidence to go on.
[private video]
[ She takes a breath and exhales slowly. ]
But it's not a bad place to start investigating. Seeing if more things keep lining up like this.
[ A pause for thought. ]
Going with your theory, though, that could mean that whoever was behind Naltor might not be from this universe either.
[private video]
[ His lips thin into a taut line, muscles tense. ]
But that presents its own set of problems. The spot where we're showing up is under surveillance, so anyone who shows up there is being redirected to Legion World. So... either there's another tear somewhere where other people are showing up, or...
... One of us is responsible.
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The effects of the rift's creation could be more far-reaching than I originally thought. There is a distinct possibility that the attack on Naltor was because of some kind of dimensional intruder.
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[private video]
Let's focus on the first one for now. [ She says, voice a bit tense. ] The universe is a really big place; there could be a whole bunch of tears that no one has even noticed yet.
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They've already declared this investigation a joint one between the Science Police and the Legion. We'll be pooling resources.
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[private video]
It's possible. But we have to take into account that Naltor was the place under attack, and that the universe isn't exactly easy to navigate. When we flew to Namek, it took months. And that was still in the same quadrant of our galaxy.
[private video]
[private video]
... There's a lot of factors to consider here.