Lending A Hand: Jubei contacts the Stryfe and Amazons (15/09/2403)

Having done the brunt of the footwork, Jubei was now ready to take his findings to Deacon and the Council.  He would show them that he had narrowed his search down to two cities, and would request that the Xelot Council use their resources to gain him an audience with the ruling bodies of both the Stryfe and the Amazons.  This in itself would take some doing, forcing Marshack himself to make a number of calls, both to the two Oyan nations and the Cleis del Angelus, utilising the full potential of his political leverage as the head of Terran Military Faction to gain his young charge an audience with these people.

It would take some time, but the Council would be able to fulfil Jubei’s request, leaving the convincing of the two clans up to their up and coming diplomat.  Jubei would begin the conversation by playing heavily on his Oyan heritage as he attempted to avoid an automatic dismissal due to his Terran affiliation, playing himself on similar grounds at the beginning of the talks before he began to discuss the power user menace feverously.  Jubei’s theatrics would go over well with the Stryfe representative, but his Amazonian audience would be far less interested in his openings.  Jubei would notice this and quickly move on, now playing on his Terran affiliation to propose that the Xelots as a Terran run organisation would be more familiar with Terran methods of terrorist attacks, far more so than the two Oyan targets that had been chosen.  He would point out, albeit it unnecessarily, that both the Stryfes and the Amazons were important clans with regards to the maintenance of the anti-Haiman lines, and explained that even the simple act of increasing their internal security would take away from their ability to defend themselves against the Haiman scourge.

With this in mind, Jubei would suggest that instead of unnecessary resources being wasted on an internal search, that the Xelots be allowed into these cities in an attempt to supplement their pre-existing internal security.  The Xelot factions would carry out the searches using their Terran expertise, allowing these two militaries to focus on continuing to repel the Haiman hordes.

This suggestion would not go over well with either of the clans, who were not at all willing to allow the Xelots to take care of the search for the terrorists independently, preferring to have their own militaries lead the search, while the Xelots at most assisted.  Jubei would acknowledge this preference, stating that the increase in internal security on their parts would be a natural reaction to this news, but he would once again stress that the Xelots simply had more experience dealing with these kinds of threats than the Oyan militaries, and pressed that it would simply be more efficient for them to be allowed to do what they do best.  This conversation would continue with a bit of back and forth rhetoric until they would reach an agreement, one which would allow the Xelots to lead their own search under the supervision of military units to ensure that they did not exceed their authority on internal matters.

Jubei would confirm with his superiors before agreeing to these terms.  He would then request that both clans forwarded the Xelots all relevant information on terran activity within recent times so that the Xelot Knights could peruse it in an attempt to get a lead on the case.  Once again, both clans would reluctantly oblige him.  Jubei would spend the rest of his day perusing the data before submitting a formal proposal to his superior Deacon DeSaint.

Outcome: The Stryfe and Amazons have reluctantly agreed to the Xelots heading the investigation within their respective cities.  They have forwarded the Xelots information on recent Terran activity within their city walls, and the Xelots have found a lead in both cities.  Jubei has been placed in charge of assembling two teams, one to investigate a mysterious facility in Themiscrya and the other to examine an armoury site that may have potentially been tampered with in Valhallard.

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