[001 | Video]

[relicrebellion]

[The video opens on a fuzzy image that, for those inclined to track patterns, resembles the quality of Kaidan's earlier recording-of-a-recording. The subject matter is a little different: two buildings, three storeys tall each, one listing into the other, which has itself begun to buckle in the middle.

More unusual are the small, snapping arcs of electricity, in size not dissimilar to those created by touching a doorknob while static-charged, that flicker on the edges of the screen's display, and the faint, flame-like flicker of an odd blue haze.]

I need assistance. Anyone who is capable of moving large pieces of rubble without further destabilizing the structure. I have managed to halt the decay of the situation, but I have people trapped, and I cannot reach them and hold the collapse both.

The building is to the east-southeast of the ship, roughly a kilometer and a half out. It should be recognizable from this image.

Haste would be...appreciated.

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[relicrebellion]

It is likely that we will require med-evac. [There's a momentary pause.] That is, if you do not mind moving people?

[knightoflight]

[A pause, because the question is so strange.]

We are all stranded here together. We suffer, live or die, together. There is no place for withholding help to our own.

I will be very gentle with your injured.

[relicrebellion]

That is not a philosophy that is often acted on, in my experience.

[Profiteering, scam artistry, opportunism - her tenure as Shadow Broker has given her a bleak look at the behaviour of people during a crisis.

A second transmission comes a minute or two later.]

I have an ally inbound - Major Alenko - is there any chance you could expedite his arrival?

[knightoflight]

Unfortunately not, in my world, either. But the Circle has pledged to live our ideals.

[Nothing like seeing war destroy your planet and having to flee in terror for your life to make one appreciate peace.]

I would be happy to. If he'll have me.

[relicrebellion]

[The biotic sizzle along her nerve endings is enough to dampen her curiousity for a moment, but she makes a mental note to ask about this Circle later.]

I do not think he would turn aside assistance. At least, not now.

[knightoflight]

I shall ask. And be there as soon as I can.

[relicrebellion]

Thank you.

[The hint of strained relief in her voice suggests the gratitude is both for the aid and for the haste; she's strong, but she's only so strong.]