<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/5/50/15b3a41b63432bcd1c3755c910f8be5c.jpg)</div><br/><strong>Name:</strong>Umari<br/><strong>Location/Date/Time:</strong>War Manse 13 meeting room, 2 Resplendent Earth, Early afternoon<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Any<br/><strong>Notes:</strong>None<br/><br/>"While I would like to seek out the Sea Folk at the first opportunity," Umari said thoughtfully, "I do not think that splitting our strength would be the wisest course at this point in time. As has been said, the settlement we know off lies a very great distance from here, and anyone traveling to it would be out of contact, and out of range of assistance, for some weeks."<br/><br/>"Captain Pearl, I believe you said that you had contacts amongst another Sea Folk community. How close to us is that one? If it is closer, or better yet, along the path to the other Manse, we might be able to combine the two ... visit with the Sea Folk, see if you can persuade them to ally with us, and perhaps they then might be able to assist us with the investigation of the Manse. Certainly, they would prove a boon for exploring any flooded sections."<br/><br/>"With regard to vessels of our, we have a few, though not many. I believe ... and Khrui will, I'm sure, correct me I misremember ... that we have a trio of Swift Midday Brilliance class vessels, though I do not think all three are currently functioning. Most of their weapons were removed, and added to the fixed defenses of the Manse, though I believe we could emplace a light implosion bow back in a fairly short time. Each vessel is capable of carrying a full talon of troops, though we would not seek to bring so many, so as to make room for salvage to be brought back."<br/><br/>"We do not tend to commit them to open use without good cause, as such vessels would be seen as valuable prizes by any who happened across them. I would be comfortable committing one to this mission. Sailing in formation with your vessels, it would hopefully appear to be a part of your fleet, rather than ours. Together they would be enough of a demonstration of strength that only the most powerful attackers might seek to cross swords with you."