Ranna Krannok<br/>Onboard Bastion<br/>Bastion Hangar deck.<br/>(http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j77/wulfjaeger/black_widow_png_by_sasha2000dog-d52srzs.png)<br/><hr/><br/><em>Honestly, Ranna? I couldn't care less. It was them or me. I wasn't particularly interested in being used as slave labor, my talents being milked by the CapGov for free, without compensation.  If I may say so myself, I am probably one of the most gifted engineering minds in the Capellan Confederation, maybe even in the Inner Sphere. I am certain that my designs will be wide-spread and lauded in the future. But I want that success to be mine, not theirs. It hurts me to betray my beloved Capellan nation, but when the chips are down, I always prioritize myself and my needs. Which is why I am here.</em><br/><br/>Ranna watched him circle the Elemental power armor as they spoke.  She sat quietly on Harlequin's foot, listening to him talk while his attention was obviously intent upon the new engineering marvels the Clan's brought to the Inner Sphere.  Ranna wasn't surprised to her the arrogance and assessment of Janos' self worth, he was Capellan, the majority of them were arrogant self involved meglomaniacs.  What did surprise her is that he cared more for his name and his accomplishments in the area of engineering rather than the accomplishment of the House or State.<br/><br/>Her opinion of the man slowly began to change as she listened.<em>How about you? Does it bother you that you have probably killed so many innocent bystanders tonight?</em>The question caught her off guard a little but nothing showed in her face or body.  If there was one thing she'd learned was never let a potential opponent know what can startle or shock her.  Instead she shifted her focus to MIyoko, who she hadn't seen hanging from the gantry repairing an armor plate slowly climb up her Phoenix Hawk and disappear into her cockpit.  She contemplated his question for a moment as she also thought about what was eating Miyoko so much that she was becoming a recluse.  "If it had been a Davion or god forbid even a Kurita city, I would have done my best to avoid the populated areas unless they brought the fight first.  Which is what the Davids did when they ambushed us.  Capellan's have no regard for their people and the people who may have died today would have eagerly run out into the street and shot missiles at me given the chance."  She looked down at the piece of metal she was toying with as it hung from a chain around her neck.  Her tone a bit more sullen as she answered  "Any population that acts in that way is by my definition a combatant.  It's when a population is used as a shield and they don't want to be, that's when it matters."<br/><br/>Pausing for a quiet moment, she looks back up at the engineer.  "Anything in that head of yours or on that monstrosity of yours that can help a humble Hatchetman destroy it's prey faster?"  The sullen look on her face was gone, replaced with a keen predatory look of a woman who knew exactly how to do her job and knew she was the best at it.