<div class="floatright">(http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j77/wulfjaeger/___protector_of_time____by_vincentxyooj-d5lw1gq_zps59496fa9.png)</div><br/>Allia listened to the cold way that Damian talked about the crew and staff that were left over from the Company before the unfortunate events that brought them to this point.  She thought about the sacrifices, the friends they had all lost over the last few months as well as those that would be leaving for other reasons now that they were piecing things back together.<br/><br/>Maybe it was the difference between Damian and her, he could be cold about the numbers where Allia wore her emotions on her sleeve.  She'd never be able to make the decisions that Damian and Kari had to make.   This was the reason organizations like this had a mulitude of leadership positions, to act as a sounding board and filter for ideas good and bad.<br/><br/>"Wait a minute!"  She jumped up, the tension of her emotions drifting into her tone.  "How's it going to look to our technicians and staff when we tell them they are being let go because we can't afford to keep them, but we're hiring new warriors and combat troops."  Allia looked back and forth to Kari and Damian.  "Has anyone even talked to the crew yet about what's going on?  Have we spelled out the realitiies of what we lost and what we need to rebuild?"<br/><br/>She could feel the mix of emotions swelling up inside of her as she stared down at the floor for a moment.  She knew her eyes were glazing over with the start of possible tears, but she didn't care.  She wasn't about to let financial realities tear apart the family she'd come to know over the last year even more.  "Why don't we give everyone the option.  I for one will take a pay cut if it will help us keep people.  These people have fought and bled for this company.  They've watched their friends die.  Yes I understand that this is a business in some respects.  But I think if you give the unit the choice, they many will choose to stay and rebuild a unit that will care for them."<br/><br/>Allia realized her voice had grow a bit louder than she had hoped.  Her emotional response to the issue was hot and she had trouble keeping her voice steady.  Finally bringing her emotions under control she continued.  "In the final analysis, is it a cost analysis of care and feeding or pay?  You keep Ghost running, you can keep my paycheck with the agreement that once we are back on our feet I get some bonus considerations.  I think if you present the situation, remove the threat of being fired if we can reach a certain money goal, many of the crew will do the same."