<br/><div class="floatleft">(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u416/InferiorRabbit/PeterAkimov.jpg)</div><strong>Peter Akimov</strong>:<br/><strong>Location:</strong>OHSPD Interrogation Room<br/><strong>Time &amp; Date:</strong>1 PM, April 11th 2110<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Officer Dog<br/><strong>Mentioning:</strong>Dog, Frank<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong>Coat (https://img0.etsystatic.com/023/0/5585742/il_340x270.548268796_gxhw.jpg)<br/><hr/><br/>A wistful smile ghosted Peter’s lips, twitching his prosthetic fingers in thought.<br/><br/>“Those were my thoughts too Dog, back then. If the commander was going to order us to kill a civilian, albeit someone infected with something too dangerous to handle, he should do it himself. However, everyone else understood it, and I came to see it as well after having a few years to think about it. The commander is just a title, with a couple extra details. They may give orders, and act as the bridge between the operative, and the High Council themselves, but in the thick of things, on decisions like those, it’s not as simple as deciding one man should do it. One person can’t shoulder all those decisions, and carry them out at the same time. Psychologically, it’s enough to send them over the edge.<br/><br/>“It may sound like I’m trying to save my own skin here in the long run, but the truth is that it is up to the team to shoulder these burdens along with the leaders themselves. Back then, we were all close enough to know that we couldn’t possibly flat out ask anyone one of to go up those stairs and put a bullet in a girl’s head. It was hard enough to think about it, let alone say it. So the only way we could decide it was with straws. It’s fucked up, but it’s the reality of our jobs. The operative deals with their own inner turmoil, while the leader takes everything else.” It was tough explaining it. No one living knew the captain like Peter did, and the burden he had shouldered with the title. It was what made him partly dread his placement as the head of the Max-Tac group.<br/><br/>“As a leader, I will never give an order that I’m not willing to carry out myself if I need to. I’ll always put my men and women first, before anything else. You’re going to be a senior member of the team, and they’ll look to you to lead as well. As a leader, you<strong>will</strong>be in a similar situation, one where I’ll be unable to help you, and you’ll have to give orders that could mean bad things for you. It’ll be your role. Despite your... irritating personality thus far, I want you to be that person we need. Someone who the team can rely on, when they can’t or won’t rely on me. My role is to give some peace of mind along with orders.” This has been the most sincere he’s been with another human being in a long while, and of course it had to be someone like Dog, a coworker who he wasn’t entirely sure respected him as she should(though it was mutual). Peter raised his index and middle finger.<br/><br/>“The Psycho Squad only has two goals, in any operation. Kill all Psychos, and minimize the loss of life. It’s all we do. In the end though, commanders will always assume the harshest treatment. In history, I may be reviled as a soulless man, who was involved in the deaths of hundreds of people, including his own team. My own team members may hate me for what I do. I don’t care. As long as they live, I couldn’t give a fuck what anyone else thinks of me.” That was all he wanted from this job. To see his members live complete lives, while facing the odds, and fighting against the monstrous psychos that have inflicted panic into the entirety of humanity.<br/><br/>“Enough of that though, Dog. I don’t want to scare you off with all this talk. Just take that into account in the future.” He flicked the recorder back to life, and looked back to his notes.<br/><br/>“While we don’t have any particularly set... roles in the team, I have you pegged for someone who can take on a bit more responsibility as a leader in the squad. You and Frank being the more senior members of the new recruits. Aside from that though, what special assets to you bring to the team?”<br/>