Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-5543592-20160202235358/@comment-5543592-20160205033111

Gunny had a very similar expression.

"Admiral Jang-La." Joseph Howard said with a nod in his fellow Admiral's direction. "Thank you for joining us."

Jang-La ducked his head in a slight bow, to show differential respect to Howard. His squad of Vice Admirals, however, looked around the room coldly.

Zekoff's eyes were wide with shock. He couldn't tease the information out of Howard now, with the Chinese here. Then they would hear it. He'd been hoping to make some short of temporary alliance with Howard to take the Chinese out. That wouldn't do now, of course. Which meant that Howard was serious about confronting the Aliens. So Zekoff had to be.

Zekoff looked back to Howard as a Soviet soldier brought in a third chair for Jang-La. The Admiral sat down at the width of table, with Howard to his left and Zekoff to his right.

"Alright, Howard." Zekoff said, smirking again. "Tell me what you have in mind."

Admiral Howard leaned forward. "A temporary truce, until Epsilon is dealt with.  Until then, we form a council of nations to defeat the threat.  We would combine our forces and take the Epsilon by storm."

Jang-La laughed softly just as Howard was starting. "My apologies, Admiral Howard, but my men would never work alongside Americans or Soviets."

"Nor mine." Zekoff said. "Besides, who would be the leader of these combined forces.  You, Howard?  I do not think so.  And attack that ship head on?  It is a rash notion."

"You'd best contact them yourself.  They don't take well to transmissions from us.  Head to the Stalin yourself.  You're tagged as a civilian vessal, they'll recieve you."