Atsui's Office
Yaeko sighed. The mission had barely begun before she knew that this was going to come up eventually. Taking a moment to collect her thoughts, she began speaking.
"Ma'am, I know that the military loves to the blame the actions of its soldiers on their superiors, but you of all people should know how little power you truly have over your soldiers once the bullets start flying. I can't hop into someone else's Kawarime and stop them from crashing into the water, that is a failure on the part of their piloting instructors for not properly teaching planetary entry.
The only thing that would have stopped Silic from going into that facility alone would have been me putting a bullet in his head, and for some reason I doubt even that would have stopped him. As for Anne, it is my opinion that her and Silic should not be allowed to see each other. I know you stated that you had no problem with soldiers being intimate, and neither do I, but on this previous mission they proved that they are unwilling to place the mission before each other. And as before, there is nothing I can do when a soldier disobeys other than deal disciplinary action. Which is why I recommend that Silic and Anne be charged and punished with insubordination. Nothing too drastic, but enough that they realize their mistakes.
As for the civilians and the way my team split up, we were a small task force of 10 soldiers sent to infiltrate a facility with over 50 opposing forces, not to mention that they had heavy weaponry and power armor. This, of course, hasn't even begun to include that a high probability of NMX forces presented itself, along with having to deal with civilian slaves and rescuing SSS personnel from a collapsing cave.
Under the circumstances given I think my team and I, with the exception of my stated issues, did a pretty damned good job. Although you already knew that, otherwise I wouldn't have a heart behind my white triangle right now."
Yaeko finished, realizing that she had barely paused to breath in her small. She noticed that she was now leaning toward Atsui, and that her hands had started motioning violently about half-way through her rant. Returning to her previous posture, back straight and hands folded on her lap, she awaited Atsui's response.