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Tranquility - the last transmission on the network was not a hoax. We have been boarded.

All non-combat personnel should keep to their quarters at the present moment. Further instructions will follow.

Note please that the boarders are able to hack all transmissions, including those which are highly encrypted. Do not discuss tactical information over the network. Do not discuss extraneous things. We do not know what will be of use to these brigands, and we need to deny them as much information as possible. Keep silent; keep vigilant; updates to come.

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Whatever impression - I am trying, sir, to provide instructions to keep people safe.

By dragging them off and y'know, leaving your plans where everyone can see?

Excuse me. What part of me exhorting people not to discuss extraneous things, precisely, meant that I was leaving plans where everyone could see? You're trying to pick a fight on flimsy grounds. A piece of advice: stop.

It's not flimsy when it's right there.

Sir, I do not even know what you're objecting to.

[ seriously, 'sir'? that's gonna make him snap before anything else. ]

The fact that you'll drag people to safety if you have to? That you're still talking about it all on the network? You said not to discuss tactical information, but you're still discussing. It's your prerogative-- hell, I don't give a shit what you end up doing, but you ever thought of talking to someone in person?

All right - what part, precisely, of asserting that we're going to keep people safe - what part of that is compromising anything tactically? Please, do sketch for me a scenario in which these cunning fellows utilize that knowledge. Please.

You just keep missing my point, but hey, go right ahead. You keep letting everyone know your interests lie solely in forcing them into safety. Because that's not offering any kind of information, not even extraneous.

Right. Again, explain to me the issue. I am sworn to keep people safe and keep them alive; what are you expecting, that I'm going to forswear myself?

I expect you not to abuse your power.

I'm security. I'm keeping people safe. What do you think I'm going to do - rifle through their pockets? Or maybe you think I'm doing this as a power trip. Is that it?

No, I think you don't know the difference between abusing power and thinking you're being helpful. Safe. There's a line. You're talking about crossing it. I would try to make sure you only go that far with it.

Oh, you'll...what? Kill me if I seem to be keeping too many people from getting shot? Thank God we have you around, Petrelli, to keep us all in line. God help us if we ever are able to respond freely to the immediate threat of an invasion without you whining at and threatening us.

[ SNORT. ]

You really haven't got a clue, do you? You're not the first person to think you have me pegged just because you can't think a little further outside the box. But go ahead and keep missing the point, the one that has nothing to do with me, since you're so damn good at keeping everyone safe.

[ disconnect. ]

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