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[Out of Milliways: Senior Paladin Tristan gave Ellen a mission- go and find out what happened with the raiders who attacked their water caravan. She stopped at Milliways and got some assistance. The results were bigger than expected.]

Ellen's still in her Chinese stealth suit when she opens the door from the Capital Wasteland and lets her companions back in. There was neither time nor reason to change out of it, after all. "Okay, we're clear," she says. "Does anyone mind if I get something to drink first? I'll fill you in on the details in a minute..."

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"They still need to breathe," Ellen says, "but their bones are a lot thicker, and their neck musculature is kind of huge and spread out compared to a human's, so it's a lot harder to get through to the brain stem, I know that much..."

[masterofgunfu]

"Damn. I bet they can hold their breath a long time too." There goes the napalm-in-the-face idea.

[aaaaaaaagh_sky]

"Possibly," Ellen agrees. "I honestly don't know. They're extremely rare, and when the Brotherhood hears about them we usually take the heavy artillery and attack from a distance to wear them down, if we can."

[masterofgunfu]

"Think this is something they're going to deal with?"

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"I... actually, I was going to contact some people I know here," Ellen admits. "And ask for volunteers. I could go back to the Citadel and get a bunch of soldiers, but aside from the Behemoth there's a lot of raiders holed up in that valley, and a bunch of slaves and other prisoners. Some of the people here have powers and abilities way beyond anything the Brotherhood can do, and they've helped me before, or I've helped them, or both. It might be easier to hit the area with a Milliways force first- they won't be able to prepare for it or know what they're dealing with."

[masterofgunfu]

"Well as I said, I'd be glad to help if I was available though against what we're talking about, I don't know that I could be much help. I could be good for taking care of the Raiders while someone else took care fo the Behemoth though."

Maybe she should stay here instead of going back. What did she have back home that was worth returning to anyway? Nah, running or hiding just does sit well with her.

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Ellen nods. "I was hoping to get some help from a superhero or two for the Behemoth," she says. "Assuming I haven't used up my favors with them- I don't like being in somebody's debt, even metaphorically. But we'll probably need people on the ground to deal with the raiders, and there were slaves we're going to need to get out of there. And if you know anyone who's good at removing explosives let me know, because I can only disarm proximity mines so quickly, you know?"

[masterofgunfu]

"I can imagine," Andrea says thinking. "If we have the time I might be able to help with that. We had some training with explosives in the Academy but no one really uses them in the field as the magic waves make them too undependable for use. I'm a quick study though, so if we had a deactivated model to work with or some one who could train me. WHat about that Voodoo guy?"

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"Voodoo's a Navy SEAL," Ellen says. "Different specialization- he doesn't work with unexploded ordnance. I had to learn how to deactivate mines almost as soon as I got out of the Vault. I can show you once I get hold of one and disarm it, though."