"The AI has recently committed itself to generating a wide variety of extremely productive mission possibilities." Her tone tastes like oversteeped tea that is getting cold, which is what happens to a drink when only a few people take little sips out of the kettle after it first boils.

"With luck we'll be able to devote staff, for delegating missions and raising awareness of our resources. It's all about information and mobilization. That used to be our primary strength, in this war, but now it's become our main weakness." Soldier Blue hasn't announced his intentions for information-gathering missions yet, leaving them almost completely in the dark about the United Earth's current capabilities and conspiracies.

"There's also some work on winter supply distribution," she adds as an afterthought. That's the kind of thing you'd be interested in.