Date: 2019-01-19 06:38 am (UTC)
silent_scowling: Mike Colter from The Ringer (You better run (angry))
From: [personal profile] silent_scowling
"No," Matt says, voice firm. Angry. "You haven't failed them. You haven't failed any of us. ONI has failed us."

And Matt's going to dedicate himself to fixing that as best as he can. Because Kurt's been carrying this too long and he doesn't deserve it, not a single bit of it. Too long his brother has carried the weight alone.

Date: 2019-01-20 12:23 am (UTC)
silent_scowling: Mike Colter from The Ringer (Quiet is needed (hush))
From: [personal profile] silent_scowling
"It does," Matt counters, reaching out to put a firm hand on his brother's shoulder. Even squeezes it tightly. "You're not the one putting them out there. You aren't the one who orders them out there. It's not you."

Because trust him, Maine knows a lot about the bad command structures ONI allows to play out. The willful disregard for people. Gets it a bit. It's about survival of a species.

Who even knows if they would count as a part of that species anymore.

But clearly the man needed more and Matt pulled Kurt into his arms, a brief hug offered, but a strong one. Surely this would work for Kurt.

"I get it. I'll help."

Date: 2019-01-25 05:25 pm (UTC)
silent_scowling: Mike Colter from The Ringer (Quiet is needed (hush))
From: [personal profile] silent_scowling
Shut up and stop defending ONI. Stop defending other people and tearing yourself apart. Maine is not amused. Not amused at all. He holds his brother for a long moment before letting him go. At least Freelancer had taught him support by watching it happen.

"Going to make this better," he promises. "Got more combat experience than you, than your trainers. Against everything. I'll manage it."

Date: 2019-01-25 07:06 pm (UTC)
silent_scowling: Mike Colter from The Ringer (You have to be kidding (incredulous))
From: [personal profile] silent_scowling
"At least I can expect better teamwork than my last bag," Matt shrugged. He will make them into effective teams, or he will break them down until they hate him enough to manage it.

He will be your boogie man, Kurt. You just keep focusing on doing what you can to help them. TO make them better. And to give the chances they need.

The sooner he can get into Freelancer files the better though. He's heard some of the teach have been made on disposable one-off specs, that was the rumor. But what if they could turn more tech like that to their people?

Tex's armor mods might be the most important.

Date: 2019-01-29 10:11 pm (UTC)
silent_scowling: Mike Colter from The Ringer (You have to be kidding (incredulous))
From: [personal profile] silent_scowling
"They'll be a better team," Matt insists as he looks at Kurt. "Last unit wasn't about cohesion. They were trying to make something better than us. But... Less team deployment."

Solo insertion. Destroy teams to build up the idea that one individual could do better. How stupid was that? How was a SPARTAN supposed to believe in anything other than a team? He was raised to it.

"Boogie man when Deltas arrive. Hard-ass Brute until then."

The sooner he can start full on hand to hand with them, the better. Maybe start with teams of them. Three on ons.

Date: 2019-01-31 08:43 pm (UTC)
silent_scowling: Mike Colter from The Ringer (Think twice (don't mess))
From: [personal profile] silent_scowling
How did they do? Well, that was definitely a complicated question to answer. One should give them credit that Maine was standing there with a black eye and more than a few scrapes himself. But he didn't seem much worse for the wear than he would after a bit of heavy sparring with Kurt. And he was smirking.

"Good enough," he said, "for rookies. They're strong, fast. Like SPARTANs should be. But you're right about cohesion."

Not saying they were worse than Freelancers, but it was a near thing. Reminded him a bit of how poorly he'd done against Texas, with him failing to respect the skills of his teammates. Everyone wanted to be the one that put the new DI down. That didn't help in a combat situation.

"Do it again," he suggests after a thoughtful moment. "But start with arming them. Talked to your AI. There is new, modified lock-down paint we can consider. Arm them as if they are in the field. Will react to their gear, immobilize joins, give light electric sensation to mimic limbs numbing when hit."

Basically, equip them in a way where they feel like it matters, see if they work better from there. And, of course, give him the same. The ability to take their weapons if he needed. Force them to think on their feet but plan as a group.

Date: 2019-02-01 07:23 pm (UTC)
silent_scowling: Mike Colter from The Ringer (Quiet is needed (hush))
From: [personal profile] silent_scowling
"Rubber bullets only sting. Life is harder than a sting," Matt reminds him quite simply. But he doesn't want cart blanche. He wants to make sure Kurt understands why he's doing what he's doing.

There had never been enough transparency in his last posting. But there's something more than that first. They should have a delay on that sort of thing. So Matt stands there, does he dare suggest this?

"Doing hand to hand training in fire team sizes. Me versus them. I get grav hammer, settings turned down low. Except I want the fireteams randomized. Just for this."

They are used to knowing how they fit together as a team. Which is why they aren't communicating as much. Teach them to communicate with those they haven't been assigned to for a while, and you'll teach them to communicate better in those teams. Because they weren't as close in these teams as his and Kurt's SPARTAN class had been. It will also make them reevaluate their own awareness of their skills now that the enhancements are in.

Date: 2019-02-04 11:35 pm (UTC)
silent_scowling: Mike Colter from The Ringer (Think twice (don't mess))
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"Not forever. For this specific sort of exercise. Teach them to talk better. Was an issue with my last team. Got too set, assumed too much."

And these kids? They aren't SPARTANS like he and Kurt were. The cohesion wasn't there from the word go because everything they were and had been hadn't been taking from them. SPARTAN-IIs were a team from the first word. Because who else did they have? Not their families, but these kids remembered that.

"They run normal the rest of the time. People here? They don't know their people as well. Not like I knew you and Linda."

Date: 2019-02-06 01:53 am (UTC)
silent_scowling: Mike Colter from The Ringer (I am considering it (pensive))
From: [personal profile] silent_scowling
"Randomize them each pass. It's about communication. Sometimes you need to communicate overlaps and how that causes problems. My last team just about fell apart because of communication issues."

One day he might tell Kurt about it. Just a bit longer for him to feel... less like he's betraying them. Not like Kurt would tell anyone else. It would stay between them. He trusts Kurt like nothing and no one else.

His fingers come up to his eye to rub at it.

"I want them to be able to do more than this. If they can start getting good at it, we'll see about working the grav hammer in on lower settings. Get them catching it."

Date: 2019-02-06 04:00 am (UTC)
silent_scowling: Mike Colter from The Ringer (Think twice (don't mess))
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"Communication was an issue before the augmentations if they won't communicate. And my issue isn't what they can and can't do. It's that they don't talk. I had two come at me at once and all I had to do was side-step to get them into each other."

He's being thoughtful here, Kurt. And he doesn't know how long you have to get these boys and girls ready.

Famished? Now that Kurt mentions it Matt can't help the way his stomach growls.

"Haven't had that serious of a workout other than sparring with you since I left the front lines."

Date: 2019-02-06 04:45 am (UTC)
silent_scowling: Mike Colter from The Ringer (I am considering it (pensive))
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And when they had gotten ship shape, he'd gotten the boot. Matt just looks at Kurt. Because he doesn't like to think about that. One of the best examples of a fail out, but a fail out.

Good thing his stomach distracted him from having to deal with that pain.

"Not worried. Continue working on my degrees in my spare time."

Date: 2019-02-06 05:36 pm (UTC)
silent_scowling: Mike Colter from The Ringer (Now that is funny (chuckling))
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"Had a lot of down time at my old black-bag."

More than that, of course. It wasn't like he could use the full of his capabilities in most cases. He was a control group for comparison to the mods in some ways. There was an actual pleasure here at being allowed to lift to the limits of his abilities which had turned out to be on the high end even for a SPARTAN, getting stronger over the years like Kelly had gotten faster, like Kurt had quite clearly gotten even smarter. And even better at putting too much on his own shoulders.

"Only thing I could easily do that I was allowed to do was access as much network materials as I wanted. Working on engineering and city planning. Materials science. Better to use to contemplate combat in an urban environment."

See, he couldn't even research without turning it to war.

Date: 2019-02-08 06:35 pm (UTC)
silent_scowling: Mike Colter from The Ringer (I am considering it (pensive))
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"That wasn't a good thing," Maine shrugged. He just had to do something. It wasn't about improving himself.

"Way I saw it, I need to stay relevant. ONI is never letting us go. Almost feel constructive here. I just needed something to fill the space up. The time."

Here, at least, he had something valuable to do for a larger part of the day.

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