Debacle Post-Mortem

Log Title: Debacle Post-Mortem

Characters: Marissa Faireborn, Spike Witwicky

Location: Human Quarters - Residential Complex - Autobot City

Date: July 05, 2016

TP: VanMarkiplier TP

Summary: Marissa and Spike deal with the fallout of the attack on Van Mark Industries.

''As logged by Marissa - Tuesday, July 05, 2016, 8:08 PM

Diplomatic Lounge - Residential Complex - Autobot City
It's been a tense few hours as Marissa and Spike parse through the Van Mark debacle. Spike rubs his temples and looks at Marissa, wanting Crosscut here to back him up. But it looks like it's just him...the civilian, telling a Joe how to do their job.

Spike breathes out. "I'm just... I know we're going to make mistakes, but maybe...we need some sort of 'protocol' - that when it's an Autobot-led mission... you guys... should follow the Autobot's mode of combat. Spike adds "and vice versa...when the 'bots are assisting the Joes, it should go the other way." He waits ... it sounds good. But because of Prime's insistence of very low interference in human conflicts, the chance of the bots supporting the Joes are pretty rare.

Marissa leans back in her chair and sighs, taking a moment to stretch and rub the back of her neck. "Oh, this one's a doozy. I'm surprised Scarlett still has her pilot's license. From what scuttlebutt I've heard, this isn't the first time she's been involved with something like this." She nods in response to Spike's suggestion.

"You're right," she replies, possibly to Spike's surprise. "Obviously our sides are going to have to do a LOT better job working together, and there needs to be one clear commander at each scene - not everyone just doing their own thing. There are established best practices for inter-branch operations - we should look them over and adapt them to our unique situation. What was Jetfire's take on the attack, again?" she asks, wanting to make sure to go over every detail for the dozenth time.

Spike blinks. What did she just say? He was ready to defend his statement, but it looks like that may not be needed. "Uh...well..." He looks at Marissa and says "He wasn't angry...but... he said he was very specific - the Joes were supposed to be in a support mission - to assist in the rescue of any humans in the area - to handle the human situation..." He pauses and says in a slightly more cautious tone, "and not to engage..."

Marissa nods, looking over Scarlett's logs and report. "Yeah. She was definitely in the wrong, then. Jetfire was clear commander on scene, and she defied his orders and nearly got civilians killed. I'm going to recommend to Hawk that she be disciplined, or at least talked to about interfaction cooperation. This sort of thing can't keep happening."