"All righty then it seems to be a general consensus here...is that none of you were aware that this was going to happen and most of you were forced into the suits by necessity. Aside from the creepy little fuck Mizawa brought with him it seems most of you are normal people." He stated bluntly as Stan threw some files over to Captain Walsh as he looked through them with surprising speed and then looked at Augustus, "Kid you seem to WANT ZAFT to be the perps here. No doubt that they have'a good reason to come here but would they risk open war with ORB for some suits? I'm inclined to personally...say yeah I believe that they would." the man said as some mutters went around the room before Mizawa whistled loudly. "Thanks." he muttered to Mizawa before the man grunted indifferently in response to it. "Well let's start here the files say....only one or two of you all here today are coordinators. Augustus over there and Mr. Stone's nephew Richard are both natural born humans. I can say that for a fact it said so in the brief synopsis on those papers Stone just handed me." He stated to Arsenio. "Now I see that you may not be fond of your team but you're still a member of that team so you can at least pretend to be upset over their damn deaths. They weren't really weak they were the first victims blown up by a suicide bomber." Walsh said in disgust as he leaned back on the chair. 

"Indeed I must say it's good that two technicians survived this we can certainly welcome your help in further making sure that this incident never happens again." Stan stated as Captain Walsh stopped talking. "We must endeavor to make sure this incident doesn't happen again." Stone stated calmly as he looked to Mizawa, "Mizawa tell me what is the status of the suits?" he asked as Stan looked over to the man next to him. "Sir I am PLEASED to say that while some damage was sustained these kids here did a fine job in defending the machines. Hell even your little nephew did a good job." He stated with a chuckle as Richard frowned along with Stan. "NO BULLSHIT IN THE MEETING ROOM." Walsh demanded as one of the officers raised his hand. "Yeah Jimmy what's up?" Walsh asked the man who cleared his throat. "We got the secure line ready sir." he said as Walsh nodded and fixed his suit quickly, "Well put it through then. Ladies and gentlemen I present to you...politicians." Walsh said in faint disgust as the screen popped alive behind him. First was Secretary of Defense of ORB Azami Kuroko of the esteemed Kuroko family of ORB. Next came Minister of War General Carmine Dawson of OMNI. The next two were unknown men with shadowed faces. Then finally came on screen Head of ORB and The newly made Preston Family, Richard Preson of ORB.

"Hello there everyone it's nice to meet all of you." Preston stated as Stan Stone re-introduced the key members in the room to the newcomers. He also gave testimonies from the attack and a brief synopsis of his role in it. "I see thank you Mr. Stone. I'm glad to see everyone in the room is safe." the man spoke in a calm endearing voice as he smoothed over his words like butter over bread. "I see that all of you are in a terrible state of being and I'm sorry for what happened I will do my best to make sure your island is safe once more expect aid soon." Preston promised as Richard stared at the man. He wasn't all that impressed with the man he seemed...to simple not as boisterous as other politicians. "So with that being said please continue on. We're here to hear the input not to aid anything this is your meeting and ship Captain Walsh." the president said patiently much to the annoyance of the Minister of War. 

"Ai now then onto big business since the big men are here. Did anyone recognize anyone among the soldiers there? If we can get a confirmation on anyone and pin this on a specific faction we can link and counterattack faster." Walsh commented to Mizawa's delight as he nodded, "Indeed a good well placed kick in the butt should be delivered to those bastards who attacked us. We can't let this tragedy go unavenged." Mizawa said uncharacteristically to Stan's surprise as Azami nodded in agreement with Mizawa. "How about you Richard?" Stan offered quickly, "You have knowledge of a pretty decent chunk of the people around here so you'd be able to point out anyone suspicious. Miss Satsuki already confirmed she saw no one she knew. However some wonder how you managed to get to Calamity." Stan continued as he turned his eyes on his nephew. 

Richard bit his lip and thought hard about this. He was quiet and calm but inside his insides felt like he swallowed glass shards. He remembered....he remembered Selena Oliver whom he had known as a kid point a gun at his face. It had to be Selena even if he was dazed he knew no one else with yellow hair like that and knew his name that wouldn't shutter at the thought of pulling the trigger. Then again if the situations had reversed...would he have hesitated? His mind panicked as he wondered if he should tell them about this. On one hand it had to be someone he knew on the other hand...what if it wasn't Selena and his testimony against her...."I-" Richard said carefully as he came to a choice. He swallowed deeply and breathed out the same way and calmly presented his choice, "I was able to get near a astray inside of the hanger but unfortunately I was grabbed from behind. The pilot was someone with black hair and I couldn't recognize the person. She would have shot me but her magazine was empty and I fought her off. I managed to force my way into Calamity's cockpit and instinct took over." Richard stated as Stan nodded his head. Did he do the right thing?