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[hacker]

Some. There are some unplugged living in Zion too who aren't with the ZDG.

[scission]

A city populated entirely by military wouldn't be much of a city at all. Though even in the ZDG, there are roles for those who cannot or prefer not to plug in, if your interest ever turned that way.

[hacker]

Pretty sure that'd require trusting the Council further than I can throw them.

[scission]

Not necessarily.

[hacker]

How do you figure?

[scission]

It requires trusting your crew. Anything beyond that, well.

[Just leaving it hanging like that because he's not going to spell it out over a feed.]

[hacker]

Tell that to the Erebus crew.

[scission]

I didn't know any of them well enough to know how well they trusted one another. Have you considered internal conflict in your theories?

[hacker]

It wasn't internal conflict that shipped them out there to die.

[scission]

If they circumstances of their mission was unusual, do you really believe none of them had any knowledge of it?

[hacker]

Maybe one of them did. I plan to find out.

[scission]

I'll wish you luck, and that you should perhaps find someone you trust to watch your back. Doing this alone could be more than foolhardy.

[hacker]

We'll see. If you're right, trusting the wrong person might have gotten the Erebus crew killed. Not a glowing review for teamwork.