Order Only Private Message to C Wright, A Longbottom, and R Lupin

[alt_ron]

Am holding to my orders for Hyde Park/Bham backup. Leaving in :05 unless I hear differently.


Will be in and out of transformation, I guess, so I can check for notificio.

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[alt_lupin]

Ron, hold on for a few minutes, please. Let me talk to Campanella.

[alt_ron]

Will do.

[alt_lupin]

Did Sally-Anne bring you up to speed on what happened last night?

[alt_ron]

Yeah. She did.

[alt_lupin]

Right now we're not sure whether the op tonight can move forward. Rachel didn't write anything down and Campanella's in the loop but not on enough of the pieces.

We're going to guard Penzance, keep anyone else from slipping out that way.

We're probably holding Justin's funeral this afternoon.

[alt_ron]

You still need my units down here in case something goes pearshaped at this festival, though?

I mean, we were meant to be here to counter anything they might have planned for their false phoenixes. And, then, of course, we're here if there's a diversion needed to cover things at Bham. Or to send backup that direction.

Those were our duties.

[alt_ron]

The funeral's today?

[alt_lupin]

Yes. This afternoon.

I think you should come back for it, and hang the festival.

[alt_ron]

You sure about that? I mean, I don't want to miss the funeral, I really don't, but-


Or. Do you mean I should call both units in--or leave them here under another command?

[alt_lupin]

Campanella agrees that we should just call in the units. Too much risk that we'll lose the lot of you to our own disorganisation if things do go pear-shaped.

We'll re-deploy later if need be.

[alt_ron]

Hang on. What about the log? Brodie keeps all the orders in an encrypted log in the office. Wright should have that. Something's fishy if she says she doesn't.

[alt_lupin]

Oh, right. The problem is she changed the passcode yesterday, apparently, and forgot to pass it along.

Or she told it to Justin, possibly. Who knows.

[alt_ron]

Alright, then.

I'll make the rendezvous with the units and order everyone back to the castle. We'll be back by two. If not, you'll know something went wrong.

[alt_lupin]

Jason Montague says his contact reports the whole lot of them, from Bellatrix on down, are going to try to make a break for it tonight through Penzance.

We're thinking we'll send all available wands to Penzance. Stop them there. This is a strategic nightmare, though, since they know we know they might try it (though they don't know we know they're going to). They'll come ready for a fight.

Come to Campanella's office when you get back to the castle, we're trying to figure out how to make this work.

[alt_ron]

On my way.

[alt_ron]

Sorry. Just-

We're sure about that intel?

Because you're right: they know we know they might, and they know we might bury our dead. What if they send some decoy units out to Cornwall, draw our units there, and then mount an assault on Hogwarts while we're doing funeral rites for Justin? Or later than that, maybe--just after we send the rest of our units west. They might think we'll be leaving Alice and other command and coordination behind. Target rich. Defence poor.

Needed to tell Sally Anne where I am, but on my way up now.

[alt_alice]

I can see that as a possible strategy if their goal long-term were to re-take the Protectorate. The numbers are decidedly not in their favour, however.

We might see what we can do in terms of security here, on the off-chance she attempts a strike, though.