"Combat simulations to test our teamwork and decision-making skills, usually. But we were never very good at working together in pretend scenarios. We tended to just argue about the best course of action..." He smiles at the memory, but it's tinged with sadness, and so he quickly moves on.

"Some people work best with the pressure of a real situation, is what I mean. Though with the Pleroma suffering their first loss, I don't think our less experienced members have the luxury of learning against an opponent that will show them restraint." The fighting will no doubt intensify from hereon, and anyone unprepared will get left behind, so they all ought to take a meeting like this seriously.